January 23rd-28th

Highlights from this past week have included:

*Making wagons for the Oregon Trail

and playing a brain game

with our Lemonhead friends

(You can read more about all our

Nervous System activities

by clicking HERE...)

*Jungle Girl surprising her Lemonhead buddies

with crocheted characters from Frozen

That girl of mine has a future

in the Arts and Crafts arena,

I do believe.

She created two Elsas and one Olaf

by looking pictures.

She made up the pattern herself.

There is NO WAY I could EVER do that!

Makes a Mama just a *little* proud...

:0)

*Took Baby Girl on a Mommy/Daughter date

to see a local production of

Ramona Quimby.

It was ADORABLE,

and all the characters were played by

elementary, middle, or high school students.

Bonus:

Many of the people I did Annie with were there too,

so it was a bit of reunion for me.

*Learned about the Foolish Man and the Wise Man

in my K-1 Sunday School class-

and I WAS brave enough to let them play with sand

in the classroom!

*Enjoyed a surprise snow

It reminded me of the snows we used to get

around here

when I was a kiddo.

We actually got about 3 inches,

and the kiddos enjoyed playing in it-

and enjoyed having some extra play time

with their public school friends,

who ended up being out of school

for three days.

*Celebrated National Chocolate Cake Day,

(January 28th)

one day late,

with a homemade cake-

yummmmmmmmmmmmm!

*Continued working on the letter L

with the littles

*Started learning about the Circulatory System

*Began prepping for Valentine's Day

by taking down all the snowmen decor

and 

getting all of the kiddos' valentines ready

for 

14 Days of Love

14 Days of Love began with my father.

For their ENTIRE marriage,

(which has been 40 years so far)

my father has given my mother

a valentine from

February 1st to February 14th.

If you do the math,

that is

560 valentines.

I decided to do this with my kiddos.

Sometimes they are homemade,

sometimes they are store bought.

Sometimes they come with candy

or another little treat.

So I like to get them all ready before February

so I can just stick one in their mailboxes daily.

I {heart} Valentines Day!

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just click HERE...

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