Mr. Bubbles

Our kids absolutely love Mr. Bubbles. We've taken more than a few bubble baths during these cold winter months. A capful of Mr. Bubbles, plenty of warm water and you have the kids entertained for a good 30 minutes...

... or until someone plays the "Bite my finger!" game a little too competitively.

Qq Week

This week Caleb and Elisabeth learned the letter Q. This was one of the hardest letters for me to come up with activities. I am looking forward to an easier letter next week.

Q-tip painting

Qq stamping

Glued Q-tips on a Q

Made a marker picture of quail

Made a paper, craft quilt

Qq books

What's in Your Mouth?

Quote of the Day

"Your nose is red like Rudolph's! Hey, Rudolph, your nose is shiny!"

~Elisabeth Grace
Upon headbutting her father, causing his nose to bleed.

Pizza, Penguins, and Panera

This week was Pp week. Here are some of our activities:

Verse of the week: Praise you the Lord: for it is good to sing praises to our God. Psalm 147:1

Painted a penguin.

Made a paper plate pizza.

Made a peacock craft.

Made and ate popsicles, popcorn, homemade pizza.

Pp books

Glued pasta on a Pp.

On Saturday, as a family, we went to Panera for breakfast and then we went to the Pet Store and the park.

Quote of the Day

Caleb talking to Daddy: "I made supper tonight! Mama helped."

Our Little Man

Our little guy is one part mischief and one part saint. The problem is you never know what you're going to get. He is just as likely to give you one of these looks as he is to say a Bible verse.

Today he was mostly a saint. While we were cleaning the kitchen after lunch, we were listening to the song "O Praise Him" by David Crowder. Elisabeth started singing the song. I asked her ,"do you know where those words come from?" She just looked at me and I said "the Bible".

I turned around to do some more dishes, when I heard Caleb say something to Elisabeth. I turned around and asked him what he said. He said, "O give praise to the Lord for He is gooood!"

"Caleb! That's the verse the song is based on!"

"Yes, that's my school verse."

Review week

This week we had a review week. We also did some Valentine's Day activities. Caleb and Elisabeth made Valentines for the family, sponged painted hearts, sorted conversations hearts by color, and made and decorated heart cookies.

Faithful Friend

How Did You Get So Funny?

Elisabeth was absolutely cracking me up the other day. I asked her, "Elisabeth, how did you get so funny?" Elisabeth laughed and said "I don't know. God just made me funny!"

The Three Little Pigs

Today, my mom told the kids the story of the three little pigs. After she got done with the story, I asked Caleb and Elisabeth "So, if we were going to build a house, what would we use? Straw, sticks or bricks?"

Caleb, with a panicked look and stress in his voice, said "I don't want to build another house! I like this one!"

I quickly reassured him that we weren't going anywhere! I guess we have put the kids through a lot over the last 6 months.

O is for Octopus

Verse of the week: O give thanks to the Lord: for He is good. Psalms 118:1

Paper plate octopus

Painted a Oo orange

Painted an owl

Made a marker picture of an ostrich

Oo books

O stamps

Made an oreo cake

This week for our cooking activity we made an oreo cake. My Aunt Janis bought my mom and oreo cake pan for her to use with the grandkids. This week we went over to my mom's house one morning and made the oreo cake. The kids and Grandma had a great time!

Fort Pops

For Christmas, Pops wanted to buy the kids their new playground. It took a few weeks for it to get installed, but the joyous day finally arrived on Tuesday. The kids were so excited when the installer pulled up to the house. In fact, the anticipation was too much, so Tiffany ended up taking them to Grandma's house to pass the time. The swing was finally ready after nap and the squeals of delight could be heard throughout the neighborhood.