Letter Nn

It was Nn week this week. Here are a few of our Nn activities:

Verse of the week: No man can serve two masters. Matthew 6:24
Painted a picture of a newt.
Made a marker picture of a narwhal.
Made and ate edible nests.
Made necklaces.
Nn books
Glued noodles on a N.

Nn stamping

Art Strips

We've been doing so many fun projects with the kids, I wanted an interesting way to show them off. After a little brainstorming with Todd, we came up with this idea. We bought a couple of metal strips, some red spray paint, and magnetic clips. An hour of spraying, measuring and drilling later the wall in our school room has become a canvas to display the kid's art.

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Last Saturday, was my mom's birthday. We got together with my parents and brother's family to celebrate. Caleb and Elisabeth decided that Grandma would want a pink rabbit cake. Happy Birthday, Mom! Thank you for all you do for us!

70 Degrees!

We took the kids to the park the other day. The 20 degree weather a few weeks ago has encouraged us to take advantage of every beautiful day we get this winter!

Mmmmm!

This week was Mm week. I am really proud of how well Caleb and Elisabeth are learning their letters and sounds. Here are a few of our Mm activities from this week:

Verse of the week: My son, give me your heart. Proverbs 23:26

Sorted M&Ms by color.

Painted and decorated masks.

Made and ate macaroni, mash potatoes, and mousse.

Painted a picture of a monkey.

Mm books

Glued marshmallows on a M

Played musical instruments

Review Week

Last week, we reviewed letters J, K, and L. We did letter coloring sheets, played letter and number review games, and did lots of play dough. The weather was so cold that we also did some "wintery" crafts and, as you can tell, we did most of our activities in our warm pajamas. We made a snowman craft, a marshmallow snowman, a snowy painting, and a hot chocolate craft.

Ooops!

Elisabeth fell in the toilet today. One would expect her first words to be... "Gross!" or "I'm wet" or "Get me out of here!" Not our little one. With a combination of fear and frustration she yelled, "Don't flush me! Don't flush me!".

Our Freezing Weekend

There are icicles hanging from the fence across the street. They have been there for 3 days! I don't remember the last time icicles have hung around for this long. Mission accomplished Al Gore!

The cold weather kept us inside all weekend. We have a serious case of cabin fever. Todd and Caleb came up with a few "games" to fight off the boredom.

We painted our dining room! It is now the only room in the entire house that has color.

We read alot...


...and tried out some new fashion trends.


All in all, not a bad weekend. We're just ready for our Florida temperatures to return!

Letter Ll

After taking a three week break for Christmas, we were back to working on the alphabet. This week was Ll week. Here are some of our activities:

Verse of the week: Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’" Matthew 22:37

Painted a lobster

Made a lamb craft

Ate lasagna and lollipops

Made lemonade

Colored a picture of a lizard

Ll books

Contemplation

I'm Still Reading!

Our sweet little girl is growing up so quickly. Just the other day, I called for her to come upstairs for her bath. Her reply... "Daddy, I no can come upstairs... I'm still reading!" Still reading, hmmm, what is capturing her attention so completely? I head downstair to round her up, trying to guess what has my baby girl totally engrossed. Maybe it's her ABC's book... no... her princess book... no that's not it... Ahh! Her Bible, yes it must be her Bible... Wrong! I round the corner to find her cuddled up in her pink chair with... the latest edition of the Pottery Barn Kids catalogue.