Halloween Festivities All of October

The children were adorable in their costumes. I explained to Zacharias that we were making a skeleton head today. “It’s called a skull. Have you heard of a skull before?” “Yeah,” he said. “It’s in my dream I had last night.” What??? Crazy! And when we were cutting the heart shaped nose out for the skull, Zion added, “My heart is dead. I got a new one from Heavenly Father, but my heart is dead!” Those brothers crack me up!

Brooks announced, “It’s my party ‘cause I have the treats!” Eli, keeping it real, “We all have treats!” Cannon’s reaction to our Potato Head costumes was great. “Ha ha! I’ve watched a lot of potato stories!” The children loved the trick-or-treat game, filling their bags and taking a turn inside the houses to pass their candies out. Thank you for coming to the parade. Your presence was so appreciated, especially by the children. I loved hearing them sing their Halloween songs. Eli always seems to keep it fun for us. When I assumed everyone was too tired to sing another, he refused to stop, leading out with another and then another. How I love that fun kid that infects us all! He keeps it fresh and new! Many thanks to Miss Christi, for capturing it all on film!

We read the story, PJ Goes Camping. In it, PJ refuses to take his little sister and friend, insisting, “Camping is not for girls!” As I read those words, the girls’ protested! And Sherry said, “Girls can go camping!” Addy said, “My mom goes camping!” And then, the debate began… Tommy said, “My mom is afraid of camping!” Brooks added, “Yeah! Camping is for boys!” In the end, the debate was settled in the story when the girls pretended to be ghosts and scared the boys, causing them to run all the way home. Ha! Fun discussion! I love when the children offer their opinions! I rock back and take it all in with a big smile! I always remind myself how fortunate I am to be a part of this. Regardless of how I try to tell it all, I can never truly begin to describe our precious time together. We found lots of letter P words and the pirate and pumpkin stories were fun, too.

 

 

 

 

Yellow Octopus and Owls are such a hoot! Sept 2019

Yell for Yellow! We colored and colored and colored with yellow this week. Such a big octopus to color and again on Wednesday, “What? Is this another octopus today?” “Yes! But this time we are using yellow markers!” “Cool!” “Color the head and then all the octopus arms! Jay wanted me to inspect each one, “What do you think of THIS arm?” “Fantastic! It’s looking sooo yellow!” “I have too many arms,” Jagger said while coloring.” “1, 2 3...No. You’re good! Keep coloring!” How many arms does an octopus have?” Pyper answered while coloring fiercely, “A lot!” Addy said, “Eight!” “Smartie!” “What do you think of THIS arm?” “Great, Jay! Keep coloring!” Brooks added, “I want to do markers all day!” “What do you think of this one?” “Perfect, Jay!” Brigdon said, “These are strange octopuses!” “Here’s my last arm!” Hallelujah! Ha!

Blue Week September 2019

We had a great Blue Week. Ask your 

child to spell blue. We had many that 

did so on Thursday, after singing our 

blue song all week.

We had great fun building and sailing our boats, blowing them across the water. Very fun! The painted ships were great! The children did a wonderful job on the ocean waves and clouds, too. Look at your child’s name on the back under the one I wrote for them to mimic. Their names are improving daily. Good job! Keep up the good work!

 

 

 

 

 

We also had great fun with the shark hats and singing the Baby Shark song

 

 

American Week September 2019

American Week! I love our country! I loved seeing so many in stars and stripes this week. We celebrated by singing and twirling in our red, white, and blue. Your children were adorable Statues of Liberty; holding their torches high! Such a beautiful sight! I loved them so much! I read them a story of America, the Beautiful. I asked, “Isn’t America a beautiful place?” Ellie answered, “But I live in a place called Arizona where nothing grows! Just weeds!” Ha!