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I heard that bananas will last longer if you separate them from the bunch, so I tested it out.  Actually, it was a bit of an accident, but a learning experience for us all.

I bought two bunches of bananas.  The first bunch as just barely ripe.  The second bunch was slightly green.  Since my children are a bunch of banana-eating monkeys (see what I did there?), I figured the second bunch would be just perfect by the time the first bunch was consumed.

I separated the first bunch into “singles”, but forgot to separate the second bunch.  This morning, I realized the second bunch was already spotted, while the ones I had separated were a perfect shade of yellow.

So, even though the first batch was more ripened when I purchased them, because I separated them, the process slowed down.  The ones that stayed in a bunch ripened faster.

I have now proved the theory that if you separate your bananas from the bunch, they will last longer.

I think I’m more excited about this accidental experiment than my children, but I’m sure, once they realize this means this will keep our bananas from going bad before they are eaten, they’ll be just as excited too.

(Also, you can use your mushy, super-ripe bananas for banana bread.  I usually have good intentions to do this, but… well, let’s just say it happens now and then, but not as often as it should.  There have been many a banana who has found it’s way into the trashcan.)

Today we’ve been in a reading frenzy.  Some of our favorites:

This is a wonderfully educational book, even for younger children.  It asks them to do specific moments to feel the bones in their bodies and has a little humor thrown in for your funny bone (Get it?).  My critters loved it!!  Afterwards, Merika was walking to get water and said, “Hey! I can feel my bone moving!”

This is a cute, but simply worded book which shows you different ways animals carry their babies.  Since I often carry our little baby in a baby wrap, this is something the kids found quite intriquing!  Turns out, all sorts of animals have all sorts of ways of carrying their babies, whether it be on their back, in pouches, or on their tails!

This book is colorful, creative, and absolutely AWESOME!  Three thumbs up….

It’s Home Education Week!  Blog topics are hosted by Dana @ Principled Discovery!

My children really have no concept of what “school” really is.  In truth, the only school they understand is that little class they go to on Sunday morning.  In fact, when my daughter was asked where she goes to school, she usually replies with, “I go to Sunday School!” 

We’ve been talking about school lately, especially now that most of my daughter’s friends are now attending school.  I have explained that we are teaching our children at home, so they are “homeschooled”, while the majority of her friends are going to a building called a “school”.

Fortunately, two of her closest friends are also homeschooled, so she is not totally alone in this.

Merikalyn and Nolyn are getting to the stage where they want to do school work.  They ask me to help them write words and sentences.  My daughter is currently flipping through her workbook and pretending to teach students (which are invisible to me).  She’s teaching them about “Asleep in the Booty”.  If you don’t know what I’m talking about, read this short entry from my regular blog: “Asleep in the What?”.  You’ll also get a good laugh!

School is fun to them.  They learned their colors while taking walks with me and pointing out “red cars” and “yellow flowers”, instead of bending over a book and pointing at blocks of hues.  This is how most of our learning is done- by having wonderful conversations in which we talk about what we’re doing and what we see.

My munchkins are so young now, but it will be interesting, in several years, to hear what they think about their education and method of schooling.