Sunday, February 1, 2009

February Studies

February 2nd- groundhog day
we are doing a bunch of crafts and will be outside alot, these are some books we checked out from the library...
-Gregory's Shadow by Don Freeman
-Groundhog day by Gail Gibbons

Febuary 12th- Abraham Lincoln's birthday
This is the book I have on hold at the library for this.
-Abraham Lincoln by Mike Venezia

February 14th- Valentines Day
YAY!!! I love this holiday, I'll probably take the girls out to lunch then to a movie or something nice. We have already been doing crafts for this. These are the books I have on hold for V-Day.
-Be mine, Be mine Sweet Valentine by Sarah Weeks
-Lily's Chocolate heart by Kevin Henkes
-Love, Splat by Rob Scotton
-Mouses first Valentine by Lauren Thompson
For dessert the girls will be making this recipe from http://www.makinglearningfun.com/

5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake
4 T flour
4 T sugar
2 T cocoa
1 egg
3 T milk
3 T oil
3 T chocolate chips
a splash of vanilla
Mix together in a small bowl. Spray a large mug with cooking spray. Put the batter in the mug. Microwave on high for 3 minutes. Allow to cool a little. Tip out of a plate. You can add whip cream of a drizzle of chocolate syrup. Get two spoons and eat!


February 16th- Presidents Day
This is the book we have reserved
-Presidents of the united states by the editors of time for our kids

February 22nd- George Washingtons Birthday
-Take the lead, George Washington by Judith St. George

February 24th Mardi Gras
-Mardi Gras by Diane M. Macmillan
-On Mardi Gras Day by Fatima Shaik
-Mardi Gras; A cajun country celebration by Diane Hoyt Goldsmith
We will be making masquerade masks with lots of feathers and having lots of fun!


Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Bowling Family Fun

Daddy getting ready to bowl his 4th strike
Daddy helping rina bowl


They loved all those colorful balls!







Julia getting her bowling ball and getting ready.She was so excited it was her turn again!



Saturday, January 17, 2009

Being big is hard work




Katarina with her new Dora roller skates Mommy,Daddy, and sissy got her for her birthday. She is doing really good. She loves them and we love this sunny weather!

b-day fun in SF

this is at the Acadamey of Science in San fransisco, we went on tuesday the 13th.it was alot of fun. Katarina's favorite part i couldn't take pictures of.It was the planetarium. She loved it! She wanted to go back again for another show!
She loved these beautiful butterfly's in the four story rainforest exhibit, they can fly on you. She was really torn witht he way she felt. She really wanted a butterfly to land on her but then she said she was scared.






the living roof. The girls hated this, they were very unimpressed oh well. Maybe next time......I thought it was pretty cool


This was the so cool Albino alligator, we watched him for a while

This was the tree right above the albino alligator












Julia getting inside winter exercise

Thursday, January 8, 2009

A royal party






A princess three layer cake




Daddy learned how to make balloon creations just Katarina's party!




Julia with her balloon rose from daddy!



















Friday, January 2, 2009

Julia's new morning routine

well we'll let you know how it goes!!!update 1-8-09:it's going pretty good. It is helpng, not every morning goes smoothly, but there are alot more calm mornings!

Early Valentines Day fun

Sequinned glitterry hearts it was alot of fun