Sunday, October 30, 2016

this week


sparkly wand making for my little Halloween princess


putting flowers into the new niche in the bathroom for the first time!  One of my very favorite parts of the remodel


our breakfast book stack

We are enjoying beginning our days with a feast of words, a Bible story/devotional thought, a short poem or two (they are begging for these now which is really fun to me since I haven't been much of a poetry person before), a hymn that I sing to them and a line from the Anne of Green Gables daybook . . . some words that fit the season . . . 


On Tuesday David and I took advantage of free breakfast at Chickfila day and did our All About Reading there while we ate breakfast and he also enjoyed the storytime and coordinating craft as well as some good exercise in the play area.  




the bathtub got refinished!!!  Goodbye 60 year old porcelain that was so hard to clean!


It finally rained!  We haven't had rain in the longest time and usually we get our first snow in October but unless it happens tomorrow (which is not predicted) then it's not happening this year.  


some beautiful fall shots from a morning walk I took

thankful for our flexible schedules which let me get out and walk before the kids were up and before Adrian left to work



carving pumpkins per the kids request!  

yay for huge pumpkins from Wal-mart for only $3.88!


Our Italian friend who is visiting got in on the action and helped Cora with hers.  The kids LOVE lighting them up!  


roasted pumpkin seeds!  


geoboard Halloween math inspired by Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls



practicing analog time


tally marks and number sentences

On Friday we did school in a fun and different way.  I made a list of several things, some of them Halloween related crafts/activities/math etc. and some our regular subjects, some part of our morning work (laundry, etc.), books to read, snacks to eat, outdoor experiences, etc. and the kids and I rolled dice and added up all of the numbers on them to see which item on the list we landed on and then we would do that thing.  It added a lot of interest and novelty to our day.  

These are the things I know I will forget if I do not write them down as I have already forgotten so much that we did just last year. 

Hope your week has been good as well!  

Kelly

4 comments:

Jenni said...

Love the peek at the bathroom remodel - I'd been wondering how it was going!

Kimmie said...

I'm glad you are writing them down, and sharing!

the Whitelaws said...

Fun way to do school on Halloween!! Also, I'm going to have to check out that Anne of Green Gables quote book!

Melissa said...

You're an amazing mama, Kelly!