Goodness Gracious We've Been Busy!

The last 2 weeks have really been a challenge for us with so much party preparation and vacation, but we have managed to do some really fun things together. Katie and I are completely off schedule or I should say..out of our routine. I am hoping to get back on track. Tomorrow will be another fun and crazy day though so, we will just have to see. This is "G" week.

Our memory verse is "God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble." Psalm 46:1

Katie has learned the first 5 verses, but not last week's yet. It was a long one, but I confident that it is planted deep in her heart. I pray everyday that God's word will sink deep in her heart and that when she is older the verses will come naturally to her. She is a precious child and I cherish the role I have as her mom. What a great responsibility that God has given to me!

We started BSF this past week. I am absolutely thrilled! I have dreamt for years that one day I would take my child to BSF. Bible Study Fellowship is a fairly academic bible study with a four fold measure of learning. My favorite part right now (as mom) is that Katie is learning the same lesson that I am each week. WOW! Wednesday was our Bible lesson day (which I planned) and now she gets to go to her own class. Her and I will still be reading her Bible with her and learning verses, but she will now be going to BSF.

Our Art activity this week will be glitter glue. Oooh fun!

I have not decided on a recipe yet because our week is a little mixed up. I am thinking something granola?!?!

For science we will play with gravity. FUN!

This weekend we are going to Grammy and Pop Pop's house for Grammy's birthday! We have 2 more weeks of busy and then things should slow down a bit...until the holidays begin.

Have fun this week and check back later. I will update again this week!

Freedom to be Flexible

Tomorrow....... I am going to continue with the letter "F". We had so much fun last week at Disney we didn't really get much school done. Katie didn't have an opportunity to do all the "F" activities that we could do.....so I will do them this week. That is a beautiful aspect to homeschooling your children; you can be flexible. Katie got a fossil kit last week so I think we may make some fossils. We are also preparing for her third birthday party this weekend.....so we will be doing plenty of baking.

That memory verse was a long one so an extra week on that should do us both some good.

Have a great week!

Fabulous French Toast and Fruit

Mmmmm.....Fantastic Fruity French Toast!

First thing this morning we went for a walk/jog. We showered and went straight to making our breakfast....french toast! This is not a new recipe for us, but usually I don't have Katie helping me.

Katie helped me get everything we need to make our recipe.

You need one egg.....

and a teaspoon of vanilla will add a little more flavor.

We used 1 cup of milk and a dash of cinnamon.

Mix everything in a medium bowl.

Dip each piece of bread in the mixture and place in frying pan. I also put some butter in the pan. Repeat until you have all the toast you need to feed your group or when you run out of the liquid mixture. We only made 4 pieces of toast. So you may need to double the recipe if you plan to feed the whole family!

Sprinkle the French Toast with powdered sugar (aka: fairy dust) and add some fruit!

Then ENJOY!!!!

Funny Fishy Faces and French Toast!

We have made it to the letter F. We are ready for some Fun so let's get started!

Fishy Face!

It is noon on Monday and I am just getting this posted! Yikes! Where is the time going?

I went to bed early last night with a headache. I knew Monday morning would be a hectic time to try and get this posted, but sometimes things come up.

This week we will be learning about and focusing on the letter "F". Each week I am surprised at how any teachable moments pop up that correspond to the letter we are learning about. We are going to Disney this week. I try not to let events interrupt our daily lessons, but DISNEY???? Hello...I will find a way to learn about the letter "F". We are going to have FUN FUN FUN with our Favorite Disney Friends!

Memory verse: "For I know the plans I have for you", declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Monday: Recipe: French Toast

Tuesday: Library storytime, Finger painting

Wednesday: Bible: Forgiveness and Language lessons on beginning sounds "F"

Thursday: Disney

Friday: Disney

Have FUN this week!

Edible Peanut Butter Play Dough

Wanna make some play-dough you can play with and then eat?
Sounds like delicious fun!

Let me show you how!

First you need some powdered milk 1 1/2 cups

And some yummy peanut butter any kind will do. We used Simply Jif since we were adding so much sugar to it. You will need 1 cup.

Light Corn Syrup (sugar) Sweet and sticky syrup give the play-dough a stretchy ooey-gooey texture! You need 1 cup.

MMMmmmm Fairy dust....I mean Powdered sugar. Katie likes when I sprinkle fairy dust on her food. You will need 1 1/2 cups.

We added all the ingredients to a ziploc bag and then Katie mushed and kneaded it until it was done. I used to make this in my classroom. I would let the kids dump all the ingredients in a bowl while I mixed it with (clean) hands. They loved seeing how yucky and sticky I got. Katie and I kept it clean this time. She had fun mixing it in the bag and I was not concerned about the mess at all. Last thing I wanted to do was clean corn syrup off Katie or furniture.

After you mix and mix and mix it.....(about 5-10 minutes of kneading). You will eventually get a tan looking play-dough. The more it is played with the smoother it will get.

Katie liked looking at it and seeing it change.

Then of course we had to wash our hands. You will want to have clean hands to play with your food! And yes they will eat it .....as much as you will give them.
I put a piece of foil on the table so she could play with it. She rolled into a ball and then a snake. She kept putting it in her mouth too. I got out some chocolate chips so she could decorate it. She gave her snake eyes!

Have fun eating your play-dough!