Happy Halloween!

We headed off to our local nursing home to pass out candy to the residents! 

The residents loved seeing the girls all dressed up and really enjoyed the chocolate, but not as much as they enjoyed receiving hugs!   

These two little munchkins sure do know how to brighten my day! 

Pete The Cat

I ♥ our local library!  The staff is fabulous and there is always something happening there!  

Mac and I spent our Saturday afternoon at the library with Pete the Cat!

 She loved listening to the librarian read various Pete the Cat books!

Then, it was off to play games and make crafts...

 

 

 
Mac's favorite part was the Puppet Show!  She giggled and giggled!  I adore hearing her sweet sounds of laughter!  

Miss Rumphius Paintings

My girls love to do any type of art!  So, this year, I'm trying to incorporate more meaningful art. 

We've been traveling around the world, learning about the 7 continents and 5 oceans. 

We read Miss Rumphius and decided to make the world more beautiful by painting our own lupines!

I found our inspiration from Fine Lines. 

First, we primed our surface with white chalk. 

Then, we covered the surface with warm oil pastels. 

Next, we painted on the stems and leaves.  

Once they were dried, the girls had a blast creating flowers with their fingertips.  They decided on pink and lavender lupines. 

With the pink and lavender lupines still wet, they quickly dipped their thumbs into white paint and dotted it on top of each lupine flower.    We opted not to draw the black circles around each flower.

I adore the way their masterpieces turned out!

Izzie, 7 years old                             Mac, 4 years old

Of course, I had to make one too! 

  I'm in the process of looking for a frame that will fit all three paintings, together!  I love decorating our house with homemade masterpieces and can't wait to hang this one in our dining room.

Messy Class: Rainbow Fish

This week at our weekly Coop's Preschool Messy Class,we read The Rainbow Fish and created bright, colorful tissue paper rainbow fish!  

The little ones covered the fish template with glue, then carefully placed the tissue paper on top.  I brought in aluminum foil so each fish could have one shiny scale, just like the rainbow fish in the book. 

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Experiment: Erupting Volcanoes!

The girls and I met with some friends for a wacky science experiment! 

After reading a little bit about Volcanoes, we created our own volcanoes!  I've been wanting to do this experiment for a long time, so it was the perfect opportunity to share it with friends!  

Sculpting the cone of the volcano...

 

 Getting ready for the eruption!  

Amazed by the eruption!

Afterward, they enjoyed drawing their own volcano erupting!