October Fun

Thursday was my only "free" day this week to get a bunch of things done...so we packed the day full of fun things! These pictures should be at the bottom of the post...we made a spooky dinner...mummy pizza braid and ghost pudding.

We finished up "mommy school" for the week. This week we worked on the letter C and our unit was about leaves. We made our own tree and had fun adding different leaves to it all week. Adam made a Caterpillar out of our C.

We made our favorite pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

I finished up our new Halloween wreath. I want to add a few more things to it, but for now it will do.

I made a ghost family for our house

We made ghost feet...taking pictures is a challenge sometimes

The kids can't seem to get enough of Halloween. I am glad we have the whole month to do more fun things!

TV Time

They crack me up when they watch tv. They love sitting right next to each other.

Catch Up

I am behind....surprise, surprise. We had an awesome Conference weekend together. It was so wonderful to be home all weekend and listen to such inspiring messages. Here is a glimpse at our week...these pictures are totally out of order.

Last week for school we learned about the letter B and our bodies. We traced our bodies and the kids colored themselves.

We made a butterfly out of the letter B

In between sessions of conference on Saturday we gave the car a much needed cleaning. I lost track of Adam for a minute and found him cleaning the the inside of the trunk.

We talked about taking care of our bodies and eating healthy.

We read "chicka chicka boom boom" A LOT! I made a file folder game to go with the book and the kids love it.

I stayed busy making lots of conference games for the kids (matching, go fish, color the tie, etc). It really helped Adam listen and get excited about Conference. I am also getting ready to cater a wedding in a couple of weeks and getting Halloween stuff ready. We made our countdown chain last week and I set up our candy calendar that I made a couple of weeks ago. I also have a wreath I am almost finished with.

For those who don't know....(which is most people) we are moving.....again. But this is a good move and we are VERY excited! More details to come soon. HAPPY OCTOBER!!

Dress Up

I guess being a dragon and a pirate in cowboy boots is more fun than being the captured princess. Tessa loves playing the part of the Dragon and she makes one convincing pirate-cowboy boots and all!

The dragons at our house love to practice the alphabet!

Family Home Evening

Family Home Evening is something I am really trying to work on with the little ones. I just feel like what we have been doing isn't really working and I need some fresh ideas and activities. Last night was awesome! In preparation for General Conference this weekend we had a lesson about "Watchmen on the Tower". We talked about different towers (like lighthouses, which Adam is fascinated by) and the importance of the men who work there. We talked about King Benjamin and his tower and then we talked about our latter-day "watchmen". I had Adam build this tower and then place the General Authorities on it.

Then we built our own towers out of toothpicks and marshmallows

This was Tessa's contribution to our towers

Adam really did well with the lesson and he got something out of it because he keeps asking me if Conference is tomorrow. I am trying to teach him a little something about each of the GA's during the week so by the time Conference rolls around he will know these amazing men. I think we are our way for some productive family home evenings...finally!

"Mommy School"

Last week I started "preschool" with Adam. We had a fun week and he calls it "Mommy School", which I love. We will be working on letters, numbers, colors and shapes. He already knows these so I added other things that he is interested in right now, such as nursery rhymes and geography. We will have monthly themes and each week we will focus on something within that particular theme. September was "All About Me". Last week we talked about his favorite things, and his family. This week we move on to our bodies, 5 senses and being healthy (which he is totally into right now).

Our first day of "Mommy School"

Drawing a picture of himself

Making an alligator out of an A

He made a "favorite things" collage

He went through the house and found things that were circles

This is our school board...probably too much for a silly preschool, but I had fun putting it together. Liberty Academy is what we called my "school" when I was growing up, so I thought it would be fun to use the same name for our school. Adam was very disappointed that we didn't do school work over the weekend. I am glad he is having so much fun with it! I know I am!

Park Day

We are trying to enjoy the last few days of summer. Today we walked to the park and had a fun morning playing. The swings are a favorite! Adam calls them "spoon swings"...I guess he thinks they are shaped like spoons.