Storytime

Liam was having a fussy moment, so Katy covered him with her special blanket and read Madeline to him. You can see that he is watching her intently and talking to her the whole time. He seems to really enjoy being read to (though he also seems to enjoy being the center of attention, so that may also play into it). Katy has this book completely memorized, word for word! She is so ready to read! (I hope this video works - I've never uploaded a video to the blog before!).

Mmmmmmmmm!!!

The girls got a cookbook in one of their Chick-fil-a kids meals, and it had a fun looking bread recipe in it, so we decided to try it for our family fun night last week. We made the dough (kneading for 10 minutes is a LOT harder and exhausting than it sounds like it should be!), and then the fun part began! We got to make fun bread, rolling the dough into funny shapes, making things like ladybugs, funny faces, and even Darsie's "house the wise man built on the rock" and "house the foolish man built on the sand" (can you tell what her most recent Sunday School lessons were about?). It was like playdough, only better, because then we got to let it rise and bake and eat it!! It was so yummy!! Here is a picture of the girls proudly displaying their creations. (I think we are going to have the kids make it on Thanksgiving next week!)

Porcupines...

The girls watched part of Homeward Bound yesterday during small group and asked about porcupines on the way home, since apparently the dog gets pricked by one in his nose during the movie. So, today we learned about porcupines. We watched YouTube videos (there are some great ones of baby porcupines!), colored pictures, read about them, and made our own. Here are the results!

Bubbles!!

We learned about bubbles and air today in our experiment time. Just wanted to show everyone the great bubbles the girls blew!

Darsie's New Skill!!

Tonight Darsie did her first real puzzle all by herself!! Very exciting! I'm so proud of her!