Monday, April 5, 2010

Coloring Easter eggs










Landon loved coloring Easter eggs this year! He quickly decided it was easier to just dunk the eggs in the colors with his fingers instead of using the metal holder! Needless to say his fingers were black by the end of it all. He is getting so grown up and I love to watch his excitement as he discovers new things. We did a lot of color mixing with this project and learned which colors to mix to get other colors! Very fun evening, the girls even joined the fun by sitting in their highchairs and watching big brother!




Monday, March 29, 2010

Sisters

The girls love looking out the windows in our bedroom and watching the birds- which works out great for me, because I can sit them there, take a shower and know they will be entertained for awhile!


Valerie's first cracker- she wasn't so fond of it, she just got mad, threw it down and cried.


Olivia's first cracker- she on the other hand loved it and chewed on it for quite awhile!




Spring BBQ at our house





































On Saturday we had several of our friends over for a BBQ and all had a blast! It was so fun watching the kids all play in the creek and the dads take them out in the boats. Just about all of them even caught a fish! It was a great day and we are looking forward to many more this summer!








Siblings

This is Landon's new favorite place. He is always asking me to spread the blanket out on the grass between the two trees. All three of them loved laying out in the sun today and listening to all the birds!

Hiking












We went for a hike behind our house the other day and it was so beautiful out! The wildflowers are starting to bloom and everything is so green and pretty! It was a perfect day for taking pictures! Landon had so much fun exploring and even Zoe came along. Kyle and I each wore one of the girls in a carrier and really enjoyed the afternoon together as a family!



Murphys Irish Day Parade

Olivia

Valerie


Landon and the Leprachaun



Feeding the animals




We went up to Murphys for Saint Patricks Day and watched the parade. Grandma Scharf made Landon a leprachaun vest and he had so much fun being a leprachaun all day! We got so many comments about his red hair that day and of course everyone loved to see the girls! It was a fun day!






Friday, March 19, 2010

Landon's first week of at home preschool

Circling all the letter Lls that he can find on the white board.
Painting a ladybug

Playing and writing Lls in cornmeal


Practicing writing Lls on the white board



Gluing beans on and coloring a letter Ll.
All his zoo animals had to come to school with us this day!
Landon had a great first week of our little in home preschool. He loves the one on one time with Mommy and is excited to learn. We learned the letter Ll this week and he can now read his name, recognize and write the letter Ll and name words that start with L. We read stories, went on a listening walk, collected leaves for a collage and started working on making patterns with unifix cubes. We set up a corner of our office/guest room to be Landon's school and he loves getting dressed and ready for school. He calls me teacher during school time- all on his own accord and is always asking when it is snack time. I love doing this with him and am excited to see him learn so much in one week!