Ahoy Matey!

 

We have some pirate loving guys here so for school we’ve been having some fun with Pirates.

We’ve made lots of piratey things.  We’ve had lots of fun and read lots of good books and had some tasty pirate snacks.

       

                                                     

                                         digging for buried treasure and ship building

  

                      The completed ship was enjoyed by everyone….big to little.  The Pringles can turned cannon was a huge hit.  They enjoyed shooting the ping pong balls out into the “ocean”.

                

I made some pirate printables for matching, counting, size sorting, ordering by size.   I made some pirate figures that I put magnets on so we could play with them on our magnetic dry erase boards.  We used them to work on positional works (next to, in front of etc) , this has been a good and fun way to help Aaron with these words.  The boys also enjoyed drawing scenes and making up stories for them.      

          

                                      making pirate cupcakes with a hidden treasure

                                     ( a chocolate gold coin, under the “x” cupcake)

       

                          

                                                         some pirate scallywag faces

                    ( Aaron didn’t want his picture taken and kept hiding behind his napkin)

                                       

 

We enjoyed several fun books,  our favorites were:  Pirates Don’t Change Diapers and several of the Pete the Pirate Adventures

Catherine

You know you’re tired when……

 

 

           

           

 

Gotta love being young enough to still fall asleep wherever you are when you get tired.

 

Catherine

Happy Valentines Day

 

Lauren’s greeting to me made out of a building toy, and Katelyn’s first real experience with a balloon, she was fascinated.

          

 

I had made some fun manipulatives for us to do in school……counting, shape matching and chocolate play dough

                         

                      

 

I tried my hand at some homemade doughnuts for breakfast.  We had our church small group meeting so we had a quick dinner of french toast.  We celebrated with a nice dinner the following night.  The heart ice cream brownie is a traditional favorite.

                 

                                 

I love any occasion to celebrate and have some fun, make some memories and traditions.

 

Catherine

A visit with Friends

 

Our good friends from NC came to see us in late January.  It was nice enough to snow right before they came.  As usual we had a great time hanging out and catching up.

   

 

                  the girls made some petal cupcakes that were as tasty as they were beautiful

of course some fun in the snow

                   

 

     

                            

 

Catherine