Earth Day

A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated Earth Day at school. It was perfect because we were learning about plants in Science. We started our day by pulling weeds.  Nothing like getting your hands a little dirty. Most people would cringe but I find it addictive. I can't  pull just one!

This was our big pile of weeds!

One of my students told me, "Mrs. Weed you are good at pulling weeds!"

My response.........

"How do think I got the last name Weed"

After pulling, it was time to plant.

When Ella found out we were going to be planting, she just had to bring her princess pad and shovel her daddy got her (of course, the cobwebs had to be removed first).

Here was the fruits of our labor......

We took a couple of days to talk about insects. While we were outside, we decided to observe insects up close.

 

 We talked about the different parts of an insect and then made an edible one.

 

We used marshmallows for the head, thorax and abdomen. To hold them together we used peanut butter. We also used chocolate chips for the eyes, potato chips for the wings, pretzels for the legs and twizzlers for the antennas.

The next week, we made ladybugs.

Want to know what your backside looks like?

Let your husband get a hold of the camera!

(I'm just glad it wasn't a close up like it usually is! I think I would have needed the full screen for that one!)

Granny turns 90

My grandmother (aka granny) turned 90 a few weeks back. My dad and his sister threw here a surprise birthday party.  She was definitely surprised!

The night started off with none other than......yep you guessed it..........games!

Who were the top 3? My sister, Carmel and myself.

There was plenty of great food!

A sweet, tearful and happy slide show was put together which consisted of all the wonderful memories she has had so far!

It would not be called a party without.........

Elvis

My dear old hip granny still can handle her own candles!

Can you tell my niece enjoyed her cake?

My granny, aunt, dad and mom

Our family with my granny.

 

My sister and her family

 

My nephew

I love my granny! 

  I pray that God gives us many more years with her!

Jog-A-Fun

 Well Jog-A-Fun has come and gone again. The kids did great! Not quite sure how they compared to last year. I think they did less laps because I had to pay less this year! 

Ella raised $106

Doesn't she look like she has it rough?

I think she caught onto the fun part more than the jogging part of Jog-A-Fun.

Laney raised $166

At least Griffin knows when to put on a show for the camera. He stopped soon after I took this. 

Griffin raised $163

Thank you to Pop, Nana and Becca for your support!

Just call her Red Hot Lips

and teeth!

Ella decided to help herself to something to drink.

She comes to ask me a question and trouble is written all over her lips. She decided to whip up one of those drink packets with water.

 Hopefully, by now you noticed what went wrong. If not, then we will investigate further. 

The cup in the picture is close to an eight ounce cup. The packet on the other hand is meant to be mixed up in a two quart container. 

If you do the math:

1 stick per 2 quarts of water = tasty drink

1 stick per 8 oz of water = knock your socks off red lips

Maybe next time she will seek advice from the wise one........her mother people!

Many hours of hard work

A couple of posts ago, I showed you what my dining room table looked like the week before the L2L Convention. I thought I would share with you the results.

The theme this year was "We'll work 'til Jesus comes". 

Throughout our book we used owls.

I had a fantastic group of hard workers this year!

Every year the scrapbook team is asked to do a personal page for the book. Here are the pages my 3 kids provided.

We won 3rd place this year!

Thank you to everyone who helped put these memories together!

Now.......I better get that table cleaned off before next year rolls around!

L2L 2012

For the past......umm....too many to count.....years, our family has participated in Lads to Leaders and Leaderettes Convention in Atlanta. It is a lot of work but worth it! My kids have or are learning to overcome fears that I still have not addressed. My stomach does somersaults when I get up in front of just a few people. 

 My 6 year old stood on stage this year in front of probably 50 women and 30 girls to lead a song. This was her 3rd year to do it!  Shoot....last year my middle child had the guts to get up in front of ladies and lead Paradise Valley (definitely not an easy song)! My son...well...he is the reason it's too many to count. His first year to participate was when he was in 2nd grade...he is now in 10th. Today, he will lead a song, do a devotional or speak in front of our home congregation. I truly believe it is due to the training that comes from L2L. I am slowly learning to face my fears. 

If my kids can do it then so can I!

Just a few highlights from the weekend.

Ella participated in Oral Bible Reading, Song Leading, Scrapbook, Good Samaritan, Know the Books and Centurion of  Scripture.

Laney participated in Song Leading, Good Samaritan, Know the Books, Puppets, Scrapbook and Bible Bowl.

I would show you several pictures of my son but it wasn't cool for him to be seen with his mommy and daddy (except when it was time for food).

So here is one of him during the Bible Bowl. He also participated in Good Samaritan and Scrapbook.

My parents were able to come with us this year. 

My dad may just upgrade from newspaper Sudoku to this

Here is all the participants from WRCoC.

We had a great time and look forward to next year!