OPENING PRESENTS 2014

Sunday, December 28, 2014

I HAVE SO MUCH FUN WATCHING THE KIDS OPEN GIFTS :)
WE ALL LOVE WATCHING LEAH OPEN BECAUSE SHE GETS SO EXCITED
 
 
JOB LOVED HIS PLAYMOBIL , POOR LITTLE GUY STILL ASK FOR HIS ADVENT EVERY MORNING , WHEN I TELL HIM ITS OVER HE JUST DROPS HIS LIP .
 
THE KIDS GOT A LOT OF PLAYMOBIL THIS YEAR , WE LOVE PLAYMOBIL , IT WAS MOSTLY USED , BUT ITS NEW TO THEM AND THEY DON'T MIND , THEY LOVE GETTING USED GIFTS .
 
 
RILEY LOVED HER HIKING STICK FROM ME :)
 
 
NOW LEAH CAN PRETEND SHE IS PLAYING THE VIOLIN LIKE RILEY , SHE LOVED THIS PRESENT
 
MATCHING PJS FOR RILEY AND HER DOLL .

Christmas Break 2014

Tuesday, December 23, 2014



We are just enjoying our Christmas Break .

Making snicker doodles



 
I know advent ends tomorrow but this was Job's advent I bought used on ebay , we did playmobil advent this year .

this was Leah's advent , I used plastic ornaments from Michaels , she thought it was beautiful , Job untied a few of them but he didn't know how to open them thank goodness .
Riley's advent

making pom pom  ornaments


clay handprint ornaments
 
finally finished the handprint sign I made for my room , I know I love everything handprints :) but they grow up so fast right .


Job also got his first hair cut



we also got a puppy for Christmas , we named her clementine but call her clemmy .  

Dollywood 2014

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

We always have fun at Dollywood .


Job wanted off of this ride after it went up in the air



Leah's favorite ride is the Rockin' Roadway , which we have to ride at least 4 times or more and most of the time its more , but its worth seeing the smile on her face .

and the bigger kids love it to .



ready to go !

Riding with papaw


we timed it so when the fireworks started we would be on the car ride , everybody loved it .


 

1st Grade Read Aloud Review

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

I always make our book list so long that we never get around to reading them all , which is why I continue with our read alouds over the summer and into the next school year , but I try to review on here to help others , I get a lot of my book info from other blogs and websites like Sonlight , I order some things from them every year , I'm only going to list our favorite's , so here's the list 
1. Henry Huggins - 
2. The year of Miss Agnes - This was a good book we hope to continue with Miss Agnes and the ginger tom next year and hope it is good to . 

3. Homer Price - Riley loved this book , it was so funny , it made us laugh out loud . will continue this one next year to with Centerburg tales . 
4. Mountain Born - Another good book and next year we will cont. with a place for Peter .  
5. Understood Betsy - We loved this one so much that we will be reading it again , if you have a kindle you can get this book for .99 cents , we have a kindle that we use for a lot of our books for school , because Amazon is so much cheaper on books and our libraries don't have a lot of the books we need .
6. Owls in the family - This was another one that Riley liked and plus we love owls , she wants to read this one again .

7. No children No pets - This book was fun to read , and a good ending , I had trouble finding this book and had to order it from Sonlight .
8. Little house on the prairie - we love little house .

9. Life with Lily - The adventures of Lily Lapp , we all loved this book , when you start reading this book you really don't want to put it down and when you do you can't wait to start reading it again , it's hard to find good children's books anymore , these books are instant classics .      
10. The children of Noisy Village -  we didn't even know about these books until I found it on a blog post , we really loved this book to and just couldn't wait to read it everyday , we can't wait to read happy times in Noisy Village next year .
11. Arty's tough trail - we really loved this book and I didn't realize that this was a series and in a certain order and this was not the first book but next year we are going to read the first one . 
12. The Hundred Dresses -   
13. The Kings Daughter - we are reading this one over the summer and you can get it for kindle for free -