Vikings!!

Today was not ideal.  Actually, I was not a very patient Mommy today.  We all slept late and started off half an hour later than usual.  Frustrated by the late start and by stepping on a sharp plastic toy (not a Lego, but equally as hateful to my foot), I found myself barking orders (and throwing sharp plastic toys into the trash). NOT how I like to start a Monday. I felt like I was pulling teeth to get my Kindergartener to do anything besides run in circles.  I added in math today...and well, it was a joke.  We will definitely be revisiting that lesson again tomorrow. <sigh>

Today did not feel like a win-day.

I'm thankful for re-do's and grace.  I'm thankful for my husband's encouraging words that help me persevere.

And so, we stepped aside from other tasks and delved into a book about Vikings.  We had this really big car seat box and the kids wanted to make a Viking boat. So, we came up with this:

It was fun using their ideas to create this project together. This is their drakkar (dragon ship) complete with dragon head and tail, sail and ores.

Batman had to join us...Caleb doesn't quite understand the idea of time period pretend play yet.

Leif Ericsson displaying his manly facial and chest hair.

Leif's wife. She's a hard worker...she did all of the rowing.

Abby shaped this Dragon prow for the boat.