New Year's Interviews

I've been enjoying reading all the New Year's interviews floating around blog-world.  So, I decided to let Izzie and Mac participate too! 

Izzie, 7 years old, and Mac, 4 years old

Izzie's Interview

Who is in your family?  Mom, Dad, my sister, and my brother (that would be our puppy)

What is your favorite color?  Black  

What is your favorite holiday? Christmas

What is your favorite activity?  Playing with friends

What is your favorite animal? Giraffes and zebras  

What would you like to be when you grow up?  Around the world explorer 

Where would you like to go on vacation?  Texas

What is your favorite thing to learn in school?  Math 

What do you like for breakfast?  Mom's homemade chocolate chip scones

For lunch?  Chicken noodle soup 

For dinner?  Chicken  

Dessert?  The chocolate that Nana brought me from Europe (that would be Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate bar)

What is your favorite restaurant?  Olive Garden 

What is your favorite toy?  American Girl Doll, Saige 

What is your favorite game?  War card game 

What do you like to do for fun at home? Pretend play "Jessie" 

What is your favorite book?  Anne of Green Gables  

Who is your favorite fictional character?  Elsa from Frozen  

What is your favorite video/movie?  Frozen 

Who is your hero?  Batman  

What was your favorite part of 2013?  Playing the spy game (no idea what she's referring too)

What do you wish for this new year?  To have a great year

Mac's Interview

Who is in your family?  Lincoln, Mommy, Daddy, and Izzie

What is your favorite color?  Black  

What is your favorite holiday? My birthday

What is your favorite activity?  Painting

What is your favorite animal? Lincoln, my puppy dog

What would you like to be when you grow up?  Doctor

Where would you like to go on vacation?  Disney World 

What is your favorite thing to learn in school?  ABC's and Numbers 

What do you like for breakfast?  Mommy's homemade pancakes

For lunch?  Sandwich with turkey and extra mustard

For dinner?  Chicken  

Dessert?  Frosting

What is your favorite restaurant?  Chick-fil-A

What is your favorite toy?  My new big girl doll (American Girl doll, Marie Grace)

What is your favorite game?  Sorry!

What do you like to do for fun at home? Pretend play "Jessie" 

What is your favorite book?  Little Red Riding Hood

Who is your favorite fictional character?  Doc McStuffins

What is your favorite video/movie?  Frozen 

Who is your hero?  My daddy

What was your favorite part of 2013?  Winter

What do you wish for this new year?  To go to Great Wolf Lodge

Merry Christmas!

Spreading Christmas Cheer...

We have been thoroughly enjoying our visits to the local nursing home.  The girls loved passing out candy on Halloween and homemade cards for Thanksgiving.  For our Christmas visit, the girls made these adorable candy cane ornaments to pass out along with the Legend of the Candy Candy poem.  

 

We visited and sang Christmas Carols for many of the residents. 

This was our third visit to this particular nursing home.  Not only are our visits a valuable experience for the girls, but they brighten up the day for the elderly, who often feel isolated and excluded from the community.  Our goal this year is to maintain an ongoing visitation program with this community of elders.

Merry Christmas!

Digital Scrapbooking

Every year, I make the girls several homemade Christmas gifts.  I just completed Izzie's photo book tonight...how I love digital scrapbooking!  Technically, it isn't completely "homemade", but it was created with a lot of love and time!

Click here to view this photo book larger

Shutterfly offers exclusive photobook layouts so you can make your book just the way you want.

Home Depot Kids Workshop!

My girls love going to our local Home Depot on the first Saturday of each month for their FREE Kids Workshop!

We headed there back in October and made a Rescue Plane!  

 

In addition, there were many community workers there!  The girls loved walking around and meeting our local heroes and seeing their cool gadgets!

 

This semester, I'm teaching a Community Helpers preschool class at our weekly co-op.  While at Home Depot, I asked if their "Workshop Team" traveled and they do!  The lady in charge was thrilled and more than willing to come out to our local co-op for a workshop!  She was extremely organized and brought all materials with her and she was so good with the kids! 

At our local co-op, she discussed all the tools and safety rules with the children. 

Then, it was on to building the rescue plans.  We arranged for several high schoolers to come in and help the preschoolers with the building of the planes.

Lastly, it was time to paint! 

  

The kids LOVED the Home Depot rescue plane workshop!  And, they loved their aprons, workshop pins and certificates, and balloons! 

There's a FREE Home Depot Kids Workshop this weekend!  Everyone will be building a Tic-Tac-Toe game.  Be sure to check it out at your local Home Depot.