Fall Party 2012

We had our second annual fall party! We played tic tac toe, had fun with play dough, decorated sugar cookies, played soccer, roasted pumpkin seeds, and painted and carved pumpkins!

Pumpkin Patch 2012 - Visit 2

We visited a new pumpkin patch on a very chilly and windy day. Jenni and Joshua enjoyed the pumpkins, bounce houses and hay mazes. Jackson enjoyed cuddling. :)

October Home Update

Landscaping

 My little gardener

 Before

 Right after

 Currently

Jenni and I planted some fall flowers (mums) while Joshua and Jackson napped. The flowers were not yet blooming. After we planted the flowers we added stone around the flower bed. Next spring I think we will create a raised flower bed. Always good to have some girl time while the boys are napping! :)

After we finished the flower bed we were inspired to decorate our porch for fall (and then later our patio). The boys were awake for this one. Jackson was resting quietly in his carrier and Joshua who has no interest in flowers (other than digging them out of pots) brought some trucks out to the sidewalk to keep an eye on our progress. :)

Costume Party

 Baking cupcakes with my sweet J

 Jackson stayed up late with us so he got join in the fun :)

 Sweet peas #1 and #3 (#2 was sleeping peacefully)

 Our finished product! Jenni and I baked our favorite chocolate cupcakes and I frosted them with butter cream frosting to look like candy corns - the littles' favorites.

 Jenni as Dorothy

Joshua as a McQueen race car driver

Jackson enjoyed being festive in his Halloween sleeper and stayed cute and cozy in our baby sling.

The three littles and I went to a friend's costume party one morning. They had fun dressing up, doing some Halloween crafts, playing and having a themed lunch.

Week 6 of Kindergarten

Bible Verse: "Honor your father and mother so that it may go well with you" (Ephesians 6:2-3).

Saxon Math 1

 Jenni completed Lessons 26-30. We reviewed and practiced writing numbers, ordinal position, and counted by 1s, 5s and 10s to 100. This week Jenni also practiced writing number sentences and reviewed addition facts - doubles to 10. She also practiced using the balance to determine which side was heavier or lighter. Each morning in the Math Meeting Book (not pictured) Jenni reads the date, writes the full date (month, date, and year), graphs the weather (sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy), counts using the hundred number chart, and reviews right and left.

All About Reading, Level 1

 Jenni completed Lessons 22 and 23. She blended sounds with our letter tiles, completed the activity sheets and games, practiced her new reading words and read from the fluency practice sheets. This week we focused on words with blended sounds and Jenni began reading new stories from our AAR Level 1, Volume 2 book.

Explode the Code, Book 2

 Jenni finished Lesson 5 and began Lesson 6.

Lesson 6: Initial consonant blends st, sw, tw

Daily Science

 Big Idea 2, Week 1:Where do animals sleep?

Jenni learned that a habitat is the place where animals live, eat, and sleep. She learned about three of the most common habitats: forests, deserts, and oceans.

Art: Water Color

 The littles had a great time using water color multiple times this week.