tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78333611884525539932024-03-12T22:56:19.216-04:00The Life of a Pastor's WifeAnnettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-29008789300645915352012-06-09T17:23:00.001-04:002012-06-09T17:23:59.697-04:00A Recap of May<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-5g-SR1EhVI?fs=1" width="459"></iframe>Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-75792619026634518782012-05-26T00:28:00.003-04:002012-05-26T00:28:55.092-04:00Summary of Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Recently I have found that the easiest (and most fun) way for me to share pictures of our family is to make them into a movie!! So without further delay, here is a fun look at our spring :-)</div>
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This past week we have seen a new visitor in our home: the Hand, Mouth, Foot virus. Each of the kids have taken their turn with the fever and overall feeling yucky. Right now, Isaac is currently battling a fever and headaches (which is something new to us). We have been praying and encouraging the kids to pray that "God would touch Isaac and make him feel better".<br />
Through these two days of Isaac taking his turn with the virus, there have been a few things that have melted this mommy's heart.<br />
~ hearing my two year old little girl praying over her brother (without any prompting) that God would make him feel better and take care of his fever.<br />
~ hearing her prayers mature out of the "God is great, God is good" memorized prayer to adding in her two cents worth ;-)<br />
~Isaac crying and asking me why God had not made his head feel better yet :-(<br />
~ Seeing Isaac start to bounce around on the couch, talking about this and that. When I commented that I thought God had touched him and he was feeling better, Isaac's response was "Cool! God touched my head mommy and made me feel better!"<br />
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What beautiful childlike faith. May we all believe in our Heavenly Father and His great love for us.Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-61220402253309524102012-02-26T17:26:00.000-05:002012-02-26T17:26:37.037-05:00We Interrupt This Blogging Break . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well, it has been longer than I thought it would be before I got my next post out. Let's just say I am taking an unexpectedly long break from blogging. I do miss it, it is just one of those things in my life that is not on top of the priority list. There are other things that I feel like I need to be doing when I get a few minutes of quiet. My potential blogging time is also very limited due to the fact that the kids need to be sleeping because of where the computer is set up for blogging. (In the quiet basement away from normal activities :-) But I have about 10 potential posts running through my head, and I hope to get back to it really soon. I do enjoy it and enjoy sharing with you all how our family is doing! So with that said, here are a few updated pics of my adorable sweeties. I love them so much and they amaze me everyday. </div>
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<br />Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-45290482620603290902011-11-21T00:06:00.001-05:002011-11-21T00:06:57.810-05:00Just For Fun<p> </p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4"><strong>Isaac</strong></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-R7ewCFfp6bk/TsncWx9b1tI/AAAAAAAACqY/CmclVIMnvyU/s1600-h/DSCF1749%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1749" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1749" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5cM7Iug79a8/TsncXC8LHEI/AAAAAAAACqg/zZk4DZtMryI/DSCF1749_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="248" border="0" /></a></p> <p> This kid cracks me up.  He can be such a goof.  This was totally a “Look at me mom, I’m falling off the couch!” He is such a sweetheart though, and looking at that smile makes me melt.  I’m going to be the one sitting on the front porch with the shotgun when the girls come calling ;-)</p> <p>He is such a good big brother, and adores his little sister.  He is their protector, even though he loves to push Miriam’s buttons.  (which he does quite often!)  He has recently started calling Hannah his “sweet pumpkin”.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RUjSPO6aReI/TsncX79AUtI/AAAAAAAACqo/oVGEbk5xsXM/s1600-h/DSCF1644%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1644" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1644" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sx7oAtrNNw0/TsncYwamb6I/AAAAAAAACqw/0J7UU5MaelQ/DSCF1644_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4"><strong>Miriam</strong></font></p> <p><img title="DSCF1678" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1678" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Z0lOOPDzVYU/TsncY9ORziI/AAAAAAAACq4/9y_RKqkwmxM/DSCF1678_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></p> <p>Miriam has moved up to a big girl bed now and LOVES it!  She is one happy girl and growing up way too fast! She is often on the dramatic side (insert mother’s deep sigh here), but her big brown puppy dog eyes make her absolutely adorable.  </p> <p> This girl is constantly in motion and runs all over the house, even just to go to her room.  She does not know what it means to walk :)  Everything is in high speed.  Here is a prime example.  Jumping off one of the toys at a play place.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QUIWElhHj7c/TsncZcanApI/AAAAAAAACrA/lbvOTHpMc4k/s1600-h/DSCF1724%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1724" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1724" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ns6qMYwSv_Y/TsncZ9Q15FI/AAAAAAAACrI/L8QRTX3kaX0/DSCF1724_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p><font size="3"><strong>Hannah</strong></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LrG6Hz6HQeM/TsncabgN7AI/AAAAAAAACrQ/rx4zN_XLcwU/s1600-h/DSCF1748%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1748" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="334" alt="DSCF1748" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6FIJkVGuCoI/Tsncauv2v3I/AAAAAAAACrU/LU_tufUrmdo/DSCF1748_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="236" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">My sweet baby girl!! She is all smiles and laughter!  She is so incredibly happy all the time and quite the little social butterfly! She will look anyone in the eyes and smile and “talk”.  She has melted this momma’s heart with her sweet temperament.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Orv02BT57z8/Tsnca1KAdWI/AAAAAAAACrg/RJDLHmVyEck/s1600-h/DSCF1685%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1685" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="261" alt="DSCF1685" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SxOQSaT6YwI/TsncbYt25OI/AAAAAAAACrk/OGIEBKsHceQ/DSCF1685_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center"> Since Big Sister moved up to a big girl bed, Hannah got to move out of the bassinet and into a crib!  She had started sleeping through the night a while back, but recently had started to go backwards a little.  As soon as we moved her into her crib, she started sleeping a few extra hours at night!  (And has been sleeping a solid 8-9 hours at night now)Yipeee!  Here is her first night in her own bed!</p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bNAvNObQjMc/TsncbiCYWvI/AAAAAAAACrw/ksw4PSiV51A/s1600-h/DSCF1769%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1769" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1769" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KfS2e--USh0/TsnccDyPv1I/AAAAAAAACr4/SBQnS3qst9o/DSCF1769_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="236" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p align="center">Our little girl on her 4 month birthday!</p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-26552564925320639172011-10-16T16:37:00.001-04:002011-10-16T16:40:57.442-04:00Creation: Part 2<p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><strong><font color="#073985">Isaac is 43 months</font></strong></p> <p align="center"><strong><font color="#073985">Miriam is 26 months</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4"></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">Circle Time</font></strong></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ze_J4NXSetw/TptARtyY7fI/AAAAAAAACfI/fi0shca_5GA/s1600-h/DSCF13845.jpg"><img title="DSCF1384" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1384" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-G9NwrhqZxIk/TptASLMzy4I/AAAAAAAACfQ/2SFJ9TyFvqE/DSCF1384_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">We have been starting off our times together by reading our Bible story for the week, working on our memory verse, and singing songs relating to the theme for the week.  The kids and I both love this time, and it is so neat to sit down with my kids and tell them stories from the Bible and explain it to them!   Isaac and Miriam love music and so does Mommy!  I would love to learn to play the guitar and be able to lead them in worship during these special times in the morning.  (A goal for mommy to work on, in my spare time ;-)</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PagYb2qEAQA/TptASez4-bI/AAAAAAAACfY/qPGqqm04oj4/s1600-h/DSCF13886.jpg"><img title="DSCF1388" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1388" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GZO_Kw_hQwE/TptASlCRjNI/AAAAAAAACfg/EFdHnTjOXOQ/DSCF1388_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">Creation Activities</font></strong></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hRu42yjejqg/TptATNcatMI/AAAAAAAACfo/gO-YVTh3Q74/s1600-h/DSCF13446.jpg"><img title="DSCF1344" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1344" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IU_1f0MfAmQ/TptATE8KawI/AAAAAAAACfw/o7LczMoUtUw/DSCF1344_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">On day 4, God made the sun, moon, and stars.  So to help us learn that, the kids painted some wooden stars that I had picked up from a craft store a few years back! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Fjor1aPdIRQ/TptAUMYG7zI/AAAAAAAACf4/wqYyTXbAIfY/s1600-h/DSCF13458.jpg"><img title="DSCF1345" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF1345" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-D8V-Hvdo_5Y/TptAUcuEPfI/AAAAAAAACgA/sFqXQ11Ptrk/DSCF1345_thumb14.jpg?imgmax=800" width="288" border="0" /></a>   </p> <p></p> <p align="center">I found these in my craft bin and was so excited that I had them!  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tLv6-am8cjs/TptAUv17fBI/AAAAAAAACgI/3zgqwsJMwtE/s1600-h/DSCF13506.jpg"><img title="DSCF1350" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1350" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OlYvU1ZH37c/TptAUzdff1I/AAAAAAAACgQ/gYnSI3508DM/DSCF1350_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p align="center">This was their first time painting and they loved it!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aKpVxNeo8r0/TptAVMULk7I/AAAAAAAACgY/rFmNUs5foog/s1600-h/DSCF13527.jpg"><img title="DSCF1352" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="330" alt="DSCF1352" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SB5UmxCcA7w/TptAVYqR8FI/AAAAAAAACgg/2ifXUXK5Tnk/DSCF1352_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800" width="239" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">We then used some of the stars to work on counting and number recognition.  I told Isaac to put the correct number of stars “underneath” each number.  Well, he did exactly that!  It wasn’t quite what I meant, but hey, he followed directions!  (He also wanted to put the paper stars on top of the wooden ones!) </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4dauURy61y0/TptAVvfiiKI/AAAAAAAACgo/ERNVfQoGesY/s1600-h/DSCF14276.jpg"><img title="DSCF1427" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="225" alt="DSCF1427" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KJxfsz_PM-E/TptAVw8qTsI/AAAAAAAACgw/Nt_i_8jrY7Y/DSCF1427_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="352" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">The he had fun standing the fat wooden stars up. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-R71qBdGUV3Y/TptAWBueb-I/AAAAAAAACg4/Sv1j-_4j-pk/s1600-h/DSCF1432%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1432" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1432" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YRF3Foh7-0s/TptAWSTPtTI/AAAAAAAAChA/dJOc8HMqTOI/DSCF1432_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">We also had fun with a <a href="http://www.sundayschoolresources.com/biblestoryactivities6.htm" target="_blank">creation clothespin game</a> from <a href="http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/weeks_1__2__and_3.html" target="_blank">Hubbard’s Cupboard.</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FaBDoh81UBM/TptAW4y4gOI/AAAAAAAAChI/sQ3wLOXQ4RM/s1600-h/DSCF1402%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1402" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1402" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-o4u9Yy41ubA/TptAXCwlLaI/AAAAAAAAChQ/x9hezbOniZ0/DSCF1402_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">I printed the pictures off of their website, cut them out, and glued the smaller pictures to clothespins.  Isaac then clipped the smaller pictures onto the bigger pictures that matched!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DRc8Eh3BijA/TptAXcSUj1I/AAAAAAAAChY/eN3hzXJfMpA/s1600-h/DSCF1393%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1393" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1393" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lKoknWl_CW0/TptAXqUqOkI/AAAAAAAAChg/sXsIRtR9JjU/DSCF1393_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">He was quite proud of his work and had lots of fun doing it!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IT_3d2BDQKo/TptAYpkVV1I/AAAAAAAACho/HXSIaFYyVz4/s1600-h/DSCF1405%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1405" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1405" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2V_-BydB4lg/TptAY88cOlI/AAAAAAAAChw/59o6px8MaOA/DSCF1405_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">We also sorted animals that flew and animals that swam in water.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6MPoz5l_Y-w/TptAZaIXWcI/AAAAAAAACh4/g7fvlIzVUEc/s1600-h/DSCF1409%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1409" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1409" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZmSKms0M3iY/TptAZ-3oNNI/AAAAAAAACiA/W632FEWqasE/DSCF1409_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">I also found some foam stars and flowers in my craft bin!  They were perfect to add to our creation week!  Isaac sorted the stars from the flowers.  Another option was to sort them by color also.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CYKbagekLU0/TptAaHkvxvI/AAAAAAAACiI/b3MJKZ_5mMQ/s1600-h/DSCF1354%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1354" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1354" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DMSJtQCWy_8/TptAaZdV8iI/AAAAAAAACiQ/BSUSKgiNgW8/DSCF1354_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Miriam had lots of fun playing with this and poured the shapes back and forth between the cups.  I showed her the difference between the flower and the star and tried to get her to sort them, but she was much more interested in just dumping them out.  ;-)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6PQxrZgkJzg/TptAa9KglzI/AAAAAAAACiY/5xMDcOyMXb4/s1600-h/DSCF1356%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1356" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1356" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-j7_4YZYOHM4/TptAbO7hLGI/AAAAAAAACig/cApNotIBXPw/DSCF1356_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">  </p> <p align="left"><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">Creation Sensory Bin</font></strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZyB95Rx7SSE/TptAbfVhV5I/AAAAAAAACio/O6_toabpdYg/s1600-h/DSCF14175.jpg"><img title="DSCF1417" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1417" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xI2isbvnbxc/TptAbkBkCfI/AAAAAAAACiw/SVKDPgXQfec/DSCF1417_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p align="center">I am so excited about this sensory bin and the kids loved it!  They had so much fun playing with it and it held their attention for a LONG time!</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-421TlQldEoY/TptAb-ZLrNI/AAAAAAAACi4/x3UGDA3wDDQ/s1600-h/DSCF14375.jpg"><img title="DSCF1437" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1437" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QpIPtiX-BC0/TptAcNVWFvI/AAAAAAAACjA/Pi4ZoCyEu64/DSCF1437_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p align="center">Included in our sensory bin was:</p> <ul> <li> <div align="left"><em>Day 1 ~  Light and Darkness:</em>  some electronic candles from the dollar tree</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><em>Day 2 ~  Separated the Waters:</em>  rice dyed blue to represent water</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><em>Day 3  ~  Land and Vegetation:</em>  Tree figures, some strange grassy feeling round things from the Dollar Tree ;-) and some foam flowers</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><em>Day 4 ~ Sun, Moon, and Stars:</em>  the stars that the kids painted earlier in the week</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><em>Day 5  ~  Animals of the Sky and Sea:</em>  some plastic water animals from the Dollar Tree</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><em>Day 6  ~  Animals of the Land and Man:</em>  Dinosaurs from the Dollar Tree (I didn’t have anything to represent man)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><em>Day 7  ~  Rest</em> (I thought about putting in a bed from a dollhouse they had)</div> </li> </ul> <p align="center"> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DqkcOCwX7Lw/TptAcvwGTYI/AAAAAAAACjM/zqGWqEZwLnU/s1600-h/DSCF14416.jpg"><img title="DSCF1441" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="239" alt="DSCF1441" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TScKY5maUsk/TptAdQLeaAI/AAAAAAAACjY/Htp2qXR18lk/DSCF1441_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="331" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">I gave each of the kids a cookie sheet to spread their treasures out on.  Isaac decided that each of his sea animals needed some rice.  Haha!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YXzPaJEuBTI/TptAeH-pbfI/AAAAAAAACjg/5B1GvJez61Y/s1600-h/DSCF14475.jpg"><img title="DSCF1447" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1447" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9vufK5FxBI8/TptAetpp7_I/AAAAAAAACjo/6uJ_J3tEpwY/DSCF1447_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p><strong><font color="#a3cefa" size="4"><font color="#074685">Other Fun Stuff</font></font></strong></p> <p><font size="4"><font color="#074685"><strong><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6c9-oMJ__T0/TptAewH0ZmI/AAAAAAAACjw/exH-Vn5Pytw/s1600-h/DSCF1357%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1357" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1357" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bEiIqFMJzRI/TptAfBxaEhI/AAAAAAAACj4/OwwdrfVm5Vs/DSCF1357_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </strong></font></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#400000" size="3">I originally got this idea from </font><a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2010/09/tot-school-at-beach.html" target="_blank"><font color="#400000" size="3">Carisa at 1+1+1=1</font></a><font color="#400000" size="3">.  I made circles out of pipe cleaners and painted the ends of the clothespins to match the colors of the pipes.  Isaac then matched up the colors.  ;-)</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-k8y3d-Xbdzw/TptAfXMhoqI/AAAAAAAACkA/4WcTXxHr8nQ/s1600-h/DSCF1358%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1358" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="320" alt="DSCF1358" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FGC2gVtwUaM/TptAftWHYRI/AAAAAAAACkI/_wv1GvWhseY/DSCF1358_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="247" border="0" /></a> </strong></p> <p align="center"><font color="#400000" size="3">Miriam had fun playing with the wooden magnetic blocks.  She mostly liked taking them out of their bin and onto her tray and back again.</font></p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SfFfnbM6KjI/TptAgAMysgI/AAAAAAAACkQ/9KENP18f9_o/s1600-h/DSCF1428%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1428" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1428" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--yleiLfQ_DE/TptAgQwTffI/AAAAAAAACkY/8A7eZBoiu88/DSCF1428_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4"></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4"> </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4"></font></strong></p> <p><font size="4"><font color="#074685"><strong>Just Because</strong></font></font></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-puAiB2_hlfo/TptAgqnYoLI/AAAAAAAACkg/vHEBHYDwn5w/s1600-h/DSCF1335%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1335" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="325" alt="DSCF1335" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-orJiqA34PgA/TptAgy-lfRI/AAAAAAAACkk/Aha7RNbhxMc/DSCF1335_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="243" border="0" /></a></p> <p>I absolutely LOVE this pic of my two girls!  It is too cute!</p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gh1-Ag3Oyz0/TptAhddU_7I/AAAAAAAACks/7gJRmd-JtoY/s1600-h/DSCF1379%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1379" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1379" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-INMUBgq9uL8/TptAhnsGaTI/AAAAAAAACk0/QuvoImRwaNc/DSCF1379_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a>Hannah is all smiles these days!  I love it! </p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--cnvWdJTTt8/TptAh425ZhI/AAAAAAAACk8/rZvCxGVpj6s/s1600-h/DSCF1363%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1363" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF1363" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-W5D-mGzQAtc/TptAiLSex-I/AAAAAAAAClE/J3jRcq_KOKc/DSCF1363_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="256" border="0" /></a> I had to throw this one in.  Here are two of my cuties and Miriam in her cowgirl boots!  </p> <p>  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IyWwd07o38s/TptAigEvTgI/AAAAAAAAClM/xVRAYHOokag/s1600-h/DSCF1488%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1488" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1488" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mP3vujvOSto/TptAi-1JSpI/AAAAAAAAClU/BwZlyBup-V0/DSCF1488_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">We had the chance last week to go and visit my family in WV for a few days.  Isaac got to ride on the tractor with Grandpa!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jMUPVl_i6Cg/TptAjNibGgI/AAAAAAAAClc/8-Noj5IwTPU/s1600-h/DSCF1495%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1495" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1495" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ujQxRDG_LiA/TptAjYwRzMI/AAAAAAAAClk/m7Eyj45Zb9c/DSCF1495_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p></p> <p align="center">Hannah hanging out with Grandpa.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lO5bs6m-IUQ/TptAjnAaKKI/AAAAAAAAClw/OgBr-gNl7Ck/s1600-h/DSCF1496%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1496" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1496" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-otQR10vSkOw/TptAj5Bj3YI/AAAAAAAACl4/diKDM20qbRM/DSCF1496_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a>Hannah all comfy with Aunt Hollie. </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">To see what other moms are doing in Tot School this week, check out the official <a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2011/10/tot-school-letter-tt.html" target="_blank">Tot School blog!</a></p> <p>Linking up to Tot School and Preschool Corner.</p> <p><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img title="TotSchool150" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="154" alt="TotSchool150" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-29Y85p2B-_Q/TptAkDJrwuI/AAAAAAAACmA/KYorOSHkVEc/TotSchool150%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="154" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--JK5WxFcvyM/TptAkWti2DI/AAAAAAAACmI/m7u26p4lMG0/s1600-h/PreschoolCornersidebarbutton210%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="PreschoolCornersidebarbutton210" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="129" alt="PreschoolCornersidebarbutton210" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tVcDg8ee6rM/TptAkpMsyaI/AAAAAAAACmQ/1Qopowva-N8/PreschoolCornersidebarbutton210_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="129" border="0" /></a></p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-35978451662390471902011-10-14T23:13:00.001-04:002011-10-14T23:13:14.992-04:00My Cuties<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PXFnJLawdoo/Tpj6L-kgnfI/AAAAAAAACdE/JaulB98BDJk/s1600-h/DSCF1528%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1528" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="325" alt="DSCF1528" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JbLixi0VA9s/Tpj6MYK890I/AAAAAAAACdM/88BjOfWwofk/DSCF1528_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="243" border="0" /></a></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vksvzGbKIVU/Tpj6MnknsWI/AAAAAAAACdU/FwkubskHtEY/s1600-h/DSCF1552%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1552" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="221" alt="DSCF1552" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zkKrbN2za4I/Tpj6M8-tytI/AAAAAAAACdc/1-Dj74FfKpM/DSCF1552_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VHdkMcBhDQQ/Tpj6Nd4rVoI/AAAAAAAACdk/I0BrIRvgn4U/s1600-h/DSCF1562%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1562" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="235" alt="DSCF1562" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qVZhbZFZ_kE/Tpj6N2k5X7I/AAAAAAAACds/ZynsOkzFPDY/DSCF1562_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jHxfCq-7NG8/Tpj6OUQYgUI/AAAAAAAACd0/aSLcMB57Agg/s1600-h/DSCF1563%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1563" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1563" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-B9UhdNqiKO4/Tpj6Oq1lYEI/AAAAAAAACd8/UfOg1fPRJPg/DSCF1563_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qRApAl5gSbU/Tpj6POubXLI/AAAAAAAACeE/XvUViRPw_DY/s1600-h/DSCF1564%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1564" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="320" alt="DSCF1564" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--6hDod3XTE0/Tpj6PmjvMgI/AAAAAAAACeM/bGvb9yUexO0/DSCF1564_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="247" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dmhjHaSa1do/Tpj6QjwYRNI/AAAAAAAACeU/UqoF6tfpxXk/s1600-h/DSCF1573%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1573" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1573" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-y1p5jCm_9WI/Tpj6Q-HEHtI/AAAAAAAACec/Ck6AYzCVQk4/DSCF1573_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-r8Hjx_BUdh8/Tpj6RHyejwI/AAAAAAAACek/-4jMNUqUX6I/s1600-h/DSCF1565%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1565" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="327" alt="DSCF1565" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jNqc2gJkPhs/Tpj6RSJlPKI/AAAAAAAACes/5h94kSacQ_8/DSCF1565_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="241" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YusrlyUTvDQ/Tpj6R3yaReI/AAAAAAAACe0/kr8oCu9w_UQ/s1600-h/DSCF1596%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1596" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="224" alt="DSCF1596" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-srEQyZJecRE/Tpj6SQPojLI/AAAAAAAACe4/KXol4yxcAaE/DSCF1596_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="352" border="0" /></a></p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-52487618005411374682011-09-18T17:04:00.001-04:002011-10-16T16:40:57.443-04:00Creation: Part 1<p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><strong><font color="#073985">Isaac is 43 months</font></strong></p> <p align="center"><strong><font color="#073985">Miriam is 26 months</font></strong></p> <p> </p> <p align="center">My first Tot School/Preschool post of the new school year!!!  Hooray!  I’m starting to get into the routine of things again with the precious addition of Hannah to our family.  We have “unofficially” been doing Tot School on and off this summer, but now we are getting a bit more serious and organized. (Which this mommy thrives on!)  This will also be my first time linking up to the Preschool Corner with <a href="http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jolanthe at Homeschool Creations</a>!  I can’t believe how quickly the time is flying by! Isaac is 3 1/2 and it just blows my mind!  </p> <p align="center">  This week was our first week back, and unfortunately, the camera was at Aaron’s office most of the week :(  So I have VERY few pictures from this week.  But I am happy to say that the camera is back home now and I found the cord (again ;-)  to get the pictures downloaded.  </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">Circle Time</font></strong></p> <p align="center">We are beginning are time with “Circle Time”  where we pray, read our Bible story for the week, and sing a mix of “Bible songs” as Isaac likes to call them and also hymns that tie in with our story focus for the week.  We also play our instruments while we sing, which the kids LOVE! Eventually, in the next few weeks, we’ll also be adding in calendar time to this.  A Few of our songs that we learned this week were:</p> <ul> <li> <div align="center"><strong>God Made Me</strong></div> </li> <li> <div align="center"><strong>He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands</strong></div> </li> <li> <div align="center"><strong>All Creatures of Our God and King</strong> </div> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">Fun Play</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wWMdzAschgg/TnZc1xjZbSI/AAAAAAAACbw/hnUAnzQpaxA/s1600-h/DSCF12955.jpg"><img title="DSCF1295" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1295" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HMG2MAx-MZk/TnZc2kw_T8I/AAAAAAAACb0/TlVMhS47z3A/DSCF1295_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Our Bible story this week was on Creation.  We also focused on colors and number recognition (1-3).   Here Isaac and Miriam were practicing drawing the #1 in a plate of flour.   Um yea. . . . it got a little messy.  But thankfully it was very easy to clean ;-)  Our color for that day was “white”.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yjumldLNbzM/TnZc3hQ1pXI/AAAAAAAACb4/eNKhNx_BJz0/s1600-h/DSCF13005.jpg"><img title="DSCF1300" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1300" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bSi-JT_SaxE/TnZc4GJW_5I/AAAAAAAACb8/1YKOXY5rnc8/DSCF1300_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">On the 1st Day of Creation, God created light and made “night” and “day”.  Here Isaac is sorting cards as to whether the pictures depicts night or day.  He caught on really quickly with this.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-b-6holrBvf0/TnZc5LlOw_I/AAAAAAAACcA/VLbyYJJpC3c/s1600-h/DSCF13025.jpg"><img title="DSCF1302" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1302" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xvWg7tquW2A/TnZc5peZi7I/AAAAAAAACcE/3u7UoDZDl4E/DSCF1302_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Since we were also focusing on the #1, we played this easy and fun game with an egg carton and some printed numbers that helped with number recognition.  We placed a number/letter in each section, put a button object in the carton, closed the lid, shook it up, and then opened it to see what letter or number our button had landed on.  This would also be a great activity to use for graphing.  I might have to try that this week with Isaac!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ohvaTUJnK20/TnZc6UIaaqI/AAAAAAAACcI/qBg-3PiakEM/s1600-h/DSCF13055.jpg"><img title="DSCF1305" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1305" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-R73vZlHETUY/TnZc6tTuIYI/AAAAAAAACcM/jJ1sZAdX-lc/DSCF1305_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">And this is what our sweet Hannah was up to during Tot School.  :)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XIKkOD2jMHU/TnZc7alPZyI/AAAAAAAACcQ/AzpalhC-1CQ/s1600-h/DSCF12996.jpg"><img title="DSCF1299" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="248" alt="DSCF1299" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4zGoCGFeyZk/TnZc7sOIH1I/AAAAAAAACcU/seWOcdF9U2g/DSCF1299_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="318" border="0" /></a>     </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">This week we also;</font></strong></p> <ul> <li>put blue shampoo in ziploc bags and let them practice writing the #2.  (I also drew a barely recognizable Bob and Larry, and Jr. Asparagus, at Isaac’s request ;-) </li> <li>worked on Animal lacing cards </li> <li>played with our magnetic color cubes (a few times!) </li> <li>played Candy Land (again, a few times!) </li> <li>went and gathered leaves, grass, and flowers in our boxes as we learned about the 3rd day of Creation </li> <li>watched a LeapFrog video (Love those!) </li> <li>and read quite a bit! </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">Our Resources:</font></strong></p> <p> </p> <p align="center">This year I will be pulling from a few different places to get my main ideas for our school times.  I have also intentionally limited my “surfing” of other early childhood education sites just for the purpose of guarding my time.  I could spent ALOT of time looking up online for fun things to do with my kids, but I don’t feel I would be a good steward of my time.  Plus it keeps things simpler for me, and we always have PLENTY to do!  </p> <p></p> <p align="center"> </p> <ul> <li> <div align="center"> <strong><font size="3">Hubbard’s Cupboard:</font></strong>  I sweet lady from church sent me this link a few months back and as soon as I saw it, I thought, this is what we are doing this year! The 3 year old curriculum is based on a Bible story each week.  The majority of activities for the week are based off of the Bible story that you are learning.   Incorporated in this is also learning a letter a week, along with shapes, colors, numbers, etc.  Everything is laid out for you, including an overview of the year, lesson plans, and all the links needed for all the activities.  All the activities pictured this week are from Hubbard’s Cupboard.  :-)  </div> </li> </ul> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/index.html" target="_blank"><img title="hubbardscupboard_160_135" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="139" alt="hubbardscupboard_160_135" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-o2_z_JahgiA/TnZc8AgPu3I/AAAAAAAACcY/H1KB13G1Njs/hubbardscupboard_160_1353.png?imgmax=800" width="164" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <ul> <li> <div align="left"> <a href="http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/2010/07/letter-of-week-curriculum.html" target="_blank"><strong>Letter of the Week</strong></a><strong> Curriculum:</strong>  We are going to be using this again this year along with Hubbard’s Cupboard.  These two combined will be making of the bulk of what we do.  This will be Miriam’s first time going through it, and I will be stepping things up a bit for Isaac (probably right after Miriam goes down for a nap ;-)    </div> </li> </ul> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/letter-of-the-week" target="_blank"><img title="Letter of the Week badge" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="117" alt="Letter of the Week badge" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3Y_JU6MudEA/TnZc8ScxoKI/AAAAAAAACcc/xVp88SZQ40E/LetteroftheWeekbadge3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <ul> <li> <div align="left"><strong><font size="3">1+1+1=1</font></strong>:  So here is to the website that started me on this journey :)  Over a year ago Aaron and I had been talking about being more intentional about teaching Isaac.  One night I was searching for early childhood resources and “ran across” this treasure.  It has been such a blessing.  She has tons of great ideas and free printables that I will be using from time to time.</div> </li> </ul> <p align="left"><a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img title="1plus1button150" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="154" alt="1plus1button150" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-q6AS_AbjOmQ/TnZc87wBq-I/AAAAAAAACcg/TrR9toZC-k8/1plus1button1503.jpg?imgmax=800" width="154" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <ul> <li> <div align="left"><strong><font size="3">Homeschool Creations:</font></strong>  I will be supplementing with some of the fun free printables that Jolanthe has on her blog.  We will also be linking up to her Preschool Corner too! </div> </li> </ul> <p align="left"><a href="http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img title="HomeschoolCreationsSidebarButtoncop" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="129" alt="HomeschoolCreationsSidebarButtoncop" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-u_bb-V3SEak/TnZc9Bt6dfI/AAAAAAAACck/Jys_RepyCV8/HomeschoolCreationsSidebarButtoncop4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="129" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4"><font color="#074685"><strong>Coming Up . . .</strong></font></font></p> <p>Hopefully at least more pictures!!  We will be doing Days 3-7 of Creation with lots of fun activities.  I’m on my way to gather my supplies for the week as soon as I finish this!  I’ve also got a Creation Sensory bin planned too! I’m sure I will be more excited about it than the kids!  </p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p>To see what other moms are doing in Tot School and Preschool Corner this week, click on the buttons to check out the official sites! </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2011/09/tot-school-letter-qq.html" target="_blank"><img title="TotSchool150" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="154" alt="TotSchool150" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-91fcsZGVpVM/TnZc9dG6AwI/AAAAAAAACco/HoXTyMyRhF4/TotSchool1503.jpg?imgmax=800" width="154" border="0" /></a> <p></p> <p><a href="http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img title="PreschoolCornersidebarbutton210" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="129" alt="PreschoolCornersidebarbutton210" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DKcxmj6yI6w/TnZc9tLFbaI/AAAAAAAACcs/WH5yzkgZZhU/PreschoolCornersidebarbutton2103.jpg?imgmax=800" width="129" border="0" /></a></p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-53094183587848007422011-09-17T22:25:00.001-04:002011-09-17T22:25:20.678-04:00Still Alive<p>Yes, we are still here.  Quite well and happy :-)  I have been taking a little bloggy break for a while until basically I get to the point where not every spare minute I have of quiet I am trying to study the back of my eyelids ;-)  Over the past two months we have slowly (and quite peacefully I might add) been adjusting  to life with 3 little ones in the house.  I feel like I am starting to get things caught up around the house and Hannah is (at two months)  only waking up once during the night to nurse.  So the last thing to fall into place for me is to start blogging again.  I have had a few potential posts swirling around in my head for the last few weeks, but just hadn’t had time when the kiddos were sleeping to make it down to the computer I use for blogging.   It had been such a long time since my last post that I had to look up the last thing I shared with you.  haha  and what I found was basically the announcement of Hannah’s birth!  So,  we are 2 months past that now.  So until next time, here are a few pics to hold you over.  ;-)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8KyR-DD0Xsk/TnVWfGHn80I/AAAAAAAACbI/51JyTH39iSQ/s1600-h/DSCF1321%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1321" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1321" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yt_N8-rJBn0/TnVWfmB8TwI/AAAAAAAACbM/YELBpxgnm1M/DSCF1321_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p align="center">This pic was taken this morning.  Miriam is such a little momma and absolutely LOVES her sister Hannah!</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sc0EXNNy3nQ/TnVWgXEXLoI/AAAAAAAACbQ/KxDe8PmVb6g/s1600-h/DSCF1326%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1326" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="243" alt="DSCF1326" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UwshehLOAF8/TnVWgkE3dAI/AAAAAAAACbU/B4ok7IphCrk/DSCF1326_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="325" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yHrVbIQyUQk/TnVWhEhjfzI/AAAAAAAACbY/vWAs4vmv-Ng/s1600-h/DSCF1291%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1291" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="316" alt="DSCF1291" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KpLuO9bP75Q/TnVWhndhCGI/AAAAAAAACbc/T6Nyngr3DSA/DSCF1291_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="250" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">I will not tell you how many pictures I took of the three of them trying to get just ONE good one! (With all of them at least looking at me and the two oldest smiling) I will try again another time ;-)</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vSsn-JMQpg8/TnVWiigh1XI/AAAAAAAACbg/RYP0EmVSwmc/s1600-h/DSCF1282%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1282" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF1282" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SmExhQB4vZo/TnVWjI1qEvI/AAAAAAAACbk/inLfjtqN2Js/DSCF1282_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Here is one from a few weeks ago :-)</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JsojGjbF1lg/TnVWjhx_KtI/AAAAAAAACbo/j1EgQDvCkuo/s1600-h/DSCF1194%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF1194" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="221" alt="DSCF1194" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tm9aXC8t7nI/TnVWkH4ORjI/AAAAAAAACbs/5IB3L3KFKN4/DSCF1194_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="358" border="0" /></a></p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-25682302734219824932011-07-25T06:16:00.001-04:002011-07-25T06:16:51.810-04:00Our Little Bundle of Joy<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wCO0nwHXz1E/Ti1CXdFhQlI/AAAAAAAACY4/qPogJJZAYqk/s1600-h/DSCF0906%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0906" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="321" alt="DSCF0906" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Xtzgxh5kOBk/Ti1CX0G6nwI/AAAAAAAACY8/go5a9wDP7ns/DSCF0906_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="246" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><font color="#1c4e80" size="4"><strong>Hannah Joy </strong></font></p> <p align="center">Born 7/18/11</p> <p align="center">7 lbs and 20 inches</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Isn’t she perfect?!?  I know, I know, I’m a little biased.  We are so excited and blessed to welcome this new little bundle to our family!!  </p> <p align="center"><img title="DSCF0916" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="327" alt="DSCF0916" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-68kJ7xRdVyo/Ti1CYakJ_jI/AAAAAAAACZA/iwpJb_YXAN8/DSCF0916_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="242" border="0" /></p> <p align="center">Hannah was brought into this world through by a planned C-Section this past Monday.  (I can’t believe it’s been a week already! In some ways, it seems like one insanely long day, but I will attribute that to lack of sleep ;-) Through God’s grace, everything went smoothly through the surgery.  It was a much better experience than my last C-Section, and I actually got to “hold” her for a few minutes before she left with Daddy and the nurses to get cleaned up and checked out. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-66qNUMHHmSw/Ti1CYkV4qdI/AAAAAAAACZE/EcUSCBtzACE/s1600-h/Hannah%252520right%252520after%252520birth%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Hannah right after birth" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="Hannah right after birth" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TGxWP3NpUv8/Ti1CZJ8T9WI/AAAAAAAACZI/TrDPlNB1BXI/Hannah%252520right%252520after%252520birth_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="243" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"> While in recovery, Aaron and Hannah got to come back and see me and I was able to start nursing Hannah!  I am so thankful that she started nursing right away!  What a blessing! (huge sigh of relief for this momma!  Miriam didn’t start nursing until almost 48 hours after birth! Couldn’t get her to stay awake long enough to latch on!)  Since things were going so well with Hannah, and I was up and moving around pretty well, and the fact that this wasn’t our first rodeo, our request to go home a day early was granted.  </p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-f2sa235jEjg/Ti1CZ9ul4zI/AAAAAAAACZM/Eu7w6E6AH3A/s1600-h/DSCF0920%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0920" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="257" alt="DSCF0920" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-D_WBLRy-R2g/Ti1CaReKb5I/AAAAAAAACZQ/6zCgu5vRg4s/DSCF0920_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="307" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">And can I just say how extremely excited Miriam and Isaac were to have their baby sister Hannah home?!  They absolutely adore her!  Miriam likes to kneel beside her and “talk” to her sister.  I can just imagine all the sister secrets these two are sharing.  ;-) </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jMn_v6m6ZA0/Ti1Ca7eoAiI/AAAAAAAACZU/6XR0FtjiZdw/s1600-h/DSCF0925%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0925" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="257" alt="DSCF0925" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5-7hcWsq-Lc/Ti1CbOgHGRI/AAAAAAAACZY/J5jeqyfPZyY/DSCF0925_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="307" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Isaac loves his little sisters!!  He loves to hold Hannah and give her kisses :-) </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Sv-e1vC42xw/Ti1Cb0mKUEI/AAAAAAAACZc/PZqBKYn_YRI/s1600-h/Isaac%252520and%252520Hannah%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Isaac and Hannah" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="309" alt="Isaac and Hannah" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-s75Qnanygck/Ti1CcACJfvI/AAAAAAAACZg/ekP6kgRDIvY/Isaac%252520and%252520Hannah_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="256" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">We have also enjoyed having our family in with us this week.  (A definite benefit of having a planned C-Section, everyone can mark it on their calendars ahead of time!)</p> <p align="center">Grandma (my mom)<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_D7DST6SpG8/Ti1Cc02EqFI/AAAAAAAACZk/uwgKKWpiQ4M/s1600-h/Hannah%252520and%252520Grandma%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="Hannah and Grandma" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="283" alt="Hannah and Grandma" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fbawfAP4Ogg/Ti1CdCt9L1I/AAAAAAAACZo/n1XK7nd8NoY/Hannah%252520and%252520Grandma_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="280" border="0" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> Grandpa (my dad)</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hWCRCUYm2MU/Ti1Cd4DquTI/AAAAAAAACZs/fV2isKNyKRg/s1600-h/Hannah%252520and%252520Grandpa%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Hannah and Grandpa" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="Hannah and Grandpa" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KrUcrAO-SRc/Ti1CedzmfEI/AAAAAAAACZw/fWMAjEcds6o/Hannah%252520and%252520Grandpa_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> Aunt Hollie (my sister)</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-F_o3Vmm4YzU/Ti1CfGBxfnI/AAAAAAAACZ0/O6PJXRIzvok/s1600-h/Hannah%252520and%252520Hollie%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Hannah and Hollie" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="Hannah and Hollie" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BiPVqqRX9gI/Ti1CftHUIZI/AAAAAAAACZ4/kyTxQNhlS-k/Hannah%252520and%252520Hollie_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Papaw (Aaron’s dad)<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0E4ZLswS5gA/Ti1CgBp0v5I/AAAAAAAACZ8/qpoUYEXR8hM/s1600-h/DSCF0940%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0940" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="306" alt="DSCF0940" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-AT2txQtMzlY/Ti1CgRWE1-I/AAAAAAAACaA/bW71qqAFIqQ/DSCF0940_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="259" border="0" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p align="center">Mammy (Aaron’s mom)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-t9qTYH_Tmbo/Ti1ChMKfmDI/AAAAAAAACaE/emfgQhUKf0M/s1600-h/DSCF0933%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0933" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF0933" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QAtMe2XLRPU/Ti1ChhIb5mI/AAAAAAAACaI/C70lpzDOpVc/DSCF0933_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center"> I thought this was too sweet!  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mgm0jr7RbhU/Ti1CiajWkwI/AAAAAAAACaM/TRG-G2-CaRY/s1600-h/DSCF0946%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0946" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF0946" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wZndZNcOjNk/Ti1CijG4nCI/AAAAAAAACaQ/W-WUmzxc88M/DSCF0946_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">This picture was taking Sunday morning before church.  The kids were ready to go and were watching their Bible songs DVD while waiting on the adults ;-)  The realization hit that we now have 3 kids!  What a blessing!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cQqilfCn6Kk/Ti1CjoTOWPI/AAAAAAAACaU/G3Xt0vi41iQ/s1600-h/DSCF0990%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0990" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="236" alt="DSCF0990" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-AoJtx2O-8yQ/Ti1Cj_wiqNI/AAAAAAAACaY/LHH9oyxsy8Y/DSCF0990_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="336" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center"> I thank the Lord for his mercy and care over the past week.  It has been a smooth time of transition for our family and I am so grateful for that! I am healing well from the surgery, even though I still have to remind myself to sit down and take it easy.  (I am so mentally ready to jump back into the swing of things but my body is definitely not ready for that yet!)  We have been so appreciative of all the prayers, meals, and help our family and friends have given us.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yAULThYSXI0/Ti1Ckb0PEYI/AAAAAAAACac/Qbc9RHxgWNs/s1600-h/DSCF0992%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0992" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="325" alt="DSCF0992" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ofsv36iyZzA/Ti1CkriM9sI/AAAAAAAACag/tLJ7xRUp1II/DSCF0992_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="243" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">And now I think I will follow Hannah’s example and get a few more minutes of shut-eye before the household wakes up ;-)  </p> <p align="center">Stay tuned!</p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-63051432870360271472011-06-19T17:36:00.001-04:002011-10-16T16:40:57.443-04:00Tot School<p>This Tot School post is going to be a bit random :-)  There is no real theme, and it is a few weeks worth of fun all rolled into one post.  We have been busy already this summer (hence not much blogging) and had about 10 days at the beginning of May/end of June when we were on vacation to see family.  But here’s just a sneak peak at a few of the thing we’ve been up to in the last few weeks :)</p> <p> </p> <p>The Little Touch Leap Pad continues to be a hit!  We found a new book for it at a flea market while we were visiting family.  It is The Little Blue Engine that Could, which is one of Isaac’s favorite movies!!  And at $5 for a new LeapPad book, I couldn’t pass it up!  Needless to say he was very excited to try it out!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--qzml3WoD2Y/Tf5rjUfkreI/AAAAAAAACW8/iIHU5jn3r0E/s1600-h/DSCF0759%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0759" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="314" alt="DSCF0759" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-B9kPPS_d7rU/Tf5rkfrl7KI/AAAAAAAACXA/bpaR9q4zbSs/DSCF0759_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="252" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>We have been working on the letters I and J  the past few weeks.  Here is Isaac working on matching up his shapes. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SVqN6bVaEiw/Tf5rlBEiOdI/AAAAAAAACXE/Yc0zyef03H8/s1600-h/DSCF0766%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0766" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF0766" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-amaPqH0JJM8/Tf5rlXCmjrI/AAAAAAAACXI/TqaUqRP-QmM/DSCF0766_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">He also breezed through sorting the capital and lower case “Jj”.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pIykD24KcUo/Tf5rmAtqVWI/AAAAAAAACXM/VbvKUIlOGZY/s1600-h/DSCF0768%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0768" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF0768" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Fs05m2ryfwc/Tf5rmkWhL_I/AAAAAAAACXQ/1BRgrUGbV0E/DSCF0768_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8b0HXL8O7gM/Tf5rnfG2XsI/AAAAAAAACXU/4jwyf0ijTqc/s1600-h/DSCF0771%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0771" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF0771" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DH0_oDYCjxI/Tf5rnqFxHkI/AAAAAAAACXY/n3GIMJXPUK4/DSCF0771_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>Isaac is learning to play games for the first time! We had finished watching Jonah: A Veggie Tales movie when I remembered that we had the Jonah Go Fish cards!  </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-S5yyowGcGz8/Tf5robjG_mI/AAAAAAAACXc/3mds4s-TVrk/s1600-h/DSCF0773%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0773" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF0773" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kpqU9X0VE80/Tf5rpJWkatI/AAAAAAAACXg/1fV9Fq5kT_A/DSCF0773_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p>So I set both of our hands face up on the table and taught him how to play.  It was so cute to hear him say, “Go fish mommy!” </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6vGAKJNGga0/Tf5rptkh2qI/AAAAAAAACXk/cRKxP7zaVhk/s1600-h/DSCF0772%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0772" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF0772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VWQSssGcp9A/Tf5rrtesWDI/AAAAAAAACXo/NGtqkFeGUa4/DSCF0772_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p align="center">I combined the themes of I for Inchworm and J for Jellybean to play this number/counting game ;-)  We used our jelly beans to place on the white circles on the leaves to work on our counting, and then used our inchworm numbers to match up the correct number.  I think Isaac’s favorite part was eating the jelly beans afterwards though ;-)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DssNbCN-_6w/Tf5rsYehCNI/AAAAAAAACXs/_A0cjSTeTIk/s1600-h/DSCF0777%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0777" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF0777" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0CENk6VPT-Q/Tf5rs2qhTlI/AAAAAAAACXw/u6EhK0Mn5Xs/DSCF0777_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" align="left" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bpChFxKu7p8/Tf5rtqo7dGI/AAAAAAAACX0/egHe66NUxlg/s1600-h/DSCF0778%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0778" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF0778" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uTiLBi5HHgU/Tf5ruOe2IsI/AAAAAAAACX4/CA7RT1stMkI/DSCF0778_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" align="right" border="0" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p align="center">One of the sweet ladies from the church blessed us with some fun treasures from her teaching days!  Here is a Melissa and Doug Alphabet train floor puzzle.  Isaac absolutely loves trains, so this was a huge hit and he wanted to play with it as soon as he saw me bring it out!</p> <p align="center"><img title="DSCF0825" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF0825" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--q8fWV_YHiQ/Tf5rukUXV1I/AAAAAAAACX8/w_KMMGlU9g0/DSCF0825_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></p> <p align="center">Sister got in on the fun too.  And it was all good until she decided to tear it all apart, which um . . ended with both kids on the couch until they could cool down and mommy could put the puzzle back together again :)  (Yea, there was a bit of screaming going on . . . it could have gotten violent!)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hNUCqgOWmEk/Tf5rvqhid4I/AAAAAAAACYA/XB2aNPU2u5o/s1600-h/DSCF0828%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0828" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF0828" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rct6ut0cDhE/Tf5rwOPgfPI/AAAAAAAACYE/O_sgAVr3Hbk/DSCF0828_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center"> Putting in the last piece!!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3U4nGWU_TBI/Tf5rw8cnMLI/AAAAAAAACYI/zqvJMtfPAHk/s1600-h/DSCF0832%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0832" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF0832" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--7VcocegWvE/Tf5rxDAPpnI/AAAAAAAACYM/ow6S7mpBMHI/DSCF0832_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">In one of the boxes of treasures I also found this Hi-Ho Cherry-O game!!!  We have had fun playing it and learning number recognition and counting!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bbCzDFwi1k4/Tf5ryI02ZJI/AAAAAAAACYQ/BHR165FQl-s/s1600-h/DSCF0834%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0834" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF0834" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bOmEjuL1zzA/Tf5ryiAzjzI/AAAAAAAACYU/Rc__j5Sdnqc/DSCF0834_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Isaac also likes to put his cherries on his tree with the stems upside down.  It cracks me up!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--qlbuhH_Nw0/Tf5r2Ms11KI/AAAAAAAACYY/H7fR11mjp60/s1600-h/DSCF0835%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0835" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF0835" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-74pQN6eMesk/Tf5r2hs-XHI/AAAAAAAACYc/U3bpNlsrtnc/DSCF0835_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>That’s all for now.  I have lots more pictures from the past few weeks, but I’ll take a break for now. :)  </p> <p>All the printables were from <a href="http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Erica’s Letter of the Week Curriculum!</a></p> <p><a href="http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img title="Letter of the Week badge" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="117" alt="Letter of the Week badge" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-AlXreXJGr_k/Tf5r3BnMcEI/AAAAAAAACYg/DJYyaOIKPok/Letter%252520of%252520the%252520Week%252520badge%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p></p> <p align="center">To see what other Tots and their moms are up to this week, visit Carisa and the official <a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2011/06/tot-school-letter-kk.html" target="_blank">Tot School Blog</a>!</p> <p><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img title="TotSchool150" style="border-right: 0px; 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This was the battleship that Aaron's paternal grandfather served on during WWII. We met his parents in NJ and all got to take the tour together. Aaron requested that I make him a slideshow of our pictures from the ship, so here it is :-) (I'm "planning" on doing another slideshow from all of our vacation week with family. Hopefully I'll have that to show you soon too :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HAqnk4WN6h4?fs=1" width="425"></iframe></div>Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-51042871566505815392011-05-22T16:02:00.001-04:002011-10-16T16:40:57.444-04:00Tot School: I is for Inchworm (Week 1 ;-)<p> </p> <p align="center"><strong><font color="#073985">Isaac is 39 months</font></strong></p> <p align="center"><strong><font color="#073985">Miriam is 22 months</font></strong></p> <p> This week was a little busier than I had expected it to be, but isn’t that normally the case?  Every week I tell myself, next week it will slow down!  But that slow week rarely shows up!  It was a good week though spending lots of time with friends and family.  We only had 1 official day of Tot School, so we will be continuing to work on the letter “Ii” for this next week also.  Isaac likes to confuse it with “Hh”, so I think we need a little more time with this letter. ;-)  (He also likes to call it “Y”)</p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">The “Official” Day</font></strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlrcx85WfI/AAAAAAAACUk/OZKyC62pWNc/s1600-h/DSCF0285%5B8%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0285" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="253" alt="DSCF0285" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrdszL3uI/AAAAAAAACUo/cgr0rnpxQgo/DSCF0285_thumb%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">My kids love playing with these things!!    </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlreO6rweI/AAAAAAAACUs/Otu4gS4JJ_Q/s1600-h/DSCF0286%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0286" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="261" alt="DSCF0286" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlregA0GRI/AAAAAAAACUw/RDaTb0qn2sw/DSCF0286_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Isaac requests all the time to make the letter using his magnets.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrfcQPWMI/AAAAAAAACU0/lweA30pzJ3Y/s1600-h/DSCF0289%5B16%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0289" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="363" alt="DSCF0289" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrgCiUgUI/AAAAAAAACU4/Hs6JzmMwHgQ/DSCF0289_thumb%5B24%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="275" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">After I introduced the Letter “Ii” to them using our pom-pom magnets, we did some review.  Here Isaac is making the letter A ;-)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlrg7xvp3I/AAAAAAAACU8/pemfE6NmV8c/s1600-h/DSCF0293%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0293" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="253" alt="DSCF0293" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrhT4SwBI/AAAAAAAACVA/FJeSeP-QEiA/DSCF0293_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="395" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Is she going to be a lefty??</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlriM_hAcI/AAAAAAAACVE/YnN77erdM0E/s1600-h/DSCF0297%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0297" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0297" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrieXMivI/AAAAAAAACVI/qPueKXltXSw/DSCF0297_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">Although I think it is kind of interesting that from the start, Miriam has done a better job of holding a crayon in her hand while Isaac still holds it with his fist.  I’m wondering when is the right time to correct this and to teach him the right way to hold a pencil? </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlri4FPgcI/AAAAAAAACVM/uChiOr9Il_s/s1600-h/DSCF0298%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0298" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="361" alt="DSCF0298" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlrjt0U5TI/AAAAAAAACVQ/kMI1P5DokCY/DSCF0298_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="276" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">Below he is making a railroad track with his crayons :)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrkLhvOQI/AAAAAAAACVU/7qn38mVwGuA/s1600-h/DSCF0303%5B9%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0303" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="374" alt="DSCF0303" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrkemKbmI/AAAAAAAACVY/y8ZnQ7B04sE/DSCF0303_thumb%5B12%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="267" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">We worked on some lacing too.  Isaac requested the cow while Miriam worked on the pig.  He is doing really well getting it through the holes easily, but I think next we will work on getting the lace pulled all the way through.   </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrlCQ77mI/AAAAAAAACVc/rbCbPvhLfy8/s1600-h/DSCF0308%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0308" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0308" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlrlogv4GI/AAAAAAAACVg/A_4tTZ_EC8M/DSCF0308_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">I was busy helping Miriam, so I didn’t have any pictures of her working on her sheep.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlrmbf7FpI/AAAAAAAACVk/o5_Zn-LHrdY/s1600-h/DSCF0310%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0310" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="273" alt="DSCF0310" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlrm8piEdI/AAAAAAAACVo/gByay3gTuqs/DSCF0310_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="365" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="left"><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">Learning Through Play</font></strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlrnf6v9EI/AAAAAAAACVs/5BcvlqB8jIg/s1600-h/DSCF0316%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0316" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="347" alt="DSCF0316" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlrnjdj1RI/AAAAAAAACVw/UhgR9l2kh-I/DSCF0316_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="288" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">We had our Leap Frog Phonics train out and the kids loved playing with it.  The batteries are in need of changing, so Miriam followed my example and helped to give the train a push when it was having trouble going up the hill. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrobF4LUI/AAAAAAAACV0/UiZ8LXxUtFU/s1600-h/DSCF0320%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0320" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF0320" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlrow6KRDI/AAAAAAAACV4/e8Lbw7bO78g/DSCF0320_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">She loves to wear her brother’s boots! I think we need to get her a pair of her own! Below Isaac is busy making a fence ;-)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrprS8l4I/AAAAAAAACV8/L6SoEVjqsbw/s1600-h/DSCF0322%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0322" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF0322" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrqLcWacI/AAAAAAAACWA/85v9PHCjXW4/DSCF0322_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">A Weekend with Aunt Hollie</font></strong></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrqjfxmtI/AAAAAAAACWE/M_CttmO0_Lk/s1600-h/DSCF0325%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0325" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="348" alt="DSCF0325" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrqxD0oaI/AAAAAAAACWI/xDKNaaRTam0/DSCF0325_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="287" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">We always love it when my sister can come in for a visit.  Unfortunately we don’t get to see her too often since she lives 5+ hours away :(  She was gracious enough to hang out with the kids Fri and Sat evenings so I could be with Aaron as he was involved with a wedding.   </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlrr7YDcmI/AAAAAAAACWM/l3zHxNI2Ie4/s1600-h/DSCF0333%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0333" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0333" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrsYoMT4I/AAAAAAAACWQ/ckdCNstyERY/DSCF0333_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">My children think these letter squares need to be worn as necklaces.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlrs8-AcVI/AAAAAAAACWU/ITBd44WBKw8/s1600-h/DSCF0332%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0332" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="365" alt="DSCF0332" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrtGon7JI/AAAAAAAACWY/hqqGlFK3RkI/DSCF0332_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="273" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">Miss Miriam and her big brown eyes! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tdlrti0p1sI/AAAAAAAACWc/LPB4JLviOJU/s1600-h/DSCF0324%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0324" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="376" alt="DSCF0324" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlruHn8gzI/AAAAAAAACWg/7FvLNmiRgNI/DSCF0324_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="265" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">Let me introduce you to “Joe Dog”.  He is by far the favorite stuffed animal in the house!  Miriam asks for him before naps/bedtimes, and he now also goes with us on long trips.  She loves to snuggle with him.  Below she is putting him down for a nap in the baby’s swing.    </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlruvZbLqI/AAAAAAAACWk/6ZHkARcE2us/s1600-h/DSCF0326%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0326" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="357" alt="DSCF0326" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrvAugGwI/AAAAAAAACWo/b_ADA9yu9Gg/DSCF0326_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="279" border="0" /></a>   </p> <p align="center">I had the privilege of getting to keep Baby M one day this past week.  The kids absolutely adored her!!  I had to keep reminding them that she belonged to someone else and was going home at the end of the day!  (Isaac has already asked for her to come back!)  It was fun to see how they might act once their baby sister arrives.  Here Isaac was gently rocking the swing back in forth while he watched Thomas.  I thought it was so sweet.  He did a great job being gentle!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrvuwB5sI/AAAAAAAACWs/uSb5pwDD_Xg/s1600-h/DSCF0314%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0314" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF0314" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrwK_uMnI/AAAAAAAACWw/9HWD4o4VXtI/DSCF0314_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p align="center"> The printables form this week are from <a href="http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Erica at Confessions of a Homeschooler!</a> </a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/2010/07/letter-of-week-curriculum.html" target="_blank"><img title="Letter of the Week badge" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="117" alt="Letter of the Week badge" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrwQvuaBI/AAAAAAAACW0/KR_JaMnACow/Letter%20of%20the%20Week%20badge%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p align="center">   </p> <p></p> <p>To see what other moms are doing in Tot School this week, check out the official <a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2011/05/tot-school-princess-theme.html" target="_blank">Tot School blog!</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img title="TotSchool150" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="154" alt="TotSchool150" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdlrwmX32MI/AAAAAAAACW4/k03MrSqucUk/TotSchool150%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="154" border="0" /></a></p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-31997814407949920262011-05-16T22:33:00.001-04:002011-10-16T16:40:57.444-04:00Tot School: H is for Hippo<p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><strong><font color="#073985">Isaac is 39 months</font></strong></p> <p align="center"><strong><font color="#073985">Miriam is 22 months</font></strong></p> <p> I didn’t get a whole lot of pictures from this week, but we had lots of fun working on the letter Hh.  Isaac learned it quickly and had fun at the same time.  </p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">We Love our Magnets!</font></strong></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeQwBUxnI/AAAAAAAACS4/tPYaL1Z19_4/s1600-h/DSCF0192%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0192" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0192" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeRj6OU-I/AAAAAAAACS8/Fq5KY4OJMKE/DSCF0192_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"> I lost count of how many times Isaac wanted to “make the letter H”.  He loved making the letter with the pom-pom magnets!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeSKoSZaI/AAAAAAAACTA/PYjbfQFbUzo/s1600-h/DSCF0184%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0184" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0184" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeSqknVXI/AAAAAAAACTE/nDMQnR7YzRo/DSCF0184_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Miriam loves playing with them too.  Thankfully I have more than one cookie sheet and plenty of magnets to go around!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeTdKfJBI/AAAAAAAACTI/PSdMjksIqDE/s1600-h/DSCF0183%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0183" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF0183" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeTtGsxvI/AAAAAAAACTM/PwSuENcHBfo/DSCF0183_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">One day Isaac decided to use one of his tools to help him place the magnets on the letter.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeUXnQUHI/AAAAAAAACTQ/Lpj9CYTsWuY/s1600-h/DSCF0191%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0191" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0191" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeUhaLW5I/AAAAAAAACTU/a33EXRFmllU/DSCF0191_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">Bottle Cap Fun</font></strong></p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeVWMaZlI/AAAAAAAACTY/FSdoAvggzF8/s1600-h/DSCF0180%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0180" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0180" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeV1y0yJI/AAAAAAAACTc/VUO_vGwHaa8/DSCF0180_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p align="center">My kids play with these things for hours!  The only thing is by the time they are done, they are all over the living room!!  But we work on colors and counting and just have fun playing.</p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeWptxkVI/AAAAAAAACTg/dLddrJzDH6s/s1600-h/DSCF0181%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0181" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF0181" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeW7HyBBI/AAAAAAAACTk/qey1t6phfP0/DSCF0181_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p align="left"><font size="4"><font color="#074685"><strong>Pattern Building</strong></font></font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeXvTATKI/AAAAAAAACTo/N73Pl827si4/s1600-h/DSCF0196%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0196" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="273" alt="DSCF0196" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeX1NDSqI/AAAAAAAACTs/347ue7VsiG8/DSCF0196_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="365" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">Isaac did great with this and called out the color of each hippo as he put it on the page.   </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeYlO9mOI/AAAAAAAACTw/U6q7GIi0tbQ/s1600-h/DSCF0193%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0193" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0193" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeY_bMdtI/AAAAAAAACT0/DnY1t9P69B8/DSCF0193_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">He then decided to make a “bridge” with them.  It has been fun to watch and observe him the past few weeks.  He has been very creative and imaginative!  He is always building bridges or shapes out of random things.  His favorite medium to use is his food ;-)  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeZl0Xb0I/AAAAAAAACT4/o7rYBYRhjHY/s1600-h/DSCF0197%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0197" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF0197" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeZ2pGEYI/AAAAAAAACT8/TKazpIMFDx8/DSCF0197_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="left"><font size="4"><font color="#074685"><strong>Fun with Colors</strong></font></font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHeasUSBiI/AAAAAAAACUA/61is8RLiNJg/s1600-h/DSCF0199%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0199" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF0199" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHea6yiRfI/AAAAAAAACUE/bN-fxJ7HtY8/DSCF0199_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">He is doing great with his colors!!!  He knows all the basic colors now and verbalizes it too.  I’m going to have to come up with something a bit more challenging for him!  </p> <p align="center">Here is a fun clip of him working on his color matching.  Every time I watch it, he cracks me up.  He is such a great little guy.    </p> <div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:cd2ab2d5-c4d6-4a8b-938f-a1e15cc8f015" style="padding-right: 0px; 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border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF0168" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHecaJGjeI/AAAAAAAACUQ/UBTJ0HPMIN0/DSCF0168_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">  Just a few shots of my baby girl checking out her books.  My mom picked up this little boxed set of Baby Einstein alphabet board books at a yard sale a while back.  I keep them on the changing table to keep her occupied when necessary and we work on our letters too  ;-)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHedJqgnYI/AAAAAAAACUU/Wb-EVp3e9eY/s1600-h/DSCF0172%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0172" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF0172" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHedUoKsFI/AAAAAAAACUY/6M1_dpjVenA/DSCF0172_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p align="center">To end our week we watched “Horton Hears a Who” and had Hamburger Vegetable Soup.   (This movie is now a new favorite of Isaac’s ;-)</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">All of our printables from this week are from <a href="http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Erica at Confessions of a Homeschooler</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/2010/07/letter-of-week-curriculum.html" target="_blank"><img title="Letter of the Week badge" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="117" alt="Letter of the Week badge" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHedry_D3I/AAAAAAAACUc/SyqG9g9M8S0/Letter%20of%20the%20Week%20badge%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p>To see what other moms are doing in Tot School this week, check out the official <a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2011/05/tot-school-letter-hh.html" target="_blank">Tot School site!</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img title="TotSchool150" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="154" alt="TotSchool150" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TdHed62bBXI/AAAAAAAACUg/c6D_Tq8LMhI/TotSchool150%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="154" border="0" /></a> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-70747836402215613522011-05-01T21:40:00.001-04:002011-05-01T21:40:06.161-04:00The Month (or 2) In Review:<p>There has been so much going on around here, I don’t hardly know where to begin to get you caught up!  We have been very busy traveling this past month and have a little break before we go to see family at the end of this month.  </p> <p><font color="#1d5258" size="3"><strong>Our Travels</strong></font></p> <p>At the beginning of spring, I was ready to travel!  I was so looking forward to a road trip!  And now that we have had a few in a short period of time, I am so glad to be back home and settling into our routine again!  (Isn’t that how it goes though?)  </p> <p align="center"><font color="#79060f" size="3"><strong>Spring Youth Retreat</strong></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LCM2uwzI/AAAAAAAACP0/Gak3QXnLePo/s1600-h/DSCF9927%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9927" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="265" alt="DSCF9927" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LChOIrWI/AAAAAAAACP4/Vl7imSP0UQ4/DSCF9927_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="375" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">We had a great group of girls from our church that went to the retreat this spring.  It was the first time for some of them to be out of state,  so that’s always fun.  I pray that the truths taught to them during this week have a lasting, transforming impact on their lives.  </p> <p align="center">(Here we are pictured with the group from my Dad’s church.  We were all in the same cabin :)</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><font color="#79060f" size="3"><strong>Conference and Visit with Family</strong></font> </p> <p>Each year in the spring we head to the mountains of NC for our annual conference for our denomination.  It is always a wonderful time of refreshing for us and a time to visit with other pastors and their wives.  </p> <p>On the way to the conference center, we stopped for lunch and my daughter couldn’t wait for her food to come out.  So she started eating a lemon ;-)  By the time she was done, there was a little bit of the peel left, about the size of a quarter.  Yuck.</p> <p><img title="DSCF9933" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="357" alt="DSCF9933" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LC85cshI/AAAAAAAACP8/xDFjEmT3u-E/DSCF9933_thumb%5B13%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="279" border="0" /></p> <p>Here is Isaac and his “cousin Emma” who he absolutely adores.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LDlqw-lI/AAAAAAAACQA/8AK_FiUtuwY/s1600-h/DSCF9944%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9944" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="273" alt="DSCF9944" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LEMgx3iI/AAAAAAAACQE/DgYdQNXDv8c/DSCF9944_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="366" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p align="center">When the conference was over, we took a few more days and traveled to KY with Aaron’s parents to visit with his sister and her family.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LEin8G9I/AAAAAAAACQI/0F1Dk3-S3rk/s1600-h/DSCF9947%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9947" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF9947" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LFJqHk0I/AAAAAAAACQM/HE06EBcuxa8/DSCF9947_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">His sister and her husband own a restaurant with a family fun center attached.  Our kids loved to run around and play.  Here is Isaac (with daddy’s help ;-) playing his first round of ski ball.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LFvJp4QI/AAAAAAAACQQ/ajAq5TmjSEE/s1600-h/DSCF9972%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9972" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF9972" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LF2pCh4I/AAAAAAAACQU/JZq1R3S9nA8/DSCF9972_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Here is Isaac with one of his cousins.  I’m thinking they look like they might be related ;-)  Isaac loves his cousins and still talks about them!</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><strong><font color="#79060f" size="3">Discipleship Summit 2011</font></strong></p> <p align="center">Myself and two other ladies from our church went to a Ladies’s Retreat hosted by the Francis Asbury Society.  After about 10 minutes on the road together, we were laughing so hard I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to drive!  It was a wonderful time of relaxation and refreshing for all of us.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LHi62hdI/AAAAAAAACQY/xVp544YD7e8/s1600-h/DSCF9994%5B4%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9994" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="273" alt="DSCF9994" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LIJN11SI/AAAAAAAACQc/MEw259p7l3I/DSCF9994_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="365" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>We stayed at the Amish Door Inn in Wilmot, OH in the heart of Ohio Amish Country.  There are lots of fun little things I could tell you about this weekend, like for starters, the food was DELICIOUS!!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LIrR8SEI/AAAAAAAACQg/sLLDGs4iixo/s1600-h/DSCF9984%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9984" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF9984" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LJChPhsI/AAAAAAAACQk/nKqxZ5vetS4/DSCF9984_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p>The Inn was beautiful . . .</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LJ5iJz5I/AAAAAAAACQo/wPAzyu7Lw-I/s1600-h/DSCF9986%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9986" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF9986" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LKsyJukI/AAAAAAAACQs/vTxugVq12y8/DSCF9986_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>The countryside was gorgeous . . . </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LLEV_SxI/AAAAAAAACQw/s_2tqOxOQCg/s1600-h/DSCF9992%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9992" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF9992" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LLQBUNoI/AAAAAAAACQ0/nCiwLERtpts/DSCF9992_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>And the company was exceptional . . .</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LL_pMkRI/AAAAAAAACQ4/XExvMgVxlKA/s1600-h/DSCF0004%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0004" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF0004" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LMZMS7dI/AAAAAAAACQ8/itw2QavOTc4/DSCF0004_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LNJgpA1I/AAAAAAAACRA/rhsJTu7sKTE/s1600-h/DSCF0009%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0009" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0009" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LNiyOoZI/AAAAAAAACRE/AoZEMg0daJs/DSCF0009_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">(Our “table buddies” from Ohio :)</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">But the most memorable and special part of the weekend was the presence of the sweet Spirit of God and a life (lives!) that were transformed because of it.  As we walked into the comfortable conference room for our first service, I felt the sweetness of the Lord like I had not felt in such a long time.  I couldn’t keep the tears back!  Silent tears streamed down my cheeks during the prayer, the singing, and the message.  I knew that God was here and he wanted to do amazing things in the lives of all of those who came seeking Him.   </p> <p align="center">The theme of the weekend was “The Making of a Disciple”, what does it truly mean to be a disciple of Christ.  One of the things that stuck out in my mind during that first message was that Jesus called his disciples to Himself, just as He calls each one of us to follow Him.  During the time of discussion at our table after the message, one of the ladies mentioned just how amazing it was that God had called each of us there, and that each of us were one in the 107 ladies that were present that weekend.  </p> <p align="center">It was an absolutely beautiful weekend, reflecting on the “Enoughness” of Jesus (are you allowing Jesus to be enough for you, or are you trying to have Jesus + something to bring you fulfillment)  and having a surrendered heart to Christ. </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><font color="#1d5258" size="3"><strong>Our Easter</strong></font> </p> <p align="center">Easter came upon us so quick this year! I could hardly believe that it has already come and gone! We had an Easter Egg Hunt at the church again this year, and it was so fun to see my kiddos really hunting for eggs this year! Last year I had to point the eggs out to them, but this year, they did it all on their own!</p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LOSqmdEI/AAAAAAAACRI/xwpiChPdVUs/s1600-h/DSCF0124%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0124" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="225" alt="DSCF0124" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LO6mwYwI/AAAAAAAACRM/qwiDVjs4FUM/DSCF0124_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="443" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">All the kids were attentive as they heard the true meaning of Easter.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LPn78OOI/AAAAAAAACRQ/zLSyx-9sQAs/s1600-h/DSCF0107%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0107" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0107" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LQCX72JI/AAAAAAAACRU/qnwAByq2qLE/DSCF0107_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">And Miss Miriam especially like her cupcake :)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LQ3OO8jI/AAAAAAAACRY/0hDMfMQ53D0/s1600-h/DSCF0117%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0117" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0117" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LRQGrTtI/AAAAAAAACRc/XHHiWM-PDNU/DSCF0117_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">So then Easter Sunday I tried (and failed) to get a good picture of them in their Easter clothes.  Maybe next year?</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LSJq4WEI/AAAAAAAACRg/MZPjkHGR2gc/s1600-h/DSCF0145%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0145" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF0145" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LSuuod-I/AAAAAAAACRk/AoqNuKPBNO4/DSCF0145_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LS5eRgtI/AAAAAAAACRo/KP7FgtmTL1o/s1600-h/DSCF0146%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0146" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="365" alt="DSCF0146" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LTT8xzBI/AAAAAAAACRs/d_As5eTAQxo/DSCF0146_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="273" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LUCmm3bI/AAAAAAAACRw/Z_WoKP484HI/s1600-h/DSCF0147%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0147" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="278" alt="DSCF0147" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LUcWPNHI/AAAAAAAACR0/L0ycqnIMnQo/DSCF0147_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="358" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LVWR1IbI/AAAAAAAACR4/1OscDEc1k9g/s1600-h/DSCF0148%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0148" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="260" alt="DSCF0148" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LVsg4ukI/AAAAAAAACR8/fuCXwgbakio/DSCF0148_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LWXRJYVI/AAAAAAAACSA/q6EXdGoZtac/s1600-h/DSCF0149%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0149" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="265" alt="DSCF0149" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LW-KHqNI/AAAAAAAACSE/gETDMHKiTSk/DSCF0149_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="377" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p><font color="#1d5258" size="3"><strong>Our Family</strong></font></p> <p>I realized it’s been quite a while since you’ve heard how we are actually doing!  In a nutshell, we are all doing good :)</p> <p><font color="#79060f" size="3"><strong>Aaron</strong></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LXu6Hr8I/AAAAAAAACSI/zZbhVsOVTcY/s1600-h/DSCF9908%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9908" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF9908" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LX1324JI/AAAAAAAACSM/NRdbgdhoFCU/DSCF9908_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="274" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>As usual, Aaron is staying on the go most of the time.  ;)  Of course, I’ve never met a pastor yet who wasn’t.  Pastoring a church takes so much time, that is often not realized to the lay people in the church.  They never know the late night/early morning phone calls that he gets, the difficult situations he has to handle, or the long hours spent in preparation for sermons,  let alone the time just spent in administrative details of the church.  Even in all of that, he does a wonderful job taking care of our family and as you can see, his children adore him.  He is their hero.  (And mine too :~)  </p> <p>In his “spare time”  he is working on relearning his Greek and also has a few extra projects going on here around the house.  We are working on gradually finishing the upstairs to give us a couple more bedrooms (I’m so excited about this!).  <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LYjhmm0I/AAAAAAAACSQ/eVelUn6vi-c/s1600-h/DSCF9555%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9555" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF9555" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LZGIP1lI/AAAAAAAACSU/7WMNhL4xiV8/DSCF9555_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">This was the start of the project. . .  the dormer on the front of the house originally had no support, and so the back side of it had sort of “sunk” and put alot of weight on the main roof.  So Aaron had to go in and gradually raise it back up to get it squared up before he could build the walls under the dormer to stabilize it.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LZgUNxbI/AAAAAAAACSY/jcfb7oeOBdo/s1600-h/DSCF0164%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0164" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0164" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LaDC0QSI/AAAAAAAACSc/9Urx2inzG4s/DSCF0164_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Here is where we are now, with most of the framing done.  (The only framing left is to frame in some closets, when we figure out where we want to put them ;) </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4Laq2acxI/AAAAAAAACSg/Y7cWgfr07PU/s1600-h/DSCF0165%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0165" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="274" alt="DSCF0165" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LbDpzRLI/AAAAAAAACSk/0DHTfNbEocc/DSCF0165_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">We have new windows ready to go in, and new siding to put on the outside on the front of the dormer, to freshen it up and give it a nice little face lift.  (The old metal siding has “bled” white onto the brick, ugh!)  Then next on the list is the electrical and insulation!!</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><font color="#79060f" size="3"><strong>Isaac</strong></font></p> <p align="center">My children never cease to amaze me.  Isaac is talking much more now and some of the things he says absolutely cracks me up.  For example . . </p> <ul> <li> <div align="center">sister is screaming . . . again!</div> </li> <li> <div align="center">What are YOU doing?</div> </li> </ul> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4Lb7xKTnI/AAAAAAAACSo/Np05rEbP9Eg/s1600-h/DSCF9814%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9814" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="346" alt="DSCF9814" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LcIGqO6I/AAAAAAAACSs/9UpjwC3ZH5g/DSCF9814_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="288" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">He is so light-hearted and relaxed.  He has done well with potty training and is officially in “big boy underwear” all the time now except sleeping.  (Hallelujah!)  He knows his colors and is all the time pointing out what color something is, without our prompting.  He is doing well counting, although he still likes to skip #4.   And he knows most of his alphabet and what sound the letter makes.  He loves to help out with anything!!  One of his favorite things to do is to help mommy “wash dishes” after lunchtime before his naptime.  He is such a precious gift.</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><font color="#79060f" size="3"><strong>Miriam</strong></font></p> <p align="center">My little precious girl, where do I begin?  Well, for starters, she is a talker!  I am absolutely blown away by how quickly she is developing, especially in the language department.  She has been saying phrases for a while now, and is getting really close to saying short sentences (just within the last week or two!)    <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4Lc6I6M3I/AAAAAAAACSw/ZBO8pYot1OE/s1600-h/DSCF0148%5B13%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0148" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="364" alt="DSCF0148" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb4LdP64z1I/AAAAAAAACS0/NEI695SfgNg/DSCF0148_thumb%5B16%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="295" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">She is a very spunky and fiery 21 mth old who has a mind of her own and adores her big brother.  She is quite vocal when there is something going on she does like  (aka  temper tantrum, which we are working on….continually!)   She is both a daddy’s girl and a mommy’s girl, and is a little bit more cautious around strangers than her older brother.  But she is absolutely precious and loves to snuggle!!  She is our Baby Girl :)</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><font color="#79060f" size="3"><strong>Hannah</strong></font></p> <p align="center">Miss Hannah will be 28 weeks tomorrow!  I can’t hardly believe it!  Time has flown by so quickly this time!  She seems to be a bit calmer than her sister was and doesn’t kick me quite as much :)  She seems to be growing on schedule and not giving mommy too rough of a time :)  We are all so excited to see her!  I think Isaac is really catching on this time, and will say that Baby Hannah is in mommy’s belly.  Just a little less than 3 months to go!</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><font color="#79060f" size="3"><strong>Me</strong></font></p> <p align="center">I have been doing well and feeling well overall.  This pregnancy has been a bit rougher on me than the previous ones, but from what I’ve heard from other women, not too bad, so I’m not complaining!  I’m staying busy with things at home, trying to keep up with everybody.  Currently I’m still teaching the youth SS class, the children’s Wednesday night class, and leading one of the ladies’ Bible Studies.  Come the first of July though, I will be gradually handing these over to someone else as I get ready to pick up a newborn!</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Well, I think that’s about it!   I’m sure there’s lots of stuff that I left out, and I will think about it later.  ;-)  That’s the way it always goes isn’t it?</p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-42292029431862363692011-05-01T14:39:00.001-04:002011-05-01T14:39:12.144-04:00Our Family Garden<p>There is one particular gardening season that stands out in my mind when I was a child.  That year in our little plot my mom planted corn, green beans, tomatoes, etc.  The main thing that I remember her planting was zucchini.  I remember my dad telling us that we <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb2ovminV1I/AAAAAAAACPQ/tb58_CI-YNM/s1600-h/vegetablescompressed13.jpg"><img title="vegetables-compressed1" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="202" alt="vegetables-compressed1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb2owKU_iXI/AAAAAAAACPU/aoRqfFn_hNE/vegetablescompressed1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="301" align="right" border="0" /></a> needed to pray over the garden and ask God to bless it.  In our childlike faith we prayed expecting God to bless it and he most certainly did!  That was the greenest, healthiest looking garden I think I have ever seen even to this day.  Everything grew and that little garden plot produced and produced and produced, even though many of our neighbors did not have any success with their gardens at all that year.  I remember my mom canning and canning and then when she couldn’t take any more, she gave and gave and gave the produce away!  I remember the zucchini  because it was absolutely huge! It was the first time I was introduced to this shiny green vegetable and we ate so much zucchini bread that year I was sick of it!  I still do not care much for zucchini bread!  As I grew older and remembered that year, I never really <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb2owpJSDCI/AAAAAAAACPY/QpkWzkEkGQ4/s1600-h/supervegetablese4.jpg"><img title="super-vegetables-e" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="209" alt="super-vegetables-e" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb2owzosj_I/AAAAAAAACPc/kltX4Ya1pYk/supervegetablese_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="285" align="left" border="0" /></a> had a desire for tending a garden of any sort. (Of course, now I realize that my mom did 99.9% of all the work)  But now as an adult, it has somehow become a lifelong goal of mine to learn how to garden and preserve its produce.  I’m not quite sure where the switch came, but non the less, I am excited about gardening.  The biggest obstacle for me at this point is taking the time, especially when it comes to harvest time.  (Miriam was a July baby and Hannah is due in July also this year!!)  So for the last few years Aaron has tilled a garden plot, we have planted it, he has harvested, and I have worked in getting the produce used up.    Each year we learn a little more and it is so fun to watch the things grow that you have planted from seed. <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb2oxuNaz_I/AAAAAAAACPg/sqg1zzvLp6Q/s1600-h/DSCF0157%5B6%5D.jpg"></a> <p><img title="DSCF0157" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="214" alt="DSCF0157" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb2oyO0zNZI/AAAAAAAACPk/geCjmDsE0lE/DSCF0157_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="466" border="0" /></p>   In our regular garden, that gets bigger every year, we have corn, onions, green beans, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, etc.  New to us for this year , Aaron is working on making some fun raised garden boxes, and have planted lettuce for the first time this spring!  </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb2oy7xjd_I/AAAAAAAACPo/B9cldN9eEYE/s1600-h/DSCF0154%5B10%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF0154" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="254" alt="DSCF0154" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb2ozQlLAAI/AAAAAAAACPs/ZGxhR04_QII/DSCF0154_thumb%5B11%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="393" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>When finished, our garden boxes will have our tomatoes, squash, zucchini, and I would love to find someplace to plant cantaloupe!  That was my favorite new thing from last year!  They were so yummy! We also added a new flower bed around our mailbox that we finished up last night! So pretty!We are so excited to be expanding our garden and trying new things this year.  </p> <p>This year I thought it would be fun to include the kids in on it.  Isaac always wants to “help” us do anything we will let him around the house.   When I saw that <a href="http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jolanthe at Homeschool Creations</a> was offering a free <a href="http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/2011/03/garden-preschool-pack-and-bonus.html" target="_blank">Garden Preschool Pack</a>, I thought, this is perfect for our Tot School for the next month or so.  Plus we are working on the letter “Gg” so what better word to go with it then “garden”!   Along with this fun preschool pack, the Homeschool Village is offering a fun <a href="http://www.thehomeschoolvillage.com/category/hsv-garden-challenge" target="_blank">Garden Challenge</a> with a link-up, which encourages teaching your children about gardening.  So, in the works for the coming month in Tot School, we will be working through our Garden Preschool Pack,  making a garden themed sensory bin (my mind is already swirling with possibilities!), having a family fun night, and having the kids by our side as we water and tend to the garden.  (I so wish I had my camera with me while we were working on the new flower bed and planting the garden.  The kids were very much involved and loved every minute of it!)  I am so excited about this, even though I know the kids will mostly be excited about playing in the dirt,  but hey, we have to start somewhere, right?</p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://www.thehomeschoolvillage.com/category/hsv-garden-challenge" target="_blank"><img title="HSV-Garden-Challenge" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="166" alt="HSV-Garden-Challenge" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/Tb2ozm2eXsI/AAAAAAAACPw/EInWwVQKKk8/HSVGardenChallenge4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="166" border="0" /></a></p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-80492086523888906892011-03-19T12:56:00.000-04:002011-03-19T12:56:46.055-04:00My Silly Girl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/xLe1Bs_byXo/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xLe1Bs_byXo?f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xLe1Bs_byXo?f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div>Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-72733210255458215242011-03-13T16:13:00.001-04:002011-10-16T16:40:57.445-04:00Tot School: We’re Back :)<p align="center"><strong><font color="#073985">Isaac is 37 months</font></strong></p> <p align="center"><strong><font color="#073985">Miriam is 20 months</font></strong></p> <p>Well, it’s finally happening . . . I am posting my first Tot School post in um . . .months?!  We have still been doing a very informal Tot School, because after all, every day we are learning and talking about colors, shapes, our alphabet etc.  You just haven’t seen it b/c I’ve been napping instead of blogging.  (Us pregnant ladies can do that ;-)  But this afternoon, I am wide awake so I am going to let you have a sneak peak at a few of the things we have been up to while the blog has been silent.  </p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">Learning Our Colors</font></strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kNMmqJ0I/AAAAAAAACME/VSJ0e5oH96s/s1600-h/DSCF9513%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9513" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="247" alt="DSCF9513" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kN7SKtAI/AAAAAAAACMI/GQAGpkTcYN8/DSCF9513_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Coloring continues to be a favorite around here.  Although I think Miriam enjoys it more than Isaac does ;-)  I am amazed when I look back how quickly Isaac is learning.  Right around Christmas, he started verbally naming all of his colors!  He is doing great at this!  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kO3aiVrI/AAAAAAAACMM/Nzx_AgwPy-8/s1600-h/DSCF9512%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9512" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9512" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kPPp6kNI/AAAAAAAACMQ/Fkw6JoHgGsQ/DSCF9512_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">One fun way we have been working on our colors is through games!  We have a neat game board that has many different games, including Chinese Checkers.  I got Isaac started and he finished matching all the colored marbles.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kPzJSHcI/AAAAAAAACMU/5KicQj0ISfg/s1600-h/DSCF9539%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9539" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9539" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kQQ_tGjI/AAAAAAAACMY/xPW4wNBqFC4/DSCF9539_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">We also had fun learning with paper plates and foam letters :)  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kQ9KyPJI/AAAAAAAACMc/_8uWZwLWbws/s1600-h/DSCF9570%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9570" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9570" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kRbu64HI/AAAAAAAACMg/ITzURi6pTOc/DSCF9570_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">We had fun sorting the alphabet by color while also working on letter recognition.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kSDqJz9I/AAAAAAAACMk/Nmu-tPs2iWk/s1600-h/DSCF9571%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9571" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9571" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kSqRbXAI/AAAAAAAACMo/_jwppmP_R7I/DSCF9571_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Since this was a new bag of letters, he also had fun poking out the little pieces from the letters.  ;-)  He looks like he is concentrating hard doesn’t he!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kTaoxvYI/AAAAAAAACMs/ilJB7_eU3ts/s1600-h/DSCF9573%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9573" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9573" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kT-eDjqI/AAAAAAAACMw/E1qgb7k61F0/DSCF9573_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">We have been enjoying an early spring here, which also means we are getting lots of good use out of our sunroom!  It has officially become the kids playroom since that is where I keep all of their big bulky toys.  This particular day we got another a different Chinese Checkers board that had pegs instead of marbles.  Again, more color matching, but also the extra hand-eye coordination as they had to put the pegs in the holds.  Miriam loved it!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kUtkWPhI/AAAAAAAACM4/GdKHjMOvM00/s1600-h/DSCF9778%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9778" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9778" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kVG8zoII/AAAAAAAACM8/Sy22zlnxP1Q/DSCF9778_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kV6DdITI/AAAAAAAACNA/KAJAWYZioCE/s1600-h/DSCF9780%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9780" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9780" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kWBNgi9I/AAAAAAAACNE/NPumKY4kIgQ/DSCF9780_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Here’s a cute video of my kiddos in action :) </p> <div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:34857bff-4c63-4efa-ba5f-a25387f06787" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><div id="0965e6e2-5e43-4988-86e9-08e4fca17fbb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gER7SHox0U8" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kWkEo94I/AAAAAAAACPM/rcDWm66FBh4/video802e8211be07%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('0965e6e2-5e43-4988-86e9-08e4fca17fbb'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/gER7SHox0U8&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/gER7SHox0U8&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">My Little Bookworms</font></strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kXB33o5I/AAAAAAAACNM/6OoDTZQjPfo/s1600-h/DSCF9222%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9222" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9222" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kXjiazKI/AAAAAAAACNQ/K5U7ZEonmzs/DSCF9222_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p align="center">This bookwormish mommy is so happy that my little ones like books!  They sat here happily, on their on and “read” for quite a while!</p> <p> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><strong><font color="#074685" size="4">Magnet Fun</font></strong></p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kYOKzxEI/AAAAAAAACNU/q8QwFrnJ85M/s1600-h/DSCF9580%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9580" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9580" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kYpefi2I/AAAAAAAACNY/IS28DVORrNk/DSCF9580_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p align="center">Mamie and Papaw brought this magnet board and tin of fun magnets down with them on one of their recent trips.  Isaac loves playing with it.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kZTC4G0I/AAAAAAAACNc/7MDkfl1C_TQ/s1600-h/DSCF9585%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9585" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9585" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kZgVOOwI/AAAAAAAACNg/gWHw2Iktkdw/DSCF9585_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">The tin is filled with letters, numbers, and fun pieces for a farm scene!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kacecLUI/AAAAAAAACNk/KaacXkIbfgE/s1600-h/DSCF9583%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9583" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9583" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0ka3z7CEI/AAAAAAAACNo/WTkeZKIRMXA/DSCF9583_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a>    </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p><strong><font color="#a3cefa" size="4"><font color="#074685">Playing with Puzzles</font></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kbnLXLvI/AAAAAAAACNs/zCzst5lTkZA/s1600-h/DSCF9773%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9773" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9773" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kcLyQzCI/AAAAAAAACNw/12vATGpAKd0/DSCF9773_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </font></strong></p> <p>Isaac got some fun new puzzles for his birthday this year.  This train puzzle is still pretty challenging for him, but he brings it to me all the time to help him with it!</p> <p><strong><font color="#074685" size="4"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kc4miD8I/AAAAAAAACN0/0g-KNYEUHIs/s1600-h/DSCF9805%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9805" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9805" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kdPzZFPI/AAAAAAAACN4/GAwvGgkk1Kk/DSCF9805_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </font></strong></p> <p>We picked these Melissa and Doug puzzles up at a Consignment store also for Isaac’s birthday.  (Gotta love those places!!)  Below Isaac has a buddy helping him out. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0keKRv0UI/AAAAAAAACN8/ma54k6rs_cc/s1600-h/DSCF9800%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9800" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kelYwrXI/AAAAAAAACOA/G0D4ei2ak-U/DSCF9800_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>At the same time we also picked up this fun Melissa and Doug barn set.  Isaac’s favorite part is to have me build the barn and then he likes to knock it over when I am ALMOST done!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kfUZe_gI/AAAAAAAACOE/EDOXRtlyw9c/s1600-h/DSCF9730%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9730" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9730" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kfsLwHWI/AAAAAAAACOI/f6kHmCl2aH4/DSCF9730_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Miriam is stacking the round block to make the silo :) </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kgTYQiuI/AAAAAAAACOM/ABFJZUvTsCk/s1600-h/DSCF9731%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9731" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9731" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kgufcKiI/AAAAAAAACOQ/b1F1jZx5kt4/DSCF9731_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Isaac working on building a fence for his animals.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0khbPTYhI/AAAAAAAACOU/uk4UOeAI_JM/s1600-h/DSCF9736%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9736" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9736" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kh7U2VxI/AAAAAAAACOY/BY3GJTrJ1Ko/DSCF9736_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>An almost completed barn!   While we are putting it together, we also work on our shapes.  I ask Isaac to get me another “triange” for the roof, another “square” for the walls, “circle” for the silo, etc.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kiexj9LI/AAAAAAAACOc/2W5wulgMHfg/s1600-h/DSCF9738%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9738" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9738" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0ki66lvgI/AAAAAAAACOg/R7EScqJRYUw/DSCF9738_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4"><font color="#074685"><strong>P.E.  ;-)</strong></font></font></p> <p align="center">We are blessed to live in a nice quiet neighborhood that hosts one of the city parks!  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kjc3lEsI/AAAAAAAACOk/RHClfkbNa1U/s1600-h/DSCF9749%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9749" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="325" alt="DSCF9749" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kjk5eLRI/AAAAAAAACOo/fMjqIPJYpN0/DSCF9749_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="243" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">This was Miriam’s first time on the “big” playground.  She marched right up all the steps and went right for the big slide.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0kkmRsRuI/AAAAAAAACOs/VhiquQyi758/s1600-h/DSCF9746%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9746" style="border-top-width: 0px; 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border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9745" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0lSZWIGtI/AAAAAAAACPE/sNbRwOrOpoE/DSCF9745_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img title="TotSchool150" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="154" alt="TotSchool150" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TX0lS5Z98cI/AAAAAAAACPI/RgeRUuLbfbE/TotSchool150%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="154" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">To see what other moms are doing in Tot School this week, check out the official <a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2011/03/tot-school-225-months.html" target="_blank">1+1+1=1 blog!</a></p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-71163546797374008292011-03-05T14:22:00.000-05:002011-03-05T14:22:18.162-05:00The verdict is in . . .<div style="text-align: center;">We are having another baby girl!! 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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hopefully more to come in the future. I am not going to guarantee a time frame. Normally when I have extra time, you will find me sleeping instead of blogging these days :) So my normal Sunday afternoon blog time has turned into nap time. I have tons of cute pictures of the kids from the last um . . .3 months?!? , a few months worth of Tot School activities, and exciting things to tell you about what all the Lord is doing in our lives and in the church. I think it is safe to say I will once again resume my regular blogging, just not sure how soon :) Until next time . . .</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-89886572712387395512011-02-09T16:07:00.001-05:002011-02-09T16:07:41.581-05:00Larry Boy!<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TVMCGeGLEnI/AAAAAAAACLs/5_h6s8G-aHw/s1600-h/DSCF9600%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9600" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="356" alt="DSCF9600" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TVMCGxwAQYI/AAAAAAAACLw/QSpdPmRv718/DSCF9600_thumb%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="280" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Can you guess who he is?  He came up to me the other day and said “Mommy, I’m Larry Boy!”  He makes me laugh . . all the time!</p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-85390010084379257592011-01-08T12:13:00.001-05:002011-01-08T12:13:23.156-05:0011 Step Program for Those Thinking of Having Kids<p>I ran across this on Facebook and had to share it. It made me honestly laugh out loud!   I’m also posting this at Tot School this week, even though it not the “normal” post.  I just thought you other moms of tots would enjoy it.  I have everything ready to go for this week of Tot School though and now that the holidays are over and I am almost through the first trimester exhaustion, I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things.  So, without any further delay…..  <strong>11 Step Program for Those Thinking of Having Kids</strong> ;-)  Enjoy!</p> <p><strong>Lesson 1</strong></p> <ol> <li>Go to the grocery store.</li> <li>Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office.</li> <li>Go home.</li> <li>Pick up the paper.</li> <li>Read it for the last time.</li> </ol> <p><strong>Lesson 2</strong></p> <p>Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who already are parents and berate them about their...</p> <ol> <li>Methods of discipline.</li> <li>Lack of patience.</li> <li>Appallingly low tolerance levels.</li> <li>Allowing their children to run wild.</li> <li>Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's breastfeeding, sleep habits, toilet training, table manners, and overall behavior.</li> </ol> <p>Enjoy it because it will be the last time in your life you will have all the answers.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Lesson 3</strong></p> <p>A really good way to discover how the nights might feel...</p> <ol> <li>Get home from work and immediately begin walking around the living room from 5PM to 10PM carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds, with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious sound) playing loudly. (Eat cold food with one hand for dinner)</li> <li>At 10PM, put the bag gently down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep.</li> <li>Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1AM.</li> <li>Set the alarm for 3AM.</li> <li>As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2AM and make a drink and watch an infomercial.</li> <li>Go to bed at 2:45AM.</li> <li>Get up at 3AM when the alarm goes off.</li> <li>Sing songs quietly in the dark until 4AM.</li> <li>Get up. Make breakfast. Get ready for work and go to work (work hard and be productive)</li> </ol> <p>Repeat steps 1-9 each night. Keep this up for 3-5 years. Look cheerful and together.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Lesson 4</strong></p> <p>Can you stand the mess children make? To find out...</p> <ol> <li>Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains.</li> <li>Hide a piece of raw chicken behind the stereo and leave it there all summer.</li> <li>Stick your fingers in the flower bed.</li> <li>Then rub them on the clean walls.</li> <li>Take your favorite book, photo album, etc. Wreck it.</li> <li>Spill milk on your new pillows. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look?</li> </ol> <p><strong>Lesson 5</strong></p> <p>Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems.</p> <ol> <li>Buy an octopus and a small bag made out of loose mesh.</li> <li>Attempt to put the octopus into the bag so that none of the arms hang out.</li> </ol> <p>Time allowed for this - all morning.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Lesson 6</strong></p> <p>Forget the BMW and buy a mini-van. And don't think that you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that.</p> <ol> <li>Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there.</li> <li>Get a dime. Stick it in the CD player.</li> <li>Take a family size package of chocolate cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Sprinkle cheerios all over the floor, then smash them with your foot.</li> <li>Run a garden rake along both sides of the car.</li> </ol> <p> </p> <p><strong>Lesson 7</strong></p> <p>Go to the local grocery store. Take with you the closest thing you can find to a pre-school child. (A full-grown goat is an excellent choice). If you intend to have more than one child, then definitely take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys. Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having children.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Lesson 8</strong></p> <ol> <li>Hollow out a melon.</li> <li>Make a small hole in the side.</li> <li>Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side.</li> <li>Now get a bowl of soggy Cheerios and attempt to spoon them into the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane.</li> <li>Continue until half the Cheerios are gone.</li> <li>Tip half into your lap. The other half, just throw up in the air.</li> </ol> <p>You are now ready to feed a nine- month-old baby.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Lesson 9</strong></p> <p>Learn the names of every character from Sesame Street , Barney, Disney, the Teletubbies, and Pokemon. Watch nothing else on TV but PBS, the Disney channel or Noggin for at least five years. (I know, you're thinking What's 'Noggin'?) Exactly the point.</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>Lesson 10</strong></p> <p>Make a recording of Fran Drescher saying 'mommy' repeatedly. (Important: no more than a four second delay between each 'mommy'; occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet is required). Play this tape in your car everywhere you go for the next four years. You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler.</p> <p><strong>Lesson 11</strong></p> <p>Start talking to an adult of your choice. Have someone else continually tug on your skirt hem, shirt- sleeve, or elbow while playing the 'mommy' tape made from Lesson 10 above. You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a child in the room.</p> <p><em>Author Unknown</em></p> <p>To see what other moms are doing this week with their Tots, head on over to the official <a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Carisa at 1+1+1=1</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img title="TotSchool150" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="154" alt="TotSchool150" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TSibMRgUDTI/AAAAAAAACLk/pxk8BMhmUhk/TotSchool150%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="154" border="0" /></a></p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-79908432952218086452011-01-04T15:14:00.001-05:002011-01-04T15:14:58.985-05:00The Exciting News You’ve Been Waiting For . . .<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TSN_voioc8I/AAAAAAAACLc/qW27GGblTPk/s1600-h/Ultrasound%20Baby%203%207%20weeks%5B4%5D.jpg"><img title="Ultrasound Baby 3 7 weeks" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="262" alt="Ultrasound Baby 3 7 weeks" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TSN_wlnvWdI/AAAAAAAACLg/0Zz-p2E6Hro/Ultrasound%20Baby%203%207%20weeks_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="309" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Yup . . Baby # 3 is on the way!!  We are extremely excited and I’m still insanely exhausted ;-)  This ultrasound was taken at 7 1/2 weeks and I am now 11 weeks! (I seriously think the time does go faster with each one.  Must have something to do with running around after 2 little ones!)  I am finally past the point of being in shock and disbelief, even though we were ready for number three.  The exhaustion, lack of appetite, horrible gag reflex and clothes that don’t fit anymore help with bringing you to reality ;-)  </p> <p align="center">So the official due date is July 25th which is 2 days after Miriam’s 2nd birthday!  I mentioned to Aaron that Miriam is now 17 months, which is the age Isaac was when she was born.  He about dropped on the floor saying, Could you imagine if this one was being born now!?!  So we are glad we spaced these two a little farther apart ;-)  Yea, it would have been insane. </p> <p align="center">But mom and baby are doing great. . and so are daddy and brother and sister :)</p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-36085816914148680512011-01-02T15:56:00.001-05:002011-01-02T15:56:46.440-05:00Back From the Holidays<p>Well, I took what you might call an unintentional break from blogging during the Holidays.  ;-)  But I’m  back.  So here’s what I’m working on today that should show up in the next week or so…..</p> <ul> <li><strong>December in Review</strong> – so the last post I made was about our Thanksgiving and now we are after New Year’s!  I am currently downloading the MANY pictures off my camera as I type this.  We have been so busy I had already forgotten half of what we’ve been up to!  </li> <li><strong>Exciting News</strong> – but I’ll tell you all about that soon   ;-)</li> <li><strong>Christmas with Family!</strong> – Originally we were going to stay home for the Christmas season, but due to my dear Uncle Charlie passing away, we were with my family for the funeral up close to Christmas time.  It was a hard time but yet a great time getting to see some of my family again.  </li> </ul> <p>So I will leave you with my favorite pic of the season (there are MANY more to come, I promise!)</p> <p>Here are my ever cute kiddos with my Grandma :)</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TSDmiXFZlCI/AAAAAAAACLU/ThAiIeYjRCM/s1600-h/DSCF9333%5B9%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9333" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="354" alt="DSCF9333" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TSDmjP2lgZI/AAAAAAAACLY/z6sn0-zHrs8/DSCF9333_thumb%5B11%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="265" border="0" /></a></p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-84725998338670879182010-11-30T22:58:00.001-05:002010-11-30T22:58:34.365-05:00A Week of Thanksgiving<p align="center">I am so grateful that we had the opportunity to be able to travel to WV this year during Thanksgiving.  We were able to spend almost a whole week and got to see lots of family!</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXG84-TIlI/AAAAAAAACHQ/tKIkaUkvFAU/s1600-h/DSCF9182%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9182" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9182" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXG9yj1CpI/AAAAAAAACHU/0ShQFFx6B-w/DSCF9182_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">The kids did great overall during the 5+ hour drive and thankfully I remembered to bring some books to keep them occupied!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHAD8zdtI/AAAAAAAACHY/nmbvg1HoSxU/s1600-h/DSCF9185%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9185" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9185" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHBT7O2ZI/AAAAAAAACHc/OBc1xjpq0IE/DSCF9185_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p align="left"><font color="#1a4673" size="4"><strong>Fun at Grandma’s</strong></font></p> <p align="center">Thankfully one thing we do not need to pack when we head to Grandma’s house is toys!!  My mom had bought this little pool during the summer and it has never seen water! The kids love to lay in it while watching TV, reading, or playing with their toys.  </p> <p></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHDKtTJ4I/AAAAAAAACHg/6EZTBSPr6uw/s1600-h/DSCF9031%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9031" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="234" alt="DSCF9031" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHD-UhuiI/AAAAAAAACHk/dShSbpnTgBw/DSCF9031_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Aaron bought a bag of 100 plastic balls from Wal-Mart and this made a nice addition to the pool. :)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHF5SppFI/AAAAAAAACHo/XAndzmMTlxU/s1600-h/DSCF9096%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9096" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="239" alt="DSCF9096" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHG2Kj6gI/AAAAAAAACHs/n6uVjh0Rp9o/DSCF9096_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="331" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Yes, Isaac is somewhere underneath the balls.  Needless to say the kids LOVED playing in the pool.  It got brought out EVERY DAY!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHI7O0fOI/AAAAAAAACHw/Zh2zXMs7OsQ/s1600-h/DSCF9105%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9105" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9105" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHJv_JsXI/AAAAAAAACH0/anhGZkSHNsA/DSCF9105_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">My dad had a little doll house ready for Miriam when she arrived.  She loved sitting up on Grandpa’s lap and playing with her FIRST dollhouse!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHKua6h0I/AAAAAAAACH4/-C6CCRQ4BOg/s1600-h/DSCF9039%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9039" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="318" alt="DSCF9039" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHLXqDWCI/AAAAAAAACH8/CUXvECuvZKQ/DSCF9039_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="248" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHNPzzFnI/AAAAAAAACIA/Sf660zOe9-Y/s1600-h/DSCF9041%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9041" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9041" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHNv63N7I/AAAAAAAACIE/wESBx40DSTs/DSCF9041_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><font color="#1a4673" size="4"><strong>Thanksgiving Day</strong></font></p> <p align="center">Thanksgiving morning started off restful as we watched part of the Macy’s  parade.  As you can tell, Isaac was very much into it!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHOnm2WXI/AAAAAAAACII/DdbfuctvnEo/s1600-h/DSCF9058%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9058" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="334" alt="DSCF9058" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHPe56G2I/AAAAAAAACIM/SjIv4Z2iUTY/DSCF9058_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="236" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center"> My mom made this cute turkey to take to my Grandma’s house as an appetizer.  The body was an especially yummy cheese ball and the feathers were vegetables.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHRXm-z1I/AAAAAAAACIQ/Z8vze738JLs/s1600-h/DSCF9077%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9077" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9077" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHSD-XwAI/AAAAAAAACIU/91fSMvlDyx0/DSCF9077_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">My Uncle Ed is the official turkey carver at Grandma’s</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHTnV8MFI/AAAAAAAACIY/xpH1i36g5WQ/s1600-h/DSCF9080%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9080" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9080" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHUKyn4SI/AAAAAAAACIc/W9tu-3kv-mY/DSCF9080_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">Shortly after we arrived, Miriam went over to the doll cradle and draped her little body over it.  We sat there watching her and she did not budge for several minutes.  The longer she stayed frozen like that, the harder we laughed.  Here is my cousin Nate kneeling beside her.  She eventually kicked him.  We put her down for a nap very shortly after this ;-) </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHVmYaipI/AAAAAAAACIg/CSzsANFFK40/s1600-h/DSCF9076%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9076" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9076" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHWGVTPkI/AAAAAAAACIk/RBWbUdoTKZI/DSCF9076_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p> My cousin Nate’s wife, Leah, on the left and my sister, Hollie, on the right.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHXhk0inI/AAAAAAAACIo/GzqwGOWtLYM/s1600-h/DSCF9082%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9082" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="235" alt="DSCF9082" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHYIADeOI/AAAAAAAACIs/HkHGCPxBw4U/DSCF9082_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="336" border="0" /></a></p> <p> Aaron reading to Isaac and Nate’s oldest daughter, Emma.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHY8tjD0I/AAAAAAAACIw/e4s5aEa244g/s1600-h/DSCF9081%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9081" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9081" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHZeeqPTI/AAAAAAAACI0/vWX7w62T7jo/DSCF9081_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Isaac decided Nate’s hair needed a little brushing. ;-)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHav1U3jI/AAAAAAAACI4/zwsCCsGYeHA/s1600-h/DSCF9087%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9087" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="239" alt="DSCF9087" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHbEgRsxI/AAAAAAAACI8/HvnLM9WTIXM/DSCF9087_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="330" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Isaac spending some time with my cousin Ben’s little puppy dog.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHcZJ5iMI/AAAAAAAACJA/c3GiRa4KwQU/s1600-h/DSCF9092%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9092" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9092" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHdUjxezI/AAAAAAAACJE/3vmYZsmFPb8/DSCF9092_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">Isaac and Emma watching a Thomas the Train movie.  Isaac LOVES his cousin Emma!  And talked about her the whole trip.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHeMSLo2I/AAAAAAAACJI/YnXcaW7bnm4/s1600-h/DSCF9049%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9049" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="243" alt="DSCF9049" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHekZAayI/AAAAAAAACJM/_Nr-ZtAhV14/DSCF9049_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="325" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Here he is giving Emma a hug and kiss goodbye.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHf11d2UI/AAAAAAAACJQ/lwBD2WoMh4I/s1600-h/DSCF9090%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9090" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9090" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHgvnijOI/AAAAAAAACJU/i0pfo2Tfgos/DSCF9090_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p align="center">Isaac with his backpack (that he wore all. week.) and my Grandma.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHhftKM6I/AAAAAAAACJY/f0JSrmFhufE/s1600-h/DSCF9093%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9093" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="334" alt="DSCF9093" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHh0HIPOI/AAAAAAAACJc/LJMIP0mlG4o/DSCF9093_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="236" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><font color="#1a4673" size="4"><strong>Time with Family</strong></font></p> <p align="center">We were so blessed that Aaron’s mom and Grandma were able to make the trip down to see us overnight.  (Although we missed Papaw!)  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHjiCsayI/AAAAAAAACJg/nvDbL3wb_f4/s1600-h/DSCF9129%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9129" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9129" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHkE466TI/AAAAAAAACJk/Vf1928E8uiQ/DSCF9129_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">Miriam getting some night time snuggles in with Mamie. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHk_BSZ8I/AAAAAAAACJo/2jtOu8hx5DY/s1600-h/DSCF9139%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9139" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="310" alt="DSCF9139" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHldmoJBI/AAAAAAAACJs/bLi94a2MeQQ/DSCF9139_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="255" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center"> I am so glad we were able to visit with my Uncle Charlie and Aunt Bev while we were in.  We went out to breakfast with Uncle Charlie earlier in the week and then they came over for a visit one evening.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHmg6MpjI/AAAAAAAACJw/TSCoRK03xMs/s1600-h/DSCF9149%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9149" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="221" alt="DSCF9149" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHnB8aDxI/AAAAAAAACJ0/5iyoVSqMe9U/DSCF9149_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="357" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHn87rOfI/AAAAAAAACJ4/GqSoIFE8WD8/s1600-h/DSCF9157%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9157" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="329" alt="DSCF9157" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHolSwtsI/AAAAAAAACJ8/_OWSaOd_X8o/DSCF9157_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center">A family pic before we headed back home. In case you can’t tell, Miriam is NOT very happy at this moment, in fact her face is beet red from <strike>screaming</strike> crying. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHqC-PpqI/AAAAAAAACKA/nuv9rlS0ZVM/s1600-h/DSCF9177%5B9%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9177" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="220" alt="DSCF9177" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHqlSzHsI/AAAAAAAACKE/6FaYgSiI4MU/DSCF9177_thumb%5B14%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="359" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHsakXriI/AAAAAAAACKI/JikH578jifM/s1600-h/DSCF9180%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9180" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="243" alt="DSCF9180" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHtP6SEFI/AAAAAAAACKM/VpaQeOEcw1c/DSCF9180_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="325" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><font color="#1a4673" size="4"><strong></strong></font></p> <p><font color="#1a4673" size="4"><strong></strong></font></p> <p><font color="#1a4673" size="4"><strong>Other Fun Pics of My Cuties</strong></font></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHtz8WC1I/AAAAAAAACKQ/kAEot3-4tkM/s1600-h/DSCF9034%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9034" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="325" alt="DSCF9034" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHvKK5_6I/AAAAAAAACKU/PuVbcK4tVNM/DSCF9034_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="243" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHvlrts5I/AAAAAAAACKY/j7SSCt_g5sM/s1600-h/DSCF9117%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9117" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="325" alt="DSCF9117" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHwYPpBEI/AAAAAAAACKc/0S5n9ZJG6zw/DSCF9117_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="243" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHxeTOB1I/AAAAAAAACKg/56-ehSdb0z4/s1600-h/DSCF9120%5B8%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9120" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="324" alt="DSCF9120" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHyKrHsiI/AAAAAAAACKk/6ZtTOD1ulG8/DSCF9120_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="243" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Miriam’s first time eating her Great Gram’s Texas sheet cake.  I think she liked it ;-)</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHygWpETI/AAAAAAAACKo/klXrL501xyQ/s1600-h/DSCF9134%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9134" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="316" alt="DSCF9134" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXHzQo7FKI/AAAAAAAACKs/vizPiLooV70/DSCF9134_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="250" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p align="center">Miriam is such a snuggler! Especially when she’s tired!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXH0JON2eI/AAAAAAAACKw/Lw7VVO-lRO0/s1600-h/DSCF9152%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9152" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9152" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXH0qeTHZI/AAAAAAAACK0/cG4i05303V8/DSCF9152_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Wearing Daddy’s hat with the lights.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXH19NniII/AAAAAAAACK4/F1El_HwdNrQ/s1600-h/DSCF9160%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9160" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="325" alt="DSCF9160" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXH2bdyQvI/AAAAAAAACK8/DVJul9q40Ro/DSCF9160_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="243" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXH3zNz_3I/AAAAAAAACLA/Y55HCrhrWco/s1600-h/DSCF9170%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9170" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="238" alt="DSCF9170" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXH4hzdNuI/AAAAAAAACLE/Q2iufzDNrWk/DSCF9170_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="332" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXH5cDby-I/AAAAAAAACLI/GupREW__Sc8/s1600-h/DSCF9166%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9166" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="323" alt="DSCF9166" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TPXH6NFZx3I/AAAAAAAACLM/6Gpm0EZeOGw/DSCF9166_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="245" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">I have a couple of cute video clips of the kids from this week too.  Hopefully I can get them uploaded this week.  (They take forever!) </p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833361188452553993.post-21296138522167036472010-11-22T06:04:00.000-05:002010-11-22T06:06:05.327-05:00Our Town’s Christmas Parade!<p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TOpOh6_vu3I/AAAAAAAACG4/-26WSosUMJU/s1600-h/DSCF9019%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9019" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF9019" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TOpOiuYGcqI/AAAAAAAACG8/ShALXipMcXA/DSCF9019_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">This past Saturday we attended our town’s Christmas Parade!  This year was (thankfully!) a little warmer than last year, but still pleasantly crisp :)  The kids absolutely LOVED IT!  They were busy clapping and moving their feet to the bands.  Isaac would point and shout “tractor” . . ." truck”.  This kid is all boy!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TOpOkIGY3ZI/AAAAAAAACHA/MK3qZHHaEig/s1600-h/DSCF9023%5B8%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9023" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="293" alt="DSCF9023" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TOpOk4O7GXI/AAAAAAAACHE/loYmQzkBtW4/DSCF9023_thumb%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="270" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">This picture is right side up, my little girl is just hanging upside down.  She was strapped it, although she was hanging so far over I was beginning to wonder if it would hold.  Every time Aaron would set her right side up again, she would happily turn herself up side again and munch away at her chicken nuggets.  (We strategically placed ourselves across from McDonald’s ;-)</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TOpOlmFR3hI/AAAAAAAACHI/n8okvurLwY4/s1600-h/DSCF9024%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF9024" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="332" alt="DSCF9024" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gg3CGr3_0wU/TOpOmiWsjXI/AAAAAAAACHM/QirjmwSZAkM/DSCF9024_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="238" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Me and my little girl :-)</p> Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739862778401846694noreply@blogger.com3