We went to the quilt show this past weekend that Brenna's quilt was entered in. She received Honorable Mention along with a nice big pink ribbon. She was very proud to see her quilt hanging with all the others. She was the youngest entered - the rest of the kids were anywhere between 9 and 14. Of course I forgot my camera but Aunt Lynnie let me use hers, so as soon as I get the pictures emailed to me from Dea Jae then I will post them.
So I completely forgot to post about our frogs that we released! The first set we had (nine total) finally turned into little frogs about 3 weeks ago - we kept them for about a week and then released them in the front yard. It had been raining almost everyday and everything was nice and wet so I thought it would be a good place. Besides, I have lots of frogs that live around my house so apparently they like it. I do water my plants frequently so things stay pretty moist most of the time. Now we have about 25 more that should be getting their legs pretty soon. I don't think I will release THAT many in my yard so those will have to go to the park lake. I will post some pictures of those soon.
We went on our first field trip with our Homeschool Group this morning. It was to the Water Treatment plant here in town. I found it pretty interesting but I guess it isn't necessarily something a 5 year old finds very fascinating. HAHA! I really should have known better. She did good though and only started complaining about the last 15 minutes. It was an outside tour and very hot and muggy.
One thing I did find out recently is that the Homeschool Group does a yearly camping trip! It will be in November and I am very excited about that. I think it will be a lot of fun and I am looking forward to it. Brenna will have so many kids to play with and Brendon and I will get to know the parents a lot better too.
Well other than that everything else is going great. :) I will post again soon.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Brenna's Quilt
Brenna and Grandma Shore finished the quilt that they have been working on! It came out so cute and Brenna did such a great job. She did most of the sewing on the machine with Grandma's help and guidance of course. She was a little apprehensive of the needle but did a wonderful job. She also knotted all the purple ties as well.
You can click on the picture and it will open another window with a bigger picture of it.
Lots has happened!!
Well it has been over a week since I posted and so much has happened since then. Where to start....
Well I will start with the most exciting news that I am sure everyone already knows about BUT I still have to tell you all about it! LOL My sister-in-law and brother have a brand new baby! Keira Elizabeth was born on September 3rd at 11:34pm and she weighs 5 pounds, 3 oz. - she is soooo tiny and soooo beautiful! Seriously, you could not find a prouder Aunt ANYWHERE! My poor brother has had to endure my many phone calls asking how they are doing and if she is nursing good...blah, blah, blah. If I had my way I would be over there all day, everyday because I just can't get enough of her. Brenna has been great with her and loves to hold her. She is so excited about being a "big cousin" now - she is not the baby anymore. When we went to the hospital to see her for the first time Brenna couldn't stay away from her and kept staring at her. She had the cutest little smile the entire time we were there. She told me in the car yesterday - "Mom, do you think it is possible for us to see Keira every day?" It was very cute. I feel the same way. :) Jenny says we are welcome there anytime but I don't think she quite knows what she got herself into when she said that. LOL
Anyway, homeschooling is going very well for us. I have decided to do unit studies. The first week we did the letter "a" and she practiced writing it and we also went to the library and got a lot of books on things that start with the letter "a". This week we are doing the letter "b" and are studying how the brain works, about blood, and the animal we are doing is the butterfly. So you see how the unit studies work - it is much easier for me that way to come up with things to do. She is getting so much better at writing her name correctly too. I will have to take a pictures of it and post it on here soon. She has also been doing great with her math and is doing addition and subtraction problems all by herself. I am so proud of her. :)
Yesterday we had our very first homeschool group get together. It was Report Day. The kids who want to get up in front of everyone and do some sort of short presentation. Brenna did not do anything yesterday but that is okay. We thought that next month she would go up and do a presentation on tadpoles. After the reports we all had pizza and then the smaller kids went outside on the playground and played for a while. It was so pleasant and they all got along GREAT! Brenna made so many new friends. All of the mom's are so nice and friendly too. I think this homeschool group is going to be a wonderful experience for us. They get together a lot for field trips, play dates and family get-togethers.
OH! I signed Brenna up for Girl Scouts!! We went and registered last Friday and are just waiting for the Troop Leader to call us. She is very excited about it and so am I. I was in Girl Scouts for about 7 or 8 years and had such a great time and made lots of good friends that I still talk to.
Anyway, I will post soon with updates as well as some new pictures. :)
Well I will start with the most exciting news that I am sure everyone already knows about BUT I still have to tell you all about it! LOL My sister-in-law and brother have a brand new baby! Keira Elizabeth was born on September 3rd at 11:34pm and she weighs 5 pounds, 3 oz. - she is soooo tiny and soooo beautiful! Seriously, you could not find a prouder Aunt ANYWHERE! My poor brother has had to endure my many phone calls asking how they are doing and if she is nursing good...blah, blah, blah. If I had my way I would be over there all day, everyday because I just can't get enough of her. Brenna has been great with her and loves to hold her. She is so excited about being a "big cousin" now - she is not the baby anymore. When we went to the hospital to see her for the first time Brenna couldn't stay away from her and kept staring at her. She had the cutest little smile the entire time we were there. She told me in the car yesterday - "Mom, do you think it is possible for us to see Keira every day?" It was very cute. I feel the same way. :) Jenny says we are welcome there anytime but I don't think she quite knows what she got herself into when she said that. LOL
Anyway, homeschooling is going very well for us. I have decided to do unit studies. The first week we did the letter "a" and she practiced writing it and we also went to the library and got a lot of books on things that start with the letter "a". This week we are doing the letter "b" and are studying how the brain works, about blood, and the animal we are doing is the butterfly. So you see how the unit studies work - it is much easier for me that way to come up with things to do. She is getting so much better at writing her name correctly too. I will have to take a pictures of it and post it on here soon. She has also been doing great with her math and is doing addition and subtraction problems all by herself. I am so proud of her. :)
Yesterday we had our very first homeschool group get together. It was Report Day. The kids who want to get up in front of everyone and do some sort of short presentation. Brenna did not do anything yesterday but that is okay. We thought that next month she would go up and do a presentation on tadpoles. After the reports we all had pizza and then the smaller kids went outside on the playground and played for a while. It was so pleasant and they all got along GREAT! Brenna made so many new friends. All of the mom's are so nice and friendly too. I think this homeschool group is going to be a wonderful experience for us. They get together a lot for field trips, play dates and family get-togethers.
OH! I signed Brenna up for Girl Scouts!! We went and registered last Friday and are just waiting for the Troop Leader to call us. She is very excited about it and so am I. I was in Girl Scouts for about 7 or 8 years and had such a great time and made lots of good friends that I still talk to.
Anyway, I will post soon with updates as well as some new pictures. :)
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