MFW: Vegetables/The Prophet Daniel

While I was planning this week, I really thought it would be boring. We eat a lot of veggies, we love to garden, what more should we do? But it turned out to be pretty fun :) The boys had a lot of energy Monday morning so we started with an experiment: put 1 old sock on and run- everywhere & for a long time

 They loved having permission to do this (maybe I should do it more often?? :)) and finally when they were tuckered, we put the 1 sock in it's own bag, moistened, & placed in the window for observation. The wondering is whether anything will grow (weed, flower, mold, ?). We'll see!

Every week we get groceries & the boys always pick a veggie for us to eat that week. This week I had them grab their favorite & then we came home & they drew it: J5's is yellow squash & Z6's is cauliflower :)

 We also kept a log of all the fruits & veggies we ate. I know fruits weren't technically part of the curriculum but I got tired of wikipedia-ing everything to see which category it was in :) We also started with good intentions by wikipedia-ing everything to see how it was benefitting our bodies (I'd still like to finish this someday!) but as you can see, the days very quickly got away from us! 23 in 5 days- I think that's pretty darn good :) 

Through the whole week, we also read each day of Daniel's life  & decided that for Thursday we'd do the same diet he did when he was first taken as slave to Babylon, also known as the Daniel's Fast. Oy. We ate & ate & ate that day- all fruits, veggies, nuts, & select grains. It was a great eye-opener for the boys as we are so blessed & used to eating meat, dairy, & bread whenever we feel like it. Spoiled, we are! Even though they told me Friday that they did not like the fast, they did amazingly great :)

So I close out this post with a pic of my front window- the only one in the house that lets in a steady stream of sun :/ Our butterflies are still hanging in there from last week, an attempt at a snowflake from December, & something J cut out for me & I haven't had the heart to take down yet... but also our 3 baggies of socks (still nothing as of Friday), plus a soaked bean experiment: a baggie of beans sealed (no air), a baggie of beans taken apart (no food), & J5's baggie of beans with the necessities (air, sun, water, food). Z6's baggie of beans were put in a drawer to see if it'll grow without light. Oh the things we do for our kiddos! :)