More April

A drawing contest for the dividers of the new Bethany Cookbook - 3rd Grade Desserts page

Adley's entry: A Peanut Butter Wedding Cake - the most extravagant thing she could think of!

And she won!

Making cucumber salad with the cutest chef I know.

"I'm watching you mom!"

Adley's favorite frames.  We are trying to talk her out of the turquoise option. 

 Hannah has developed a real interest in toys. 

She holds her head up well but doesn't reach for anything yet.

Kindergarten Dad's Night

Kindergarten Dad's Night - pizza and games.

They played ball and made paper airplanes. 

 

Cana showed off her artwork. 

All About My Dad:

My Dad's name is Jared.  He is 23 years old. His favorite color is green.  His favorite food is corn dogs. When my dad goes to work he fills in paper work. My dad likes to watch the news on TV. He has black hair and green eyes. The best thing about my dad is he makes stuff out of wood. I love to go golfing with my dad. My dad always says we're going to have ice cream to me. His favorite place to go is the wood shop. Surprises make my dad happy. Love, Cana.

Photo Shoot Gone Wrong

Hannah - Mommy's Sweet Heart

Earth Day Inspiration

Adley was inspired by all the attention drawn to Earth Day so she enlisted her siblings help to pickup trash around our home.  Not sure what they found but it kept them busy for quite awhile.  

Kane County Cougars

Pregame fun

Hannah was a little chilly but a nap in the blanket in the sun helped a lot. 

3rd graders rock!

Posing with Ozzie after the game...

on our way to run the bases!

Curriculum Fair - 3rd Grade Rainforest

Adley and her Power Point about the Red Panda.

Adley learned a lot of about the Red Panda and even more about sewing, planning and time management.  

100% - A+

Way to go Adley!

Fluffy the Red Panda with her Rainforest friends.

Curriculum Fair - Kindergarten

My Egg-Hatching Observation Journal

My Plant Journal

The Kindergarten class has been really busy.  

Cana had a lot of projects to show us.

Grass Head

Mommy was able to come to kindergarten this day to help with this project. 

Cana with the egg incubator and the growth model for the chicks.

The kindergartners were pretty proud of their eggs. 

Cana has the food all ready for when the chicks hatch.

Cana's Greenhouse with beansprouts growing in the window.

Special Friends Day

Simeon singing with his preschool class after chapel.

Making photo-frames as gifts.

Simeon's godmother Lori Groves came as Simeon's guest.

They had a great time with the craft and Simeon overcame being shy.

We're done being shy.  Time to play hot wheels.

New Lego books from the book fair.  

Thanks Ms. Lori!

Red Panda Making

Adley learned about the Rainforest in third grade.  As their project for the curriculum fair each third grader chose a rainforest animal to study and present to the class.  Adley chose the Red Panda, did her research and created a power point presentation.  At home, they were to make a model of their animal using any material they chose. 

Here's the start of the stuffed animal Red Panda. 

The plan, buy furry fabric. 

Create a pattern and cut it out.

Fabric glue the pieces together and stuff!

The planning, the tracing and the cutting.  

A full size red panda is approximately 13 lbs or about the size of our cat. 

Ears!

We spent a lot of time with the fabric glue making some great face pieces, the legs and starting on the striped tail.  

FAIL!

The fabric glue won't work with the furry fabric and was definitely not strong enough for the size and stuffing we had in mind. 

Sewing machine it is!  

We just have to finish cutting out our pieces and sew them altogether. 

Challenge #1 - teach Adley to sew

Challenge #2 - our model was quickly producing a larger than life Red Panda

Adley picked up on the sewing machine rather quickly.

Challenge #3 - the Red Panda has a striped tail which required A LOT of sewing!

 

Red Panda parts...

Finally, Adley has some pieces we can stuff.  

Let's hope the stitches are strong enough.

We have a headless Red Panda!

We made a great Panda head, a great body and a great tail.  Next, we just needed the three pieces to stay together long enough for the curriculum fair.  Did we mention this animal was getting rather big?

 Finished Red Panda.

With a head this time!

SUCCESS!

(project is due tomorrow)

Fluffy the Red Panday