Snowstorm to Spring in 7 days!

It's hard to believe that this time last week, we had 22 inches of snow on the ground! 

 

Today, it was sunny and 62 degrees! 

 

 

 

Bring on spring! 

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

We were snowed in with 22 inches of snow on Valentine's Day!  The girls were a little disappointed that our coop was canceled and they weren't able to pass out Valentine's Day cards to their friends. 

 

 

However, we had a great afternoon building snowmen and drinking hot chocolate! 

 

 

 

Thankfully, the girls' Valentine's Day activities were earlier in the week.  They had a great time at a Valentine's Day party!  This was their first year passing out and receiving Valentine's Day cards. They were super excited!

 

 

They made Valentine's Day cards for residents at our local nursing home. 

 

 

We spent one morning visiting with the residents and passing out goodies and cards!

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day!



Snow much fun!

The girls had "snow" much fun spending the afternoon at our local library!

 

 

After reading several "snow" books, it was time to make crafts! 

 

The girls decided to start with the messiest craft...creating snowmen out of candy...

 

 Then, they created these adorable snowmen out of popsicle sticks! 

 

They had a great time making snow-covered trees from puffy paint (shaving cream and glue).

 

Then, they strung beads onto pipe-cleaners to make these beautiful snowflakes!  



Lastly, they created more snowflakes from marshmallows.  



We love going to our library! 

Mac turns 5!

I can't believe my little bundle of joy is officially 5 years old!

 

 

 

She is such a blessing to our family! 

 

 

She had an amazing time at her family birthday party!  Our little Doc!

 

 

 

 

We spent her "birthday" at the Bounce-n-Play, which was a ton of fun!

 

 

I still can't believe that my sweet little girl is 5 years old!

 

Read-Aloud Books Update

We are slowly making progress on our First Grade Read-Aloud books.  At the beginning of the year, my goal was to complete one read-aloud book each week.  Unfortunately, some of the books are really long, so it's taking us a little longer and we aren't reading from the read-aloud book every night.  Izzie has never liked to read, but she loves being read too.  However, here recently, she has started wanting to read from her Easy Readers at night.  I love to listen to her read and she's getting much more comfortable reading aloud, so it's worth the compromise!   Here's our complete list and which ones we've completed...

First Grade Read-Aloud Books

1.  Black Beauty (done)

2.  Anne of Green Gables (done)

3.  Anne of Avonlea (done)

4.  The Secret Garden (done)

5.  The Jungle Book (done)

6.  Little House in the Big Woods (done)

7.  Pinocchio (done)

8.  Rumpelstiltzkin from Grimm's Fairy Tales (done)

9.  Alice in Wonderland (done)

10.  Through the Looking Glass (done)

11.  The Frog Prince from Grimm's Fairy Tales (done)

12.  Peter Rabbit (done)

13.  Mary Poppins (done)

14. Mary Poppins Comes Back

15.  Caddie Woodlawn

16.  Charlotte's Web

17.  Davy Crockett, Young Rifleman

18.  Sacagawea: American Pathfinder

19.  The Trumpet of the Swan

20.  The Saturdays

21.  The Railway Children

22.  The Reluctant Dragon

23.  Winnie the Pooh

24.  The House at Pooh Corner

25.  The Light Princess

26.  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

27.  The Velveteen Rabbit

28.  How to Eat Fried Worms

29.  The Happy Hollisters

30.  Pollyanna

31.  The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

32.  A Christmas Carol

33.  Farmer Boy

33.  Little House on the Prairie

34.  All-of-a-Kind Family

35.  The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

36.  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

37.  Socks

38.  The Wind in the Willows

39.  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz


 Here's a list of the kindergarten read-alouds books we completed last year.