Ice Skating Lessons and Abby's Birthday

We had another great ice skating lesson, and it also happened to be Abby's birthday!  Happy Birthday to my beautiful 4 year old!  We had such a busy day, lessons in the morning, a few small gifts, Chuck E Cheese after dinner, storytime at the library, followed by Grandma and Papa's house.  

  

 She sure loves her new jammies!  

 

Happy Birthday to my beautiful Gabriella!  

Christmas Crafts

What a fun way to spend a Sunday evening.  We made some snowglobe tree ornaments and some beaded candy canes.

 Our Ready2Read wall... with all of the books we've made up till now.

Lowe's, First Big Snow, and a Snowman!

We had a fun morning at Lowe's for the Build and Grow workshop.  We enjoyed making a science lab!

We also had the first large enough accumulation of snow for a snowman.  Selena went out alone and made this....

Frosty the Snowman

Catch up time! (Again!)

I can't believe that I haven't posted about anything since the program. Wait... I can!  We have been doing so much fun stuff that I haven't even gotten the pictures off of the camera today.  Some pictures (like the ones  from Abby's birthday) are on Grandma's camera, so I can't do those posts yet.
So watch out readers, I'm going to try to get caught up!

Thanksgiving Program! 11-11-11

The girls worked very hard on putting together a Thanksgiving Program (Selena called it a concert, even though there was no music).  We scheduled it for 11-11-11 because it was a cool date, then realized it was also Veterans Day, so we had double duty.
The program started with an explanation of "America's White Table" which we set up a few times a year, followed by the seating of our guests.  Each guest got a program with a beaded bracelet depicting the story of the Pilgrims journey to America.

Then we all said the Pledge of Allegiance, which along with patriotic songs, has been out history lesson this week.  Next was a "First Thanksgiving" puppet show.

     

 Following the puppet show, the girls did an interpretive dance as leaves falling from the trees.

 The last was a Native American demonstrations, where the girls showed the audience how to weave baskets, fish, plant vegetables, grind corn meal, cook fish, and shoot turkeys with a bow and arrow.

 

The cast, Selena as Pilgrim Boy, Sweetgum Leaf, and Little Bunny

Abby as Native American Girl, Maple Leaf, and Running Horse

Mommy as director and narrator, and Grandma Judy as the Turkey.  

After the program, the girls served the treats that we worked hard on all week.

Turkey Cookies, Pilgrim Hats, Acorns, Apple Braided Bread, Zucchini Bread, Roasted Pumpkin Seeds, Apple Cider... It was a great party!

November 8th

  Decorating sight words

 Calendar for November

First ice skating lesson of the year!  the girls did so good, what an improvement over last year.

November 7th

 Making crafty things in free play time, and writing the Pledge of Allegiance for handwriting practice.

 Beading bracelets for the program, and sorting beads.

 Recess playing