Showing posts with label Kindergarten 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kindergarten 2011. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

New Shoes

Last fall, Izzie was first introduced to Twinkle Toes at our weekly homeschooling coop. The first day of class, she was greeted by 8 little girls, most wearing these bright, colorful, light-up shoes.  Izzie was all googly eyes about these shoes.  After seeing these firecrackers, she was not at all impressed with her plain, non-flashy Stride Rites!  She quickly asked for a pair, but was told that we had already bought school shoes, so she needed to wait.  The first time at the store when she spotted the shoes, I was shocked by the sticker price!  We buy "good" quality shoes, but I couldn't see paying that price for this particular pair of shoes.  Every time we went shopping at Kohls, she would want to go "look" at the Twinkle Toes and "pick" which pair she liked best.  I had no intention of ever purchasing these shoes....


Until, this summer at the beach.   After not finding a pair of colorful shoes at Stride Rite, we headed to the Sketcher's outlet....and guess what we left with?  

One super duper bright, colorful, flashy...


little girl!  

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

One excited little girl!

Izzie has been waiting almost 3 weeks to finally check out the last Magic Tree House book, #47! 

  

Well, it's not truly the last book of the series.  The newest book, #48: A Perfect Time For Pandas was released on July 24, but hasn't arrived at our library.  Yes, we're first on the waiting list to get it!  I just discovered that #49 won't be released until March 2013.  Any suggestions on a new series for us to begin reading?

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

North Carolina Zoo

The girls love stopping by the North Carolina Zoo on the way to the beach. I'm thrilled that they love seeing all the animals as much as I do! 

 
 There are two continents to choose from, North America and Africa.  We asked the girls a silly question of which one to go to first...they are in love with Simba from The Lion King, so it was a quick answer! 

 Notice that Izzie has Simba and Mac has Nala.

Ready for their Safari adventure...

Mesmerized by all the animals!

Mac searching for Pumbaa, the warthog from The Lion King!  
Did I mention that they are huge Lion King fans?

Pumbaa and a friend!

The climax of the adventure....seeing Simba and Nala....sleeping!

The girls were a little disappointed that Simba and Nala weren't talking and playing!  Mac couldn't understand why she couldn't give them a big hug and play with them!

She settled for a picture with Simba and Nala. 

 Investigating Pride Rock! 

They had the best time interacting with the lion statues!  They played and played!
After dragging them from the lion exhibit, we continued our adventure...

 The girls had so much fun watching the baby Chimp play! Again, Mac wanted inside to play with the Chimps!  Maybe, she'll be a Zoo Keeper!

Giving hugs and kisses to the baby chimp! 

Elephants are my favorite!  The girls weren't thrilled to see the elephants...they were too far away to really "see" them...however, they had a great time playing with all the props!


This year's picture on the rhino...

 

 Last year's picture...


After seeing all the animals from Africa, we headed along the loooong path to North America.  Did I mention it was 100 degrees with a heat index of 115.  Yeah, it was hot and sweaty!

Thankfully, between the two continents was a little area for the girls to play and for us to relax!



 North America...


Carefully, observing the huge bear eat!



 Looking for gators in the swamp!

Jumping like frogs...

Izzie insisted on taking her picture on the stump...

Izzie at 5 years old.

Izzie at 10 months old on same stump!


We had a fabulous time at the zoo!  Already, looking forward to next year's visit!

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Storytime From A to Z: Letter R

Our Homeschooling Coop is currently over for the year.  We were able to complete 24 of the 26 letters from Storytime From A to Z.  I wanted to share the two letters that we didn't do and a few ideas for each.
 Rabbits and Raindrops


Here are a few cute crafts that would work great with this book! 

 


 

 

These treats would be adorable!

 



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