Barrel Ride

I took the girls to Sharkarosa Ranch on Homeschool Day. It was PACKED!!! Entrance was only $5 per person (usually $10 per person). Several families in our co-op were supposed to be at the event as well, but we only ran into 2 families that we knew. I am sure other families were there, but there were just so many people it was hard to find specific people.

This barrel ride was a lot of fun. It lasted about 3 minutes- It was the length of the song from Madagascar "I Like to Move it!" The sond played during the whole ride and made all of the kids giggle as they bumped up and down the lumpy road.

More Drawings by Jaden

I love this picture of a lion above. She did a great job!

a car (above) & an office (below)

This one is a little harder to figure out- imagine a window with drapes, and the drapes are pulled back. That would be what she drew. Not bad for a 5 year old (below)

Jaden is learning how to draw different things in drawing class. It has taken her past stick figures, and into a new world of being able to draw anything she puts her mind to.

On another note, I will be video taping her doing a excercise we do in homeschool soon. I got these flash cards from Hooked on Phonics a while back. They break the word down into segments. One set of cards has beginning parts of the word, and the other set of cards has endings. These have been a great way for her to learn to read! She has been surprising me with her reading skills! I will video tape her the next time we do the cards, and you can see for yourself. She is a brilliant child!

Playing with Grandpa, He doesn't have to be awake does he?

We went by to visit Grandma Leslie and Grandpa Lyale. We played games. Then, Grandpa got tired. Jaden and Morgan took advantage of the opportunity to dress him up like the wolf/grandma in the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Then, as he slept, Morgan played puppets with him!!

A Camp Out

I have been wanting to get sleeping bags for the girls for a while now... BUT, I am cheap. I don't want to pay $20 for a child-size bag. We don't have money to throw around, so I patiently wait for sales. These Pokemon sleeping bags went on sale for $4.99! There are "boy" looking, but they work! The girls love them! We have been camping out in the living room for fun about twice a week.

Who is Making these Weather Decisions?

Well, here we are with 70's weather, sunny and beautiful. What happens as soon as Spirng officially starts? It snows! And we got something like 9 inches! It was sloshing wet snow, but the girls still had fun in it (as you can see).. Sun, come back!!

The Birds have found Jaden's Feeder!

Friday School- Jaden at Playground Games

Jaden went to jail- at least she had a friend to talk to while she was there... It looks like they were trying to escape.

Jaden was running, in hopes of not being tagged and sent to jail!

Since I teach Morgan's class, I don't usually get to see Jaden's classes at all. However, this semester, the 3 year olds have gotten used to the Friday School routine... The ONLY time when I don't have to be total hands-on is during music class. It lasts 25 minutes. The music teacher has everything under control, so Stacey (class assistant teacher) and I take turns taking a 12 1/2 minute break. I usually go back to the classroom to clean up and getting ready for snack time. These past couple of days, I have snuck around the corner and peered at Jaden's playground games class. I was hoping that she wouldn't discover me because I wanted her to pay attention to the teacher, but by the time she noticed me, she was in jail anyway.

I am planning to teach classes in Jaden's age group next school year, to rotate my love around. I am planning a class on service for others and another class teaching Spanish and Latin American Culture. We'll see how everything shakes out closer to the time, but I did have to go ahead and let the co-op know that we plan to be there next school year and which classes I would like to teach. Stay tuned!

Playing at the Park Part 2

Playing at the Park Part 1

We didn't have ANY parks like this when I was growing up!!! Why do all of the best kid's things come out after I am already too big to play with them?! This park is HUGE!!! Next time I go, I am going to count how many slides it has. Also, in a month, they will be turning on the spray park- all FREE fun!