Egg and an Ant

My oldest daughter made a humpty dumpty egg.  I love the band aide.. nice touch!

 In school she has been learning about ants .  She's always loved bugs and can spend hours studying them.  When she got home from school she made this ant farm out of sculpey.  

Birthdays

We've had a couple of birthdays recently.   I can't do all the crazy fancy stuff some moms do for birthdays but I can throw in a few thematic things just for fun.

  

My daughter wanted a beach theme and my son wanted a super hero theme. Here's some pictures from their parties:

 

My Gorgeous Kids

I'm pretty sure most every mother is biased towards how beautiful her own children are.... but I'm also pretty sure that my children are BEAUTIFUL and that's NOT just because I'm biased.

Pretending...

Pretending to build a house....

Pretending to be a witch...

Pretending to be pirates...

I have no idea about this one... don't ask.... Who's homeless child is that?..Is that a grocery bag he's wearing???

Snow to Go

We haven't had much snow on the valley floor this year so I took the kids up into the canyons to one of our sledding spots. We'll have to spend more Saturdays like this, it was so much fun!

 

Daddy Loves His Girls

Bless my husband's heart, school has taken quite a toll on him this semester. On Valentines Day we hardly got to see each other. But, I must give him credit because even though his schedule was jammed packed that day he still made sure he kept the tradition of giving a single rose to each of his girls (including me.) It made our day!

That evening, I made my traditional chocolate covered strawberries and heart shaped sugar cookies for him. I ran up to campus while he was taking a test, snuck the treats into his study room and heart attacked the door.

Beautiful Girl

I just love this picture of my 8yr old daughter. I can't believe she's almost 9! Man where does the time go?

"The Mitten"

My kids did a play with their school class based off a book called, "The Mitten" by, Jan Brett It was such a simple little play but it was so fun to watch.

You can watch their play here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJhTTbNHtYg&feature=youtu.be

Snowman

This is a snowman my kids built all by themselves. I love what they did with his hair!

A Little Song and Dance

A couple of years ago I tried putting my 3 oldest children in choir. I soon discovered that the boys were not interested at all. My daughter loved it though. This year my daughter is in dance and choir. She doesn't perform for us at home much but I often hear her singing in the shower.

Boy Meets Girl

My 8yr. old daughter made a series of drawings about a boy who sees a girl from afar working on her laptop. He is smitten by her and moves in closer. The girl is annoyed and obviously not interested.

First day of school.... two out of three are happy.

After home schooling for these past two years, I've finally decided to do a little something of a mix between home school and public school. My kids are doing a charter school that has a multiple age program, smaller classrooms, elective days and one day off a week for home school. I think this will be a better mix for me.

Although, from the pictures you can see that my oldest wasn't happy about his first day but the younger two were thrilled!

Fat Lady....

My 8yr. old daughter drew this picture of a fat lady. She giggled while explaining the drawing to me...

"it shows how the lady grew so big that her legs got weak and wobbly. Finally they gave out completely until she fell over and couldn't stand up anymore."

"M" is for Monkey

My oldest daughter loves to climb! She shimmy's up door frames, hallways and poles so fast, it's amazing! Hence the reason I like to call her "a little monkey."

Scales and Tails Show

Here... my kids got to pet a bunny. You can't see it because it's INSIDE the SNAKE!!!

This is a 16ft long Python from Southeast Asia.

Of course, my oldest boy was in absolute HEAVEN! To say he loves snakes is an understatement. He's obsessed with them!!

Even my daughter joined in on the fun!

Next thing on my list to do is buy a snake. At least that's what my son keeps telling me.