tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50415848852109374762024-03-18T16:36:14.750-05:00My Full HeartMegan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.comBlogger618125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-39452551877500634112024-03-08T08:47:00.003-06:002024-03-08T08:47:35.488-06:00Friday Favorites: Not Such a Great Week<p>This week wasn't the best week we've had in a while. I decided to wean Zoey last Friday, and I can happily say that she is totally weaned now. She still asks to nurse, but she is asking a lot less than she was at first. I've had some pain and soreness, but I think it's getting better now.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOtkCTaHEPlRTrbILFVGuTWlNVjiqG1oTtq8EX3ajN2ZUhzLvtC2gaV6-jUqD4ybN9aGPb18jXMUy6jUXClNOSapp4-JN33JYGk9Eilt9HZfVAdK8VdqrEG9KVDBoGE8e5Pmvj7W2gu8c6tycI3wOWvs0Oo4byXWL-nAXfvfh73rTpzWFyV4nAtgIuX2E/s3088/IMG_3515.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOtkCTaHEPlRTrbILFVGuTWlNVjiqG1oTtq8EX3ajN2ZUhzLvtC2gaV6-jUqD4ybN9aGPb18jXMUy6jUXClNOSapp4-JN33JYGk9Eilt9HZfVAdK8VdqrEG9KVDBoGE8e5Pmvj7W2gu8c6tycI3wOWvs0Oo4byXWL-nAXfvfh73rTpzWFyV4nAtgIuX2E/s320/IMG_3515.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We did have some days with sunny weather.</span></div><p>Zoey also got sick on Sunday - and she's still not quite 100%. She's been whiny off and on all week, due to the sickness and the weaning. This wasn't the best time to wean, but I didn't realize she was going to get sick. I took her to the doctor on Monday, but it's just a virus. All of her flu and covid tests came back negative, and her ears looked good.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisP5vR2a5-UzcOckTOKAGI877aU_FkZQoIOvWHfeP0DEvfgkeaYNl0bTZ60Lp7EzVZOpiVPk7MMg5Sz0EInNUoeCBT7-Lnmsjozfm4dwdnjo1s-isxf8mEH5mSGmf5Ecd0gnZeH3UeEf0Ic7HE1qq3oKnij5kkSQ9pE-pe7a6cX6rAEkThk6RfZiSRVxl/s4032/IMG_3539.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisP5vR2a5-UzcOckTOKAGI877aU_FkZQoIOvWHfeP0DEvfgkeaYNl0bTZ60Lp7EzVZOpiVPk7MMg5Sz0EInNUoeCBT7-Lnmsjozfm4dwdnjo1s-isxf8mEH5mSGmf5Ecd0gnZeH3UeEf0Ic7HE1qq3oKnij5kkSQ9pE-pe7a6cX6rAEkThk6RfZiSRVxl/s320/IMG_3539.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1myGxd46OWHvDJUzwzjzj5cFgoJo9IZsjoZ99iuL7GNwPAeWFOXIbjRLqeGPFM7lgF_2SlzCyVQ1oJZXl_TEapIsZdz9yY6VBmisyF_OlfrlWa-GujXn6EdhwYUZgPXkil3iRSfk9NaT2vW41-Ta4Oj7_3beHkvvYhZfPtASDe7Fj4tWTWUzyyfFmDIz/s4032/IMG_3542.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1myGxd46OWHvDJUzwzjzj5cFgoJo9IZsjoZ99iuL7GNwPAeWFOXIbjRLqeGPFM7lgF_2SlzCyVQ1oJZXl_TEapIsZdz9yY6VBmisyF_OlfrlWa-GujXn6EdhwYUZgPXkil3iRSfk9NaT2vW41-Ta4Oj7_3beHkvvYhZfPtASDe7Fj4tWTWUzyyfFmDIz/s320/IMG_3542.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">She put her stickers on her shirt.</span></div><p>Zeke got sick on Wednesday night with fever and a sore throat. His throat was red with white bumps - just like it did when he got strep throat. However, he had his tonsils taken out in August exactly for this reason. He got strep throat at least once a month. I took him to the doctor, and while his rapid strep test was negative, the doctor said it looks just like strep throat to him, and his lymph nodes were really swollen (also happened when he got strep). Evidently some people will still get strep throat after a tonsillectomy. Ugh! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKPzRPBAPC-HqM1MlS1Wcng1Copp5Fa4N0bzO6qNTDx5mfqOKaHRtKVKs-WFe8uncH8wbBqxyY1YkF_95r9CfbXyhQDRmK21ac0DLs-Q90e7bJPKdkQFmVaz18gNgJdSX1kOuMXA02sEZhh5oQGSTECHZXfKo99BgIsQcYKk7Eau5c0iZDwznbhzUZVaL/s4032/IMG_3597.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKPzRPBAPC-HqM1MlS1Wcng1Copp5Fa4N0bzO6qNTDx5mfqOKaHRtKVKs-WFe8uncH8wbBqxyY1YkF_95r9CfbXyhQDRmK21ac0DLs-Q90e7bJPKdkQFmVaz18gNgJdSX1kOuMXA02sEZhh5oQGSTECHZXfKo99BgIsQcYKk7Eau5c0iZDwznbhzUZVaL/s320/IMG_3597.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I called out letters for him to find on the posters.</span></div><p>Titus's baseball game was canceled Monday due to rain, and we got more rain all throughout the week. Today we have had some bad weather already with more to come this afternoon, so his practice was canceled today too. </p><p>My week wasn't the greatest, but I think it's important to always remember the good things that did happen. So here are some of the highlights:</p><p>Zeke and I did get his schoolwork done this week, and he made this adorable kangaroo pencil holder!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwQKIcQJSLet3CftUVxDtJRVyBK9kVaiidr2oMKFLhal2wPb7eupl8D3oTbs4YogtHhXqzPT1KdABIxqgpXPTMSRxk_pLDlJok5S-noRxhXSN4qQZ2jLbMm099NwSFIFi9Pnrj8FUV16aTtJZPkqV0I3YEUSRBABkxc6fJ0OxEp5h3WEpQq59AtpaFQOc/s4032/IMG_3574.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwQKIcQJSLet3CftUVxDtJRVyBK9kVaiidr2oMKFLhal2wPb7eupl8D3oTbs4YogtHhXqzPT1KdABIxqgpXPTMSRxk_pLDlJok5S-noRxhXSN4qQZ2jLbMm099NwSFIFi9Pnrj8FUV16aTtJZPkqV0I3YEUSRBABkxc6fJ0OxEp5h3WEpQq59AtpaFQOc/s320/IMG_3574.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Zoey and I did not get any tot school done this week, but we did sit on the porch and play with play-dough a few times. She loves play-dough, but she still wants to eat it! I'm ready for her to quit tasting it every time I let her play with it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPgSEQbleKEPKVnv0Vi06rkaCEdZO0podyDy7Jz8aO-4m3XQRVNVsu4JVsey-42HlZ9ruvPEU6-g5a_b9guncbIX6vZ05PGUcmcRAx_ygAyEIWLA_u3OwGZwsCVYlJxbETgftg0kQojO2SYwillDfzbV1hZIyf47tx11EcIvgxo60JOzCXob9hxfg7_4r/s4032/IMG_3583.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPgSEQbleKEPKVnv0Vi06rkaCEdZO0podyDy7Jz8aO-4m3XQRVNVsu4JVsey-42HlZ9ruvPEU6-g5a_b9guncbIX6vZ05PGUcmcRAx_ygAyEIWLA_u3OwGZwsCVYlJxbETgftg0kQojO2SYwillDfzbV1hZIyf47tx11EcIvgxo60JOzCXob9hxfg7_4r/s320/IMG_3583.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We did start Treehouse Nature study Spring, and Zeke really liked dissecting a bean seed. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9k_PyPibdvQoDn6qt6IFUgJtTMnOXuznqFgavTyYA1_S42GJzcgBvDADVBt9uAEY5pZnN1CQSH4T9L1NyZefRQVRLoTv_xJ55O0tu7rBiyS6E5kb_0G5MT66GGuqNlFf1UmW4OU6BzE_LK4CKD8uogN6g4LE6O_EoNjujyJYvRDzv6nBS3QtWKJ7P3oaw/s4032/IMG_3592.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9k_PyPibdvQoDn6qt6IFUgJtTMnOXuznqFgavTyYA1_S42GJzcgBvDADVBt9uAEY5pZnN1CQSH4T9L1NyZefRQVRLoTv_xJ55O0tu7rBiyS6E5kb_0G5MT66GGuqNlFf1UmW4OU6BzE_LK4CKD8uogN6g4LE6O_EoNjujyJYvRDzv6nBS3QtWKJ7P3oaw/s320/IMG_3592.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>The boys and I spent Thursday afternoon picking up the yard and doing some things that needed done. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDh9jO4nOb5AJVIrcyXVE8tia54ZNOjTCJfDcBPivI_nCyXzeo6mrR-vmJhiqHrYzTLIXJOhX6AORkUxkbfAZDyg5IyNFdMO9-CYDk_zlrcz0SfbwZ-xZjfhG0At0KCETBJg_v7y_k5iLhloERTEac2Ap65-Ay1AJQAUMVL0ThAkj1Y30cW5ulWztAoPIy/s4032/IMG_3512.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDh9jO4nOb5AJVIrcyXVE8tia54ZNOjTCJfDcBPivI_nCyXzeo6mrR-vmJhiqHrYzTLIXJOhX6AORkUxkbfAZDyg5IyNFdMO9-CYDk_zlrcz0SfbwZ-xZjfhG0At0KCETBJg_v7y_k5iLhloERTEac2Ap65-Ay1AJQAUMVL0ThAkj1Y30cW5ulWztAoPIy/s320/IMG_3512.jpeg" width="240" /></a></p><p>My mom came and sat with Zeke and Zoey on Wednesday so I could go to town alone. I enjoyed being able to run errands in peace! I went to the library by myself, too. That was nice!</p><p></p><p>Maybe next week will be a little more productive, and I hope both the little ones will feel much better. How was your week?</p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-28979212045775858722024-03-06T06:36:00.004-06:002024-03-06T06:36:50.246-06:00Currently: March 2024<p>I'm joining Jennifer again for this month's<a href="https://all4boys.blogspot.com/2024/03/currently-march-edition.html"> Currently</a> blog link-party! It was fun last month, so I decided to join in again this month. </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What I'm LOVING:</span></p><p>I'm loving that my oldest son got married on Saturday! He went on a mission trip last summer to Nicaragua with my parents, fell in love with a girl from a small village in the mountains, kept in touch, went back in December and proposed, and got married March 2! He will be staying there until the summer when she can get her tourist visa and come here. He's also working on her spousal visa (which takes longer than a tourist visa). Here are a few pictures from the ceremony down there. They're not professional because they just do things differently down there! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIzxpio3re1wbZ3markHzb2wYuBoY1xY8rIko9hXbEzT0dn7PrqX4XoI2HhhdssAOADagaG4gSlfFxDosxrU0J6LOscTUqRTw5TVowb4NshCy3w8tN0T8r1ltaA6pCttktiI8x4aiO5y6ezciQ0LDQb-GKEPRXr0LQzF_ZxWn5Ec9k7-Y3n86K_-QeG8b/s578/82add1e6-ef04-469f-ad44-af8b7a45fc9e.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIzxpio3re1wbZ3markHzb2wYuBoY1xY8rIko9hXbEzT0dn7PrqX4XoI2HhhdssAOADagaG4gSlfFxDosxrU0J6LOscTUqRTw5TVowb4NshCy3w8tN0T8r1ltaA6pCttktiI8x4aiO5y6ezciQ0LDQb-GKEPRXr0LQzF_ZxWn5Ec9k7-Y3n86K_-QeG8b/s320/82add1e6-ef04-469f-ad44-af8b7a45fc9e.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBV9hCrQl_OVy1FsUolrPW3CpjBbTk5No0VU2VApyLPDu7waWqNLYNNWc-25Mz1gLr96b5bwpgAubbX85Szclo1khHghYpPcGJ5Piz77Cj8Kn37Be5Vi0A5N47Cfb7GeKNuAvGcds0Z5AMaX6u97KUIGIDsTpWbYZ8RlFyY7nvOFrCH0XPAU0BQp5ViZHo/s1600/41616f91-2761-4ce4-b1e5-c24ee407adb3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBV9hCrQl_OVy1FsUolrPW3CpjBbTk5No0VU2VApyLPDu7waWqNLYNNWc-25Mz1gLr96b5bwpgAubbX85Szclo1khHghYpPcGJ5Piz77Cj8Kn37Be5Vi0A5N47Cfb7GeKNuAvGcds0Z5AMaX6u97KUIGIDsTpWbYZ8RlFyY7nvOFrCH0XPAU0BQp5ViZHo/s320/41616f91-2761-4ce4-b1e5-c24ee407adb3.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvDIzZKoWIaWIaInLM2tBTIb9kXxVGM3MhTFW_eNU3wXAWXUkD5lVjfrBgaH-Ovc4Bu-Hoac214WC6_eQRYDuIScy7PTsV_py5Moo9Oui7od-R_TaiS0vgv1Xzw_7nHg-unwKAjJScKctZm5zTxK6CeKvZMDp6oMNEt3E21Z3NI8LzA02SU_1q5MdNBrr/s1156/437591b0-3c6f-4585-888d-315f29b52130.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvDIzZKoWIaWIaInLM2tBTIb9kXxVGM3MhTFW_eNU3wXAWXUkD5lVjfrBgaH-Ovc4Bu-Hoac214WC6_eQRYDuIScy7PTsV_py5Moo9Oui7od-R_TaiS0vgv1Xzw_7nHg-unwKAjJScKctZm5zTxK6CeKvZMDp6oMNEt3E21Z3NI8LzA02SU_1q5MdNBrr/s320/437591b0-3c6f-4585-888d-315f29b52130.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSnngiIrD3M18ye_VCPLg9J9ANon6ViqxSCIozo4sckVOPtBm__vROorkEKyZ9CwOT0IojTRXtalAt_4zVv49j5Q1taOlGiZ2FFIoIjjbIOq-_eKI3LOQuBY-XHig6mwUs9g4MTt17AVXG3AS6SHHTqsS0kMcA-REd4Z8peERq1p1k8VPSgx3nLbpFul3/s1156/aadc0889-97ab-4c09-acc5-4331ac2ac940.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSnngiIrD3M18ye_VCPLg9J9ANon6ViqxSCIozo4sckVOPtBm__vROorkEKyZ9CwOT0IojTRXtalAt_4zVv49j5Q1taOlGiZ2FFIoIjjbIOq-_eKI3LOQuBY-XHig6mwUs9g4MTt17AVXG3AS6SHHTqsS0kMcA-REd4Z8peERq1p1k8VPSgx3nLbpFul3/s320/aadc0889-97ab-4c09-acc5-4331ac2ac940.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p>I'm also loving my<a href="https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/sand-stable-amelia-dining-set-w004034609.html?piid=711096410"> new dining room table</a>! I've been in search of a table that seats 8 that will fit in my smallish dining room, and this table and chair set is perfect. I love the color of the wood, and the chairs are comfortable and large! Now I'm in search of placemats because I'm afraid it will get dirty. I told the kids, let's not eat at the table for a few days! They just looked at me like I was crazy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLERfTTy06m7fHr7G2PC-mLh3ck04Jnz87iysz7wOi-2Ywu158OSzEb0stTgtNqIHAKjE2QfPWv56r_HHMOQfLsWhNVb6Ket346kcI7AhTc9oMJ21gS9tBJVNjw3mroneG8vBNZWXV02t3IbWYDPSBfxyn4urTXVaG4wMhCWv1QxT3eo99cwAJAI_aBI3X/s4032/IMG_3526.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLERfTTy06m7fHr7G2PC-mLh3ck04Jnz87iysz7wOi-2Ywu158OSzEb0stTgtNqIHAKjE2QfPWv56r_HHMOQfLsWhNVb6Ket346kcI7AhTc9oMJ21gS9tBJVNjw3mroneG8vBNZWXV02t3IbWYDPSBfxyn4urTXVaG4wMhCWv1QxT3eo99cwAJAI_aBI3X/s320/IMG_3526.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqDUc3ukgtglw7kuIli-O8MRdQ9kyXT9S7od0vla7hPzD4bVCLegVCj9nTKiv2cFz-ABsgbXKzJrIFCpgLGGlBjoGb8QUhBsmNKqVe9FUqEhJ_0g2sHTutmGSME3ISIXkIKGtfNxBtpKUI9zvbccGSXT-cqQx20eRsr1zWaer3HwGZ6tQWctNBzcvOo1M/s4032/IMG_3527.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqDUc3ukgtglw7kuIli-O8MRdQ9kyXT9S7od0vla7hPzD4bVCLegVCj9nTKiv2cFz-ABsgbXKzJrIFCpgLGGlBjoGb8QUhBsmNKqVe9FUqEhJ_0g2sHTutmGSME3ISIXkIKGtfNxBtpKUI9zvbccGSXT-cqQx20eRsr1zWaer3HwGZ6tQWctNBzcvOo1M/s320/IMG_3527.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I'm loving that Zeke has really been making progress with his reading. Going through his word list is much quicker and more fun than it was at first. He picks up on new concepts really fast, so I'm thinking he will be reading by summer!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxqx0L8jiU9ZT1kIkDVfFOA3_2ipfmLqZ9JUD_Lzqog9Uhs3JRjRiExhViiGtKEt7_QaeVC2kEXoV1Sf1IayiVrQxzvNkE80dknHQ58BWyNQJ3gDQgIhRc0dZjDEtD_iI5DGw9SrEGS4UceQT9ShBGXJvWzG1rqm05jkhVb0DGy2mD4oxe-xfR6qda2PL/s4032/IMG_3566.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxqx0L8jiU9ZT1kIkDVfFOA3_2ipfmLqZ9JUD_Lzqog9Uhs3JRjRiExhViiGtKEt7_QaeVC2kEXoV1Sf1IayiVrQxzvNkE80dknHQ58BWyNQJ3gDQgIhRc0dZjDEtD_iI5DGw9SrEGS4UceQT9ShBGXJvWzG1rqm05jkhVb0DGy2mD4oxe-xfR6qda2PL/s320/IMG_3566.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What I'm LOOKING FORWARD TO:</span></p><p>I'm looking forward to the end of summer when Eli and Gendeling will be coming home. We're going to have a reception/wedding shower for them, and that will be fun! I can't wait to meet my new daughter-in-law.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlhVXjB08UbbWTPlz7nXV03qKGkD6ArdWk8oqAfxbrGGT60tvnrazjIyDp6_9vIGZPb4ghTDiyz1Xiy_R9tsjvSVinHJCj9nepihRbZ_cLfbthZzmw0mIcq9bZgwVVyK7iUaLBzlycGE50rnY3gN1feKZcTYHfYq5w3caeI3lJKFJFiA_vtemJgq3zxel/s2048/9cec7ef6-a37a-49d7-b8fd-e5a812e08324.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlhVXjB08UbbWTPlz7nXV03qKGkD6ArdWk8oqAfxbrGGT60tvnrazjIyDp6_9vIGZPb4ghTDiyz1Xiy_R9tsjvSVinHJCj9nepihRbZ_cLfbthZzmw0mIcq9bZgwVVyK7iUaLBzlycGE50rnY3gN1feKZcTYHfYq5w3caeI3lJKFJFiA_vtemJgq3zxel/s320/9cec7ef6-a37a-49d7-b8fd-e5a812e08324.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJzQxuzrKbU1EZp8o8WzZ_3LZFx8E_TbnaxZTOZGbvVBztxx9T973xVTxkT5KZSMgylX8VzfeSifNvT7ZayD1X30lQNq1NR_A74-0v7kchJuYoi_-oiJfZlL6YWpqDQNzB18-7ulnzRP16JfzKK0K82o8nkoJHc0jFWxH9rOdaz_DklzIbY7KA70XMMib/s1600/bcbff166-654f-449c-88f7-d33fde5db2da.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJzQxuzrKbU1EZp8o8WzZ_3LZFx8E_TbnaxZTOZGbvVBztxx9T973xVTxkT5KZSMgylX8VzfeSifNvT7ZayD1X30lQNq1NR_A74-0v7kchJuYoi_-oiJfZlL6YWpqDQNzB18-7ulnzRP16JfzKK0K82o8nkoJHc0jFWxH9rOdaz_DklzIbY7KA70XMMib/s320/bcbff166-654f-449c-88f7-d33fde5db2da.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm also looking forward to these beautiful spring days that will be here soon. We've had some warmer weather lately, and I love being able to spend so much time outdoors. Baseball season has begun, and it's way more fun to watch the games in cool, spring weather than in hot, muggy, summer weather. We have been spending much more time outside!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGfYhZPzf4zRJIxU0e1-ryXKdYjX-bT_YjdM2vFn-1OfdYmDVlocKCLZ5vB4Bd1QPiMOaWrVn6EEjadUnwaPWY0DZeL7v3XycSlNdbHrwDpANmo269LQUzeIF16y7ppdR9LmOz1og-6R0_g0OxB9QbrsYg6luy3OvSs5afcq5Jyc9KrwxOgA1TLigonNk/s4032/IMG_3583.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGfYhZPzf4zRJIxU0e1-ryXKdYjX-bT_YjdM2vFn-1OfdYmDVlocKCLZ5vB4Bd1QPiMOaWrVn6EEjadUnwaPWY0DZeL7v3XycSlNdbHrwDpANmo269LQUzeIF16y7ppdR9LmOz1og-6R0_g0OxB9QbrsYg6luy3OvSs5afcq5Jyc9KrwxOgA1TLigonNk/s320/IMG_3583.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What I'm PLANNING:</span></p><p>I'm currently planning for our church's Vacation Bible School since I'm the director again. It's fun to plan, but it's way harder to find the time with a 17-month-old! Our theme is The Great Jungle Journey by Answers in Genesis. Jungle themes are easy to find decorations for!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTz6_Q1jedPihyfDMgnCELo0WhcPLsFVJq98K-_aRdMd_u6GpXpyXTmHNJbv-iZIC6qdQpe0AX3hxoLKJAC4uADI5NwsTqIHjM4mKmhM7gQiHEXb19le3eSi4fGofXuGMNsPgQgjoi07KqatA4eCFngGEmtzfKKZ_zfGj8Ji8cqsdKiHbpYcpa-sEBcyXe" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="298" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTz6_Q1jedPihyfDMgnCELo0WhcPLsFVJq98K-_aRdMd_u6GpXpyXTmHNJbv-iZIC6qdQpe0AX3hxoLKJAC4uADI5NwsTqIHjM4mKmhM7gQiHEXb19le3eSi4fGofXuGMNsPgQgjoi07KqatA4eCFngGEmtzfKKZ_zfGj8Ji8cqsdKiHbpYcpa-sEBcyXe" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>I'm also planning out Treehouse Schoolhouse's Nature Study for Spring. I think it will be really nice to have a planned-out nature study for Zeke. There are so many beauty subjects she incorporates into these unit studies, like art and music and poetry as well as science and nature, copy work and narrations. It will stretch Zeke's mind a little, and that will be a great thing for him. We started on it today, and I really think he is going to enjoy it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKPfdOtA0XZKUFEx7LBApA2TdVqBrwtnG7aqiE6VpBdIJbXkBBCx7QsmL-w679-UTEo_hS3j-myt_lQ0Rjd4nC4Fk82IHGtuS2E_GFGzFehLBbat3RG2Ue_ztaBBJVeNreJHeU5bm_ecQKrVeIQc578iSPFlMs_OT-ByL_YiiQk9_QFAISmfB5Jps0kCz/s4032/IMG_3579.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKPfdOtA0XZKUFEx7LBApA2TdVqBrwtnG7aqiE6VpBdIJbXkBBCx7QsmL-w679-UTEo_hS3j-myt_lQ0Rjd4nC4Fk82IHGtuS2E_GFGzFehLBbat3RG2Ue_ztaBBJVeNreJHeU5bm_ecQKrVeIQc578iSPFlMs_OT-ByL_YiiQk9_QFAISmfB5Jps0kCz/s320/IMG_3579.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What I'm WEARING:</span></p><p>I've been wearing a mix of jeans and maxi skirts. I try to wear a skirt or dress to church each Sunday, and honestly, I enjoy wearing skirts and dresses. I have been wearing some skirts during the week, too, simply because they're comfortable and cool! Jeans are so uncomfortable to me. The older I get, the less I care to be uncomfortable in my clothes! I'm going to pick up some more skirts for the spring and summer next time I go shopping. I rarely take pictures of my outfits, so this one is the only recent one I could fine! Eli snapped it one day after church.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXW1O5vVOG8x4IOJ-qsyiNy7b9k7OpNFwjrRTD2BHIOXRVUzkbcgeP3lwUqpMi7USRushhrwFfVUdejSQIZSa_5hhdjnZUzvdalp6xmjE1PjukbIc2FZZSTsunBs8XqdFpcHqCOJnmfFzQt35KAJXYNpzcyoQGqQCb_Etac_w0x2qT01Qqy0I1A0cWBE6_/s800/PHOTO-2024-02-11-14-21-43.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXW1O5vVOG8x4IOJ-qsyiNy7b9k7OpNFwjrRTD2BHIOXRVUzkbcgeP3lwUqpMi7USRushhrwFfVUdejSQIZSa_5hhdjnZUzvdalp6xmjE1PjukbIc2FZZSTsunBs8XqdFpcHqCOJnmfFzQt35KAJXYNpzcyoQGqQCb_Etac_w0x2qT01Qqy0I1A0cWBE6_/s320/PHOTO-2024-02-11-14-21-43.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I've also been wearing my Birkenstock chunky clogs a lot this winter. I broke out my Birkenstock sandals and realized I need some new ones! I usually get one pair a year, but I wear them almost daily, so they wear out quickly. I think I'll buy two new pair this year! These are the ones I'm eyeing:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.birkenstock.com/us/franca-natural-leather-oiled/francabraided-braid-oiledleather-0-eva-w_254.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="848" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjseuF6lOpA9Y7XSdDHUEq3nEIuLAXqzLlp5MKx4wEoDXU8guARcNTt5K08XTIW4XxDl5sfIdeNhSEVyI8mHWo3WKyVT-x3TLrWZ_LHrYISKiMEv_CkYC2Cidz8DzI8W0JO33l99tIcmfb_sOpwlMlxCUAo47YBUHcYvA_ojSOCSffGcSzNndWm6MbTEOT9" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.birkenstock.com/us/arizona-platform-natural-leather-nubuck/arizonapapplatform-nubuk-nubuckleather-0-eva-w_1627.html?dwvar_arizonapapplatform-nubuk-nubuckleather-0-eva-w__1627_width=S" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="848" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYj_uykvWNFjTCUbmXYiHcmu_TyZB-8DnuYhmoq2VCJO4l1JbCY1-y-K3jMD23JnN1mwyjfjeGrlDB_JmFi0Y4F6cQwNwhZ33aW0Fd_d0pYPdpuD6YfPB-kkTQntdeakxm6lovbQn7qOKiHLwiti99h9LM35toLWF9kfTlliw9T-WD2qrZC7L_4mbW5S_K" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.birkenstock.com/us/arizona-platform-vegan-birko-flor/arizonagrooved-platformvegan-birkoflor-0-evaplateau-w_1.html?dwvar_arizonagrooved-platformvegan-birkoflor-0-evaplateau-w__1_width=S&dwvar_arizonagrooved-platformvegan-birkoflor-0-evaplateau-w__1_size=250&region=US" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="848" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMX7Q-11soIe34h8QZl571oF9KICnOc50JYq9qXHWQAat81T7x75E3wzSnIWj_cSsxp-HW9q3vJHmAYj0DOUPiBC0R1EfKCDC2tLoy1M_o5vC2hmTUXYf6ihO6Uaag0lP1LlLD2d_223kssCjScFdGiyJj9Vbs99KBmL2GU3btV8R5CYbx_T4XyyaSvr95" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What I'm EATING:</span></p><p>I haven't eaten anything out of the ordinary lately. When Eli and I went shopping for his wedding clothes, we at Sbarro pizza and it was delicious! I cooked a pot roast for lunch after church Sunday, and I made Rod a chicken pot pie with biscuits on top Friday evening per his request. I have been eating these Resee eggs that are so good - they're the only Resee candy I like (well they have bells and hearts, too). The outer shell is hard chocolate, and the peanut butter filling is smooth. I don't like regular Resee cups!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36unC7Vfze7FOkp96aS2MwwtrabLjmT5mqU0QTIucumnjUORAMi5LUPXm6vvxOxsteWUdwKpsmZ0M59xPwgiGkarDhwXm1Hm5chyphenhyphenuUKBHBo7gw4HM70r2_LLmPgwHKU7bCKr-adqnqes8aw8PgOt98GSbN48WX4IhNWJwpyoRFc0To2MbIFGo4umz7otJ/s4032/IMG_3328.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36unC7Vfze7FOkp96aS2MwwtrabLjmT5mqU0QTIucumnjUORAMi5LUPXm6vvxOxsteWUdwKpsmZ0M59xPwgiGkarDhwXm1Hm5chyphenhyphenuUKBHBo7gw4HM70r2_LLmPgwHKU7bCKr-adqnqes8aw8PgOt98GSbN48WX4IhNWJwpyoRFc0To2MbIFGo4umz7otJ/s320/IMG_3328.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>That's it for this month's <a href="https://all4boys.blogspot.com/2024/03/currently-march-edition.html">Currently</a> post! </p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-59777687611672436152024-03-03T15:54:00.000-06:002024-03-03T15:54:14.905-06:00ABC Jesus Loves Me: Year One, Week Eleven<p>Zoey is 17 months old, and we're using ABC Jesus Loves Me, Year One - the free curriculum. I make a loose "lesson plan" for the week with the ideas on the website and a few extras that I come up with.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBFYNusi9pcjiLeWx9lpCCs1Ggm19In3Yujk-fMjo9M6rInwOZLT3UdVJcJ6F9eXCO-FrZAWLN-3uqv2_o7nWrfPRQPdKtwM_VMaaMhUr9ywnr-uLMOSWlvSyJaAXAcCXXx3Nm5_0coGEANV_8bwprm7tM7JzCgLKoZIiw4b_ERHTRPPKgJlBHJZyxuCT/s1080/ABC%20Jesus%20Loves%20Me%20(3).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBFYNusi9pcjiLeWx9lpCCs1Ggm19In3Yujk-fMjo9M6rInwOZLT3UdVJcJ6F9eXCO-FrZAWLN-3uqv2_o7nWrfPRQPdKtwM_VMaaMhUr9ywnr-uLMOSWlvSyJaAXAcCXXx3Nm5_0coGEANV_8bwprm7tM7JzCgLKoZIiw4b_ERHTRPPKgJlBHJZyxuCT/s320/ABC%20Jesus%20Loves%20Me%20(3).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">TUESDAY:</span></p><p>I put some cotton balls into a whisk and showed Zoey how to pull them out and push them back in again. This is such a simple fine motor activity! She didn't play with this as long as I had hoped, but I kept it out for later this week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBrGce9N9OZCATEjCSeS7eDB9UYzMUCTQqmxK8ZevN0RjuyYVO1HzdZQsTIgVGivRkloDiKVG6-xZmoaMZ9SkCTNEnTo6Vsjt8TmfBaONG0-m9UrV6TlvVfZsPcG9dy9i9YVv9O3CQFlURYGSVVNb9d4b0IkDp-JSB2UcErNhA6Kcy8em4Ypsbt5Fq0ew/s4032/IMG_3355.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBrGce9N9OZCATEjCSeS7eDB9UYzMUCTQqmxK8ZevN0RjuyYVO1HzdZQsTIgVGivRkloDiKVG6-xZmoaMZ9SkCTNEnTo6Vsjt8TmfBaONG0-m9UrV6TlvVfZsPcG9dy9i9YVv9O3CQFlURYGSVVNb9d4b0IkDp-JSB2UcErNhA6Kcy8em4Ypsbt5Fq0ew/s320/IMG_3355.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsGM6zaDjvEGbpoZjvkpqHJxsbi97I2qQbzGq6bHgNYdBVk3xCAsKA23z8J1z0HlTdQN7T_qzy5slzl0LnOMSgxMLP-i7iliJ8KjhCiKqCXql2yCVyI3b8NEaawz18zwHjKnCHkneJeBye0XZpIT24g8UW9kmbCndvz3w794pEy5UJqQcdeIAqvEFj3C-/s4032/IMG_3357.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsGM6zaDjvEGbpoZjvkpqHJxsbi97I2qQbzGq6bHgNYdBVk3xCAsKA23z8J1z0HlTdQN7T_qzy5slzl0LnOMSgxMLP-i7iliJ8KjhCiKqCXql2yCVyI3b8NEaawz18zwHjKnCHkneJeBye0XZpIT24g8UW9kmbCndvz3w794pEy5UJqQcdeIAqvEFj3C-/s320/IMG_3357.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMd1R0xx_PFLvT19220wZheaqJsw8ADevlIV53TvcAGDWcQ9xBEu9aDVWgn95j_-rj7i22sr9fbVfFl_zw8Nzjw6FMW8AT_0ONKvAxY06_uodXJxvbiCbuoRGYQGhhvR81-R4qiUnqHKMv3RYzTye7dy69Jjw7oP88uzakvFuDXS-Kc71ka7o9r1gP0vS/s4032/IMG_3359.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMd1R0xx_PFLvT19220wZheaqJsw8ADevlIV53TvcAGDWcQ9xBEu9aDVWgn95j_-rj7i22sr9fbVfFl_zw8Nzjw6FMW8AT_0ONKvAxY06_uodXJxvbiCbuoRGYQGhhvR81-R4qiUnqHKMv3RYzTye7dy69Jjw7oP88uzakvFuDXS-Kc71ka7o9r1gP0vS/s320/IMG_3359.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Her color this week is white, so I pulled out our white Kwik-Stix paint stick. She loves these! She painted her cat coloring page, her last Color Train, and then I gave her some black cardstock to paint on. The white showed up so well on the black!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijlzFX1-APbW8I_FaRiztGP5H2cI43kOS9evFIUAhswRw8zPTzJwwealvHORzLGtFIpkCBSvDjJQxTv-iYa9fC0vJ6tYI2f5q8fGADQadFtj4ioliU_YOoOWJEQhEbeSqHU3UdQV-uduBo_TBZxc9zpmcKtHpkcvF9KNNW76SUOUaNiDGvVBVg0B91xYn/s4032/IMG_3362.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijlzFX1-APbW8I_FaRiztGP5H2cI43kOS9evFIUAhswRw8zPTzJwwealvHORzLGtFIpkCBSvDjJQxTv-iYa9fC0vJ6tYI2f5q8fGADQadFtj4ioliU_YOoOWJEQhEbeSqHU3UdQV-uduBo_TBZxc9zpmcKtHpkcvF9KNNW76SUOUaNiDGvVBVg0B91xYn/s320/IMG_3362.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmkJXCaSy8OKDhWNEnt-Xgr0k4rQwS28BN_oA-xLDZaT0n7dPP-JxcbzfCCgwXZFUar-G_4C20X2Eu_D8f_XVWr9hf-aw7y4l8GJHHIBKI3OtBMuwSQqzZiomEWiAp4JRdIBUISp4HusMBUTaJ7sbsj6jVFb4TLaCZgQ1YPNEdq4vCUg9qu_3yxASU5vn/s4032/IMG_3365.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Zeke helped hand them to her since she can't peel them off of the sticker sheet yet. Zeke and I decided it looked like snowballs!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHV4pD4fvW1dKakHgoaynEurxBVm5iieZVQ0y_mAFpz5Q1UoI7iq04hDqcJ7oMK-LOEUA9O-khJYXqfpiVd49jpblhyphenhyphen78X-XEK8sqofY9k251qq7dkCKhb-dY2OmfJ-C-8AdkcdKM4Xsx1yBXrg8TcfHYl9Asbq1HqfDadp7CB5_Y2ulnrQBIVH4J6MZt/s4032/IMG_3384.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHV4pD4fvW1dKakHgoaynEurxBVm5iieZVQ0y_mAFpz5Q1UoI7iq04hDqcJ7oMK-LOEUA9O-khJYXqfpiVd49jpblhyphenhyphen78X-XEK8sqofY9k251qq7dkCKhb-dY2OmfJ-C-8AdkcdKM4Xsx1yBXrg8TcfHYl9Asbq1HqfDadp7CB5_Y2ulnrQBIVH4J6MZt/s320/IMG_3384.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZADAjdJvzzni8ZrzSwpG3_Ll19fn71KN1BOXNeVhOSliky0oTdLeNN5hqlClSMvEaRBhtUeP_KsYDS3a6B19NJoB0OPUUC1Hfdg2ovORL-urATzMOBywPoJ3_aYsqoueivoi4JRbQbah7PX0Ws33NB9Zi_eo5hcdZLZQQFI3VGmnrtt391da1emPH4_68/s4032/IMG_3385.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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She really liked doing this! Her attention span for these activities is so short, but she did this for several minutes before letting me know she was finished by throwing it on the floor.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NnyViEmvKVn2gR6pKFDqt-kDQU5nKtYgq0_gZeQIRWhXCETrs3QAi6S_4V_o_qtlBGkcBsTdoZwuIsmwhVs5bN-fW_W_GVySbBo3Czt7N_t660X__NLsw1BHscs_Eq0DTkOE5c9sRC3EvX_jg8DbdI1n5o7vG1laAkULAeOFo9rHvTV8jOasmWM9QErc/s4032/IMG_3393.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NnyViEmvKVn2gR6pKFDqt-kDQU5nKtYgq0_gZeQIRWhXCETrs3QAi6S_4V_o_qtlBGkcBsTdoZwuIsmwhVs5bN-fW_W_GVySbBo3Czt7N_t660X__NLsw1BHscs_Eq0DTkOE5c9sRC3EvX_jg8DbdI1n5o7vG1laAkULAeOFo9rHvTV8jOasmWM9QErc/s320/IMG_3393.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_k-n-RxQktVWrLXk3PNEVoiIT7qJAOfkIKVn6eNQCpN0rlRHPd0n6vUCChDcxLMREnzxn1PpHGA9l1ZHtkXVVBu17WRGbfkjzE3k6_ZOc62aEBERD0r7wV4TsXfobkrBLstjYnhhfLXOCNLDgelWK9DeCiyPoxho8LmNBeo5hD6-xgy2Yzid-0HSejWm/s4032/IMG_3395.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_k-n-RxQktVWrLXk3PNEVoiIT7qJAOfkIKVn6eNQCpN0rlRHPd0n6vUCChDcxLMREnzxn1PpHGA9l1ZHtkXVVBu17WRGbfkjzE3k6_ZOc62aEBERD0r7wV4TsXfobkrBLstjYnhhfLXOCNLDgelWK9DeCiyPoxho8LmNBeo5hD6-xgy2Yzid-0HSejWm/s320/IMG_3395.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19rOzgEdkh39GHD81LGrwK9E9NR2crN5WXMT4uAwsbbvPW_GhpyxDeAnVRz97MD8U_Efu-KT4REIoLhTg3jQkOhiPrLcHZdVYzp37kyc9nZoI5UEJ4eynBv4Adu9uTBld0gUQLOO0hL6OE4ZTaoW_L9n1SOv2KVuINLrhav_MyuCxYQArvtw6A_-yLK7g/s4032/IMG_3400.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19rOzgEdkh39GHD81LGrwK9E9NR2crN5WXMT4uAwsbbvPW_GhpyxDeAnVRz97MD8U_Efu-KT4REIoLhTg3jQkOhiPrLcHZdVYzp37kyc9nZoI5UEJ4eynBv4Adu9uTBld0gUQLOO0hL6OE4ZTaoW_L9n1SOv2KVuINLrhav_MyuCxYQArvtw6A_-yLK7g/s320/IMG_3400.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJED19VqsVxasGZnRAKW175hx5QlBthNMvF384RNCoB3wQKf55OMKyZzLOQ4qyqIm_Cpqpl_K_q74r5Smz0tP20gF8Ia5UlHJQBhJ4XY_i_r5XXEKnP6adoduOFmD6ULUtkbN10hQv1p1btdmWG2vXL_jdCa5EAcjPgrAYmXrSzEJpdkwUjKMPP9Qj4N0/s4032/IMG_3402.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJED19VqsVxasGZnRAKW175hx5QlBthNMvF384RNCoB3wQKf55OMKyZzLOQ4qyqIm_Cpqpl_K_q74r5Smz0tP20gF8Ia5UlHJQBhJ4XY_i_r5XXEKnP6adoduOFmD6ULUtkbN10hQv1p1btdmWG2vXL_jdCa5EAcjPgrAYmXrSzEJpdkwUjKMPP9Qj4N0/s320/IMG_3402.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">FRIDAY:</span></p><p>I cut out two mittens in four different colors (yellow, green, blue, and red) and helped Zoey sort them into matching bowls. She liked this, and I was a little surprised to see how well she could sort when she wanted to!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTs8_FRH6paASFAbxKB0mKVOcyJDLLJTtT53ofkv7Z9_w7u3piq7s5uZJlooYBJLYpEAHxSyoK5ovKwY6lC24g8qnOJvWLsaRlI0dBKiwVlz5Cimx14AGYTd_y6D7orOt7UxmsZl8kXq3M6Jc86CmIg7I90PtUqz2PQv4YjgYgpeST09Vvb3M16fu6TBLp/s4032/IMG_3456.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTs8_FRH6paASFAbxKB0mKVOcyJDLLJTtT53ofkv7Z9_w7u3piq7s5uZJlooYBJLYpEAHxSyoK5ovKwY6lC24g8qnOJvWLsaRlI0dBKiwVlz5Cimx14AGYTd_y6D7orOt7UxmsZl8kXq3M6Jc86CmIg7I90PtUqz2PQv4YjgYgpeST09Vvb3M16fu6TBLp/s320/IMG_3456.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoKWcvlenwhMk43EWlWg8TVbPmQ5Uubw_O_52cNVmeSIEkFBAx25IXwC23TDIwOdPx0BY98rn1WFPCI9Ey_TylHpve4EDN94KhCqFDQFV8XfIeE_6jC26jc5h_TMRmHpSUuSu8qvEbZf_OIRMBX6Wious2kFdFBWfwm0s1hFZW_u_-TCq8o6K7HYJ7Sfj/s4032/IMG_3457.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoKWcvlenwhMk43EWlWg8TVbPmQ5Uubw_O_52cNVmeSIEkFBAx25IXwC23TDIwOdPx0BY98rn1WFPCI9Ey_TylHpve4EDN94KhCqFDQFV8XfIeE_6jC26jc5h_TMRmHpSUuSu8qvEbZf_OIRMBX6Wious2kFdFBWfwm0s1hFZW_u_-TCq8o6K7HYJ7Sfj/s320/IMG_3457.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AMtVre-H75sSHdoDdxW-DvCaV63fplh1EgXQ-wIrd7NvJM00Kyvb87EFF6gK9_5nH4CAzeKVRAOrfMzIqAk-MYDv90lkCvXOWQXbGRDxUxuHB2kZVKj4To6cepKKgP47KYTxzBdqP9fIhacLNDOdEFCEVPXocxSsYEts32JpQPJ3F1WpW-yvU-Pg9ZhL/s4032/IMG_3458.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AMtVre-H75sSHdoDdxW-DvCaV63fplh1EgXQ-wIrd7NvJM00Kyvb87EFF6gK9_5nH4CAzeKVRAOrfMzIqAk-MYDv90lkCvXOWQXbGRDxUxuHB2kZVKj4To6cepKKgP47KYTxzBdqP9fIhacLNDOdEFCEVPXocxSsYEts32JpQPJ3F1WpW-yvU-Pg9ZhL/s320/IMG_3458.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefnU8xPkMCuvoDorb-IEmdHoQ34d8atknyDh3JsLmGlJ_cn6aUtuTK7al_BXIog5O0Dog4YVAX8zpYC-GC3f0c-N6arG2wNxlLFtadyUf_04E0iRTJdRy2qlXsoWTDgMfyd9ywnGpuegSemiUbaQA3nVhpxUupusbUGax_TR3tYgzdHW_ruvy0yRt0p5s/s4032/IMG_3459.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefnU8xPkMCuvoDorb-IEmdHoQ34d8atknyDh3JsLmGlJ_cn6aUtuTK7al_BXIog5O0Dog4YVAX8zpYC-GC3f0c-N6arG2wNxlLFtadyUf_04E0iRTJdRy2qlXsoWTDgMfyd9ywnGpuegSemiUbaQA3nVhpxUupusbUGax_TR3tYgzdHW_ruvy0yRt0p5s/s320/IMG_3459.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Next we did some water-coloring painting. As always, she painted her face. I don't know what her fascination with face-painting is!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZl8JCuqml5Zn2EjPX14_LbjfCgd_RVhUWTvhJDlEdS73IPXhU-9O6qJfMVa-8px66djYLMS9oSG4uh7JQXk_y1nbckoREbKivX5x7eHy9rzR75EaSnY3NwDi3o80Y3jmwgmatXmGnE1kcuy2abZkBA5RloDZMK-fpB5CTcJc2bWbheP5g45TNVLaFa-Wf/s4032/IMG_3468.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZl8JCuqml5Zn2EjPX14_LbjfCgd_RVhUWTvhJDlEdS73IPXhU-9O6qJfMVa-8px66djYLMS9oSG4uh7JQXk_y1nbckoREbKivX5x7eHy9rzR75EaSnY3NwDi3o80Y3jmwgmatXmGnE1kcuy2abZkBA5RloDZMK-fpB5CTcJc2bWbheP5g45TNVLaFa-Wf/s320/IMG_3468.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcULBVbcN1VnijCha2ReKabsSN04-p-iV9_0Jvkz0pS_L24Qno_4bWV0IV6yySGByaXgjTGlIa4GXTyudWBQDbGm0nULUzuT642SGOshyphenhyphenFx4MJtvly8ClAE0dp59t2qPIR8x0f__tAXDpp9oDy3N_mrDZHrE7znfTZEzGxJs-YsK5Y5Y1-e8oMTuMAHWu/s4032/IMG_3469.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was the closest thing to white ink I had!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGa4Q9qGY1fwxPfCiKPD_MwtdoDLnm1BXLJV0GgijaWv6YdOtH_ua2uM_PgGgSOzCSjT-04mEKzquhH58Akt22aTmCn3ubOb0wgAi_M47KSxxfSFNkb5RjslIDKKHiALm7irvlB0YnLs3gdtWew1Pj4uRqW1fDXf3jb4w1OHeos9qXiljgzPD_EDzF5X39/s4032/IMG_3486.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGa4Q9qGY1fwxPfCiKPD_MwtdoDLnm1BXLJV0GgijaWv6YdOtH_ua2uM_PgGgSOzCSjT-04mEKzquhH58Akt22aTmCn3ubOb0wgAi_M47KSxxfSFNkb5RjslIDKKHiALm7irvlB0YnLs3gdtWew1Pj4uRqW1fDXf3jb4w1OHeos9qXiljgzPD_EDzF5X39/s320/IMG_3486.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilICE_yVU4olF2LrpHbXZmJnRf95wIQgDPxMCTZAfx6J0_CaBagHW26OK3eyu7KZs-GC5aWLXe-9yTafnkzxMAlTNdkjDjLGAe9VfYbRPmTjMRsG6vufX3BooENOyNZrQIpfUo_XVSiwSdmSQ_2qwSRpvE7e0JyFerV5EX3zt8ttUVAq20s3Mc-XJCMu9Y/s4032/IMG_3487.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilICE_yVU4olF2LrpHbXZmJnRf95wIQgDPxMCTZAfx6J0_CaBagHW26OK3eyu7KZs-GC5aWLXe-9yTafnkzxMAlTNdkjDjLGAe9VfYbRPmTjMRsG6vufX3BooENOyNZrQIpfUo_XVSiwSdmSQ_2qwSRpvE7e0JyFerV5EX3zt8ttUVAq20s3Mc-XJCMu9Y/s320/IMG_3487.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVvkPrUOhPKoI2WgSwlTT534ckzvzZfebFzsOP9wPCxvV1NMHw5T1i1S9QLQuwvE3X6VsRsHGKgNzTVNTMUbpmIbw4nJDYy5lKjEd4799NCi69L68Ek0ylKD-UavT4Y_GGOksrBeSg2t0rd6RorsuSazsFQgMf1phSrS2czmM9TFi63G9ylTZ5tUUdbKC/s3638/IMG_3490.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3638" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVvkPrUOhPKoI2WgSwlTT534ckzvzZfebFzsOP9wPCxvV1NMHw5T1i1S9QLQuwvE3X6VsRsHGKgNzTVNTMUbpmIbw4nJDYy5lKjEd4799NCi69L68Ek0ylKD-UavT4Y_GGOksrBeSg2t0rd6RorsuSazsFQgMf1phSrS2czmM9TFi63G9ylTZ5tUUdbKC/s320/IMG_3490.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>And that's a wrap in Tot School for the week.</p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-53219669414451740662024-03-02T11:56:00.002-06:002024-03-02T11:56:48.334-06:00My Father's World Kindergarten: P is for Penguin<p>This week we learned the letter P and talked about penguins! It's the end of February, but here in Louisiana it feels more like spring than winter. We still enjoyed the topic this week!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEU2xrbJ6ywlO1HSJYOItBTZNC4VLjyyMVZ2XpnTh78GogbU4j6bPXIZUT8_qatnxZKrYVjOIYRsV9j2M-jnCrapNIH04LYbllnQ1wKrNCXr4GZi19Ali-L__D7B62gdMFGzAlOPFB7Tl4XEBRdL2pAtoL7weQv_yv2U8t7AaL5-iV9i8stYYBOjq4g7O-/s1080/My%20Father%E2%80%99s%20World%20Kindergarten%20(3).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEU2xrbJ6ywlO1HSJYOItBTZNC4VLjyyMVZ2XpnTh78GogbU4j6bPXIZUT8_qatnxZKrYVjOIYRsV9j2M-jnCrapNIH04LYbllnQ1wKrNCXr4GZi19Ali-L__D7B62gdMFGzAlOPFB7Tl4XEBRdL2pAtoL7weQv_yv2U8t7AaL5-iV9i8stYYBOjq4g7O-/s320/My%20Father%E2%80%99s%20World%20Kindergarten%20(3).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">MONDAY:</span></p><p>Zeke colored and cut apart his sound cards, and he put them in an envelope. I printed off a few extra penguin worksheets from The Mailbox for this week, and he did this one today where he had to fill in the missing numbers. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs-LrQxpA8Qaaeluk9mcbhA-ZRmZNYjO4p3Hv4TkTCpIg1i3xOVDhyGTpxr6H81CNvdceiwBYe2cfFaqWQAqY6xl4NUnsJoYHtKbGlEoet_LbbkBukoXeJUZG7t_Z15CAhiqRYk6J3Ls30JwhWiDb0NhZAUY3cMyDJU-bXYiOlGhrrLPNrRJLt-1F7fwn/s4032/IMG_3418.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs-LrQxpA8Qaaeluk9mcbhA-ZRmZNYjO4p3Hv4TkTCpIg1i3xOVDhyGTpxr6H81CNvdceiwBYe2cfFaqWQAqY6xl4NUnsJoYHtKbGlEoet_LbbkBukoXeJUZG7t_Z15CAhiqRYk6J3Ls30JwhWiDb0NhZAUY3cMyDJU-bXYiOlGhrrLPNrRJLt-1F7fwn/s320/IMG_3418.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>We read through his word list for this week, and then we reread his story "The Sled" from last week. I'm so glad he actually enjoys this reading practice. He wants to just recite the story instead of reading the words, but it's all part of the reading process. Sounding out words is still a little confusing for him, but he really does get better every day.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">TUESDAY:</span></p><p>Today Zeke did his handwriting and sound discrimination worksheet. He was trying to spell "penguin" by himself, and he wrote down "pngw" - pretty phonetically close! He could hear the sounds in the word and that was pretty impressive to me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDVVKYgDtc_zde8DVMOJjBXdVLhmWtivBV2oH4vRGW92iMse9lp7zcY6bBXRbsCjp21NlW4jDvZoZLvVWmaLVhc7Q5A_Z_B8Va2Mp66-A5qrGlEcO9QFL2o7XfUInMdOaxDCXrr-55vDg_ih0RcaSsC5Vny-DO5YJBcEkxD1gjGN03_SPcaDQU30_ABNX1/s4032/IMG_3423.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDVVKYgDtc_zde8DVMOJjBXdVLhmWtivBV2oH4vRGW92iMse9lp7zcY6bBXRbsCjp21NlW4jDvZoZLvVWmaLVhc7Q5A_Z_B8Va2Mp66-A5qrGlEcO9QFL2o7XfUInMdOaxDCXrr-55vDg_ih0RcaSsC5Vny-DO5YJBcEkxD1gjGN03_SPcaDQU30_ABNX1/s320/IMG_3423.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZo3za2gA_SGtBbpViHjXcbVRs-x1vCKRW18Wydi1jopBgHGEA_8UwWqJqQXnKo_XnPzvPz5Fu30YuoflD_baiSnLIU2sk5T0CfMqKcZ2uec1sUvsFWCRFuuhgFNWC_QSc9S2itUyZG1rsqGLZAGQiSHwuRVZCc7WObYfPOh33U-p8v4FA8zH_sDwuzWy/s4032/IMG_3424.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZo3za2gA_SGtBbpViHjXcbVRs-x1vCKRW18Wydi1jopBgHGEA_8UwWqJqQXnKo_XnPzvPz5Fu30YuoflD_baiSnLIU2sk5T0CfMqKcZ2uec1sUvsFWCRFuuhgFNWC_QSc9S2itUyZG1rsqGLZAGQiSHwuRVZCc7WObYfPOh33U-p8v4FA8zH_sDwuzWy/s320/IMG_3424.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>He did this page from The Mailbox - he had to listen to the words and fill in the missing short vowel. He got most of them correct, but as most beginning readers do, he confused the short /i/ and /e/ as it's harder to distinguish.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-8kBgMN4Ew3JbMSN0sb0Cqevb3UezPj47pFf9ERiKXnXUjYl8Oxa_6vCikA7lYxbAH3_Kl2jJQK9WeEA7HJT5p2YdxEksd0EBJDwhnnTClhAslU0w_dKAoXT5h4OPAzF86wECQ79XbBQ8VoDlmwDZl6iWBAlWpp6SBnK5C0lwbZEjNtP0ShNuqNOHFAC/s4032/IMG_3368.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-8kBgMN4Ew3JbMSN0sb0Cqevb3UezPj47pFf9ERiKXnXUjYl8Oxa_6vCikA7lYxbAH3_Kl2jJQK9WeEA7HJT5p2YdxEksd0EBJDwhnnTClhAslU0w_dKAoXT5h4OPAzF86wECQ79XbBQ8VoDlmwDZl6iWBAlWpp6SBnK5C0lwbZEjNtP0ShNuqNOHFAC/s320/IMG_3368.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaOuaTXUIafbh4vSN8nwzqZxL3XnPOLlVNwAJq21UkpuKj5x03ppkLHTQ1FRX_7bqMt7gy7JIao-6z6ctTBJ7X88YIafMJmYcLNIGa6nRsSQirPc86UIVoN9gHPYSfH4YtW3GrAMW1KR-zpSJWX9Cwz-EZ6UOdFGhyWjOUUygRekFnpWF6jWKDsyfaCSG/s4032/IMG_3421.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaOuaTXUIafbh4vSN8nwzqZxL3XnPOLlVNwAJq21UkpuKj5x03ppkLHTQ1FRX_7bqMt7gy7JIao-6z6ctTBJ7X88YIafMJmYcLNIGa6nRsSQirPc86UIVoN9gHPYSfH4YtW3GrAMW1KR-zpSJWX9Cwz-EZ6UOdFGhyWjOUUygRekFnpWF6jWKDsyfaCSG/s320/IMG_3421.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We did a page in Abeka math, and he learned about telling time to the half-hour. He does great with his addition problems!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias2r4JwKUddkZ1DMmZiUDDhqrpiRaMqdlgwd4A-oW3Ur8qCkl1dmVqgnco7oImoAaPm9GQfKntdm_e8s3b8oFMdh5wRXkkyqnceEoYxIWqifpsvmsVlHPxXQKJi1mLFklSWD1GzvzGMZNAWPBdR47QeClaA9OAnjyGQzOKxzFfWjMGjFGhmvG1SYtSsKc/s4032/IMG_3422.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias2r4JwKUddkZ1DMmZiUDDhqrpiRaMqdlgwd4A-oW3Ur8qCkl1dmVqgnco7oImoAaPm9GQfKntdm_e8s3b8oFMdh5wRXkkyqnceEoYxIWqifpsvmsVlHPxXQKJi1mLFklSWD1GzvzGMZNAWPBdR47QeClaA9OAnjyGQzOKxzFfWjMGjFGhmvG1SYtSsKc/s320/IMG_3422.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>He also completed a few pages in his Rod and Staff workbooks, which he loves, and he read his word list again.</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">THURSDAY:</span></p><p>No school on Wednesday because we babysat for my oldest daughter's two little ones, Daniel (3) and Mikenna (5 months). We're getting pretty good at condensing school into four days lately!</p><p>Zeke started out by reading his word list again, and he did fantastic today! Then we did his blend ladder worksheet and his cut-and-paste worksheet.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPf1O8SK2dMKfOmdW8ac5DY-LAaZRmkCL9-0rcbVcZ1rzBPOeR16rd7S7KssHlF-y5NPmgFyefUivCeYb2mneLkDDZl4c_4hsOHp13xqmzHh9df59U7Q-sZl7UEW62i7nMMAnh3msuNLkRWjUcIzYY6KHJBiZBeCnboYLOAeCx2KBc4zZKlROtKhyphenhypheniaaFE/s4032/IMG_3417.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPf1O8SK2dMKfOmdW8ac5DY-LAaZRmkCL9-0rcbVcZ1rzBPOeR16rd7S7KssHlF-y5NPmgFyefUivCeYb2mneLkDDZl4c_4hsOHp13xqmzHh9df59U7Q-sZl7UEW62i7nMMAnh3msuNLkRWjUcIzYY6KHJBiZBeCnboYLOAeCx2KBc4zZKlROtKhyphenhypheniaaFE/s320/IMG_3417.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHp8KNxWgZgmrZ8iSWx2eWz1JoJwjsrkFAAUkl4Xp97EtJ85QTk_6BXtMaEI8iJoaWfV6jz42gruz4GceSgU9LaAxhIjuMsXhkqk9RMMpbMiGy4lb7OVwllyAqetrwDeV8gwoTCN-og9Jtus8d0DgJgx8Vu5zal1D_D3VMzGQ8Ek7jyuez97NIO37XDSP/s4032/IMG_3377.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHp8KNxWgZgmrZ8iSWx2eWz1JoJwjsrkFAAUkl4Xp97EtJ85QTk_6BXtMaEI8iJoaWfV6jz42gruz4GceSgU9LaAxhIjuMsXhkqk9RMMpbMiGy4lb7OVwllyAqetrwDeV8gwoTCN-og9Jtus8d0DgJgx8Vu5zal1D_D3VMzGQ8Ek7jyuez97NIO37XDSP/s320/IMG_3377.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhr8Ty46dV5X0Ivv1oPvpvA2DF3deR6P8QRui9QO2wfN0b7OwZa5o6Qn5T8QUs6nmZgXAQJHX_zbwdBiReJUxiE6pHha9CByAfTN6-jaAZaZ7l1kEM3anmKOUd7L2DGDsyYQIjEk2aOBq159luYRiJb-vzPBghwn4c20W6wF8xiUw1fEh7LYUDdqGF2zT/s4032/IMG_3404.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhr8Ty46dV5X0Ivv1oPvpvA2DF3deR6P8QRui9QO2wfN0b7OwZa5o6Qn5T8QUs6nmZgXAQJHX_zbwdBiReJUxiE6pHha9CByAfTN6-jaAZaZ7l1kEM3anmKOUd7L2DGDsyYQIjEk2aOBq159luYRiJb-vzPBghwn4c20W6wF8xiUw1fEh7LYUDdqGF2zT/s320/IMG_3404.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVodl9-uaI7iKJIRM-uKSojPBvoB3wMr1K12Eq3msLrGKx7Jmu4htRBpYTrx3w-nLCYpAyZkBsfPa4MteK4ljRoKMS_x_CUqce9RVemu51qJqtiavweVFjzQPUZCopi9qg-H4DFCcYDHdX-z1Fuy93FwbZnzJ8ePii4B45EO3Zn4g_94zTWHExl7c7i6r_/s4032/IMG_3416.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVodl9-uaI7iKJIRM-uKSojPBvoB3wMr1K12Eq3msLrGKx7Jmu4htRBpYTrx3w-nLCYpAyZkBsfPa4MteK4ljRoKMS_x_CUqce9RVemu51qJqtiavweVFjzQPUZCopi9qg-H4DFCcYDHdX-z1Fuy93FwbZnzJ8ePii4B45EO3Zn4g_94zTWHExl7c7i6r_/s320/IMG_3416.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>We measured how tall an Emperor penguin can get to (3.5 feet!) on the post in our kitchen, and we measured Zeke. He is just a smidge under that height! They weight up to 90 pounds, and Zeke weighed in at 43.6 today.</p><p>I found a cute worksheet on The Mailbox where Zeke had to sort the pictures by what a real penguin would do, and what a real penguin would not do.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibut2iqwnmowuyzLGG90Yom6g0tvmHs2VLWIX0Dz_7uYO1oTmkmBX2fBA8SpOo3PLsAR1p_CbI7yK2riuKxBk9M10gDHT2mFU4pPct0j3arMBHl5jpk2AelL0iQqef2kzzONCfudPb2SJhyCzMBDFppryGp4_5NKcPFOHi6HiJn6-366w25qYCUnRp_0ew/s4032/IMG_3403.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibut2iqwnmowuyzLGG90Yom6g0tvmHs2VLWIX0Dz_7uYO1oTmkmBX2fBA8SpOo3PLsAR1p_CbI7yK2riuKxBk9M10gDHT2mFU4pPct0j3arMBHl5jpk2AelL0iQqef2kzzONCfudPb2SJhyCzMBDFppryGp4_5NKcPFOHi6HiJn6-366w25qYCUnRp_0ew/s320/IMG_3403.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98aQrc-P55VsY2n96QWlXZoEQ2DRnj7UDGqMTAjJVdWk6s8_NH_RL_v9-eOX1JlXP-KXYQh0Tl1cdO8MTKd74eB19VE2ojReF_q2kU_I_yuYRvu1pawN2ZZMMXnDS-H2eyGF-1wjTO3ksGceLKE0qpTv3BwGgWoB8qD8ZKBEXFbSgDme5qg7CLmcVNtkb/s4032/IMG_3415.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98aQrc-P55VsY2n96QWlXZoEQ2DRnj7UDGqMTAjJVdWk6s8_NH_RL_v9-eOX1JlXP-KXYQh0Tl1cdO8MTKd74eB19VE2ojReF_q2kU_I_yuYRvu1pawN2ZZMMXnDS-H2eyGF-1wjTO3ksGceLKE0qpTv3BwGgWoB8qD8ZKBEXFbSgDme5qg7CLmcVNtkb/s320/IMG_3415.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>We did a page in Abeka math, and he is getting pretty good at recognizing the number words to ten. We need to do a few more games/activities to help with this! He is also getting quicker with his addition problems. He did several pages in his Rod and Staff workbooks. I love how he gets so much extra work using his critical thinking skills and fine motor exercises with these workbooks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7P6uruBFfOEhhO2k920zyf70zw9HZTxteme0f2ODFGm6t1RSE4pyooVTv3H7hNUX575ORvti5A4XfRhT-VQco_MWsIit3GCtTrilNaCkBPXIok7tNQfYFA4N_uDDp5QPbdv-R-Ihi5CypyqaWIirW2mzaEKy8j67g6r5Y6QUyOViPwTVepc2hnXgJpT_/s4032/IMG_3426.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7P6uruBFfOEhhO2k920zyf70zw9HZTxteme0f2ODFGm6t1RSE4pyooVTv3H7hNUX575ORvti5A4XfRhT-VQco_MWsIit3GCtTrilNaCkBPXIok7tNQfYFA4N_uDDp5QPbdv-R-Ihi5CypyqaWIirW2mzaEKy8j67g6r5Y6QUyOViPwTVepc2hnXgJpT_/s320/IMG_3426.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We read two Tacky the Penguin books that we found at the library.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7nvhZ5zO80Ie0WvA7HQ42k9sCRgTlZLf8izR3Lf1DKIDk0KQdedUOx_4rO23iS5tJbPji39vaj4rAmqNb_6qLRBRQCK8SAueE6vr0zA383l6vQdJDFMMBBcntvVi9gC23QSF_X6a7_QhI1cx84IJZye7T128Xh5TfZhOZnjkmUGnWFXkmIA3hC_SdfQ_/s4032/IMG_3427.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7nvhZ5zO80Ie0WvA7HQ42k9sCRgTlZLf8izR3Lf1DKIDk0KQdedUOx_4rO23iS5tJbPji39vaj4rAmqNb_6qLRBRQCK8SAueE6vr0zA383l6vQdJDFMMBBcntvVi9gC23QSF_X6a7_QhI1cx84IJZye7T128Xh5TfZhOZnjkmUGnWFXkmIA3hC_SdfQ_/s320/IMG_3427.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">FRIDAY:</span></p><p>We started today with a new calendar for March, and we're going to use rainbow colors to make a pattern with the dates. Zeke did his Abeka math page first, and I'm so pleased with how quickly he picks up new math concepts. </p><p>I had one more penguin themed worksheet from The Mailbox - a rhyming worksheet. He caught on to the rhyming concept today, and he got all four correct. </p><p>He drew and labeled four pictures that begin with /p/ - pencil, penguin, panda, and popcorn. I love his big popcorn tub!</p><p>We didn't work in the Rod and Staff workbooks today, but we read his word list again and his new story - Sam's Pet. He did pretty good with sounding out the words, but after reading it twice he had it memorized. He kept "reading" the story, which is great practice since he was pointing to each word as he recited it. </p><p>Zeke did our Arctic World puzzle.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xl7w4dKe_Vvikm37bRscEBa2sAknTKHeznPCT9BPRiZxlucTgyvkk8Bo2pQ_b3agLrBVYRG7niEAIGBdDPF6RkTBDptI3XfGgFb3Z0rz9ifiNMw9nuAxyoCS-esx_ctlsag4b8Jk_OZwvsJ33paNf-reQA8LsD2jzma8SElkcZ-GUSGhXAB3eRETzR04/s4032/IMG_3492.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xl7w4dKe_Vvikm37bRscEBa2sAknTKHeznPCT9BPRiZxlucTgyvkk8Bo2pQ_b3agLrBVYRG7niEAIGBdDPF6RkTBDptI3XfGgFb3Z0rz9ifiNMw9nuAxyoCS-esx_ctlsag4b8Jk_OZwvsJ33paNf-reQA8LsD2jzma8SElkcZ-GUSGhXAB3eRETzR04/s320/IMG_3492.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCJeKR4yhxlnMR1nCU32IExGS0Nf5DzafmPcb55Rslc_enUepFhBe9hSi5jxck1Misg297Lflx8erA8Znt-q0hpavN5iit3Hn5uATPiB8fq3VXeK07EJiSaOSYmoj5gziVdIiVPteyMhIPTzmj0pDundg2wgJlLJt50GYenf6FPgeewNX3aH_dlkiWxFY/s4032/IMG_3493.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCJeKR4yhxlnMR1nCU32IExGS0Nf5DzafmPcb55Rslc_enUepFhBe9hSi5jxck1Misg297Lflx8erA8Znt-q0hpavN5iit3Hn5uATPiB8fq3VXeK07EJiSaOSYmoj5gziVdIiVPteyMhIPTzmj0pDundg2wgJlLJt50GYenf6FPgeewNX3aH_dlkiWxFY/s320/IMG_3493.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Lastly, we painted a penguin! We looked at the picture in the God's Amazing World book, and I think Zeke's penguin turned out so cute.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35E_BcCfueyGneSm3sClxrXlGbHxRglKHnznK6UIuw7OaRCy9sPgKjcAEfV3squCpi22YcewrvjGg8RmKTC0mTMhePBSmVfRjQYPRoZ-Htv0gs0scMIMd6f6r3pEDs8df105vxMH6nlzV_Y8fHeqP79QSLUu_CdL9xbz6ZYBacZl9Tji9WF5f337XXgLZ/s4032/IMG_3472.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35E_BcCfueyGneSm3sClxrXlGbHxRglKHnznK6UIuw7OaRCy9sPgKjcAEfV3squCpi22YcewrvjGg8RmKTC0mTMhePBSmVfRjQYPRoZ-Htv0gs0scMIMd6f6r3pEDs8df105vxMH6nlzV_Y8fHeqP79QSLUu_CdL9xbz6ZYBacZl9Tji9WF5f337XXgLZ/s320/IMG_3472.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_E9_911zFOb1iqy6pWg-g2-bDXbKLqxni0VtwQjwBMv8VxQguIkaTg_2ZHVq5lTLXZmqGxK7uWbDvTR-AusiuJXeMa5Bhg3cHpUHPkl6my6e1K_sJ1dqt1xT30lqIHws3_yYKPKV5O9LuQlKNJ3qy49KK20TSZSuJA-dC1l1TNkcy450vA5wT6SMEj3cS/s4032/IMG_3473.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_E9_911zFOb1iqy6pWg-g2-bDXbKLqxni0VtwQjwBMv8VxQguIkaTg_2ZHVq5lTLXZmqGxK7uWbDvTR-AusiuJXeMa5Bhg3cHpUHPkl6my6e1K_sJ1dqt1xT30lqIHws3_yYKPKV5O9LuQlKNJ3qy49KK20TSZSuJA-dC1l1TNkcy450vA5wT6SMEj3cS/s320/IMG_3473.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So sweet to see them together like this.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YhvLpN-BAKAnkl7dCo81kLOf8F746OSZxSTEA-RL4FqlG6Cjh5HxjUKPdA8LeFQ38TQS2e4WT3NmJjonPc37C0_NwfY2Y8XZ9ZNze4dT0KGGcklc26Ty-Sm-dHdCDSPzE6TLDZYDnuoqVXWFMR0LyF_rrx1cFZB7MdfV42pBIZ6qQoq_LOwBsSLMjeWd/s4032/IMG_3477.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YhvLpN-BAKAnkl7dCo81kLOf8F746OSZxSTEA-RL4FqlG6Cjh5HxjUKPdA8LeFQ38TQS2e4WT3NmJjonPc37C0_NwfY2Y8XZ9ZNze4dT0KGGcklc26Ty-Sm-dHdCDSPzE6TLDZYDnuoqVXWFMR0LyF_rrx1cFZB7MdfV42pBIZ6qQoq_LOwBsSLMjeWd/s320/IMG_3477.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>That was our week in homeschool kindergarten! Next week - kangaroos!<br /><p><br /></p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-77331020349536351932024-03-01T09:03:00.003-06:002024-03-01T09:03:40.289-06:00Friday Favorites: March Begins<p>I'm linking up with<a href="https://alittlebitofeverythingblog.com/friday-favorites-3-1-24/"> Friday Favorites</a>, sharing some of my favorite moments from the week. </p><p>Titus had another baseball game on Monday night! He was only on the roster for the first game this week, so we were home by 8:30 instead of 10:30. I was thankful for that because I was pretty exhausted. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjbj5HGfzyaCmIzgdbAqK1-mNj6gm6uswIcElYT_snxM2Tlt2jb19ge5hYL6Nb_Em_zljqWIhr3nlNMx_lavzGebKRpGPnQyK2FoLPPPAXyvYSD2QGe6qx5-ijJCimvHMnf9pyFRCLwxzVVyAK9BXPHY55VId7gbu-rmkDmEHN67tNisjb0qUZokdIxeb/s4032/IMG_3319.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjbj5HGfzyaCmIzgdbAqK1-mNj6gm6uswIcElYT_snxM2Tlt2jb19ge5hYL6Nb_Em_zljqWIhr3nlNMx_lavzGebKRpGPnQyK2FoLPPPAXyvYSD2QGe6qx5-ijJCimvHMnf9pyFRCLwxzVVyAK9BXPHY55VId7gbu-rmkDmEHN67tNisjb0qUZokdIxeb/s320/IMG_3319.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I watched Daniel and Mikenna on Wednesday so Mikaela could go to her hair appointment. My mom came and helped - a 5-month-old, 17-month-old, 3-year-old, and 5-year-old can be a bit much! We had a great time, though, and Mikaela loved how her hair turned out. I should have taken a picture.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTUqywOFSXrS8shVsnrcyJ4s7U_yZWIxAW8wys3AKM9Ons5xd0IZPSxWXNeYtfV7nSJ6QzGyXQ0ia4mmFRPhtt0NBQ0e0JaoOZtHYn2nZe_EVStab9gUsv9NbAt4MuIHNPe_8fThyW7jJ7AdR5g67Nd_Dn2YdCNvzZFLGYaVS4uzGc0ujYuDVlIOeh8ja/s4032/IMG_5613.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTUqywOFSXrS8shVsnrcyJ4s7U_yZWIxAW8wys3AKM9Ons5xd0IZPSxWXNeYtfV7nSJ6QzGyXQ0ia4mmFRPhtt0NBQ0e0JaoOZtHYn2nZe_EVStab9gUsv9NbAt4MuIHNPe_8fThyW7jJ7AdR5g67Nd_Dn2YdCNvzZFLGYaVS4uzGc0ujYuDVlIOeh8ja/s320/IMG_5613.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Zoey has been taking long naps for the past week or so - like two-hour naps! This is such a change from her usual catnapping, but I am so excited for it. I can get a lot done in two hours, including resting, if she will keep up this marvelous trend.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmaad-mo9VHMckr1kpz_-3CdXFsLL8WZXOdU1PyH8MN17lj68pKqeqVUOHJUqj8ugMA5LvdWCkJ_ud41og97gegMyT0l-OySrMuPg4wguoPU-3j-ph2O3hyphenhypheny86Xqce22LfmEB40P3yyREQ1clWWzU5-XJBTTRJRKd4wKi1OFiyOJN1MDDT0lFCmbLAoNp/s4032/IMG_3387.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmaad-mo9VHMckr1kpz_-3CdXFsLL8WZXOdU1PyH8MN17lj68pKqeqVUOHJUqj8ugMA5LvdWCkJ_ud41og97gegMyT0l-OySrMuPg4wguoPU-3j-ph2O3hyphenhypheny86Xqce22LfmEB40P3yyREQ1clWWzU5-XJBTTRJRKd4wKi1OFiyOJN1MDDT0lFCmbLAoNp/s320/IMG_3387.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Mercie had to make a plant-cell cake for school this week with a partner, and I think it turned out pretty cute. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMwLaEIooqstaJmuZQx16Cn-_giMNrJCTUluwFnRWPCgvIitAJSRVE49R76XhUJO2Mzv-0TI1wiCVWxyQRxDkx8Lhi6tqo0YJSxEkQ9qi7sDV6cRdQrAZrtJeUpkwnAXXwVLyFvvl8zZ95B9DNnUwKtqb8ZVQGQKPoaWEyWGSL6LTlIAZQRVRDyFGUEfc/s4032/IMG_3451.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMwLaEIooqstaJmuZQx16Cn-_giMNrJCTUluwFnRWPCgvIitAJSRVE49R76XhUJO2Mzv-0TI1wiCVWxyQRxDkx8Lhi6tqo0YJSxEkQ9qi7sDV6cRdQrAZrtJeUpkwnAXXwVLyFvvl8zZ95B9DNnUwKtqb8ZVQGQKPoaWEyWGSL6LTlIAZQRVRDyFGUEfc/s320/IMG_3451.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Eli left on Thursday, flying out to Nicaragua! He is getting married on Saturday. He will be staying for three months before flying home for a week and then back to Nicaragua for another three months. I'm going to really miss him, but I am really excited for him and this new chapter of his life. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2rp3ns0VbyeAIWuXhAaU1solXDHMlSl8PZJZOllLXlre8SkcRHdxRhKgV21GWE7BRRaTVUGrTW9hG11i39Gx5xvSl_Ey3omlPs7ZAZ9ttXkKZVxDm5NFixkPCGXZXGM3s0Bz6r7vqbgJSLcd0mNFWnx68BcRkoapzUYm9XLVBlTDozG4ePfZnTwK2mzP/s1054/IMG_3422.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1023" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2rp3ns0VbyeAIWuXhAaU1solXDHMlSl8PZJZOllLXlre8SkcRHdxRhKgV21GWE7BRRaTVUGrTW9hG11i39Gx5xvSl_Ey3omlPs7ZAZ9ttXkKZVxDm5NFixkPCGXZXGM3s0Bz6r7vqbgJSLcd0mNFWnx68BcRkoapzUYm9XLVBlTDozG4ePfZnTwK2mzP/s320/IMG_3422.jpeg" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- Eli and Gendeling -</div><br /><p>I've been cross-stitching a picture that I designed. It's 12 blocks that each have a symbol for that month in the box. I think it's going to look really nice when it's finished and framed. It's going to be a 3 by 4 grid. I'm working on March now, and it's turning out so cute! Any guesses what March’s symbol is? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3Xr39To2s5bSKIGMTD9Hrb-FlQ5aKJC0-3vpWoM8ntc4G4ffNJc6C8M61i3gM6Yc95QRn3zHpqBwD5ZYn70jGFBjQrvYdyBd-e8U7UPB2m1MvQXsi-aIutuAcPK49V3wtbOYQVsfuHhMJVAW8gU9GG6UKCflMy6dpri39Gexs8cv86Gh_muREEfF1fNL/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3Xr39To2s5bSKIGMTD9Hrb-FlQ5aKJC0-3vpWoM8ntc4G4ffNJc6C8M61i3gM6Yc95QRn3zHpqBwD5ZYn70jGFBjQrvYdyBd-e8U7UPB2m1MvQXsi-aIutuAcPK49V3wtbOYQVsfuHhMJVAW8gU9GG6UKCflMy6dpri39Gexs8cv86Gh_muREEfF1fNL/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I changed my nail wraps to a pretty pink color, but I'm about ready to change them again. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyiSLF2QlA3zrczBvWSTOtAVID7Y5VUSN9vWftBDLfsCP1dvpvhu-2v1xoI5fgz06LGahHJ3KfX98RM0cXpRZS357zDHGUHA8K9JYjmbVT5ewqLFucI1xegSmtjVtd0BExn8Zfmi2s-JGgAat7yp5x_RYRoPS0qu2nHh7Iq0BfU8YxeOVFQH0GwLPpLBF/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyiSLF2QlA3zrczBvWSTOtAVID7Y5VUSN9vWftBDLfsCP1dvpvhu-2v1xoI5fgz06LGahHJ3KfX98RM0cXpRZS357zDHGUHA8K9JYjmbVT5ewqLFucI1xegSmtjVtd0BExn8Zfmi2s-JGgAat7yp5x_RYRoPS0qu2nHh7Iq0BfU8YxeOVFQH0GwLPpLBF/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We've had a mix of weather this week - sunny, windy, rainy, stormy, cool, warm...no wonder we're all suffering with sinus issues! I always love the view from my back porch, seeing the cows and horses. Sometimes they come right up to the fence, and we can watch the little calves play.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsA7D6HPk6hzd73EEpepl1Nm5HEGqprhGc0r2cC2YjDuG0v09dbc0UFNUKC616s3Xas9TfK68OXEmjJ4BmqH66utxDpFu-MvFsiu-gRL6zaZ4PpHXHv6FAU4CYGVMUQ2_DIfj0UZFI945IJXpNm5JgmXYCV08OheVCNi7cmWKbJp0JnX5OkoLFt0hgvRd/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsA7D6HPk6hzd73EEpepl1Nm5HEGqprhGc0r2cC2YjDuG0v09dbc0UFNUKC616s3Xas9TfK68OXEmjJ4BmqH66utxDpFu-MvFsiu-gRL6zaZ4PpHXHv6FAU4CYGVMUQ2_DIfj0UZFI945IJXpNm5JgmXYCV08OheVCNi7cmWKbJp0JnX5OkoLFt0hgvRd/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>What was your favorite moment from the week?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://alittlebitofeverythingblog.com/friday-favorites-3-1-24/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="1080" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMnASPbkmv7ovlvU_ZKQssn6laV5c1bzmf_ukMtXzHZtmLX2UD9fq9N2YnKEmTOQ_qXAGXDS3-SfRsA0Ve3CMzINckV7yvY7_UAWhfsaeLDPl9il5t0DWuzi-aYm4FlI8j3CnvdwistPLmU8wn2dcKA21r-dNHTPWC35Yu0htjRzmss97s1UX0yoMTWue/s320/Friday-Favorites-22-4.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /><br /></p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-63943369268706721682024-02-29T10:38:00.005-06:002024-02-29T10:38:42.945-06:00Monthly Musings: How to Survive the Winter Months<p> I'm linking up with<a href="http://www.goodbetterbestlife.net/2024/02/monthly-musings-february-2024-surviving.html"> Patty</a> and Holly again this month for February's Monthly Musings. I'll have to be honest though, we don't have a rough winter here in Louisiana compared to some people! I feel like my answers are really short and basic this month, but here they are anyway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bnAUhG2tflXc9KX63eX6S-0UM-rtqUCvcKffKxm80eo-9IHgFE0TdR4mJ-HTq8zDU1AsoCEbHfbuK25vbTPeNs51cPKjINUDqybkvVN_esmBnkneWRn7oslislPhXavcBJ0okkEGUOZuJd8e3SJRWHzHL34T-ENpG2EBbrA7j6Va5lAR4f28G8Z35oWF/s639/Monthly%20Musings%20February%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="426" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bnAUhG2tflXc9KX63eX6S-0UM-rtqUCvcKffKxm80eo-9IHgFE0TdR4mJ-HTq8zDU1AsoCEbHfbuK25vbTPeNs51cPKjINUDqybkvVN_esmBnkneWRn7oslislPhXavcBJ0okkEGUOZuJd8e3SJRWHzHL34T-ENpG2EBbrA7j6Va5lAR4f28G8Z35oWF/w266-h400/Monthly%20Musings%20February%202024.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>1. WHAT DO YOU DO IN THE WINTER THAT BRINGS YOU JOY?</p><p>I love curling up under a blanket with a good book or a good TV series on! I also love that I get to wear sweaters and jackets - most of the year it's too hot for those. I've been reading the Annie's Attic mystery book series and enjoying it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMFdUdGke66zACghgW7KRs-eRxtIwwT0alqUN6lZi6vdsaib9ZZAAqhUGEAoYodUSJ5F9TFLQ6IpGWerjUxxCyXJUYl2Bsv0MGt-tEFtN0HpqNuszl1iKoV2BlBbOWzlC7A3e2irp8-0ctiGvnyYphC7ytZZxvNgx1xoUvk7ozERGjcbggGMUfhsLpsgl/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMFdUdGke66zACghgW7KRs-eRxtIwwT0alqUN6lZi6vdsaib9ZZAAqhUGEAoYodUSJ5F9TFLQ6IpGWerjUxxCyXJUYl2Bsv0MGt-tEFtN0HpqNuszl1iKoV2BlBbOWzlC7A3e2irp8-0ctiGvnyYphC7ytZZxvNgx1xoUvk7ozERGjcbggGMUfhsLpsgl/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>2. HOW DO YOU STAY WARM AND COZY?</p><p>I wear socks in the house when I normally go barefoot. I like to make soups and chili and bake warm cookies and brownies. Wearing sweaters and cardigans is also cozy!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0Aai5VDb4fS2AcjZSOTKfeDm80V66tu48372NwzynUwCXaWGDsTWqHc1qTQrtvJXH-c3VpasrIf3cz4YQdFFlVsiTmZZULBwcTqubHvYKUZRv8T2NwT7ISeqnjuNVigvkoOEh0iVVKiM2PuLnKcfWkXq4T9-rjx1sWyVammwtLxJKDEUGmVVA0TXQLH9/s4032/IMG_4610.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0Aai5VDb4fS2AcjZSOTKfeDm80V66tu48372NwzynUwCXaWGDsTWqHc1qTQrtvJXH-c3VpasrIf3cz4YQdFFlVsiTmZZULBwcTqubHvYKUZRv8T2NwT7ISeqnjuNVigvkoOEh0iVVKiM2PuLnKcfWkXq4T9-rjx1sWyVammwtLxJKDEUGmVVA0TXQLH9/s320/IMG_4610.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Zeke looks adorable in his Carhartt beanie.</span></div><p><br /></p><p>3. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WINTER?</p><p>Our winter is almost over. In fact, we've had plenty of days in the upper 70s where I live! I am looking forward to winter officially ending and spring beginning - especially when we "spring forward" and get another hour of daylight!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUOyzWfS1oDVRpImukc9f0oQ4_SQCcl7z6RlEYVNGiSmXDBeKnJ_WbYSdQbQy8jPnIVD2FpkMSyEYQsB8DeU22YVxFKJ3MI0YCkyxzctpgtxH_zuNsqDXMrS1fDi1SFBrJnJccLjOc8eE2TkcLcz1xYjVii4HeI9mSnT8FYEwz-1WoKGQkgoAArocbtDp/s4032/IMG_2952.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUOyzWfS1oDVRpImukc9f0oQ4_SQCcl7z6RlEYVNGiSmXDBeKnJ_WbYSdQbQy8jPnIVD2FpkMSyEYQsB8DeU22YVxFKJ3MI0YCkyxzctpgtxH_zuNsqDXMrS1fDi1SFBrJnJccLjOc8eE2TkcLcz1xYjVii4HeI9mSnT8FYEwz-1WoKGQkgoAArocbtDp/s320/IMG_2952.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Typical day in February - no jacket!</span></div><p><br /></p><p>4. FAVORITE WINTERTIME ACTIVITIES?</p><p>We don't get much snow, so we don't have the opportunity for sledding, skating, or skiing. My wintertime activities include watching the birds and squirrels in the yard and cleaning up flowerbeds for spring planting! Not your traditional winter activities, but when you live in Deep South then that's what it consists of. </p><p>I also feel like I do more decluttering in the winter, probably because I'm cooped up more than in the warmer, drier months. I also tend to do more redecorating and rearranging!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6K1yyLv1Ey0oXqNMxMxHTGszNUdZ3RlHwLvQ5X-vqUYpFRDb3tyflaq87PdeKjp-q1wWjANXkPynhYRlc0K1qaqPPPkLr-pLMwoi5FOQsrVZNWXvf3kaoXUSy1IzRdv2EoLbkHH9VUoMDPAz0IYJhRUvPgwF58nNjcq5VCuqDGljdwGOxhCKlIV3GPEW/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6K1yyLv1Ey0oXqNMxMxHTGszNUdZ3RlHwLvQ5X-vqUYpFRDb3tyflaq87PdeKjp-q1wWjANXkPynhYRlc0K1qaqPPPkLr-pLMwoi5FOQsrVZNWXvf3kaoXUSy1IzRdv2EoLbkHH9VUoMDPAz0IYJhRUvPgwF58nNjcq5VCuqDGljdwGOxhCKlIV3GPEW/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- <span style="font-size: x-small;">We rearranged the boys' room to give them more floor space -</span></div><p><br /></p><p>5. FAVORITE MONTHS OF WINTER?</p><p>I love December for Christmas. It's such a festive and jolly month, with decorations and lights and music wherever you go! It's also a busy month, preparing for Christmas activities like the church play, wrapping presents, and planning menus. January is usually cold and muddy, and February is a mix of icy weather and sunny days for us. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdB_JBPkTuePI8WGTfNn9_hLSG1HA5po877luPqnBZHdNPxEBAtdgb6TVpwxdHZyGuQ30x-3l2SC-JGbpi8_FRMMxOrQ0MtajMM8-XO2UkDnlhhUJiK1LKrcllxHjFtZdf1-a4R6RDZ7hzen-JtnBCQQvTl3tkvL6pCB54L1cdf544uP8P7XKcMEJ0rr5/s4032/IMG_2025.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdB_JBPkTuePI8WGTfNn9_hLSG1HA5po877luPqnBZHdNPxEBAtdgb6TVpwxdHZyGuQ30x-3l2SC-JGbpi8_FRMMxOrQ0MtajMM8-XO2UkDnlhhUJiK1LKrcllxHjFtZdf1-a4R6RDZ7hzen-JtnBCQQvTl3tkvL6pCB54L1cdf544uP8P7XKcMEJ0rr5/s320/IMG_2025.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- Hanging of the Greens at church -</span></div><p><br /></p><p>6. FAVORITE DISHES TO MAKE IN WINTER?</p><p>I haven't made this one yet, but last week at church we ate Stuffed Bell Pepper soup, and it was delicious. I do plan to make it for Rod soon since he missed out on it. </p><p>I also love to make chili, and my recipe is so simple and delicious:</p><p>Brown your meat. Add in two packages of McCormick mild chili seasoning, a can of mild chili beans, a can of diced tomatoes, and a huge jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce in your favorite flavor! Simmer and serve with Fritos and cheese or crackers. </p><p>7. GAS OR WOOD-BURNING FIREPLACE?</p><p>We have a wood-burning fireplace! It's so cozy in the winter, but it's also so messy to have a fire going! I'm constantly sweeping up debris from the firewood and cleaning the ashes. It's worth it, though, to have the extra heat source.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xNV88XczKEV4xBAga-M6kWoyeUQ9TnyNVw3jVUJn6wm59PfF8wBFAdRIz4S2b9mixqiaf0PT4ENLp-vEi5zPZt6w5aLwiEHQ06u7frWGomcarTEUV5SQTbS7tMQSfjSpgS5HPZ6rrOwWKBhfQGHG99epLz6-rSg0wZ1ygyfhZAMb2RlaIafAT3JEDHwL/s5184/IMG_0097.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xNV88XczKEV4xBAga-M6kWoyeUQ9TnyNVw3jVUJn6wm59PfF8wBFAdRIz4S2b9mixqiaf0PT4ENLp-vEi5zPZt6w5aLwiEHQ06u7frWGomcarTEUV5SQTbS7tMQSfjSpgS5HPZ6rrOwWKBhfQGHG99epLz6-rSg0wZ1ygyfhZAMb2RlaIafAT3JEDHwL/s320/IMG_0097.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- The stockings were hung... - </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dFEkj46U5evtjWQu7nsXh8NxO3MUH4u3bFQsc5Rw_el_QhWveLnW1vxOFCJ5gaj7lPugZhn_ErWbnryGloyg-QPwC15rBqkct6R0y9phYWu5VxEbSBdqYpHGRvO4yQzENzzCj4QbTSNulA_fr5hHruJgzLBwRY8ZS7tJOzq_U5fPnmZbt8YYNWDIPMqD/s4032/IMG_2573.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dFEkj46U5evtjWQu7nsXh8NxO3MUH4u3bFQsc5Rw_el_QhWveLnW1vxOFCJ5gaj7lPugZhn_ErWbnryGloyg-QPwC15rBqkct6R0y9phYWu5VxEbSBdqYpHGRvO4yQzENzzCj4QbTSNulA_fr5hHruJgzLBwRY8ZS7tJOzq_U5fPnmZbt8YYNWDIPMqD/s320/IMG_2573.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- Zeke loves to sit by the fire -</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>8. FAVORITE WINTER HOT BEVERAGE?</p><p>The only hot beverage I enjoy is hot chocolate, with big marshmallows!</p><p>9. FAVORITE WINTER MOVIES?</p><p>I love the Santa Clause trilogy as well as the Home Alone movies. I am also willing to watch any Lifetime or Hallmark Christmas movie in the winter! I watched a cute movie on Pureflix called The Spruces and The Pines.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7dqTzKuc39C8qg4rozb48iWhKk5gzWMrbFMi4KyVtxlM1Ujofekvo53HqjdhHSCVwq1BepyoJjZZSvIwlZ4NJo0bqwd1gD5urN5uxIQKRPAEb3l9fW7sFc6yPb5DnaTAn3L4U4KXFZfG_VFhPhtCZSBqxDC4OYxtDuvYAaemYQKhILR8mkOtp67hz1lP/s180/download%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7dqTzKuc39C8qg4rozb48iWhKk5gzWMrbFMi4KyVtxlM1Ujofekvo53HqjdhHSCVwq1BepyoJjZZSvIwlZ4NJo0bqwd1gD5urN5uxIQKRPAEb3l9fW7sFc6yPb5DnaTAn3L4U4KXFZfG_VFhPhtCZSBqxDC4OYxtDuvYAaemYQKhILR8mkOtp67hz1lP/s16000/download%20(1).jpg" /></a></div><p>10. HOW DO YOU STAY HEALTHY IN THE WINTER?</p><p>I take Vitamin C in the winter and try to drink more water to stay healthy. I think we eat more comfort-foods in the winter, especially baked goodies, which isn't too healthy. Getting outside even in the colder weather seems to help as well. I do wind up with bronchitis a few times each winter though.</p><p>What about you? Which question did you enjoy reading my answer to the most? </p><p>Here is the monthly topic list for the rest of the year if you want to join in!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7_wZQxMM94aYhw43LeXBzeKmrFOo6cXyqQNqC8FMdJz1VZZTVS2NacY5_4_Lvoy6lnQBIT-8hcjBiBGk9odD2mqLA-3I6BigdnVBRdOMJDD_Az_rx3u8yMWMRHCYXPqPumRMT16t9MQxacjQIdC052s7kziI7x_AZDyQhrB5mbXNVLFyCCUWCGLCKC9B/s320/Monthly%20Musings%20Topics%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7_wZQxMM94aYhw43LeXBzeKmrFOo6cXyqQNqC8FMdJz1VZZTVS2NacY5_4_Lvoy6lnQBIT-8hcjBiBGk9odD2mqLA-3I6BigdnVBRdOMJDD_Az_rx3u8yMWMRHCYXPqPumRMT16t9MQxacjQIdC052s7kziI7x_AZDyQhrB5mbXNVLFyCCUWCGLCKC9B/s1600/Monthly%20Musings%20Topics%202024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-26908110648428039542024-02-27T06:51:00.001-06:002024-02-27T06:51:21.782-06:00ABC Jesus Loves Me: Year One, Week Ten<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0z5EKKq2-q6WDXDme_Ac9kw4ufSHiSJwZ8xAOjQLVxbzILjyXN1WINBBQeOS4AcIXeLcmTsrdvQ6-walWFOllum7VGRHsi8BpWIcM4It0iEk8x8LPOinTtRaj92QBTfHssqCuUoE-W9gYe598Yzv62w8Dp8fKWc0gk6TjeCbjc-kl-_UqZZmExbO_FxCN/s1080/ABC%20Jesus%20Loves%20Me%20(2).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0z5EKKq2-q6WDXDme_Ac9kw4ufSHiSJwZ8xAOjQLVxbzILjyXN1WINBBQeOS4AcIXeLcmTsrdvQ6-walWFOllum7VGRHsi8BpWIcM4It0iEk8x8LPOinTtRaj92QBTfHssqCuUoE-W9gYe598Yzv62w8Dp8fKWc0gk6TjeCbjc-kl-_UqZZmExbO_FxCN/s320/ABC%20Jesus%20Loves%20Me%20(2).png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Zoey completed week ten in ABC Jesus Loves Me this week. We are using Year One, the free curriculum. Zoey turned 17 months old this week. Here is a picture of her lesson plans and weekly objective poster from this week:</p><p><br /></p><p>MONDAY:<br /><br /></p><p>Zeke spent the night at my mom's Sunday night, so Monday morning it was just Zoey and I (and the older kids since they were out of school for President's Day). We read the book Barnyard Dance, which is one of our favorite books by Sandra Boynton. I found our horse stamp from our Melissa and Doug farm animal stamp set and showed Zoey how to push it on the orange ink pad and stamp the horse worksheet. She liked this, so I'll have to use stamps more often with her! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4_Df2Ag-VZytbBgo4rMAXGy75WS6VqU3DFLjRKoTzMoP3wub3msR31lf2bY8jTYNMpFbWzoTi_o_KVFi_wlREH4hFPgYbftmiZfZFfCEuDDToBVwizoTefNdyC6KiJcZUaHork4ZWsvS2h3wUvXtYxtkJ21QksN1nBi-i7G8-cGatZJRanP5xPtpiHG0/s4032/IMG_3211.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4_Df2Ag-VZytbBgo4rMAXGy75WS6VqU3DFLjRKoTzMoP3wub3msR31lf2bY8jTYNMpFbWzoTi_o_KVFi_wlREH4hFPgYbftmiZfZFfCEuDDToBVwizoTefNdyC6KiJcZUaHork4ZWsvS2h3wUvXtYxtkJ21QksN1nBi-i7G8-cGatZJRanP5xPtpiHG0/s320/IMG_3211.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kFWylhvI8u4GF_8Y7jbxla4_bM1fMxAVBlL9EHda9hCLScV4MeLtnFOu1YQq0YgACjX9DRmBOPC2uOKtBvtwj_qNBYFKxSoNXuuMbCltWozgcUpWl8lEfbYjnRun64n1gskl0AJgHU4pKsi1eFWmsfilOp8eRZMAXm__O6R8NSeLdLEuPrCzQfq_QlNX/s4032/IMG_3212.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kFWylhvI8u4GF_8Y7jbxla4_bM1fMxAVBlL9EHda9hCLScV4MeLtnFOu1YQq0YgACjX9DRmBOPC2uOKtBvtwj_qNBYFKxSoNXuuMbCltWozgcUpWl8lEfbYjnRun64n1gskl0AJgHU4pKsi1eFWmsfilOp8eRZMAXm__O6R8NSeLdLEuPrCzQfq_QlNX/s320/IMG_3212.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Next, I gave her an empty ice cube tray and some orange pom-poms. I showed her how to put one in each compartment, but she didn't really do it. She put about three in and out of the same one! She played with this for about five minutes before losing interest. I kept it in the dining room to pull out again this week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44G8ZwP7WwvPrHdtIBHpNSenPNjgQvf3DG9JJ0JInwGlqqHCyTLta1wHtfiCgWgSd-yIsfxDFyXxTm_J7-XT62PcnYZhgAZ2HQbZm_oKeC1arx3rmY6ILjnKN6N0R6z_BE2BBIIKKBj-LITw-ceLaxBr2zBPb_W0fh6g8Ci87_Hts20A7oOMak74qPGey/s4032/IMG_3215.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44G8ZwP7WwvPrHdtIBHpNSenPNjgQvf3DG9JJ0JInwGlqqHCyTLta1wHtfiCgWgSd-yIsfxDFyXxTm_J7-XT62PcnYZhgAZ2HQbZm_oKeC1arx3rmY6ILjnKN6N0R6z_BE2BBIIKKBj-LITw-ceLaxBr2zBPb_W0fh6g8Ci87_Hts20A7oOMak74qPGey/s320/IMG_3215.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpgOZKBB8OiLuzApWnq5avNkQIDxA2LOaxBgkwdYSmgGqNr2tyRw-aIJdkGpwyE6K5rPhJo5OOgjL-lp8zYCeDGW9yvQzp9VV6MQIipD76s_hZiRwAcjadqreGWB8Pzqlzq83G5STnox2SeQiR_w3TGJEEB8iGUsKf52x15LHTqQ7ASiqz5d-BISIP103/s4032/IMG_3216.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpgOZKBB8OiLuzApWnq5avNkQIDxA2LOaxBgkwdYSmgGqNr2tyRw-aIJdkGpwyE6K5rPhJo5OOgjL-lp8zYCeDGW9yvQzp9VV6MQIipD76s_hZiRwAcjadqreGWB8Pzqlzq83G5STnox2SeQiR_w3TGJEEB8iGUsKf52x15LHTqQ7ASiqz5d-BISIP103/s320/IMG_3216.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAnUYHtv-zjXFy__H9scM2nbNzMc9xm4VwgLCLAvlBBxT0DFXGDJyYIPQljvEmZTL3m8edyockXwv5v56URjl7H8RGcfXmcBl2JgPePZuXTpbwc_B2guxnY49VmSjm-MSNqP-Wm_INzCAeqZe4wLd5LlGy1uAHdtD9Mc8payjr3yjoD3wZB8eFYTevYFR/s4032/IMG_3217.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAnUYHtv-zjXFy__H9scM2nbNzMc9xm4VwgLCLAvlBBxT0DFXGDJyYIPQljvEmZTL3m8edyockXwv5v56URjl7H8RGcfXmcBl2JgPePZuXTpbwc_B2guxnY49VmSjm-MSNqP-Wm_INzCAeqZe4wLd5LlGy1uAHdtD9Mc8payjr3yjoD3wZB8eFYTevYFR/s320/IMG_3217.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TUESDAY:</p><p>I used a rubber band to attach an orange marker to an orange truck, and Zoey "drove" the truck all over the H is for House worksheet. She liked this, but she kept wanting to take the rubber band off and play with it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVv8RYiZWHNcesmoqkY-li2LzByt8KMnEw3CAwzLX8J95-Nw7LZz-V-HVMb6WCTDATf367LtdyBAtf_Hl66Qzr2fjMkOF-tvAr5eoc8GY_DLUsH7oaMu6832usl9R4O_C4WNRn083BeyYo5s9mQmz6gTbCbXyjzguOcVEgRIXl5k8XGvP2P99kCZ-4kB-p/s4032/IMG_3231.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVv8RYiZWHNcesmoqkY-li2LzByt8KMnEw3CAwzLX8J95-Nw7LZz-V-HVMb6WCTDATf367LtdyBAtf_Hl66Qzr2fjMkOF-tvAr5eoc8GY_DLUsH7oaMu6832usl9R4O_C4WNRn083BeyYo5s9mQmz6gTbCbXyjzguOcVEgRIXl5k8XGvP2P99kCZ-4kB-p/s320/IMG_3231.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWt-xxMjchBGZ3XVkuQfXtO0z-H6fNAjEgCHjXkT7QXLvfM_zpD0MHO1SYj92wqRsesS2owvPKpq5wzr4Nc0PtLb3Bzu9FekADiWK1iIodejdHIWaWcBQR7-qiiv4XSKD2fMHb7wYt2VT5NiqLL_WJd5NCmxMN0A16_5_oDR1rXKqlRE4VvYvEjHz3h0i/s4032/IMG_3234.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWt-xxMjchBGZ3XVkuQfXtO0z-H6fNAjEgCHjXkT7QXLvfM_zpD0MHO1SYj92wqRsesS2owvPKpq5wzr4Nc0PtLb3Bzu9FekADiWK1iIodejdHIWaWcBQR7-qiiv4XSKD2fMHb7wYt2VT5NiqLL_WJd5NCmxMN0A16_5_oDR1rXKqlRE4VvYvEjHz3h0i/s320/IMG_3234.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTurYgu5JrTTj-KgtW0YX-q2I8regmnkzxVP_rksQgzVrwwO5d6NG5a2mXc6KXrEV6bMR3CiGToxhW8vSJ20Nv-JBnIi9ijT1qlzd7Ye_SeUV2kDCWhjbqEwDfpXEf65VFzbjenMU_0gEN3cN4ByQbwsvKmn1P-bLelfhkdkLbVw8_BCABTGCiG3S6Ekwn/s4032/IMG_3243.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTurYgu5JrTTj-KgtW0YX-q2I8regmnkzxVP_rksQgzVrwwO5d6NG5a2mXc6KXrEV6bMR3CiGToxhW8vSJ20Nv-JBnIi9ijT1qlzd7Ye_SeUV2kDCWhjbqEwDfpXEf65VFzbjenMU_0gEN3cN4ByQbwsvKmn1P-bLelfhkdkLbVw8_BCABTGCiG3S6Ekwn/s320/IMG_3243.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0D4_9R6aZ4O3eWAC1cbaxKz5LUIvgKHZ_hMZsdrFkJcE_3DJ7kcUYkM3U32Ier_t8zuhXdapADfXvycymRAzfluO_7cUPBMZquTWCtsxwWJEpoL76gOBOGU3flEi62nloXzBo6y2mDvmSqHePaz6h81vomYHIpEeGGbV7VyQ8k2bQQADrFkZhrBhuARF/s4032/IMG_3244.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0D4_9R6aZ4O3eWAC1cbaxKz5LUIvgKHZ_hMZsdrFkJcE_3DJ7kcUYkM3U32Ier_t8zuhXdapADfXvycymRAzfluO_7cUPBMZquTWCtsxwWJEpoL76gOBOGU3flEi62nloXzBo6y2mDvmSqHePaz6h81vomYHIpEeGGbV7VyQ8k2bQQADrFkZhrBhuARF/s320/IMG_3244.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I put some orange craft sticks inside an empty plastic Miracle Whip container for Zoey to dump out and put back in. She did this several times throughout the day, and I'm glad I left it out for her!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xzrHWxmE94eMhyo-VHTHlpZg_2cUrhvBuF0dC4ILEXjdOo2Vje92K2Acf-vZXBYolMKUStNY79q1pkroiRpOZ3OWjLZyleTARpWkxnZIi864QcuM7itiSKwPOFrEga0x8hwxv9WJ48SY-5ECKaP20hnfhtlrdFsjWIoVmzO1j6p6S19ok1UUmAif2OO7/s4032/IMG_3236.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xzrHWxmE94eMhyo-VHTHlpZg_2cUrhvBuF0dC4ILEXjdOo2Vje92K2Acf-vZXBYolMKUStNY79q1pkroiRpOZ3OWjLZyleTARpWkxnZIi864QcuM7itiSKwPOFrEga0x8hwxv9WJ48SY-5ECKaP20hnfhtlrdFsjWIoVmzO1j6p6S19ok1UUmAif2OO7/s320/IMG_3236.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNteVhvDSqGDzBnze2RX5M6O83kOzMgeOffl34qiUAAEu534axaYNK1wti1eQ6H5jnGyvbX1shwA0WSGlz9NVAXTUjkk2Gjp3Jkk7uZR8ZV7impyq7VOxz02ZNdeyxJA3Wn1RziqnzTB2LtMLRft0pbzj5CAs34KLubNQcoOPzFf_S9RmuIhbrxS6hwUD/s4032/IMG_3237.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNteVhvDSqGDzBnze2RX5M6O83kOzMgeOffl34qiUAAEu534axaYNK1wti1eQ6H5jnGyvbX1shwA0WSGlz9NVAXTUjkk2Gjp3Jkk7uZR8ZV7impyq7VOxz02ZNdeyxJA3Wn1RziqnzTB2LtMLRft0pbzj5CAs34KLubNQcoOPzFf_S9RmuIhbrxS6hwUD/s320/IMG_3237.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-lRmWUftHCw-puMeiREqRXYkx41QDEcI-q-W3u2e6k2vhoDAf9YXG6dnDQhnupf_x7Cmx39Y4LxvYThXqgkhRLx-VINpGcg97wvQ0qVip-P29YnCwRCrtuTKGkaGgqpJDKOe5VuNZcshfoH_okwzABqkTgzKosbdP6GlAZ0nk8lzuKdJ6BxZQ-qxcwUy/s4032/IMG_3242.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-lRmWUftHCw-puMeiREqRXYkx41QDEcI-q-W3u2e6k2vhoDAf9YXG6dnDQhnupf_x7Cmx39Y4LxvYThXqgkhRLx-VINpGcg97wvQ0qVip-P29YnCwRCrtuTKGkaGgqpJDKOe5VuNZcshfoH_okwzABqkTgzKosbdP6GlAZ0nk8lzuKdJ6BxZQ-qxcwUy/s320/IMG_3242.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>She also used a crayon to color her Color Train worksheet. One more color, and we'll be finished with this project! </p><p><br /></p><p>WEDNESDAY:</p><p>We're cycling back through the shapes now, and instead of water-painting a shape, we're supposed to be using a spray bottle on a coffee filter with the shape drawn on with a marker. The spray bottle I had was difficult for Zoey for squeeze, so I 'helped' her spray the coffee filter. I'm going to try another spray bottle for next week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxNdicEQK_Se4YL9EvLK1_Z1eHJGVSyKNshwE-HYzG-sayxCw8FDKElwXyoy5je-TqPwGN_i0rRn9N79xvxfqUiW2CpXCB7m-fnRrSyIqFuBvz97NVvf-Om-X6jU0P2CozxjHrfjp65WbZbtn7yPEZCncx6yvEbyhZ_85xLfhDpPnuGfnmWNnXghfwB3x/s4032/IMG_3268.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxNdicEQK_Se4YL9EvLK1_Z1eHJGVSyKNshwE-HYzG-sayxCw8FDKElwXyoy5je-TqPwGN_i0rRn9N79xvxfqUiW2CpXCB7m-fnRrSyIqFuBvz97NVvf-Om-X6jU0P2CozxjHrfjp65WbZbtn7yPEZCncx6yvEbyhZ_85xLfhDpPnuGfnmWNnXghfwB3x/s320/IMG_3268.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkt6qwH-xupHHjWVYVLX1aQubfEwVKYd2htdmsMW_f1d56LuiEjakfSdjw0zuZSo9sZtM1m0ykdky6KJQyaN1um60UbEMOTD-KCZ2fpJGLOvptfYk72QjAP-e5VoVyLvyTNZiOp7lqKv6CsS_MUjMEgZhN6_549DMvP6wZsrDGRy8DSxeKDCo3c7F9MTl/s4032/IMG_3269.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkt6qwH-xupHHjWVYVLX1aQubfEwVKYd2htdmsMW_f1d56LuiEjakfSdjw0zuZSo9sZtM1m0ykdky6KJQyaN1um60UbEMOTD-KCZ2fpJGLOvptfYk72QjAP-e5VoVyLvyTNZiOp7lqKv6CsS_MUjMEgZhN6_549DMvP6wZsrDGRy8DSxeKDCo3c7F9MTl/s320/IMG_3269.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht23zI3Yjx1Jswg5KA4vIf3iXM5i90qAZ4JUEu5fhjagqjlo0kqy6SoWUAnD8CuSm8TkGtlqEevl8zMSrusx_eIUeCojFAqyg6C1vsKTuqoSSdzxdOnH72sIKOAixujvfuR7wWfLzItCotMeQ096LvJDHcIKp3rUP0O9FRdqKJ7fkBNsQv7ugRNv1UscaX/s4032/IMG_3270.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht23zI3Yjx1Jswg5KA4vIf3iXM5i90qAZ4JUEu5fhjagqjlo0kqy6SoWUAnD8CuSm8TkGtlqEevl8zMSrusx_eIUeCojFAqyg6C1vsKTuqoSSdzxdOnH72sIKOAixujvfuR7wWfLzItCotMeQ096LvJDHcIKp3rUP0O9FRdqKJ7fkBNsQv7ugRNv1UscaX/s320/IMG_3270.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Then I printed out a page with four houses in four colors and laminated it. I gave her a transportation counter in each color and showed her how to sort them by color. She did this several times!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-tn7gSp4v3Eb85PCVZ7R0ueblO2lYeHr6HyS3sWkIPMr3M0CMo9Fd87xpvhhgU7O1KSVJF5ahfmMzYh5KULwwWk6qQVDMNQIjFU9XeO3AbMnjnIHcbYFfwZiDgfpuY_W0OdR2dJ0CNVp2A3uxgQUBYWKuJaQdRwAcWjOmb3aeNUbUnCOaLb1dh5DiS0F/s4032/IMG_3272.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-tn7gSp4v3Eb85PCVZ7R0ueblO2lYeHr6HyS3sWkIPMr3M0CMo9Fd87xpvhhgU7O1KSVJF5ahfmMzYh5KULwwWk6qQVDMNQIjFU9XeO3AbMnjnIHcbYFfwZiDgfpuY_W0OdR2dJ0CNVp2A3uxgQUBYWKuJaQdRwAcWjOmb3aeNUbUnCOaLb1dh5DiS0F/s320/IMG_3272.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgg3UOU6kL9Hp0F2HO1NHMyrUyhJsbCvYDqgw2YFymcJwWcIv0EEWRzkXV84n_F2koI_jgWZlp7U_8nsx7SMzlTX0jV7Dplk8TXKP58ckYnqUBik_BFYvKAAjM_7Q6Ir-yBLpn4baz1W4QIKBxdhMptLt4-mAvQabnoS-bxQvL6moZM7ZeNU7S7ZuCMn6K/s4032/IMG_3273.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgg3UOU6kL9Hp0F2HO1NHMyrUyhJsbCvYDqgw2YFymcJwWcIv0EEWRzkXV84n_F2koI_jgWZlp7U_8nsx7SMzlTX0jV7Dplk8TXKP58ckYnqUBik_BFYvKAAjM_7Q6Ir-yBLpn4baz1W4QIKBxdhMptLt4-mAvQabnoS-bxQvL6moZM7ZeNU7S7ZuCMn6K/s320/IMG_3273.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAA2O8EoGWG44lITFmbm-01BILtZu8NFZ6PzrhedA_nIkR24zKRFXdgfQcsgUUvjtrAgKBt923jwnXsJRxhBm1Fg_e43RcxLFlxEMWscto42t7sN8zQrWBxnKvX8X1p-0neDMVQiOnm93PZcytCsfTivg03cKK9TH4hPADa7wFTPf-VGY8xswav7NSh_oP/s4032/IMG_3276.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAA2O8EoGWG44lITFmbm-01BILtZu8NFZ6PzrhedA_nIkR24zKRFXdgfQcsgUUvjtrAgKBt923jwnXsJRxhBm1Fg_e43RcxLFlxEMWscto42t7sN8zQrWBxnKvX8X1p-0neDMVQiOnm93PZcytCsfTivg03cKK9TH4hPADa7wFTPf-VGY8xswav7NSh_oP/s320/IMG_3276.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>THURSDAY:</p><p>We started off playing with her pop-animals from Melissa and Doug and reading Barnyard Dance. She likes to pop these animals together, but she can't take them apart yet. It's fun to mix and match them, too!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_AR1ozx9_8ZZk-433NIG9xikwKwrB_V0ROuIrL3yt3QQpIUPO_nROIA1WKwbQEemDeAimhyDNaqHNW5xwi6WlwiYvz963498Po_v8x003ig9NQ3fFinHOEv9v4OxrOIgk1gUO9V5puw-lPitr3GlZEUitgUswzlc4-qCmzxMDBwHowjMSiIXHUbgCzxI/s4032/IMG_3294.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_AR1ozx9_8ZZk-433NIG9xikwKwrB_V0ROuIrL3yt3QQpIUPO_nROIA1WKwbQEemDeAimhyDNaqHNW5xwi6WlwiYvz963498Po_v8x003ig9NQ3fFinHOEv9v4OxrOIgk1gUO9V5puw-lPitr3GlZEUitgUswzlc4-qCmzxMDBwHowjMSiIXHUbgCzxI/s320/IMG_3294.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqo_IAQfBtpKBX9jGdUq3j5cq4trx5lJ_PtT2xSdZQvZGbyMjskJySzH8OP0W4Q-n272lPrM0Y2Ps1Rf4L6INieQfzzSU2tdxrd1MPuq4oG4ec2mDpxlaPPcFmGKhgLM-AmTlieePTuIU1NH4iKr5b_4p1Wl8JqV3IZgATlV_OvTfj3XGG2UapDw1O2nAb/s4032/IMG_3298.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Click the title above to read about other weeks with ABC Jesus Loves Me, Year One.</p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-35834643304977125892024-02-27T06:48:00.001-06:002024-02-27T06:48:30.883-06:00My Father's World Kindergarten: E is for Elephant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkM9vAsWBXv8lOiuRXrVfjx-roM7dmEBvTwOn2S3gDw7X_SWEM7rDy72bERyNhHPexININ0Nbr6c6Qjz-_jBStzjIEvGSl5dfcE4Uv_3pqjGoyC3exr7Tvzlkr88fQ7j52IuQIFifPhA81gAWTE_YWR6_CK_VCa5rZnaRx4fEsX88U4iQDdJOUppIE77p/s1080/My%20Father%E2%80%99s%20World%20Kindergarten%20(2).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkM9vAsWBXv8lOiuRXrVfjx-roM7dmEBvTwOn2S3gDw7X_SWEM7rDy72bERyNhHPexININ0Nbr6c6Qjz-_jBStzjIEvGSl5dfcE4Uv_3pqjGoyC3exr7Tvzlkr88fQ7j52IuQIFifPhA81gAWTE_YWR6_CK_VCa5rZnaRx4fEsX88U4iQDdJOUppIE77p/s320/My%20Father%E2%80%99s%20World%20Kindergarten%20(2).png" width="320" /></a></div><p>We learned the last short vowel sound this week, and Zeke has really improved with his reading practice. I really wanted to plan a zoo trip this week, but it's looking like next week will be better. We live over an hour from the nearest zoo, so it's always a full day experience.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Tuesday:</h3><p>We took off of school Monday for President's Day since the big kids were home, so we did Monday and Tuesday's school on Tuesday. Zeke colored and cut out his letter cards, and he realized that he would be able to do the entire blend ladder page this week. I was excited that he thought about that!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFni3I9zlpHDJ9exx-2w_7M3LMPoF__ogiPXFROApTAyznHsgD9jKB6VfEFJSj11xL_m7_5cvtHLKl8rSahTyS58kc5GVJFnIQaZiUdSI0r81B_Ie6PbulZIchK_q3OCQz7zHWLdv9URNexJU4IrUlkn_kTVl97KmFQqOySIjPWi7M7ffur-MJoyR2gmA2/s4032/IMG_3247.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFni3I9zlpHDJ9exx-2w_7M3LMPoF__ogiPXFROApTAyznHsgD9jKB6VfEFJSj11xL_m7_5cvtHLKl8rSahTyS58kc5GVJFnIQaZiUdSI0r81B_Ie6PbulZIchK_q3OCQz7zHWLdv9URNexJU4IrUlkn_kTVl97KmFQqOySIjPWi7M7ffur-MJoyR2gmA2/s320/IMG_3247.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>He did his handwriting and sound discrimination worksheet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRCXysu0x_xojhQ9XieEtEhw1Jk96nexFpi9eFwSdXoSbHEgd_RcCwHMEp2i1GUZwyokOPDK1gYqFh7wZXuRxANnbisUtHKB7UFI3T8JTlEQ7A5Evwp6x9IO5u8P-D5UzfEq4T0zV8Djy12EuiN_FYxTdwgZ_mR94v8Fwo0SsoKme9Wx7WClHjjYaRu9q/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRCXysu0x_xojhQ9XieEtEhw1Jk96nexFpi9eFwSdXoSbHEgd_RcCwHMEp2i1GUZwyokOPDK1gYqFh7wZXuRxANnbisUtHKB7UFI3T8JTlEQ7A5Evwp6x9IO5u8P-D5UzfEq4T0zV8Djy12EuiN_FYxTdwgZ_mR94v8Fwo0SsoKme9Wx7WClHjjYaRu9q/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZAc5JwZK7f-jNVykKs1ItfOPPOY6TLdleau8ACsK28KhARIq9KXoV9HXLy2XxinPwa6kifipVGRU1oTuAjAPetgXS_EbvhU95JZ6g8FHm8UAyqEwo9do6HYHtybbJn6QOf0-YuDhGWai5rgvlMjtQBqSUs9gnAjF-lseIm-MzB_XEFBg4uatohaQoMBD/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZAc5JwZK7f-jNVykKs1ItfOPPOY6TLdleau8ACsK28KhARIq9KXoV9HXLy2XxinPwa6kifipVGRU1oTuAjAPetgXS_EbvhU95JZ6g8FHm8UAyqEwo9do6HYHtybbJn6QOf0-YuDhGWai5rgvlMjtQBqSUs9gnAjF-lseIm-MzB_XEFBg4uatohaQoMBD/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I printed out the following worksheets from The Mailbox. One is on rhyming words, and the other is discriminating between the beginning short vowel sounds /o/ and /e/.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfvy3oYhB3ZaKlmc9spFCd1C2u15uyv7__zoPBjaJ7_tpRtGL7DD6adetmptQSuEEuKAfSNt7MdmUbNkqTaJs7GMOdbtKptkVu10BudiOTBAWwwpYcv1Bydb-C35qnfr4blOEtXDRVIaZcC8GlSefEl1HSqpNfHPzZ4swiry2JPjSvmlB1O3YDm5MxfE8/s4032/IMG_3248.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfvy3oYhB3ZaKlmc9spFCd1C2u15uyv7__zoPBjaJ7_tpRtGL7DD6adetmptQSuEEuKAfSNt7MdmUbNkqTaJs7GMOdbtKptkVu10BudiOTBAWwwpYcv1Bydb-C35qnfr4blOEtXDRVIaZcC8GlSefEl1HSqpNfHPzZ4swiry2JPjSvmlB1O3YDm5MxfE8/s320/IMG_3248.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzSx7x0BCJYsIe2elo9wN_iBAesTsbOItEvLqoZA4vGWr41YZGvldQdAAi6ePh-sSEW9lAAdQeh31NQF14WQuEOZBykzNXtm2-Evn9eM7_XREis4jacMZ3sXqbXBBZ03zrFG1m62SFGz0xM_mEMyeh2GdExpyF1cbVtui2-IFJEprTpAR-hkNSAkZdUZ5/s4032/IMG_3249.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzSx7x0BCJYsIe2elo9wN_iBAesTsbOItEvLqoZA4vGWr41YZGvldQdAAi6ePh-sSEW9lAAdQeh31NQF14WQuEOZBykzNXtm2-Evn9eM7_XREis4jacMZ3sXqbXBBZ03zrFG1m62SFGz0xM_mEMyeh2GdExpyF1cbVtui2-IFJEprTpAR-hkNSAkZdUZ5/s320/IMG_3249.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Zeke read his word list today. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Wednesday:</h3><p>I read "Elephant Families" to Zeke and Zoey while they ate breakfast. I love this series of books, and we've had this one for a long time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXXQGrNfrtMMQ4n02CHG9SZj3d1816FFvhF1mIsYpXlAJ-qni0UwTXL7F6vRvjEWnBwf5W9d-0qmWINI7mThxFHNqJLFxBda7zmQ5cUysyspPs3GXiM_7y95YxmKJe7eNzwTqaA956GL6dIGDU2ooPUUztomVFjFIbHmHPUiplICNKQkP7hdMjlycDOEJ/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXXQGrNfrtMMQ4n02CHG9SZj3d1816FFvhF1mIsYpXlAJ-qni0UwTXL7F6vRvjEWnBwf5W9d-0qmWINI7mThxFHNqJLFxBda7zmQ5cUysyspPs3GXiM_7y95YxmKJe7eNzwTqaA956GL6dIGDU2ooPUUztomVFjFIbHmHPUiplICNKQkP7hdMjlycDOEJ/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I had printed out a few elephant-themed worksheets from The Mailbox, and Zeke did a few of these today. I introduced the concept of subtraction to him, and he caught on quickly, completing this entire page by himself.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoIMCrZxa0zOVu40UTkiQPdIjp3DHO-sU6dLtrrvXF9oCq9c8i5tswfKAqK1GmGuNd-r1XNNO_OZs93-x8LDdgvj2yAPW2OFPZGKzOUcAjENRYCzVliAZlzP4Bxv59YGzV13reF-j7UbBidJEPNQjelC7HWcjOYc7Ga2zDTtZU4h7TW9THVGv5MzHB83N/s4032/IMG_3279.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoIMCrZxa0zOVu40UTkiQPdIjp3DHO-sU6dLtrrvXF9oCq9c8i5tswfKAqK1GmGuNd-r1XNNO_OZs93-x8LDdgvj2yAPW2OFPZGKzOUcAjENRYCzVliAZlzP4Bxv59YGzV13reF-j7UbBidJEPNQjelC7HWcjOYc7Ga2zDTtZU4h7TW9THVGv5MzHB83N/s320/IMG_3279.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>I thought this map of Africa was a great way to introduce geography and mapping. He colored the map according to the key, and then we glued the animals to the correct areas of the map. There was no elephant, but we discussed that this is where African elephants live.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTjEbE63Cg7B3uvMSiHJz8bjWxgTpIg0s2K2me_i8Uh-OKmn67nQ_2JJ3vhrsSvIN-iTxiLQ6hOoFoL074vSS-j2dxBaTTXEhymfJAG_KQoa4NWnPZB11m553SqDgzYv2tUxST6_Y_GzkVwKAJVjv-reI-dfMqQfpBtN8glX2vK6Q2PjJSyE4mdb_zBXd/s4032/IMG_3280.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTjEbE63Cg7B3uvMSiHJz8bjWxgTpIg0s2K2me_i8Uh-OKmn67nQ_2JJ3vhrsSvIN-iTxiLQ6hOoFoL074vSS-j2dxBaTTXEhymfJAG_KQoa4NWnPZB11m553SqDgzYv2tUxST6_Y_GzkVwKAJVjv-reI-dfMqQfpBtN8glX2vK6Q2PjJSyE4mdb_zBXd/s320/IMG_3280.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>His math page was completing a dot-to-to with the numbers 1-30. It was an elephant! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0OGFj-HYRrHLVnx4jm3oRqA9UteDp2eY_M6Hy29swo5GGHWDPp9La6CKUWmotdOLZrZDLG9NLfAyPzF_SPJbxGlDwSXJERpO5IHI-F4AXtomD71qWztfZ1-ZEh9sEaov-lp2gRhF84srOOf1Y9J2CzcYzQJIWY_s5O78byBv24UxgeP6dP0M5MhWNjgG/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0OGFj-HYRrHLVnx4jm3oRqA9UteDp2eY_M6Hy29swo5GGHWDPp9La6CKUWmotdOLZrZDLG9NLfAyPzF_SPJbxGlDwSXJERpO5IHI-F4AXtomD71qWztfZ1-ZEh9sEaov-lp2gRhF84srOOf1Y9J2CzcYzQJIWY_s5O78byBv24UxgeP6dP0M5MhWNjgG/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>He cut out the words, read them, and glued them to the correct pictures.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWyo7H9pmFk1KzT_A39FBZVvjVb9MfI9v3WPIqkWaiUENO6-S2c-jeyf_JoRVwUaCgmdnT6Hnm3eLSpRc0cBAvCjzUFkz5BR-in-m5MoXzaIlTWYx3_eVDt5sSwnXTxom6MRrWu24dMzjNSBWt8sP9hH4bIbZalYY2pF6vj-IH10Rgwi3it7mx_3DslfzJ/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWyo7H9pmFk1KzT_A39FBZVvjVb9MfI9v3WPIqkWaiUENO6-S2c-jeyf_JoRVwUaCgmdnT6Hnm3eLSpRc0cBAvCjzUFkz5BR-in-m5MoXzaIlTWYx3_eVDt5sSwnXTxom6MRrWu24dMzjNSBWt8sP9hH4bIbZalYY2pF6vj-IH10Rgwi3it7mx_3DslfzJ/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I had him read his word list again. This is so helpful to do this each day. Zeke did several pages in two different workbooks from Rod and Staff. He loves these workbooks! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1_iJ_EYsoVPOtmn-Pkj5688az_LoxKsbdTdIfaEbALx2X8LS10qh1jACkX01SPgID3VtgtuEEClFS0ODy9jH9CR9oL5wWdEQ09ZYG8Kj94ezADuuDtJe4Ml2YQ4-H_0q0fVSEBeH3zZsCyn82qUT0cnoM9DZLnBZBRIa_hDWhw8z8soxskqy86gSsdqn/s4032/IMG_3281.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1_iJ_EYsoVPOtmn-Pkj5688az_LoxKsbdTdIfaEbALx2X8LS10qh1jACkX01SPgID3VtgtuEEClFS0ODy9jH9CR9oL5wWdEQ09ZYG8Kj94ezADuuDtJe4Ml2YQ4-H_0q0fVSEBeH3zZsCyn82qUT0cnoM9DZLnBZBRIa_hDWhw8z8soxskqy86gSsdqn/s320/IMG_3281.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1b2TWZVI49p86G1yDNV0qOOn2fiDr5pvDpRh3e9vZdF9cBxjsmAs1NmtKHIJCy_49OTJGG69ggMTLEQSuAqqNhYn3Alfvtuuga4FdteoZHQpT8d8wITUCIrnYFtPoZSCN-HN7NXfLEz8uo773uaQig3sxA3XNQRAEsfPf3mRFDmWH_kq0XJKP7QctNbV/s4032/IMG_3282.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1b2TWZVI49p86G1yDNV0qOOn2fiDr5pvDpRh3e9vZdF9cBxjsmAs1NmtKHIJCy_49OTJGG69ggMTLEQSuAqqNhYn3Alfvtuuga4FdteoZHQpT8d8wITUCIrnYFtPoZSCN-HN7NXfLEz8uo773uaQig3sxA3XNQRAEsfPf3mRFDmWH_kq0XJKP7QctNbV/s320/IMG_3282.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Thursday:</h3><p>We went ahead and did Thursday and Friday's schoolwork since I won't be here Friday. </p><p>We started out reading his word list and then doing his blend ladder worksheet. He was still excited about filling in all five words this week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQXqmNVheX99S0kCsJiafJynyQ1A8lPP3O3ElYK_rm2wglecNsGw5ml6ARRfy1KyhXrRpVSfecKKL-XlaKzU7oDLtgT9H9BqlP1eparK9Q_ZRj1WMsNiZwjAnCa1mvYBOGEecueBYe4s9xSBGh9Q6YDLD8NdojhkAtA9shpAiu8Th5qplMoPvtRW0Mn4q/s4032/IMG_3303.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQXqmNVheX99S0kCsJiafJynyQ1A8lPP3O3ElYK_rm2wglecNsGw5ml6ARRfy1KyhXrRpVSfecKKL-XlaKzU7oDLtgT9H9BqlP1eparK9Q_ZRj1WMsNiZwjAnCa1mvYBOGEecueBYe4s9xSBGh9Q6YDLD8NdojhkAtA9shpAiu8Th5qplMoPvtRW0Mn4q/s320/IMG_3303.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Next he drew four things that begin with /e/ - egg, elevator, elephant, and elbow. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxEAMe87Rqq2T1PFORB4iaX_0EjezrBbafKTfbrDWjg6LrRmlENEGuUUpO8qnTaLdcg3XgPN6JXRjze9-qT37t5SQX1yr9rQuJNJq0n0NCMaiMAPmUuZIcKse9jNG9OFWfp9nwiyVwkSC6qcJSp38LXS8yCwHtJ1CPaZ840PtBCw9jObZ2fxMvcR0uC4s/s4032/IMG_3304.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxEAMe87Rqq2T1PFORB4iaX_0EjezrBbafKTfbrDWjg6LrRmlENEGuUUpO8qnTaLdcg3XgPN6JXRjze9-qT37t5SQX1yr9rQuJNJq0n0NCMaiMAPmUuZIcKse9jNG9OFWfp9nwiyVwkSC6qcJSp38LXS8yCwHtJ1CPaZ840PtBCw9jObZ2fxMvcR0uC4s/s320/IMG_3304.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I had a few more worksheets from The Mailbox for him to work. One was addition and one was subtraction. He did great on both! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNu1h8o3Jc9REUbVbBXBA0ZRIADMmACB2EQ_K_748Jn0lX2RvS31pAzxrmWyH7SIFjDbImvZIg1iMekSA-D0fPIU4-qjfHyNPjRBA8aq_8qqPkfElI_KuXEErk6-Yra721O1cORrWd3Ia1dp0F1xWhwiv5Rs3jk46n418bTudCWlXFkS0UHO4KtWfgiNt/s4032/IMG_3305.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNu1h8o3Jc9REUbVbBXBA0ZRIADMmACB2EQ_K_748Jn0lX2RvS31pAzxrmWyH7SIFjDbImvZIg1iMekSA-D0fPIU4-qjfHyNPjRBA8aq_8qqPkfElI_KuXEErk6-Yra721O1cORrWd3Ia1dp0F1xWhwiv5Rs3jk46n418bTudCWlXFkS0UHO4KtWfgiNt/s320/IMG_3305.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9whvS6Zo89gyxk7IPcG0nkEbJYJok7vf7ckUvsupxjXVAlIKoxCvgskGfB-aBGDK4uqJKZpgxREWBuX-1llL8NTWelS8SDNJecTYk3_jl1orU_ZZdprhLh9fugnUIRREm5KYCgofSCKv4UERfzBI17rCxCKpCpQRiWzx6zepvkVNOY4MYGBZhTcVcbby/s4032/IMG_3307.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9whvS6Zo89gyxk7IPcG0nkEbJYJok7vf7ckUvsupxjXVAlIKoxCvgskGfB-aBGDK4uqJKZpgxREWBuX-1llL8NTWelS8SDNJecTYk3_jl1orU_ZZdprhLh9fugnUIRREm5KYCgofSCKv4UERfzBI17rCxCKpCpQRiWzx6zepvkVNOY4MYGBZhTcVcbby/s320/IMG_3307.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>The hardest thing he did today was read "The Sled," his first mini-book from My Father's World. He did pretty good, and he read it three times. By the last time, I could tell he had it memorized - but that's okay, because that's part of learning to read!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80MlfT_duQ_O9uVpTeqaq3nSZh801AuY2JX1yB7hFxolnCCxe54tzzogdIGMzMX_H-RXu7Ee9PEArPLN3vaQkInrWIGLjdKZ9rvC6a01sfhZyOLm9LSsNiZdHVtMl3CgF3MQ3ig9ZpdGaqGvJwwDeCZhsswAn9V0f-F9DPM-FRY1Q8NS_ik9j9vVwk-bJ/s4032/IMG_3308.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80MlfT_duQ_O9uVpTeqaq3nSZh801AuY2JX1yB7hFxolnCCxe54tzzogdIGMzMX_H-RXu7Ee9PEArPLN3vaQkInrWIGLjdKZ9rvC6a01sfhZyOLm9LSsNiZdHVtMl3CgF3MQ3ig9ZpdGaqGvJwwDeCZhsswAn9V0f-F9DPM-FRY1Q8NS_ik9j9vVwk-bJ/s320/IMG_3308.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We read about elephants in God's Amazing World, and then we called it a week!</p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-90187125424621665462024-02-24T10:32:00.002-06:002024-02-24T10:32:33.684-06:00Friday Favorites<p>Last night, Titus had his first junior high baseball game of the season. He got a nice hit on his first bat, and on his second he got hit (so he walked). He played left field and second base, but there wasn’t much action in either position. We had a blast, but we didn’t get home until after 10:00. My mother-in-law and Eli went with me, and Mercie, Silas, and my niece Laylah stayed home to watch Zoey. My mom kept Zeke for me. He plays again on Monday, and the games will be on Mondays from now on. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy3bVa8TKBT0sJrEru8_c7iWAvn8dQPHxw7TFl2VZkCNq3Ff4t6anAeU30_RjWZzgUPHa12cZEbFtrWLzZmDA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSMYWDP0xyJKyQsmijP3jXYK347orTljBwMb61JCIG9628hVkTclja8munPhJRWbg-uUdp7gzmPgvpXkO3xSEpLd8TnPAlpfSMGkG0qrk8UDitzrmzH1HDMxnpod9o1lEiF78ud3IUP0-dg5vT_W78MupqpkNlkjQx9Vsm2l-XPuPZGCuK-g-oX78e6pq/s4032/IMG_6217.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSMYWDP0xyJKyQsmijP3jXYK347orTljBwMb61JCIG9628hVkTclja8munPhJRWbg-uUdp7gzmPgvpXkO3xSEpLd8TnPAlpfSMGkG0qrk8UDitzrmzH1HDMxnpod9o1lEiF78ud3IUP0-dg5vT_W78MupqpkNlkjQx9Vsm2l-XPuPZGCuK-g-oX78e6pq/s320/IMG_6217.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I touched up my front door with paint this week. It was getting pretty scuffed up and the paint was peeling and the doorknobs. I love the fresh, clean look it gives now! It’s the small and simple things in life that really bring joy, isn’t it?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavrt9T3fJXpZDSRbN68CrbW3ibb1wxULwTq2x4egpebwqnUoKfUOw07t7Vhh_SAYb5peUkNEOkRRLZkYD-jlFsf1JecE6heaA_N1IBAO_HGhnJwvL4yZL7N9_RP8TxrYxnf8WfzFgSqtcDI4nZ9X7Z3Uf6HTL4pHVeCj8h-TphCNTdybBYVdVHfXBjryi/s4032/IMG_3283.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavrt9T3fJXpZDSRbN68CrbW3ibb1wxULwTq2x4egpebwqnUoKfUOw07t7Vhh_SAYb5peUkNEOkRRLZkYD-jlFsf1JecE6heaA_N1IBAO_HGhnJwvL4yZL7N9_RP8TxrYxnf8WfzFgSqtcDI4nZ9X7Z3Uf6HTL4pHVeCj8h-TphCNTdybBYVdVHfXBjryi/s320/IMG_3283.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCPA0slFjTymEj21LYPueIS-um6B0fzXt7vgnSRPcRFgsfJw_PJrcvSCRbk5coHpd9waxEyEg7yJ1I3VSzwRc5MMeUx7T9_BpFHDMWspkKtP6XoOsHU3DSojiWK-0U37p-Sr5cqKAGqdeR29E_7y_T7XtQNtodt0CwWQ5rD-uAEPpmjNRwmJmi3bAGiZu/s4032/IMG_3284.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCPA0slFjTymEj21LYPueIS-um6B0fzXt7vgnSRPcRFgsfJw_PJrcvSCRbk5coHpd9waxEyEg7yJ1I3VSzwRc5MMeUx7T9_BpFHDMWspkKtP6XoOsHU3DSojiWK-0U37p-Sr5cqKAGqdeR29E_7y_T7XtQNtodt0CwWQ5rD-uAEPpmjNRwmJmi3bAGiZu/s320/IMG_3284.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>The weather was lovely all week, with highs in 60s and 70s. We spent lots of time outside, playing on the porch and in the yard. It was nice and breezy all week!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xO978w6lULl77yVP8X42wUs13lAS6-i5EIHM8MyDO-eQJQlKsk41HSXLFnu8wOAEdjnxIZXecFckuzCTgCWlnlg3BJuMyCQ3nAvLhnRP67A6lY5q26yVQ5YRVEIUYDZOHJDvvS3u45eDqNuVbtRR3KogS3qYJs6U_dEOG7_saBuNMsz0DjUfK8wYu9bp/s4032/IMG_3251.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xO978w6lULl77yVP8X42wUs13lAS6-i5EIHM8MyDO-eQJQlKsk41HSXLFnu8wOAEdjnxIZXecFckuzCTgCWlnlg3BJuMyCQ3nAvLhnRP67A6lY5q26yVQ5YRVEIUYDZOHJDvvS3u45eDqNuVbtRR3KogS3qYJs6U_dEOG7_saBuNMsz0DjUfK8wYu9bp/s320/IMG_3251.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRyuekxDKiZ5fu66IVJwybjSnbifiU2IFCEVgUNBcv_UsE3YKPht344R1fXdGT9qCUbnqrKvLCdBMQPmYNuv8-om9Vy8y9i9Iro9DNColNwHZCEKhwTna5qFGucI8byDI-1BxIoNJpSrKaeS-5yUhOPMHXjlZJ6TVQNCRuxe84TTnaM2Usity_jlRjOuF/s4032/IMG_3254.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We had to go shopping for his wedding clothes as well as some things he will need in Nicaragua. He is getting married down there March 2, and will be staying for three months before coming home again. It’s so weird and buying all the things is making it even more real. We had a great time together, and we are Sbarro Pizza - it was so good. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGoqmIP89rIpChwL6yX84u1zbpKXCspSapxuVB6138sT3NLUVO4Y2Wzp0ujrMxTwhOQkeTyCT-hYigQauPIrc-aFDkIOpCbFcM1_hyphenhyphenuCeQ_S42zNUDhJSLipDNuVb_RqaMZRUgw1GWqkLvq1nSrmZFiO1XzsTabshGL3wM4MZnHxvB32iKl1a52ChGeSu/s4032/IMG_3327.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGoqmIP89rIpChwL6yX84u1zbpKXCspSapxuVB6138sT3NLUVO4Y2Wzp0ujrMxTwhOQkeTyCT-hYigQauPIrc-aFDkIOpCbFcM1_hyphenhyphenuCeQ_S42zNUDhJSLipDNuVb_RqaMZRUgw1GWqkLvq1nSrmZFiO1XzsTabshGL3wM4MZnHxvB32iKl1a52ChGeSu/s320/IMG_3327.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIQ0fH01Ag0M0WsVK1ZREEXvB8eA68LZmXZ8XAV-RT4hZk2eVX2xH4ABuANW2ZT8la-_ZqqTRDYMVwCVMAbeqlEXoCncytKsrj_bCRUeXuaJuC1kqxfVd3b-FFXIWG2GzWH85z8MjK0wvJ-SHdH_IDvJICbxeihzEdOJQn2mv6k1T_XMRuEVelSRLWpJO/s4032/IMG_3328.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIQ0fH01Ag0M0WsVK1ZREEXvB8eA68LZmXZ8XAV-RT4hZk2eVX2xH4ABuANW2ZT8la-_ZqqTRDYMVwCVMAbeqlEXoCncytKsrj_bCRUeXuaJuC1kqxfVd3b-FFXIWG2GzWH85z8MjK0wvJ-SHdH_IDvJICbxeihzEdOJQn2mv6k1T_XMRuEVelSRLWpJO/s320/IMG_3328.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9if-88jJa7b8qH5fEYoo1J2tEgVfNpc9197IwD796EF-Owtk0DJYMd4Q1VHwYQGqwIPj4XFgDBJodI27CUOKl47TkFaIknctJFE3Gzd3MJ2bsZ7OYBDqXm79xC4WB4MJ67TQt7lVAV8L28w0uY1nU5vR-hrxJGjF5MBuyN2lsRYfxtTIX1xEuNOnsFO2f/s4032/IMG_3330.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9if-88jJa7b8qH5fEYoo1J2tEgVfNpc9197IwD796EF-Owtk0DJYMd4Q1VHwYQGqwIPj4XFgDBJodI27CUOKl47TkFaIknctJFE3Gzd3MJ2bsZ7OYBDqXm79xC4WB4MJ67TQt7lVAV8L28w0uY1nU5vR-hrxJGjF5MBuyN2lsRYfxtTIX1xEuNOnsFO2f/s320/IMG_3330.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>All in all, I had a wonderfully busy week! </p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-216468287239057712024-02-22T09:40:00.002-06:002024-02-22T09:40:43.982-06:00Thankful Thursday: A Testimony<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbwlj-lcdCIApthYFvIBgafFJoH40h5zXencCX0YL15eMyie0uX8u_4_zkgKIOM8hMr16iNUx4FYQIbKPDQFJZ284Fra5SrPYBhFG_4t1pQTZEHFRAcOW2Z7qIAYlEKtMrU1DIfI_WkDkMXsKq_vGuQK2TfruGVmcC5nhUT_oNP_7PnCJlNQarkTojxPX/s337/IMG_2487.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="337" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbwlj-lcdCIApthYFvIBgafFJoH40h5zXencCX0YL15eMyie0uX8u_4_zkgKIOM8hMr16iNUx4FYQIbKPDQFJZ284Fra5SrPYBhFG_4t1pQTZEHFRAcOW2Z7qIAYlEKtMrU1DIfI_WkDkMXsKq_vGuQK2TfruGVmcC5nhUT_oNP_7PnCJlNQarkTojxPX/s320/IMG_2487.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm linking up with Jennifer for <a href="https://all4boys.blogspot.com/2024/02/thankful-thursday_01417133879.html">Thankful Thursday!</a> There is always so much to be thankful for, and I think I say that every week. But it's true! This week, my thankful post is going to be more of a short testimony, if that's okay. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A little backstory: I've been fighting off some post-partum depression since Zoey was born. She was a surprise baby, and it's been a little wild having another little one, along with two grandchildren close in age to her. Trying to juggle big kids and little kids is not easy, and I've been struggling more than I'd like to admit. I've been reading my Bible more lately, but my prayer life has been suffering - almost nonexistent. I think this has really enhanced my depression and anxiety.</span></p><p>So - Saturday, my sister and I went to a woman's conference at a church in town. I saw the advertisement for it on Wednesday and asked Ashlie if she wanted to go with me. We've never been to one before, so it was something new for us. My mom came as well, and we all sat together.</p><p>The last speaker of the day spoke on prayer - which is exactly what I needed to hear, and I knew it - but something she said stuck out at me for some reason. It wasn't that it was so incredibly insightful, but it was more of a visual that took root in my mind. I doodled in my notebook while she was talking. She likened prayer to a door - the door between us and God's presence. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCoKmIOCymbHCbhcURRxZ1XlZpta7UeP_MIM4IG8CUjeMpUBsO0EUk8QSUx8Wp9oSgrXkecjKGRCqdRHt4UEFKKkckRhLaq8GfGBDu2gNjegd-mfuBunQX7TB7zw4tKXXklWtaDcvLZ0HDlqeHckDEnb-QRVmJjUyPqeKKAh4UD5Iws1ahiLfP0AnTxqZ/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCoKmIOCymbHCbhcURRxZ1XlZpta7UeP_MIM4IG8CUjeMpUBsO0EUk8QSUx8Wp9oSgrXkecjKGRCqdRHt4UEFKKkckRhLaq8GfGBDu2gNjegd-mfuBunQX7TB7zw4tKXXklWtaDcvLZ0HDlqeHckDEnb-QRVmJjUyPqeKKAh4UD5Iws1ahiLfP0AnTxqZ/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- my doodle -</span></div><p>I went home and didn't think much about it. That evening as I was preparing our children's church lesson, I sort of smiled when I saw that it was on prayer, too. And then the craft idea was to make a prayer door! I didn’t make any big connections then, just thought it was a little coincidence.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8-7zQuODy-I2AyjiGXl35pk15CTKJX_Vt9uYHLDmyxdgYs5y0L2r2f6CIK2r3RyMkT6yrmYYTSuCdoOVxIRLxfXxImcIFFFNgchZZ0gYToRtUWXRFGJ8kyhIeNnbskXTK7Er56qYrWGMBvnv84RjFcGIrSdGOZ5z1CkiqpCF9pNbhdSjO4b0miHycKYZ/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8-7zQuODy-I2AyjiGXl35pk15CTKJX_Vt9uYHLDmyxdgYs5y0L2r2f6CIK2r3RyMkT6yrmYYTSuCdoOVxIRLxfXxImcIFFFNgchZZ0gYToRtUWXRFGJ8kyhIeNnbskXTK7Er56qYrWGMBvnv84RjFcGIrSdGOZ5z1CkiqpCF9pNbhdSjO4b0miHycKYZ/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- Zeke's prayer door -</span></div><p>Sunday morning, when I got to church and settled into my Sunday School room, I picked up the bulletin that was left on my table, and there was a picture of a door with the words, "I am the door." I stared at it for a few seconds, realizing that God was trying to teach me something. I spoke to my husband about it on the way home from church, in sort of a "isn't this crazy?" kind of way. I told him that I needed to find out exactly what God was saying to me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdjfVal0OzQfE7btLmnFWX0kIEPQqESpd4I23OPKSh-zod1IdS_J71iQAgJSo5iBEosgPyp146SaC37ZTudCIsk8hM2R6r6Eo4ydW1ryAR2HI7tzaWl0DYVBDWsoP3PjBx9A6tY0uvAOPLz2IqtvXbomFZMMdWCdxWzSoBDB-M1d5hRTUrGcj2KBeFNzy/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdjfVal0OzQfE7btLmnFWX0kIEPQqESpd4I23OPKSh-zod1IdS_J71iQAgJSo5iBEosgPyp146SaC37ZTudCIsk8hM2R6r6Eo4ydW1ryAR2HI7tzaWl0DYVBDWsoP3PjBx9A6tY0uvAOPLz2IqtvXbomFZMMdWCdxWzSoBDB-M1d5hRTUrGcj2KBeFNzy/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Monday morning, I opened my Bible to the next passage in my daily reading - Luke 13 - and this is the first thing I read:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9rplQqzWfxCfvPaauOLmnhUJjBx6LNpXQy0byKls4RUhOzYfVuZumBjpdiLQs0lQ0Q66s7LL_PINHQ7UMxridXkIsmk1rIAkhG_FslF_9nJPV9X3L25dhEYe4MkpTJk5pjdMXtwUFnTY1-Qz45lOJQjmYcJYxi9j9sxT3EXe5HRc05W3gcBqL3YRA7cg/s233/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="233" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9rplQqzWfxCfvPaauOLmnhUJjBx6LNpXQy0byKls4RUhOzYfVuZumBjpdiLQs0lQ0Q66s7LL_PINHQ7UMxridXkIsmk1rIAkhG_FslF_9nJPV9X3L25dhEYe4MkpTJk5pjdMXtwUFnTY1-Qz45lOJQjmYcJYxi9j9sxT3EXe5HRc05W3gcBqL3YRA7cg/s1600/download.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; min-width: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="text Luke-13-22" id="en-NLT-25509"><span style="font-size: small;">The Narrow Door</span></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="first-line-none" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; line-height: 2.4rem; min-width: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="text Luke-13-22"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">22 </span>Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he went, always pressing on toward Jerusalem.</span> <span class="text Luke-13-23" id="en-NLT-25510"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">23 </span>Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; line-height: 2.4rem; min-width: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="text Luke-13-23">He replied,</span> <span class="text Luke-13-24" id="en-NLT-25511"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">24 </span><span class="woj">“Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.</span></span> <span class="text Luke-13-25" id="en-NLT-25512"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">25 </span><span class="woj">When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’</span></span> <span class="text Luke-13-26" id="en-NLT-25513"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">26 </span><span class="woj">Then you will say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’</span></span> <span class="text Luke-13-27" id="en-NLT-25514"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">27 </span><span class="woj">And he will reply, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you come from. Get away from me, all you who do evil.’</span></span></p></div></div><p>Immediately I realized what God was telling me. I was neglecting the <i>relationship</i> part of my salvation and focusing more on the <i>service</i> part. I was teaching Sunday School, directing Team Kid on Wednesdays, VBS director, children's church director...I was <i>doing</i> all the things, and for the right reasons, but I wasn't <u>taking the time</u> to pray, to listen, to grow in fellowship with God.</p><p>Knowing God is more important than anything else. Not just knowing who He is but <i>knowing Him.</i> And I have been ignoring that for a while now. Being busy serving, decorating the tables at church, planning lessons, organizing events - all of these things are good. But knowing God - that is even better. I'm reminded of the story of Mary and Martha. Martha was cooking and cleaning and hosting a group in her home - all good things. Mary was at the feet of Jesus, soaking in all Jesus had to offer - the better thing, the best thing.</p><p>I went to the living room and got on my knees and repented. I was flooded with a feeling of peace, and I have been making the conscious effort to talk to God more, to spend more time in prayer, to focus on that relationship, and I feel so much happier, lighter, and freer. God still speaks to us and shows us things if we are willing to pay attention.</p><p>That little testimony is why I'm thankful today! </p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-42331331449233360052024-02-19T06:15:00.000-06:002024-02-19T06:15:03.457-06:00My Father's World Kindergarten: H is for Horse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEepRs6pGMc2pRLMcL9ymQe6Xmk3Y8CtJ4NuYfH3yfzNEpEjL9wZL11h3CmIPYrERiPkHBB-I76hxBEqlgo0b5dxTimSCKMNXuL2fzJYWSAgZV4d_d-EmLQe2oeas_x3yiny0qd1BuWjOyTrpSuU1pDLDiXr02HryB3oKd8B8HCvaDjVpYKiMQy62hrPB/s1080/My%20Father%E2%80%99s%20World%20Kindergarten%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEepRs6pGMc2pRLMcL9ymQe6Xmk3Y8CtJ4NuYfH3yfzNEpEjL9wZL11h3CmIPYrERiPkHBB-I76hxBEqlgo0b5dxTimSCKMNXuL2fzJYWSAgZV4d_d-EmLQe2oeas_x3yiny0qd1BuWjOyTrpSuU1pDLDiXr02HryB3oKd8B8HCvaDjVpYKiMQy62hrPB/s320/My%20Father%E2%80%99s%20World%20Kindergarten%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Zeke is using My Fathers World God’s Creation from A to Z. He is five years old. We finished the farm theme this week with H is for Horse! </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Monday: </span></p><p>(We did Monday and Tuesday’s worksheets today since I was going to be gone on Tuesday.) </p><p>We started out with some Valentine fun! I have some worksheets and activities that are Valentine themed to add to his school this week. Today I handed him a box of conversation hearts which he sorted by color. Then we counted each color and graphed them on the worksheet using dot markers. We didn't have a white dot marker, so he used gray instead!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQJscMEf_JoW9L9kVE79dIzZMiGZAIZqOv1sT8RJDWSOJWIkzsrcdWwy285ZR6nmTJjgd89SmqM5QmW8PN2TM0-fEMBL41h02QhnMgxVFB4E7RHVXSj8hSQU7pmaV7Wl84LDaLrWBkLu0OglFJzVAG-DI0T8HF_-z_YkpBvAjxYHzfjx9OVP4JRhv53Zk/s4032/IMG_3094.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQJscMEf_JoW9L9kVE79dIzZMiGZAIZqOv1sT8RJDWSOJWIkzsrcdWwy285ZR6nmTJjgd89SmqM5QmW8PN2TM0-fEMBL41h02QhnMgxVFB4E7RHVXSj8hSQU7pmaV7Wl84LDaLrWBkLu0OglFJzVAG-DI0T8HF_-z_YkpBvAjxYHzfjx9OVP4JRhv53Zk/s320/IMG_3094.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcF1HSRrx-dQp6tkl0E7G2BEhoX4lBtsb88qVK1M9lqiFw4EAzs1dy4woJ9IycHi3ng212eaWV5PrkP4NwpwWN2dvk6DX-H_6hmodtdPORPHnnLxy0XArshS0d52Nx8jaCjPOVptNZsqfTXBJANCM_lykvo36JCnsqtL8ZyhRo1sdZNa_Xr15YLQKY6yMH/s4032/IMG_3096.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcF1HSRrx-dQp6tkl0E7G2BEhoX4lBtsb88qVK1M9lqiFw4EAzs1dy4woJ9IycHi3ng212eaWV5PrkP4NwpwWN2dvk6DX-H_6hmodtdPORPHnnLxy0XArshS0d52Nx8jaCjPOVptNZsqfTXBJANCM_lykvo36JCnsqtL8ZyhRo1sdZNa_Xr15YLQKY6yMH/s320/IMG_3096.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17LuB_hMcJKmZ1cPFtwhn2tVnnKs4H7JdRXYgWFcMXZuAYR-H7E_MtMMhWKHi73DKKO9qx9NlgErslQXIKR-Sl9yB6XRsb-PRECHXDe7aKtLO3i8hSj6hA17Mym7bDGaJkYNqrCId1KPxn2aUbC9Y-3-WDi04szMouu1QzqM5-zv3iQMnHgZP31vTnxI7/s4032/IMG_3097.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17LuB_hMcJKmZ1cPFtwhn2tVnnKs4H7JdRXYgWFcMXZuAYR-H7E_MtMMhWKHi73DKKO9qx9NlgErslQXIKR-Sl9yB6XRsb-PRECHXDe7aKtLO3i8hSj6hA17Mym7bDGaJkYNqrCId1KPxn2aUbC9Y-3-WDi04szMouu1QzqM5-zv3iQMnHgZP31vTnxI7/s320/IMG_3097.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Then we practiced stacking the conversation hearts as high as we could before they fell over. He got eight and I got ten! He ate them while he did the rest of his school. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJ0h6Lm2cgVFIj9aMeXsEMIJlyNY-jAbsdRlBc_LFG3R6vxy2AKRea3vQNmMYKfyGokpFNaDshUq8UZ0I9KtsuMz3m5CTfIFUi4PL6R34wsKuiHBbAsqaHaPQ5vrDgcp6qfCxLW6iw3miqTikcPzqfm9Lu5eZt01GS5b4FK-oGFJ8Q_4GwMZs_scTZnLl/s4032/IMG_3099.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJ0h6Lm2cgVFIj9aMeXsEMIJlyNY-jAbsdRlBc_LFG3R6vxy2AKRea3vQNmMYKfyGokpFNaDshUq8UZ0I9KtsuMz3m5CTfIFUi4PL6R34wsKuiHBbAsqaHaPQ5vrDgcp6qfCxLW6iw3miqTikcPzqfm9Lu5eZt01GS5b4FK-oGFJ8Q_4GwMZs_scTZnLl/s320/IMG_3099.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjNRkApZNbQ7RrN0epkv1vmeXeN9c6yCBOMW2GKDyIOs1sW5uCto23J0Be_49T1MKGLCSEIXGCi0s3ez8852z2s61usS6SPL6XUUeHgm5yOPIIt2naZjxGJvY9W_xD_124B86nhvnw6x9h1jJtMNDbzQ2m0sy0Y7Q7Egapv_HxPTUuEmEZ7oJ7T8Dy8oz/s4032/IMG_3100.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjNRkApZNbQ7RrN0epkv1vmeXeN9c6yCBOMW2GKDyIOs1sW5uCto23J0Be_49T1MKGLCSEIXGCi0s3ez8852z2s61usS6SPL6XUUeHgm5yOPIIt2naZjxGJvY9W_xD_124B86nhvnw6x9h1jJtMNDbzQ2m0sy0Y7Q7Egapv_HxPTUuEmEZ7oJ7T8Dy8oz/s320/IMG_3100.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We did a CVC valentine-themed worksheet next. I said the words and he wrote the letters for each sound. He did so much better on this worksheet than I thought he would! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuKDkigMkJ5bmua-mjY0CEMQmft1QFo6lrE5arYIfpsxrDhQOCvvpKW-Z7fp7CJnYByc0j4juYNu6GJJ2HmLcbfXq8C3mjlNZ3NGAlwFqdDoW9IavdY-ZqeLi2bwoG2Qm5Qi794BOR_J_roLz-WRYr0j_CN06f5ebdwl5z-Ui9BbNFZoNZlqkxiDoqNbV/s4032/IMG_3101.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuKDkigMkJ5bmua-mjY0CEMQmft1QFo6lrE5arYIfpsxrDhQOCvvpKW-Z7fp7CJnYByc0j4juYNu6GJJ2HmLcbfXq8C3mjlNZ3NGAlwFqdDoW9IavdY-ZqeLi2bwoG2Qm5Qi794BOR_J_roLz-WRYr0j_CN06f5ebdwl5z-Ui9BbNFZoNZlqkxiDoqNbV/s320/IMG_3101.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We read about horses in the God's Amazing World book. Then Zeke colored and cut apart his sound cards and put them in an envelope. Next Zeke did his handwriting worksheet and sound discrimination worksheet.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmWm6gPDUvNCLd3TzC6oljibA8P-UkXIkRJ8nZBHCP_IM1QtmgHEtxNnOAHnyaa9f5pmpzdcWzYtZy3EpTfgTDouuAXUIEKV0MStlWSykVeTM2MGnC-NSTyfTPtWTBFyAPQmkkSQbYWpRO4KBpvC9XCaDox8_j4KvQrairG_KY43z0rP27fMdh72LEU2-/s4032/IMG_3164.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmWm6gPDUvNCLd3TzC6oljibA8P-UkXIkRJ8nZBHCP_IM1QtmgHEtxNnOAHnyaa9f5pmpzdcWzYtZy3EpTfgTDouuAXUIEKV0MStlWSykVeTM2MGnC-NSTyfTPtWTBFyAPQmkkSQbYWpRO4KBpvC9XCaDox8_j4KvQrairG_KY43z0rP27fMdh72LEU2-/s320/IMG_3164.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNV3nwiQRVuqjWIUyfKDvrNUBtu8-ZsB6IW6u5GcWUyfbSsPPEKz9EoQs__O2IT6xJqSNHqarAu4mUDbPD0zchcoLKSA9XsFlbs0mIpRZ_0XHDtC0OV_H9Keza1FyCo4zMy5QdB7ZIW7CzeA3HwCjRd4FVmUNZMJLoJn3e5p8cKI_LwXXzM8zcvrhA_oO0/s4032/IMG_3165.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNV3nwiQRVuqjWIUyfKDvrNUBtu8-ZsB6IW6u5GcWUyfbSsPPEKz9EoQs__O2IT6xJqSNHqarAu4mUDbPD0zchcoLKSA9XsFlbs0mIpRZ_0XHDtC0OV_H9Keza1FyCo4zMy5QdB7ZIW7CzeA3HwCjRd4FVmUNZMJLoJn3e5p8cKI_LwXXzM8zcvrhA_oO0/s320/IMG_3165.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I printed out this worksheet from The Mailbox. He colored the pictures and cut them out, gluing them on the correct farm animal (p for pig, c for cow, and h for horse). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wRp4Pb5Kd3moCyv5cc9vb06lnMz8aNZDxh1_Zs5KwUtEEVnHYWrnw1fYf2yCCUs2EFCXmSY2hdNLvGA0nnTVpo5tSInrrlSltx2d8JdANvRcQ5z5Xv6SYN4ItwOfvTdJ-nrExg9UTaMDyj89CIpSxfMSGFfPUEjukauLFND00DzWCjuGXsMJZzs-3MBN/s4032/IMG_3161.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wRp4Pb5Kd3moCyv5cc9vb06lnMz8aNZDxh1_Zs5KwUtEEVnHYWrnw1fYf2yCCUs2EFCXmSY2hdNLvGA0nnTVpo5tSInrrlSltx2d8JdANvRcQ5z5Xv6SYN4ItwOfvTdJ-nrExg9UTaMDyj89CIpSxfMSGFfPUEjukauLFND00DzWCjuGXsMJZzs-3MBN/s320/IMG_3161.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I had him go ahead and read his word list from this week (even though it wasn't scheduled until Thursday). He is getting better and better every week, and I feel like he will benefit from the practice.</p><p>In his journal, I had a valentine-themed tens and ones counting activity for his math activity today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluCpbV2G0xZj0YEGNPIeofvw_luVTg6CR7ywbSb-ay3xOLJjcKlJXv3NINJyRH7vpIpEAedWu-ODc7zV4qIA3JdceBD_QNWcndTLjv0COt6XXZz7sKjSr0wVw8um81l_FLNK8BnIIDUucHSxqEcDEU0E62yhlMfx69ojSWzI7ovxY17V1AnFTGPUcbDw_/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluCpbV2G0xZj0YEGNPIeofvw_luVTg6CR7ywbSb-ay3xOLJjcKlJXv3NINJyRH7vpIpEAedWu-ODc7zV4qIA3JdceBD_QNWcndTLjv0COt6XXZz7sKjSr0wVw8um81l_FLNK8BnIIDUucHSxqEcDEU0E62yhlMfx69ojSWzI7ovxY17V1AnFTGPUcbDw_/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">WEDNESDAY:</span></p><p>We started out with a few fun Valentine-themed worksheets. First was a color-by-number dinosaur themed page. He loves these! Since he isn't reading yet, I color code the numbers with crayons first.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVYti8KJrFXOnzRzXpXSkrxkUAL1aosjPBrSFxZxyWJOGzltQUDdWZR6gIdiHx9ZkKQYJf8rkIroMqkrTKdLcyckqBmokjaXUkJTwK01X2TOfp9o5EMOnsATtEGY42NRJ6YuqWBtEGYQVBdjFPf6hlVeRDfEzpkE5aINDc8c-YQ__7K1NAAwu1FtVs77a/s4032/IMG_3157.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVYti8KJrFXOnzRzXpXSkrxkUAL1aosjPBrSFxZxyWJOGzltQUDdWZR6gIdiHx9ZkKQYJf8rkIroMqkrTKdLcyckqBmokjaXUkJTwK01X2TOfp9o5EMOnsATtEGY42NRJ6YuqWBtEGYQVBdjFPf6hlVeRDfEzpkE5aINDc8c-YQ__7K1NAAwu1FtVs77a/s320/IMG_3157.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Next he traced the numbers 1-20 using pink, purple, and red. We played this fun "game" (he likes to make worksheets into games). The instructions called for a paper clip and pencil to make a spinner, but I decided to use a dice instead. I wrote the numbers 1-6 in colored markers, and we took turns rolling the dice, finding the number, and using a dot marker to dot any balloon on the page with that color. The color with the most balloons wins! We had a 3--way tie with yellow, green, and blue.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rPsdMIZkLd9P0_QmJ89tUTzZw8CerkLFEVBFFXfLXw-rqvfEfWc7-5XqU6LegMmPiokm_KVeWW7Vv_En981_VyDicKZkSITMD8X0LOGdAmWNR7_Cl85AYLRKVPkInQCj06E0fm0vZEzimFekHI43SFtman1YaDw6sON7y2UGU7rYQq7_IZkrBe7eMG81/s4032/IMG_3155.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rPsdMIZkLd9P0_QmJ89tUTzZw8CerkLFEVBFFXfLXw-rqvfEfWc7-5XqU6LegMmPiokm_KVeWW7Vv_En981_VyDicKZkSITMD8X0LOGdAmWNR7_Cl85AYLRKVPkInQCj06E0fm0vZEzimFekHI43SFtman1YaDw6sON7y2UGU7rYQq7_IZkrBe7eMG81/s320/IMG_3155.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPkjkxfIYDaeul7t58bbQeFRA3vJrsggVa6j2a18PuaAvACoZ82od6EWZ6SAsJ-UMLs5wwOVXlrIiI7h7LAEp4DLBxM5SztMz6TR4Hdi6hX83ZB1mEVNUj2faq5TB34DYfWs7C2VW4JOPpq0FQwLxhZEczYFxbR4fNvSwpk_h3ACmAEsviY4aQjx8eJLO/s4032/IMG_3159.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPkjkxfIYDaeul7t58bbQeFRA3vJrsggVa6j2a18PuaAvACoZ82od6EWZ6SAsJ-UMLs5wwOVXlrIiI7h7LAEp4DLBxM5SztMz6TR4Hdi6hX83ZB1mEVNUj2faq5TB34DYfWs7C2VW4JOPpq0FQwLxhZEczYFxbR4fNvSwpk_h3ACmAEsviY4aQjx8eJLO/s320/IMG_3159.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Then we completed his math worksheet from My Father's World. He had to listen to the story and glue the horses in the correct boxes. Super easy for him.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkJH1vTCrAHA4THaA5G3eNZHGhH9itFb754dLe54tZO44enKZCQcPIc8mcKcmSE7TEDxBnEUKhOCwJSi8masN_hCbZC2UFCjIosS_DhORmhlvLe4XJNz6raZhFseEB0bzefSShNXlYHP8SBKcRdutAAmCw8u8x9D9iwNEeGxzGyIAmW4CahwiumvxMuoR/s4032/IMG_3162.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkJH1vTCrAHA4THaA5G3eNZHGhH9itFb754dLe54tZO44enKZCQcPIc8mcKcmSE7TEDxBnEUKhOCwJSi8masN_hCbZC2UFCjIosS_DhORmhlvLe4XJNz6raZhFseEB0bzefSShNXlYHP8SBKcRdutAAmCw8u8x9D9iwNEeGxzGyIAmW4CahwiumvxMuoR/s320/IMG_3162.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We then read through his word list again, and he did even better today. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vFpkSVhfMDS1_qG-Om2VhFhFrrSd_SLdljsvMopPRC5ius_CZYVrieJGgLQffOtMk6-VBPcbFDYw-iaPJEsqPB1AFj_mmp8y3gSegGkEJdJ2o3X0z9f1EfDBpZtVgO0BnV5qjCIA4CQ_DBQCaL0E7rnBI2lVM3gffoCecy_bP7S2L_cIlwVge59C38K3/s4032/IMG_3180.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vFpkSVhfMDS1_qG-Om2VhFhFrrSd_SLdljsvMopPRC5ius_CZYVrieJGgLQffOtMk6-VBPcbFDYw-iaPJEsqPB1AFj_mmp8y3gSegGkEJdJ2o3X0z9f1EfDBpZtVgO0BnV5qjCIA4CQ_DBQCaL0E7rnBI2lVM3gffoCecy_bP7S2L_cIlwVge59C38K3/s320/IMG_3180.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>He had a cut and glue worksheet where he read the words and glued them to the correct picture.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5nqQFmGWwqwf8YMMUKtTpySHV69OmHYFtI2UngSr9LEzkEQ8y-fl5gn9Z3phfgHfieeFdo-uylKO_QWltZDMAvFJS9ba4k0JXn7qwfF70pG5LsbfmE25YMg1thWTqcTz8qekp7INBKMLuWqeaFdFJKDovWmsOM-9ChzFixzKoHRrjy5-NZJRe_DN8WQs/s3743/IMG_3163.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3743" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5nqQFmGWwqwf8YMMUKtTpySHV69OmHYFtI2UngSr9LEzkEQ8y-fl5gn9Z3phfgHfieeFdo-uylKO_QWltZDMAvFJS9ba4k0JXn7qwfF70pG5LsbfmE25YMg1thWTqcTz8qekp7INBKMLuWqeaFdFJKDovWmsOM-9ChzFixzKoHRrjy5-NZJRe_DN8WQs/s320/IMG_3163.jpeg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p>The last thing he did was make a shape horse. The directions were in the teacher's guide with exact measurements to cut. I eyeballed it! He figured out where each shape went to form a horse, then he added eyes and other embellishments to his picture. It turned out super cute!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxndV1xw_6RBhZyMyN2zLj27VR4VhweNNE507AzaKn2WD5d0t6COmbY2p1cUrtJ4KLlkeuBNTsrQTRul5-hGxbTCVsQ9-7eh9uKzDU0BHiNCh9LvN98NFT2pMOsQ77Vhb2kFjMA8bDBlouCME7l8EyJ6LWkESL37ohI2bbSeYhann8SDJibW9hS1UqIzs2/s4032/IMG_3160.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxndV1xw_6RBhZyMyN2zLj27VR4VhweNNE507AzaKn2WD5d0t6COmbY2p1cUrtJ4KLlkeuBNTsrQTRul5-hGxbTCVsQ9-7eh9uKzDU0BHiNCh9LvN98NFT2pMOsQ77Vhb2kFjMA8bDBlouCME7l8EyJ6LWkESL37ohI2bbSeYhann8SDJibW9hS1UqIzs2/s320/IMG_3160.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">THURSDAY:</span></p><p>We had a pretty quick morning of schoolwork since I was babysitting my grandson, Daniel. We started out reading the word list again, and while he still needed some help, I'm glad I did this each day this week. There are 15 words on this week's list! Next we did the blend ladder worksheet. I just took a marker and wrote the letters in the boxes today because I didn't think pulling out all of the magnetic letters would be a good idea with a three year old and a 16 month old around. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkA-H_NNVWyfGzQrV4PFZarFJhHLFpTJQlAUM4lXRojrbXXshzP3pOVcYacfpWhYyCLT0i5uajkkn3jJl0zrJuBjiwjH1mfStleob0OklToshAwI8vzJaLTldm-agZfkYJwVLLjXEGfLALmdLerHAv_nUhCFpyUymutvghmRf8iDmnJSaY2V24Fuvf305S/s4032/IMG_3176.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkA-H_NNVWyfGzQrV4PFZarFJhHLFpTJQlAUM4lXRojrbXXshzP3pOVcYacfpWhYyCLT0i5uajkkn3jJl0zrJuBjiwjH1mfStleob0OklToshAwI8vzJaLTldm-agZfkYJwVLLjXEGfLALmdLerHAv_nUhCFpyUymutvghmRf8iDmnJSaY2V24Fuvf305S/s320/IMG_3176.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Zeke colored a page full of animals, and then he cut them out and we sorted them by "farm animal" or "zoo animal." We talked about the animals in our zoo - we don't have a dolphin, and he doesn't remember seeing the camel. We are actually planning a trip to the zoo next week. Our nearest zoo is over an hour away.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzpHCgFQ6i4P_q08b38KSCUi3wYQ6ZuOzfhM2fljqMLjAebPNk29XvEzv00c9pT8ZWThM1q0RPG_RfsWsk8K39hF5gA4QlNoYcdJFzvvlS4AC-QQPW4K9A_MgJYdARtMLvbmqqE-wDPiTimIz5zIIo6h0UWQh_MPXV3j8U4jCQVovX6uAQvaPp3C1R4lI/s4032/IMG_3177.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzpHCgFQ6i4P_q08b38KSCUi3wYQ6ZuOzfhM2fljqMLjAebPNk29XvEzv00c9pT8ZWThM1q0RPG_RfsWsk8K39hF5gA4QlNoYcdJFzvvlS4AC-QQPW4K9A_MgJYdARtMLvbmqqE-wDPiTimIz5zIIo6h0UWQh_MPXV3j8U4jCQVovX6uAQvaPp3C1R4lI/s320/IMG_3177.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQBm0jBncSb0aCSk-NStqjjP8l5I7INKzaUFS2ZgVTskQ1CnZQRAs1t8CtHKqxQmV5nqCfIG9BVoKCoqxyeeHKSWGTLwwzaIu-5p6gYG9fF8ZgMhInO_KGLHb3tnq8xus7AELYhksgmtgXB-ZTU-T3pTVYn5V_0VuGtsl23Js7zbkCLrCbPaebkZHz3NS/s4032/IMG_3184.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQBm0jBncSb0aCSk-NStqjjP8l5I7INKzaUFS2ZgVTskQ1CnZQRAs1t8CtHKqxQmV5nqCfIG9BVoKCoqxyeeHKSWGTLwwzaIu-5p6gYG9fF8ZgMhInO_KGLHb3tnq8xus7AELYhksgmtgXB-ZTU-T3pTVYn5V_0VuGtsl23Js7zbkCLrCbPaebkZHz3NS/s320/IMG_3184.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>That's all we managed to do today, and Zeke had speech therapy in the afternoon. My mother-in-law took him since I was watching Daniel. It's also an hour trip there, and an hour trip back. When you live very rurally, everything is about an hour away!</p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">FRIDAY:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">We </span>didn't<span style="font-family: inherit;">' get school done until after lunch today because my parents just got in from </span>Nicaragua,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> so we went over to visit them this morning! After lunch and Zoey's nap, we went outside to the porch where it was lightly raining and a bit chilly to finish school.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Zeke drew four things that start with H - hot, horse, heart, and house. I love his drawings each week!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8t-PSFJO3q2ROMcyrm8TkAvP9VGuaw4eE_jla3kgNsLg4Lo0vy_ELk1rrJTyG6IbxQkwlBVpItREHo66BwoHC9-je6hT6f5cnXQ7neFAX9TteCaLBQbcew47gT7XnFtQCzlJzk_LKPwgJMyjxtix8P_ST9j8q8lR2aihkdzZPeB6HbZ38mqTY9b00wJb/s4032/IMG_3196.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8t-PSFJO3q2ROMcyrm8TkAvP9VGuaw4eE_jla3kgNsLg4Lo0vy_ELk1rrJTyG6IbxQkwlBVpItREHo66BwoHC9-je6hT6f5cnXQ7neFAX9TteCaLBQbcew47gT7XnFtQCzlJzk_LKPwgJMyjxtix8P_ST9j8q8lR2aihkdzZPeB6HbZ38mqTY9b00wJb/s320/IMG_3196.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Then he read four sentences and glued them to the correct picture. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07Zs_oTD6mCvdbImd46uURkiN_x4U6Gpi30B0_4mPk4x4o5Ye064wUJyc27wXjccUQyYassjwKLGz3AtmAZqAZPBBZ7A2eIxg7aZipztsV9W2JaeiPZdxf0FEvwGassgwzgQSG6QlngDjHSDDO8xVfU0yzccnHzCFXFpHDfi7PM4u-bCcLTbisQ4mCCKo/s4032/IMG_3199.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07Zs_oTD6mCvdbImd46uURkiN_x4U6Gpi30B0_4mPk4x4o5Ye064wUJyc27wXjccUQyYassjwKLGz3AtmAZqAZPBBZ7A2eIxg7aZipztsV9W2JaeiPZdxf0FEvwGassgwzgQSG6QlngDjHSDDO8xVfU0yzccnHzCFXFpHDfi7PM4u-bCcLTbisQ4mCCKo/s320/IMG_3199.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I had one more worksheet from The Mailbox where Zeke had to glue the pictures to the hay that begin with H. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjspEx7IGkICyF9AD6VJHMJaF81VIx75TjT4jURwjsdpAid5T1iNqbUopDIf5LYkay4W_Lqk7c3WhXUiLogb_RPiLfcCjTIeD_duIGzSBoZ0TbUSo24ahLn_FmyzZv96dZn_5xv1fQCgXVIVAQQXv9cvJXx_iT8R6D1BDXujYQSMX-5pphL4z6ZKRQkQUg5/s4032/IMG_3202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjspEx7IGkICyF9AD6VJHMJaF81VIx75TjT4jURwjsdpAid5T1iNqbUopDIf5LYkay4W_Lqk7c3WhXUiLogb_RPiLfcCjTIeD_duIGzSBoZ0TbUSo24ahLn_FmyzZv96dZn_5xv1fQCgXVIVAQQXv9cvJXx_iT8R6D1BDXujYQSMX-5pphL4z6ZKRQkQUg5/s320/IMG_3202.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>And that wrapped up our week! We’re really enjoying My Fathers World, and I am so proud of how quickly he is getting the hang of reading. </p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-15582319675215509962024-02-17T06:36:00.001-06:002024-02-17T06:36:17.378-06:00ABC Jesus Loves Me: Year One Week Eight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPde6G1e-GyBUOp7XA21vKQk7R0YfHvVmeiakAiSuibLBZamn7DgvhSSsD0d8l3LCoQAIlxGs6XTSeaE1Q9eVfRCzWbisoS30CNR-ekaEF8bjcP-oN92zDQI9dIfEgGWBYBwdKpanWm1LqhsPCpd8Cy2STuJ3zPKpVM2vqQYy9a3MOBT4cr2vlwhQUFU_P/s1080/ABC%20Jesus%20Loves%20Me%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPde6G1e-GyBUOp7XA21vKQk7R0YfHvVmeiakAiSuibLBZamn7DgvhSSsD0d8l3LCoQAIlxGs6XTSeaE1Q9eVfRCzWbisoS30CNR-ekaEF8bjcP-oN92zDQI9dIfEgGWBYBwdKpanWm1LqhsPCpd8Cy2STuJ3zPKpVM2vqQYy9a3MOBT4cr2vlwhQUFU_P/s320/ABC%20Jesus%20Loves%20Me%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Zoey is 16 months old. We're using ABC Jesus Loves Me, Year One - the free curriculum! I add a few activities to the theme each week, but it's mostly following the online schedule. This week, we didn’t get to all of the activities! </div><p><span style="font-size: large;">Monday: </span></p><p>Zoey used a purple paint stick on her bunny page. She loves these paint sticks each week! And it’s fairly mess-free - any paint she gets on herself washes off easily. We also read the cutest board book - Hop. Each page has one verb on it with darling illustrations. Zoey enjoyed pointing to the bunnies in each page, and she was exposed to lots of new verbs! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyp7BJFq4RheArvp79tFD8HXHq7CCtTH7g0urqakZkOt96yPkwrP7AXYPlY9tPv17VxKEpiWFeGTt5ofr_HcF_lXElFMTEqp1CcIpKIG7nh9rOERyHxLt3GhvInfFxIjHzZP3UEBr7-ENaeYqA1_oLKYJWiQVO1TKn9SUMl71UN4ZC3ncxjjy7IotjwYw/s4032/IMG_3104.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyp7BJFq4RheArvp79tFD8HXHq7CCtTH7g0urqakZkOt96yPkwrP7AXYPlY9tPv17VxKEpiWFeGTt5ofr_HcF_lXElFMTEqp1CcIpKIG7nh9rOERyHxLt3GhvInfFxIjHzZP3UEBr7-ENaeYqA1_oLKYJWiQVO1TKn9SUMl71UN4ZC3ncxjjy7IotjwYw/s320/IMG_3104.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BYflyTNryOppXwzNqV2RsxeoM6OHBHgoUcI_6MzwB0yTYyV0Uq3Kt9XVgMczOGt7ORwhg0QHi8j0YPtAhObnVyPgyRnEsR5in607Sm86_aDl4cSpljyUbsIGp_I9aKCgvt2y7pAYqX8J2Op3KbYnfrTYNCbezJgQuPhnyTeXpYZow2ngcICHBFcuGe6z/s4032/IMG_3105.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BYflyTNryOppXwzNqV2RsxeoM6OHBHgoUcI_6MzwB0yTYyV0Uq3Kt9XVgMczOGt7ORwhg0QHi8j0YPtAhObnVyPgyRnEsR5in607Sm86_aDl4cSpljyUbsIGp_I9aKCgvt2y7pAYqX8J2Op3KbYnfrTYNCbezJgQuPhnyTeXpYZow2ngcICHBFcuGe6z/s320/IMG_3105.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczUV60TKuORV4xrmxKbdeT8yQwYvFgtJxO0En9vrITaecjbMH0vIw5mxoZlr1K3A1WgVpaNsUS_dsPiH4oiqY39wI6pG0pEe6EKynr1csYIB9kXtAzElR5RekbuLShSgbcHyU2DbAeFn5uGsPa6Ai3vg0sdAPhiGRz7_r69_Nkl7mnpNBUrtF3azm071N/s2773/IMG_3106.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2727" data-original-width="2773" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczUV60TKuORV4xrmxKbdeT8yQwYvFgtJxO0En9vrITaecjbMH0vIw5mxoZlr1K3A1WgVpaNsUS_dsPiH4oiqY39wI6pG0pEe6EKynr1csYIB9kXtAzElR5RekbuLShSgbcHyU2DbAeFn5uGsPa6Ai3vg0sdAPhiGRz7_r69_Nkl7mnpNBUrtF3azm071N/s320/IMG_3106.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I gave her a purple marker and she used the paint stick to color her train purple. Two more colors, and her train will be finished! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnWggqgkLdf3KPSImSwQjeMB9FlvG9wcO3orAxR_ha6T-NjjY-ZQHBjoLYgb48nouh3qEVnqryANak4hwS-KuMTFj7eVGZ7Zp0qzddAfmkDkv9t0twVKEJgB2qehZV-GLXfU5RA2H7EiYdZ7V2fSOPHZrOdvO7idGp3M9dvsLRiz66OvV9DIxiAa8RqsP/s4032/IMG_3107.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnWggqgkLdf3KPSImSwQjeMB9FlvG9wcO3orAxR_ha6T-NjjY-ZQHBjoLYgb48nouh3qEVnqryANak4hwS-KuMTFj7eVGZ7Zp0qzddAfmkDkv9t0twVKEJgB2qehZV-GLXfU5RA2H7EiYdZ7V2fSOPHZrOdvO7idGp3M9dvsLRiz66OvV9DIxiAa8RqsP/s320/IMG_3107.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I gave her a little container full of purple Pom-poms in various sizes and shades. She put them in the purple cup and dumped them out over and over! We also talked about how soft some of them were, and I introduced “big” and “little”. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-guG4XJl9seFa0gccg7tIPTwNgeZD5oVwosKmOjGdJ_AHdCEqm-ji-8CXXqVdausFSaiq5WHx-lIn6XwL3EF3f908tQVxAGTXmjM7wl6my6PRe6LcgitVMiaUiQ1_7SOb_Qbw0aQsegB2nhGZPy5fGd59KOT1uUvOmuu1Nn4eUXSktfRLphFqX_4eP8S/s4032/IMG_3112.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-guG4XJl9seFa0gccg7tIPTwNgeZD5oVwosKmOjGdJ_AHdCEqm-ji-8CXXqVdausFSaiq5WHx-lIn6XwL3EF3f908tQVxAGTXmjM7wl6my6PRe6LcgitVMiaUiQ1_7SOb_Qbw0aQsegB2nhGZPy5fGd59KOT1uUvOmuu1Nn4eUXSktfRLphFqX_4eP8S/s320/IMG_3112.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQPQpOZhO1pGr-QnVhfqHXgyHuqojb6_nwMeY_TqOY-zC25Hjg675n4aWsUZXgInvyZXnnix9rJ0STzMNSal6GbksR2JNp_gxujL54V0qSeZiDS13g5St9sA-U8-sruq6RzuuALstJ_nANevOOdEHLe6jMy9oppYgZqdljwPKO_vOY_Ao92zf6gtuXsH3/s4032/IMG_3114.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQPQpOZhO1pGr-QnVhfqHXgyHuqojb6_nwMeY_TqOY-zC25Hjg675n4aWsUZXgInvyZXnnix9rJ0STzMNSal6GbksR2JNp_gxujL54V0qSeZiDS13g5St9sA-U8-sruq6RzuuALstJ_nANevOOdEHLe6jMy9oppYgZqdljwPKO_vOY_Ao92zf6gtuXsH3/s320/IMG_3114.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpphD6oAU6feMbEh3GP5DmtXn4IfbUEs-0BUfIrUWR393pQwR0WN7D9j8sGv55FubAb98eUz6RItRI8zGUUzPyC9wFLzVmwDHMLwXLCw664dsdDKWQUsBZmAhZseeid6y2JjdVCi5ZvZ9NmQehzHVG93-NBrrfpHbeyYUrCcUQtBOHqh7xZ0SWtcmGPlt/s4032/IMG_3110.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpphD6oAU6feMbEh3GP5DmtXn4IfbUEs-0BUfIrUWR393pQwR0WN7D9j8sGv55FubAb98eUz6RItRI8zGUUzPyC9wFLzVmwDHMLwXLCw664dsdDKWQUsBZmAhZseeid6y2JjdVCi5ZvZ9NmQehzHVG93-NBrrfpHbeyYUrCcUQtBOHqh7xZ0SWtcmGPlt/s320/IMG_3110.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_sezfXyxtZr3AXeS77rXR_sHm3V23I5vSeqaKKexn7EzSd9podI6oTL9Rphg92Pdrc2Fz2kBlGBoo7ovMrmKZPMo9Mvn-KgHBuc9LqPqrcVDrommD8SO_UtGLZiSSOFpXliW9aVlyRaOHh34ESR371e72_mmDCSP28-npBeU5G2xTkiZegiLSmI8HFDE/s4032/IMG_3108.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_sezfXyxtZr3AXeS77rXR_sHm3V23I5vSeqaKKexn7EzSd9podI6oTL9Rphg92Pdrc2Fz2kBlGBoo7ovMrmKZPMo9Mvn-KgHBuc9LqPqrcVDrommD8SO_UtGLZiSSOFpXliW9aVlyRaOHh34ESR371e72_mmDCSP28-npBeU5G2xTkiZegiLSmI8HFDE/s320/IMG_3108.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Finally, I drew hearts on a sheet of cardstock in different colors. I handed Zoey some heart stickers one at a time, and I pointed to the matching heart for her to stick it on. She loved this! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHeBSnOqu4E6HdwqnpDh0MNHEkBV5F_CbAlpfNV87ZznxlZoMXF6XUzS51TQlZXFspqo7W21o9VyrYTVhPzHHj_1gkvZRCXgPYCTQiJSmcS91bampvnx5pnOLQctgRGJ_idswCfcsPNbq-9RKSC58ngoJbaEnO-_ShKf1luRkpIJUonp9aj0AJzk5WZG3u/s4032/IMG_3117.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHeBSnOqu4E6HdwqnpDh0MNHEkBV5F_CbAlpfNV87ZznxlZoMXF6XUzS51TQlZXFspqo7W21o9VyrYTVhPzHHj_1gkvZRCXgPYCTQiJSmcS91bampvnx5pnOLQctgRGJ_idswCfcsPNbq-9RKSC58ngoJbaEnO-_ShKf1luRkpIJUonp9aj0AJzk5WZG3u/s320/IMG_3117.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvl5MVd-rYWmTBljakk363ukC_WO5F5z6jNwFNXu9nHDgY0C2uSW3xxAjwA5rS_tckcub8uuZP82Tn5p35MDZ_0ZKiTOMdCh1OIS351Br1fXBVPT1qUkgMJOoldvKjCZ7sy6PtnCrscO_J678hsskehOnt5ApUuY8tKul1mKfCKurxbBLRzJvHJEfvJkr/s4032/IMG_3118.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvl5MVd-rYWmTBljakk363ukC_WO5F5z6jNwFNXu9nHDgY0C2uSW3xxAjwA5rS_tckcub8uuZP82Tn5p35MDZ_0ZKiTOMdCh1OIS351Br1fXBVPT1qUkgMJOoldvKjCZ7sy6PtnCrscO_J678hsskehOnt5ApUuY8tKul1mKfCKurxbBLRzJvHJEfvJkr/s320/IMG_3118.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglolwjNjhts7GKdVJoIvkFisgQ7YHz4eROV8pZ3bW8frQgJHXZRQh7vE8LMKXirxhqQCUdF8jC-pVvYlf-LgB5UELJMvMaeO9Pmf-lXA1Fnag4l2DbkGrx8GtlCZlwGRgH_vftPYLUzu3SLnLa7_2wIWt8SeJw8_UaHNHPplOBnTH0fnOL80xOwx395nDR/s4032/IMG_3121.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglolwjNjhts7GKdVJoIvkFisgQ7YHz4eROV8pZ3bW8frQgJHXZRQh7vE8LMKXirxhqQCUdF8jC-pVvYlf-LgB5UELJMvMaeO9Pmf-lXA1Fnag4l2DbkGrx8GtlCZlwGRgH_vftPYLUzu3SLnLa7_2wIWt8SeJw8_UaHNHPplOBnTH0fnOL80xOwx395nDR/s320/IMG_3121.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxshhl3xZFigpel15AuK8LE8qBJWjm7r8E1uCwIN3VHNmCRgYSSAurYfS0vhM0h_17FREGnO3tg38AjPlFnZNxri5g8rPAgSc0xr6KTquFuitS7RVcTj8iKj4lCfKevOyPLlRDcGae0sfSTQqCnHSm_tzK0_fJehn5gvI000cCWN0s06jXAVFNd2zQu2m/s2340/IMG_3122.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="1951" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxshhl3xZFigpel15AuK8LE8qBJWjm7r8E1uCwIN3VHNmCRgYSSAurYfS0vhM0h_17FREGnO3tg38AjPlFnZNxri5g8rPAgSc0xr6KTquFuitS7RVcTj8iKj4lCfKevOyPLlRDcGae0sfSTQqCnHSm_tzK0_fJehn5gvI000cCWN0s06jXAVFNd2zQu2m/s320/IMG_3122.jpeg" width="267" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Wednesday:</span></p><p>She glued purple squares to the G is for Gift page. Then she added some purple heart stickers! I had a few more things planned, but we got busy getting ready for the church Valentines Banquet, so we never got around to finishing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NDitKit0f0nllfJ-9SlhDCHTlc3UwKdlXA1pGdW_byOx4e_8qY-93nmOzg-NYkl06GPpuoJagMt4GTUJ3nU6QkAftPbO_58Rf-cqqDhjdiq2t2d58ei3IpTf_0Qpb50G0vQvsEmh-jYx6GiwTIntk37NOvQF7yhQHnsYthmm-NJg58baUgZcbjJer48I/s4032/IMG_3149.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NDitKit0f0nllfJ-9SlhDCHTlc3UwKdlXA1pGdW_byOx4e_8qY-93nmOzg-NYkl06GPpuoJagMt4GTUJ3nU6QkAftPbO_58Rf-cqqDhjdiq2t2d58ei3IpTf_0Qpb50G0vQvsEmh-jYx6GiwTIntk37NOvQF7yhQHnsYthmm-NJg58baUgZcbjJer48I/s320/IMG_3149.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">Friday:</span></p><p>We sat on the porch today while she water painted a Purple Heart. She loves this activity and she always dumps the water out and plays in it before she finishes!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihL-xjjMYGKZgq5yKStWu8ZRIyhTYjnon2E6zTrzBZjc9Ed8zSu5my4KWBuCSb_d0fhdpLJGFUUtwuuyVShwIGCMq-h0TNIpx6ct2Y0U0E_jNNhGxmTrQvi1IWLGuVR53DVr33IL7TjDZG2UvqomPrFQjN6QBsP5HTBWxqUDzuUqSRWZnz5pQIxaVi4Qv/s4032/IMG_3194.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihL-xjjMYGKZgq5yKStWu8ZRIyhTYjnon2E6zTrzBZjc9Ed8zSu5my4KWBuCSb_d0fhdpLJGFUUtwuuyVShwIGCMq-h0TNIpx6ct2Y0U0E_jNNhGxmTrQvi1IWLGuVR53DVr33IL7TjDZG2UvqomPrFQjN6QBsP5HTBWxqUDzuUqSRWZnz5pQIxaVi4Qv/s320/IMG_3194.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IXnnkeQKRMS-CPbcaTCedHNBz9duvI-Kz9eKFAU1BOphC1c46HiDzFp4ecGc9aIN91oZCVt7nyVi-cq4V3bI9tJZYDhqrZhQ4ht82yTUChuSMPzifAEvcc-MB5m4PGXrPkgNOWUbp8M-IKkhEyJuxpvFDyun7MUAHRot37iL1NH_u3H4aoMk9KjSShGz/s4032/IMG_3195.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IXnnkeQKRMS-CPbcaTCedHNBz9duvI-Kz9eKFAU1BOphC1c46HiDzFp4ecGc9aIN91oZCVt7nyVi-cq4V3bI9tJZYDhqrZhQ4ht82yTUChuSMPzifAEvcc-MB5m4PGXrPkgNOWUbp8M-IKkhEyJuxpvFDyun7MUAHRot37iL1NH_u3H4aoMk9KjSShGz/s320/IMG_3195.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>She ate some of her bunny snacks, and that was all she did this week! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidTHGFgFZj7edhODuQCMwFP1gGLFPkwWz32q_rKJ5qVpFBVMk7hPo0SSw3Q1Gmw_wKn9Lx_W9-idwQVs_nwCS986ZrzH3051Yx3Hwcvy5ZqlBHlwTSsibDRxNo7g5j2BZCdTEk0x86QOvZuOsjrOWQzxqzEYEDktdx3SoKyW8XrSWrA4Rnjxa5-6OLkgiK/s4032/IMG_3200.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidTHGFgFZj7edhODuQCMwFP1gGLFPkwWz32q_rKJ5qVpFBVMk7hPo0SSw3Q1Gmw_wKn9Lx_W9-idwQVs_nwCS986ZrzH3051Yx3Hwcvy5ZqlBHlwTSsibDRxNo7g5j2BZCdTEk0x86QOvZuOsjrOWQzxqzEYEDktdx3SoKyW8XrSWrA4Rnjxa5-6OLkgiK/s320/IMG_3200.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-53781060843671310462024-02-16T05:41:00.000-06:002024-02-16T05:41:02.870-06:00Friday Favorites <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPULsDU1PeCQFc5NZ-fWXvtcgwF4aSL4-9yWN4iZAD2vDwO66LrhUerZ07kshmowBzHB4kkXmpFG6s-w2j2m8CfGZsErdgPcMHvqzC6cvNwzUtoDWXgI-q71nvjj8pIw_04l3y4DYrUzWRJO0bauo9iY7WDbF2VPyJR2wwsmtzscoyux_EPqdsFWneC6X/s1080/IMG_3185.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="1080" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPULsDU1PeCQFc5NZ-fWXvtcgwF4aSL4-9yWN4iZAD2vDwO66LrhUerZ07kshmowBzHB4kkXmpFG6s-w2j2m8CfGZsErdgPcMHvqzC6cvNwzUtoDWXgI-q71nvjj8pIw_04l3y4DYrUzWRJO0bauo9iY7WDbF2VPyJR2wwsmtzscoyux_EPqdsFWneC6X/s320/IMG_3185.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I'm linking up <a href="https://www.momfessionals.com/2024/02/friday-favorites_0896385285.html?m=1">here</a> with my Friday Favorites! Here are a few of my favorite moments from the week.</p><p>I love this maxi skirt that I wore to church on Sunday paired with a cardigan! Eli snapped this picture while I was cooking for the evening service. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5SS6rqUERVrkDRpzekpHKztFuc6fdsWTEfVUo342nPCu78SrBI-joVmxYQHWoSticu-7puF2FEMrYs9u9Ypjwm-cnFBo0ZGn0EUOVB1lnCVucWbcX42BdqWg9H9OtZZo8PYLsFi62n4gygpM_0yWJL0n2jo18_0yzXzg9BcJbvjkO4MvN8q5kGH1JReP/s800/PHOTO-2024-02-11-14-21-43.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5SS6rqUERVrkDRpzekpHKztFuc6fdsWTEfVUo342nPCu78SrBI-joVmxYQHWoSticu-7puF2FEMrYs9u9Ypjwm-cnFBo0ZGn0EUOVB1lnCVucWbcX42BdqWg9H9OtZZo8PYLsFi62n4gygpM_0yWJL0n2jo18_0yzXzg9BcJbvjkO4MvN8q5kGH1JReP/s320/PHOTO-2024-02-11-14-21-43.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p>I love my new garden flag! I still had my “Oh Holy Night” flag in the garden, so I found one that will work for spring! I’m ready to start working around the yard and puttering in my flower beds. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtnz9bQCmQMdSPYI_f1VpvqHxWgnUBZjmTs2FYCNMrvkDQQtg0OnIxmOb2JxH5egzLt7NvjY5gWrwpe9IKne6I8_qSCix_n3_H7p0rSF1To83F6LDEbIBP7dq9yikr9NVslkTME6SKEliUcnCM-HfIQaa-Pcjm0NXzN-3wNlGCI_pe3Jvwp3UQYdNEHkv/s4032/IMG_3175.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtnz9bQCmQMdSPYI_f1VpvqHxWgnUBZjmTs2FYCNMrvkDQQtg0OnIxmOb2JxH5egzLt7NvjY5gWrwpe9IKne6I8_qSCix_n3_H7p0rSF1To83F6LDEbIBP7dq9yikr9NVslkTME6SKEliUcnCM-HfIQaa-Pcjm0NXzN-3wNlGCI_pe3Jvwp3UQYdNEHkv/s320/IMG_3175.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>I bought the kids a small Valentine gift - a bucket full of candy and a tube of M&Ms. Daniel, Mikenna, Zeke, and Zoey got Valentine-themed board books. It's always good to add to our holiday-themed book selections!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDd1A9AgdFx2xks2Rcz4BUY6Pl5s4LJhHZf_1Mt1HvXvFcDMNKAY04bmM6Mmir_5XEo-VLdXCMVOAKKaAQnW5q6TL6m26VdUylA-esYS8vEcy4GsJLS95eb2C3fZz_uVCLkoephZo5aPtGvSH5iccHKnXZ_dZvxZca__ad2e4GmgrQfO9HwwsbjQAYohb/s4032/IMG_3172.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDd1A9AgdFx2xks2Rcz4BUY6Pl5s4LJhHZf_1Mt1HvXvFcDMNKAY04bmM6Mmir_5XEo-VLdXCMVOAKKaAQnW5q6TL6m26VdUylA-esYS8vEcy4GsJLS95eb2C3fZz_uVCLkoephZo5aPtGvSH5iccHKnXZ_dZvxZca__ad2e4GmgrQfO9HwwsbjQAYohb/s320/IMG_3172.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIglSu59RjAR2QeDJmBl9THf9vouX7nOgcQ6Hie9GsXNKaPrUJmFnJYbCTmByaLRk9hDX98THQcDoDppdRTOEiRBoi01Io1UBUIbfCf1AvuQUgoORSPa7VJl3ZQnxYcFlFrTQuHlsaqY9zMf9DFx8jU9OnHqBO_m7ASBpSsYBH50cDSr2ovoEMCgjkZaeN/s4032/IMG_3153.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIglSu59RjAR2QeDJmBl9THf9vouX7nOgcQ6Hie9GsXNKaPrUJmFnJYbCTmByaLRk9hDX98THQcDoDppdRTOEiRBoi01Io1UBUIbfCf1AvuQUgoORSPa7VJl3ZQnxYcFlFrTQuHlsaqY9zMf9DFx8jU9OnHqBO_m7ASBpSsYBH50cDSr2ovoEMCgjkZaeN/s320/IMG_3153.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDQrEO_4JhGdpTDMRzOf25zqglumJKdgOPZjk9zBkSj82iCfzWs3AMa09vxrv1SYgMh8cVLCm8FVJzsBojISxIKO9suwN6uRYRYU7Y7p5hsMIRJy672RjB5SOAKVZr8_3Pgk2CMc9hNCLu8N0YQBjv5BO68D8pzLL6TmJSqSREAFe7M_ID_ZWIrIO104V/s4032/IMG_3154.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDQrEO_4JhGdpTDMRzOf25zqglumJKdgOPZjk9zBkSj82iCfzWs3AMa09vxrv1SYgMh8cVLCm8FVJzsBojISxIKO9suwN6uRYRYU7Y7p5hsMIRJy672RjB5SOAKVZr8_3Pgk2CMc9hNCLu8N0YQBjv5BO68D8pzLL6TmJSqSREAFe7M_ID_ZWIrIO104V/s320/IMG_3154.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I made Rod a heart shaped cake for Valentines, like I used to do! We didn’t exchange gifts, but I got him a card and he wrote me a sweet little note. After 20 years of marriage, we don’t have to buy gifts for each other - it’s all the little things, every day, throughout the year, that mean the most! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzgskf30dSKIBBpbgGsCiGlPX1UrEQfpm09MwfcGEG14iEF_g0ESs7axfw9hiycuVc-8PIKLEYyqMXA1fIjIZWADERe0Xgr5cSk2JnHHeHqgcOCvCBrrfp-32OfsSVQC5V8KisL83jD0YIYTceW5OKFYB6cJXgF3-JxTASmobSdEm4oui3Py145iRjg4K/s2583/IMG_3166.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2583" data-original-width="2392" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzgskf30dSKIBBpbgGsCiGlPX1UrEQfpm09MwfcGEG14iEF_g0ESs7axfw9hiycuVc-8PIKLEYyqMXA1fIjIZWADERe0Xgr5cSk2JnHHeHqgcOCvCBrrfp-32OfsSVQC5V8KisL83jD0YIYTceW5OKFYB6cJXgF3-JxTASmobSdEm4oui3Py145iRjg4K/s320/IMG_3166.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- Not the prettiest cake, but it tasted yummy -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love this picture I snapped of Zoey at church Sunday morning. This little tulip dress is so adorable! Zeke said she looked like a cupcake in it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJgPCMmWB7ZCR_oXSYMQkZykMABkmRhChlKMweXI1ltMgYSr1BkUvG90T1hPoZJyWAi-pT2GSK_rHl5brrInuWC56d-pVNaBd9kxmkrw-HUAb5ez3UOnwiDlrNRJFkooLABHXTMHm3ToU04BlzkaSsxENaZC553NgvhThP2RK9WmLGIt0Kzc_3HVYfry3/s4032/IMG_3084.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJgPCMmWB7ZCR_oXSYMQkZykMABkmRhChlKMweXI1ltMgYSr1BkUvG90T1hPoZJyWAi-pT2GSK_rHl5brrInuWC56d-pVNaBd9kxmkrw-HUAb5ez3UOnwiDlrNRJFkooLABHXTMHm3ToU04BlzkaSsxENaZC553NgvhThP2RK9WmLGIt0Kzc_3HVYfry3/s320/IMG_3084.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugh2oOs8OuEydIa5qJgI1Kwx2ke1KNw-ZMQBe0fuhOTAmcsoN28TqoFb871R99H4SF7W5xVm6YLqofZtY9-F1ge41yOa7YLSKBKPmvcbN26eqSyUNbQgBs065Fd5JMvtfSLHTpKoL7RJWXHbQebpejAfpg32q9L7q2ayU7EAQMWQXMF81zlIFAXuXDVE4/s4032/IMG_3088.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugh2oOs8OuEydIa5qJgI1Kwx2ke1KNw-ZMQBe0fuhOTAmcsoN28TqoFb871R99H4SF7W5xVm6YLqofZtY9-F1ge41yOa7YLSKBKPmvcbN26eqSyUNbQgBs065Fd5JMvtfSLHTpKoL7RJWXHbQebpejAfpg32q9L7q2ayU7EAQMWQXMF81zlIFAXuXDVE4/s320/IMG_3088.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This shape horse that Zeke made for homeschool this week turned out so cute! I love all of the embellishments he added. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYqW7ptXQYF-awRe7oOq3XSwxWEYiky_UJ9BFczQaJC1pc4UgSjX-rcJIemFV5YiTH_XT4b_rM8i_H82Cz57z0wwzCmImFaq22R0RSrwclyxyi1i87A8RO63PJm5ZXA3a5sh5EDLO-CHTFwW-uUekc595kbNSrbtyYJ63geZauB1hRyXFeqnEIOHHOQ2vY/s4032/IMG_3160.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYqW7ptXQYF-awRe7oOq3XSwxWEYiky_UJ9BFczQaJC1pc4UgSjX-rcJIemFV5YiTH_XT4b_rM8i_H82Cz57z0wwzCmImFaq22R0RSrwclyxyi1i87A8RO63PJm5ZXA3a5sh5EDLO-CHTFwW-uUekc595kbNSrbtyYJ63geZauB1hRyXFeqnEIOHHOQ2vY/s320/IMG_3160.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I applied some new nail wraps Thursday since mine were Valentine-themed. I love, love, love the way these turned out! They’re my favorite so far. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK80TXPPZ_xsn5brgokHnZDsLu0Af0RTCt4bbsedrYeiOgaJDWL0vzn1zaRU9-4G4CH6tyWHvd5y_S5hyphenhyphenoCWEutIcBOfcdRbzZIRbRhZDdCoI1bQXqaCE4LqDpct7lGnSEiJGlcnNSwOIXCzg6KkyC7aBCU9CX5RJcFdrKr55hielMhU0mU56zPLVZtVjh/s4032/IMG_3182.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK80TXPPZ_xsn5brgokHnZDsLu0Af0RTCt4bbsedrYeiOgaJDWL0vzn1zaRU9-4G4CH6tyWHvd5y_S5hyphenhyphenoCWEutIcBOfcdRbzZIRbRhZDdCoI1bQXqaCE4LqDpct7lGnSEiJGlcnNSwOIXCzg6KkyC7aBCU9CX5RJcFdrKr55hielMhU0mU56zPLVZtVjh/s320/IMG_3182.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkrebl9x9ejhRjmQYPUB5vSWJ8JDbJJtQL2ntICc8MX2TCtxGD0PNdonGK0gE4zrnLNKo1VKj1r94mWp_GS07zQ55qrEmsoMzKfww-govbVcStj8sg-f8mY3pAoxtJ-gNmVEW7VyKb07lHq8IyfkSd1hE8fja90UVm_6-_Ws2AUzFkPSyRWnWrN03E-dv/s4032/IMG_3183.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkrebl9x9ejhRjmQYPUB5vSWJ8JDbJJtQL2ntICc8MX2TCtxGD0PNdonGK0gE4zrnLNKo1VKj1r94mWp_GS07zQ55qrEmsoMzKfww-govbVcStj8sg-f8mY3pAoxtJ-gNmVEW7VyKb07lHq8IyfkSd1hE8fja90UVm_6-_Ws2AUzFkPSyRWnWrN03E-dv/s320/IMG_3183.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got to babysit my grandson one day this week. I'm so glad they're back home! Mikaela, Mikenna, and Daniel even spent the night with us one night this week. Even though Zeke, Zoey, and Daniel can get a little rowdy and argue and fight some, they always have a blast.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tMRrysuTDLR-oBRmiszr1AppTMo-2sianz8nYkDkCfZe4mGJG3SSbp1I3U7LST2n8Xtks_HE3MdI2nnLms9_EqEKDrJRvXzqwK0CAbUCsHw1E29R_mycvZe_V2Fj6E3ZnyqVJdc09U-OoeuIORcLCnHBmbt7XJF03l33JqCmOzmqBdV2sE6ahTK7y9Wn/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tMRrysuTDLR-oBRmiszr1AppTMo-2sianz8nYkDkCfZe4mGJG3SSbp1I3U7LST2n8Xtks_HE3MdI2nnLms9_EqEKDrJRvXzqwK0CAbUCsHw1E29R_mycvZe_V2Fj6E3ZnyqVJdc09U-OoeuIORcLCnHBmbt7XJF03l33JqCmOzmqBdV2sE6ahTK7y9Wn/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Titus had a Hit a Thon for a fundraiser for Jr High Baseball. He wasn’t hitting as well as he normally does, but he did still hit a few pretty good ones - his longest hit was 270 feet. I didn’t get a picture of him at the Hit a Thon, but here is a picture of his with his new Marucci bat. He loves it! It was fun to surprise him with it on Tuesday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByYmKfIaAjribx2Ag_PaNnxwnejJXsvTYOizipz1ZeZPgL4kYiOVbh09tAk7bNtESxi9f8uCU0qlEByaAYkMRZgHHGD3OzuX_Lk6cwcH-G8vJx4N8M74fZ_-Z4ii-iEra6_S1jdoxL0Xh_P5Qr0icqLlkQnQmDCnUigk6tquCVHkU6F4LHw8QR_MDVgbS/s4032/IMG_3144.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByYmKfIaAjribx2Ag_PaNnxwnejJXsvTYOizipz1ZeZPgL4kYiOVbh09tAk7bNtESxi9f8uCU0qlEByaAYkMRZgHHGD3OzuX_Lk6cwcH-G8vJx4N8M74fZ_-Z4ii-iEra6_S1jdoxL0Xh_P5Qr0icqLlkQnQmDCnUigk6tquCVHkU6F4LHw8QR_MDVgbS/s320/IMG_3144.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>How was your week? </div>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-71662275977676324422024-02-15T08:23:00.002-06:002024-02-15T08:23:39.874-06:00Thankful Thursday <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoriF5o0sum4WP3E-1xwaJqm1yipc9aGoQ2Vk5xRTUTELEzXPsFQzf-2KyK6qI7ZV4Srjp3JjXwApiyNWGA3Q-yconuK1EIBL0Z1PdV5S1pRjlqWy2NcDdlzZw50PXuEttzg5JQb4YDCu6wrYVqDaJSnq-_9O14RejVX8RnAKJasA6YfIe_S9JBPI5ndE/s337/IMG_2487.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="337" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoriF5o0sum4WP3E-1xwaJqm1yipc9aGoQ2Vk5xRTUTELEzXPsFQzf-2KyK6qI7ZV4Srjp3JjXwApiyNWGA3Q-yconuK1EIBL0Z1PdV5S1pRjlqWy2NcDdlzZw50PXuEttzg5JQb4YDCu6wrYVqDaJSnq-_9O14RejVX8RnAKJasA6YfIe_S9JBPI5ndE/s320/IMG_2487.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I’m joining Jennifer again with <a href="https://all4boys.blogspot.com/2024/02/thankful-thursday-21524.html">Thankful Thursday! </a></p><p>This week I’m thankful that I’m homeschooling Zeke. I started homeschooling when my 21-year-old daughter was 4! I’ve homeschooled at least one child every year since then. This year, I put my older three in public school and am left with just Zeke and Zoey at home. Zeke is doing My Fathers World kindergarten, and we just love it. It’s my third time going through this curriculum! I don’t know how long our homeschooling g journey will last - there are time I really consider putting him public school next year - but I’m thankful for the time I have with him now, and that I get to teach him to read! And I’m thankful for how well he is catching on! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-aeekNFsFwOCRzWCfWrQC-ZTRPsYvROtCcmoUkZCBCvqlPfOWhoNQsOKsIr2Feh3pecHrwG3E7qPAfILBGT0yrgjM7kIC5CaE7yOs22ORwxLIhIFpSVUipGgYOYbifZzL9xvGQ2juhyphenhyphen5-zvE0wesdGTn23NEoyxhlL7gA-4drfBpjc8hzkmm8ZWT4UZRP/s4032/IMG_2517.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-aeekNFsFwOCRzWCfWrQC-ZTRPsYvROtCcmoUkZCBCvqlPfOWhoNQsOKsIr2Feh3pecHrwG3E7qPAfILBGT0yrgjM7kIC5CaE7yOs22ORwxLIhIFpSVUipGgYOYbifZzL9xvGQ2juhyphenhyphen5-zvE0wesdGTn23NEoyxhlL7gA-4drfBpjc8hzkmm8ZWT4UZRP/s320/IMG_2517.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttMGP39_NFCeGw5t-oQ-PFZj5-GCbYrmk762mmWxlMXmS7JXZoWs9F_8RmPk4tQUBM4vuYNkVpmZEcCLJWCSvwbmNhBJpjVKgeYPhiFbtto1fPHJHeYxNjIVtGiKrCZGLSH0T6ktQFRlKgnSATtOLKthXjZkTljE4fFYQ9N5GuPDg7-ERcnRlESomSFuC/s4032/IMG_2570.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttMGP39_NFCeGw5t-oQ-PFZj5-GCbYrmk762mmWxlMXmS7JXZoWs9F_8RmPk4tQUBM4vuYNkVpmZEcCLJWCSvwbmNhBJpjVKgeYPhiFbtto1fPHJHeYxNjIVtGiKrCZGLSH0T6ktQFRlKgnSATtOLKthXjZkTljE4fFYQ9N5GuPDg7-ERcnRlESomSFuC/s320/IMG_2570.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyiBrJ4Z-BW5A0JNAh6m4NAqWJBGmzZq1NKq_vQkf8XMLDy2eNi0V__Z6uqsnScqMWHFvNYlaXNqmWwSn8XjFVTw7Nys6FwOieWDLIUB0tKjnoQaqbBji6ftnMr6ABiG-Z58OPXl89qbjRJMlMP-eDLnm80dAAQLqPN8Di8fWH-61p3b6cr1h0QoJv9sS/s4032/IMG_2881.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyiBrJ4Z-BW5A0JNAh6m4NAqWJBGmzZq1NKq_vQkf8XMLDy2eNi0V__Z6uqsnScqMWHFvNYlaXNqmWwSn8XjFVTw7Nys6FwOieWDLIUB0tKjnoQaqbBji6ftnMr6ABiG-Z58OPXl89qbjRJMlMP-eDLnm80dAAQLqPN8Di8fWH-61p3b6cr1h0QoJv9sS/s320/IMG_2881.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHhU5Cj4gpcSy-IWw9ycb623Dww5xSSAxWZCN5cd4pThnmgDn-WTsDAub3Es5FuKQsJyM36pqVj-n27zNddy_weihPpvafXa-AOb5mxR2bR2jJb8pHjn1a6ceIQXG27flv0diyVB8lBhMvakFcuLLSHUtb-lenaMkKmYgw03Ohf5u-Rmz0nLeg_ZDdews/s4032/IMG_2922.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHhU5Cj4gpcSy-IWw9ycb623Dww5xSSAxWZCN5cd4pThnmgDn-WTsDAub3Es5FuKQsJyM36pqVj-n27zNddy_weihPpvafXa-AOb5mxR2bR2jJb8pHjn1a6ceIQXG27flv0diyVB8lBhMvakFcuLLSHUtb-lenaMkKmYgw03Ohf5u-Rmz0nLeg_ZDdews/s320/IMG_2922.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I’m also thankful that I am trying to do more toddler activities with Zoey. She’s so different from my other kids! She doesn’t get quite as engaged in these activities, and when’s finished she usually throws it all on the floor. But the more we do these, the more she likes them and the less mess she makes! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvsBVboXfESKg4svb0AFkddaChkyNmkwWK6FoH4kne15r1qviNtU0LxElJcNDa-pwY5x-ItbkktmLpyA8Pvrw6cN14Jr3h9qgYQwZx9t0wknK385QUzbqhxNiZnCqz5LXZfykvj8cAn692_BS2WWDV5EXt1bfJBHRCFTZfNK2gflYuLs0rONswv5Wr-Np/s4032/IMG_2632.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvsBVboXfESKg4svb0AFkddaChkyNmkwWK6FoH4kne15r1qviNtU0LxElJcNDa-pwY5x-ItbkktmLpyA8Pvrw6cN14Jr3h9qgYQwZx9t0wknK385QUzbqhxNiZnCqz5LXZfykvj8cAn692_BS2WWDV5EXt1bfJBHRCFTZfNK2gflYuLs0rONswv5Wr-Np/s320/IMG_2632.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNHCrbacWUn3V27tmv_2jNoRqg9xki-FC4wxiL9QYY5jfbJ1HNIURyOWO400iKJpg6kuQ_Y2bcsw6ofVxcGxXDhrRbNB1il2q5PT_UPo0F4DS-Sm5_PJO8616CrEx1DPa5eNuOgG_WFcfJqQAD9BwQT6UIHetxeDabxxmAmj8WyjHw1Zj3esPrwG45Net/s4032/IMG_2809.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNHCrbacWUn3V27tmv_2jNoRqg9xki-FC4wxiL9QYY5jfbJ1HNIURyOWO400iKJpg6kuQ_Y2bcsw6ofVxcGxXDhrRbNB1il2q5PT_UPo0F4DS-Sm5_PJO8616CrEx1DPa5eNuOgG_WFcfJqQAD9BwQT6UIHetxeDabxxmAmj8WyjHw1Zj3esPrwG45Net/s320/IMG_2809.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVRNTtMPTqTyVHHqy2M1CIiWraSjwtfTl8NTYpkfbmrIE4ISRAtr3Cs2j6Uad3u3Lb0XypqGBIdQmaPtqmukw8DoUUPx7xo2qsTGCa-R7cdiSDvkrhgcrt1J_juSUvIQ-NyVGEU2svs1nV7Tt1Ryzlesks-HM3NpVSfkiUpKqogEjh1QHpxUilqvzG3D8/s4032/IMG_3078.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVRNTtMPTqTyVHHqy2M1CIiWraSjwtfTl8NTYpkfbmrIE4ISRAtr3Cs2j6Uad3u3Lb0XypqGBIdQmaPtqmukw8DoUUPx7xo2qsTGCa-R7cdiSDvkrhgcrt1J_juSUvIQ-NyVGEU2svs1nV7Tt1Ryzlesks-HM3NpVSfkiUpKqogEjh1QHpxUilqvzG3D8/s320/IMG_3078.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzNtntmlaz7pq89pN-1tjR9AT6i33aKscB_NgcQNpd9EUUrCscytdeTLXYyLa4GGg6fcR6f9-dc94-U15vV7zRgRveVRrRRdSK9_yvZxhuPWQKxN5Boq8UXaTxQJlzVblXR444Zd5k7Cse6S52vddizp3OXGEOuQVvAXGtd7e63MkfQ50E86wDzDkEobw/s4032/IMG_3152.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzNtntmlaz7pq89pN-1tjR9AT6i33aKscB_NgcQNpd9EUUrCscytdeTLXYyLa4GGg6fcR6f9-dc94-U15vV7zRgRveVRrRRdSK9_yvZxhuPWQKxN5Boq8UXaTxQJlzVblXR444Zd5k7Cse6S52vddizp3OXGEOuQVvAXGtd7e63MkfQ50E86wDzDkEobw/s320/IMG_3152.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>I’m thankful for the relationship that Zeke and Zoey have. She just adores him, and he thinks she’s the greatest thing ever. They play really well together most of the time, and he’s very patient with her. The older she gets, the closer they get! She loves to hug him, kiss him, sit right beside him, and be involved in every little thing he does. I love how she says his name, too! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEv03rprYFI7RV1N1pNmV8Zm7QUPpn5BC3JYbIyWLxuezSOVwTqSzCedB-qW3F_OqCFkvrDEhX4HLehbqONtTrQh1ndERjjWjpkHFvOxn-jdeGQ0tBu0Irg1W6lix9DvhaDHJf-RM5origiwxgQlENKnDfx4VJpWP2yEjzLGn353FBcY97XAF_SZB5zl2/s4032/IMG_2393.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEv03rprYFI7RV1N1pNmV8Zm7QUPpn5BC3JYbIyWLxuezSOVwTqSzCedB-qW3F_OqCFkvrDEhX4HLehbqONtTrQh1ndERjjWjpkHFvOxn-jdeGQ0tBu0Irg1W6lix9DvhaDHJf-RM5origiwxgQlENKnDfx4VJpWP2yEjzLGn353FBcY97XAF_SZB5zl2/s320/IMG_2393.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqR03YUxAViBwFqQoZHnymZhxICf6hJPC2IKv77Fycn8WWb5_iAfL4ktMszQU5sX5m38gJJj-3gnH-fuKMsLyyCYHGnlRofJ0za_Fcm9ImxVOQgfKKBbq6QyQV72tGV_4tXSP-KXrNruMzu0e391p_eQRsO7Ccv8KvOC70d3IevalICrIdFPJozZB9OIL/s4032/IMG_2456.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqR03YUxAViBwFqQoZHnymZhxICf6hJPC2IKv77Fycn8WWb5_iAfL4ktMszQU5sX5m38gJJj-3gnH-fuKMsLyyCYHGnlRofJ0za_Fcm9ImxVOQgfKKBbq6QyQV72tGV_4tXSP-KXrNruMzu0e391p_eQRsO7Ccv8KvOC70d3IevalICrIdFPJozZB9OIL/s320/IMG_2456.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSDYfz24gXDM3l5RR2-_kZor9GOAV42Mghei6Pk_BPcoOmkFRkPcL3BA-2pDI_NX_bl8c1gNVfKHtDSRcjRlFzYaleDULOrlMYdWx5f0oWl37_rK-pCXrAd1teVwhiUJDpk5ujAri95dglYmxEWRNTYtFN20CnmigRhjYCf9daStA-t2VB66RRdTlqzTb/s4032/IMG_2866.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSDYfz24gXDM3l5RR2-_kZor9GOAV42Mghei6Pk_BPcoOmkFRkPcL3BA-2pDI_NX_bl8c1gNVfKHtDSRcjRlFzYaleDULOrlMYdWx5f0oWl37_rK-pCXrAd1teVwhiUJDpk5ujAri95dglYmxEWRNTYtFN20CnmigRhjYCf9daStA-t2VB66RRdTlqzTb/s320/IMG_2866.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcR0mtowl1IDkA2qxBNGyz5XE0wna8aY8zBCk2yrmuQOvkJ4ZmAUMH6t6uiHLSRhdrKDCm-LGdA_8hPlB8d8Ee9SWWxli73MF-9rO62rrjpsbCei-4sYYZ_bOgKwl1mAdJSjSq4W6Qxpg1AIMj5FgbKaPjxqKoPdFKOqePvmdM_WgO-JmlWTVEukOOleV/s4032/IMG_3088.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcR0mtowl1IDkA2qxBNGyz5XE0wna8aY8zBCk2yrmuQOvkJ4ZmAUMH6t6uiHLSRhdrKDCm-LGdA_8hPlB8d8Ee9SWWxli73MF-9rO62rrjpsbCei-4sYYZ_bOgKwl1mAdJSjSq4W6Qxpg1AIMj5FgbKaPjxqKoPdFKOqePvmdM_WgO-JmlWTVEukOOleV/s320/IMG_3088.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>I’m also thankful the weather has been really nice this week! We’ve gotten to spend a lot of time outside. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6S3YRpWIo416MuiZu-3VrXxgvh0SubSQB00zTgObYhB7BuISwqbXzgTtwuUuNLkhw6sPoRbWQwSg3twDdLKhVZrtPANvgD0HYxQ9pGhdMTlRepfSPeqjer3aJGWw_R77HQj19g7cnzsiDPgf381F9KLCo049fYOC9p9N2TbFRx1P9MgxtfUQUQO-CmI-/s4032/IMG_3175.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6S3YRpWIo416MuiZu-3VrXxgvh0SubSQB00zTgObYhB7BuISwqbXzgTtwuUuNLkhw6sPoRbWQwSg3twDdLKhVZrtPANvgD0HYxQ9pGhdMTlRepfSPeqjer3aJGWw_R77HQj19g7cnzsiDPgf381F9KLCo049fYOC9p9N2TbFRx1P9MgxtfUQUQO-CmI-/s320/IMG_3175.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>I’m thankful my daughter and two grandkids are home! They’ve been visiting a lot and even spent the night last night. How fun to have grandkids and kids about the same age. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwExYw-eP2UbKa0GnDVsgfHxXpFyhLRTP2iFLJ4cfRH-ap4dGVQ5QhhhYfq-ygjrznCLbcESTU0Y4Ge-l5FbPxOyM6et-lplJDI07SZzdk-vrQixB-Q2kxZRxrsvNLBOLxuq4yFtiHNNhDASaD5fSEvaai1Ciok21ORPQ2GYMya7AXlI-aEy0NNMar_Cr/s3664/91AFF53D-876D-44E5-A257-42639930E8A3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3664" data-original-width="2062" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwExYw-eP2UbKa0GnDVsgfHxXpFyhLRTP2iFLJ4cfRH-ap4dGVQ5QhhhYfq-ygjrznCLbcESTU0Y4Ge-l5FbPxOyM6et-lplJDI07SZzdk-vrQixB-Q2kxZRxrsvNLBOLxuq4yFtiHNNhDASaD5fSEvaai1Ciok21ORPQ2GYMya7AXlI-aEy0NNMar_Cr/s320/91AFF53D-876D-44E5-A257-42639930E8A3.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FtzOSwKUmngM_vm9L6wrPvkRLrhbFF374pNSquPzmAZy6vcij7n1tI4A5fuGkCKgXp7FZ1ibQwtaM5cQKg1hyTS0m03lcJDJha-gtkTsXp_qGXdsJ5ymLIUjz52mOiaTVvZVi0zSttO87Op2z1tdjHG9sBz78l_dVU_ywmlrBaUxcF9cMEgsAhni5Xv_/s3840/407D41A4-6F53-454E-AB7E-E673C2D6C810.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FtzOSwKUmngM_vm9L6wrPvkRLrhbFF374pNSquPzmAZy6vcij7n1tI4A5fuGkCKgXp7FZ1ibQwtaM5cQKg1hyTS0m03lcJDJha-gtkTsXp_qGXdsJ5ymLIUjz52mOiaTVvZVi0zSttO87Op2z1tdjHG9sBz78l_dVU_ywmlrBaUxcF9cMEgsAhni5Xv_/s320/407D41A4-6F53-454E-AB7E-E673C2D6C810.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Zoey got in the baby walker I pulled out for Mikenna!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkuvP4HA5HS2DNro2yRqgWYTBh68sVeQQWVisDewP5UxUo83mFMO-JR_IAkPYr2BmWinCq08J3qUXagfHEZPwXrxDuMQEsKjuVyBtw044sx9wpvnfRbdvSGmAKtu2zHFqFYJ18Dv1Ngx1P8qcBaT3KHgFjUCJ7GI8brwVl6DNysI_RkrwC1LcQCWZ9Bh5/s4032/IMG_3127.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkuvP4HA5HS2DNro2yRqgWYTBh68sVeQQWVisDewP5UxUo83mFMO-JR_IAkPYr2BmWinCq08J3qUXagfHEZPwXrxDuMQEsKjuVyBtw044sx9wpvnfRbdvSGmAKtu2zHFqFYJ18Dv1Ngx1P8qcBaT3KHgFjUCJ7GI8brwVl6DNysI_RkrwC1LcQCWZ9Bh5/s320/IMG_3127.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They're all trying to watch an episode of something!</div><br /><p>And there is so much more to be thankful for every day! </p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-78436885065278477922024-02-14T14:37:00.002-06:002024-02-14T14:37:19.612-06:00Let's Look: Little Things I Do Every Day<p>I am such a creature of habit! My husband always jokes that I don't like my routine getting messed up...maybe it's not a joke? When I'm thinking of the little things I do every day, I'm just going to narrow it down to a few!</p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Little things I do every day:</span></p><p>I take a bath every morning. I've done this for over 25 years now, and I look forward to it! I dislike showers, but I love baths. I even wash my hair in the tub every morning (another little thing I do every day). </p><p>I read my Bible every morning, or at least I try to! With a toddler and four other kids still living at home, I do get distracted or busy sometimes and don't get to read until later. I really try to get my Bible read every day! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAofKLnidF0Xe4PDQjHZ1Ubm3baSfESK20WqI-cUpvgB7oHcnfZBvUoT_RmDDiA-zDmD3ZcBxAiXZKFl6hF7mMzGRZ5SYoibs9DQEsxi94bePDTmXqIWyaVhgJUcBtDHj1reZ8MXkzYDgRXE7FRGHXRD5y43BpyKz7ctIp6BiXFnW8hFXFWp19TIvpzuxw/s4032/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAofKLnidF0Xe4PDQjHZ1Ubm3baSfESK20WqI-cUpvgB7oHcnfZBvUoT_RmDDiA-zDmD3ZcBxAiXZKFl6hF7mMzGRZ5SYoibs9DQEsxi94bePDTmXqIWyaVhgJUcBtDHj1reZ8MXkzYDgRXE7FRGHXRD5y43BpyKz7ctIp6BiXFnW8hFXFWp19TIvpzuxw/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I do at least one load of laundry every day. With such a large family, I have to do this to stay on top of it! If I ever get behind, it seems like it takes forever to get caught back up. I have a system with my laundry. I wash, dry, and then separate the clean clothes into individual baskets for each child (and one large one for myself and my husband). They put their own clothes away, and that is such a big help and time-saver.</p><p>I check my calendar every day, sometimes multiple times. We have practices, baseball games, rodeos, church activities, birthdays, speech appointments...I have to write everything down or I will forget. I also write things down after they happen sometimes. Every year when I get a new calendar, I look through my old one. It's like a journal or diary of all of the events from that year! I've been keeping them for about five years now, and maybe one day my grandkids will find them and read through them to get a glimpse into what our lives were like.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioH2uZpOHS013UxIyVb6FrC5Ba1snga71aHNPzKPQwzasJznlXRrNI9VBL9XziPCQQdExtF60pADI_lzEsCNSGvBELH_LFjb_2Or5dXy-t9Jef-qoEj7Az-GGFRVcVi_YriHD83zAvPG4lUZWssYESchT7SlwnezxohWqEYz7A0K6Vf5nfpPA2c1O4f2TV/s4032/IMG_3170.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioH2uZpOHS013UxIyVb6FrC5Ba1snga71aHNPzKPQwzasJznlXRrNI9VBL9XziPCQQdExtF60pADI_lzEsCNSGvBELH_LFjb_2Or5dXy-t9Jef-qoEj7Az-GGFRVcVi_YriHD83zAvPG4lUZWssYESchT7SlwnezxohWqEYz7A0K6Vf5nfpPA2c1O4f2TV/s320/IMG_3170.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I try to get outside every day, even if for just a little bit. Being outside always makes me feel better and helps the little ones as well. I love to sit on my huge front porch! We live at the end of our very own dirt road, and I love the privacy we have. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3-YXHl9M5kJjm8AI9VcLf_a44DD2Y3EqfTtl7PhPVftF5dNZ569nsTeHOguOTTH2etfQJiP1S7fMgOu475vI7F7NhfgtCWmtMydbaIdTcuQcVCSoLx1DUwvrDBOcLKoDidKLf3sEvPFUWzBWHfNDM04vl2Ui3WPQA3bPiS_yCbwkJkIuJ7BScF0WT1iE/s4032/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3-YXHl9M5kJjm8AI9VcLf_a44DD2Y3EqfTtl7PhPVftF5dNZ569nsTeHOguOTTH2etfQJiP1S7fMgOu475vI7F7NhfgtCWmtMydbaIdTcuQcVCSoLx1DUwvrDBOcLKoDidKLf3sEvPFUWzBWHfNDM04vl2Ui3WPQA3bPiS_yCbwkJkIuJ7BScF0WT1iE/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I read to the little kids every day - some days more than others. Reading aloud is so important! I used to be so much better at that than I am now. When my older kids were younger, we read <i>so many books. </i>I'm trying to be much more intentional about it with Zoey and Zeke.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimisPSxshryEgZUQckQ1YpB5DVFBusAJ3hl-csCsf3Rf4ulpCu1GJt6XQnvh9FGH8YeiA7dTm0pLAivRIQaw0ckzRs3T_hSho6zT-YQXSQWiBn73zrXitXmA9Bzcfg5zUdIwnpujqvNyJ598PH4l0aR13afva1r6YmydUDxWgFrFb8lQqpPVUKsP4Oc310/s4032/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimisPSxshryEgZUQckQ1YpB5DVFBusAJ3hl-csCsf3Rf4ulpCu1GJt6XQnvh9FGH8YeiA7dTm0pLAivRIQaw0ckzRs3T_hSho6zT-YQXSQWiBn73zrXitXmA9Bzcfg5zUdIwnpujqvNyJ598PH4l0aR13afva1r6YmydUDxWgFrFb8lQqpPVUKsP4Oc310/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few of our library books!</div><p>I assign the big kid's an evening chore - one sweeps, one mops, and one does dishes. This is so nice and helpful. I love waking up to a clean house in the morning!</p><p>I feel like there are so many other things I do daily, but they're just part of my daily routine - bathing babies, helping with homework, cooking meals, etc. Having my little "routine" helps keep me organized and helps me keep the house tidy and clean. </p><p>Do you do any of these things every day?</p><p>Linking up with:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mixandmatchmama.com/2024/02/lets-look-at-little-things-we-do-every-single-day/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1024" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHWRHrdxsg5bZ4SS4crZK1Z5HQk047vuNuDqZuyNUij8-zp6GQurEel8S_27Q42hrDwRn3t0QQEA0IBS6OBkR_RG4WqS4FHioTdKHlBtlD-BLMyoSgHnR9cp50ej-nnXgOvIZFajXIjEDEWqvs1rZI4-oSqemrudcvXs3eW8HUv3rp9E6PoqqJqHvmzWdm" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-82392531805524838752024-02-11T13:22:00.001-06:002024-02-12T05:40:08.543-06:00My Father's World Kindergarten: C is for Cow<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGk2bJwJ_B6lReh0m5xpQ-ykddftE4CxK35es1kNfNXhujOfHWJKwN0__IK6C9NFSqmpnsQsoq236dgdhN4kOs_9Inw7nhrF7qWo-jS6xl5pbZU0ybwVIlbHMaPgCoGrLeNO4wrkvdlYXikpfClf3LQwX0Vce69AgetiNo57qA5rbdsAZhbumCy_StR6i/s1080/My%20Father%E2%80%99s%20World%20Kindergarten.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGk2bJwJ_B6lReh0m5xpQ-ykddftE4CxK35es1kNfNXhujOfHWJKwN0__IK6C9NFSqmpnsQsoq236dgdhN4kOs_9Inw7nhrF7qWo-jS6xl5pbZU0ybwVIlbHMaPgCoGrLeNO4wrkvdlYXikpfClf3LQwX0Vce69AgetiNo57qA5rbdsAZhbumCy_StR6i/s320/My%20Father%E2%80%99s%20World%20Kindergarten.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Zeke is 5 years old, and we're using My Father's World Kindergarten alongside Abeka Math and Rod and Staff workbooks. Every day we add to his 100 chart and calendar, and we do math and supplemental worksheets in Rod and Staff daily as well. I don't always write that down because it gets redundant!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">We're continuing the farm theme from last week's G is for Goat with this week's C is for Cow. Farm themes are fun but they're also our reality. We have a farm with cows, horses, and chickens and my sister-in-law has goats, so these animals are a part of Zeke's everyday life.</span></div><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">MONDAY:</h2><p>We started the week off with his sound cards, which he colors, cuts apart, and puts in a labeled envelope. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijR8b6FiscWoBPlriuafIj-rcvMwN8Ki847yykuT9XSwP0vuca46IfYzNOutmcM12kRyS_d22zyDDq8s-B7hLbmyZlzl0-Im8MumJBUmezUCx-aQYLx0e0Ek2mWD6-yvshrrmnQuSPmqkvlLmdmE1XrghWgoZdCd9Ns0Y4xAJR1o4C-ON6ETBg_ESUg42H/s5184/IMG_0280.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijR8b6FiscWoBPlriuafIj-rcvMwN8Ki847yykuT9XSwP0vuca46IfYzNOutmcM12kRyS_d22zyDDq8s-B7hLbmyZlzl0-Im8MumJBUmezUCx-aQYLx0e0Ek2mWD6-yvshrrmnQuSPmqkvlLmdmE1XrghWgoZdCd9Ns0Y4xAJR1o4C-ON6ETBg_ESUg42H/s320/IMG_0280.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>We read the book "The Milk Makers," which is about how milk gets from dairy cows to our refrigerators! I found a free worksheet on Teachers Pay Teachers where Zeke could label the dairy cow. He had to look at the words to copy them in the correct squares.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_RP8HTDTPDKFHVuVcty1OFdALYKGf7e_2nZ1j118Qg3J1g8mAZA7yXizq1VSwgA-2WMeDik2qaSYFSuHlO1YsE5fSTyk23Ryol8X5P0QJFweN1YwgIGFUViU8AjHZd6scip-TKhbejVep-59NZcldZNQxS3TRj3DY1E_Gii4gdstP_20SvVpMzBt8nMe/s5184/IMG_0288.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_RP8HTDTPDKFHVuVcty1OFdALYKGf7e_2nZ1j118Qg3J1g8mAZA7yXizq1VSwgA-2WMeDik2qaSYFSuHlO1YsE5fSTyk23Ryol8X5P0QJFweN1YwgIGFUViU8AjHZd6scip-TKhbejVep-59NZcldZNQxS3TRj3DY1E_Gii4gdstP_20SvVpMzBt8nMe/s320/IMG_0288.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>We also worked on recognizing the number words one through six since this is a part of what he's learning in Abeka math. (I don't use the teacher's guide.) I just cut index cards in half and wrote the number word on one and the digit on the other. He matches them up or we play Concentration with them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmiq-o47s9Py14Evwhob7dbWF109bK4bQXbYbTUdGnLHZ86taU3r-vBDlW0A1hvr5Ufvgow4qoyWunIqg_6KO5FLK5O9weLZ7sOnNmtRICrCe6UFi8lUjHIR6YfQ8pMeOiLY7GXzmqaZ5ComIKwRnoyFY9PkWY_l5wVFklTuUZ-vLCYDWjONoNhniBxqG/s5184/IMG_0303.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmiq-o47s9Py14Evwhob7dbWF109bK4bQXbYbTUdGnLHZ86taU3r-vBDlW0A1hvr5Ufvgow4qoyWunIqg_6KO5FLK5O9weLZ7sOnNmtRICrCe6UFi8lUjHIR6YfQ8pMeOiLY7GXzmqaZ5ComIKwRnoyFY9PkWY_l5wVFklTuUZ-vLCYDWjONoNhniBxqG/s320/IMG_0303.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">TUESDAY:</h2><p>Zeke did his handwriting and sound discrimination worksheets.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YxP2qApbu38jYUC52onrzRCj1XJJ5JroA8LVHRrwu_d_j8XC8X9Lu-ropoWF6GYYluGC2mhyphenhyphenWjbB-ktglAuic-pR8bfhpnZSX1Mjo7H1Z08xOr4RCf6Zkrs_Kd_gHr4NFAKwl2_FNgDQ7a5JMTfY3MCH_rPDfSKLTGwtZLvJ3ZmXmpqwoVmXRrGWz7-n/s4032/IMG_3051.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YxP2qApbu38jYUC52onrzRCj1XJJ5JroA8LVHRrwu_d_j8XC8X9Lu-ropoWF6GYYluGC2mhyphenhyphenWjbB-ktglAuic-pR8bfhpnZSX1Mjo7H1Z08xOr4RCf6Zkrs_Kd_gHr4NFAKwl2_FNgDQ7a5JMTfY3MCH_rPDfSKLTGwtZLvJ3ZmXmpqwoVmXRrGWz7-n/s320/IMG_3051.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPF_ZW3FqY6fb78Fs-FHUGJNMbDa_XJTe-JVfBdcCkTUU5ihO16PPcuKvO7DjLbiDnJRqvCQoyiaaJ1oQE3MqmXZl9Q0jewvkUR72ychnvQbg9m8KY_nkjnFnjcejHr7fCMpkPhq3NhLHGeVV-YT9dT7P_0vRGbD9k3OKtE4wV-xTC6A46AF6bFO2jR2HF/s4032/IMG_3052.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPF_ZW3FqY6fb78Fs-FHUGJNMbDa_XJTe-JVfBdcCkTUU5ihO16PPcuKvO7DjLbiDnJRqvCQoyiaaJ1oQE3MqmXZl9Q0jewvkUR72ychnvQbg9m8KY_nkjnFnjcejHr7fCMpkPhq3NhLHGeVV-YT9dT7P_0vRGbD9k3OKtE4wV-xTC6A46AF6bFO2jR2HF/s320/IMG_3052.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I also found a free worksheet that had him tracing the farm animal names. He could always use a little practice with writing, and he enjoyed it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn57786pgFUuuRj6-p9AuG_2bgzSXIBRiBfmTDxZRtnyOHPxSYsPUTUh5bg15uzf6SZL0V8p77vt1bNcPDeIWtot4HJyFPrYul9-Yj2OQ0sfkfMxBmoIDrXcra8utAJpAaSmKbQEn56IzsSGjkyNIbvM4za9oRzRBJy6D8IgV39w8Gm6MwtvPdd67EXuN3/s4032/IMG_3050.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn57786pgFUuuRj6-p9AuG_2bgzSXIBRiBfmTDxZRtnyOHPxSYsPUTUh5bg15uzf6SZL0V8p77vt1bNcPDeIWtot4HJyFPrYul9-Yj2OQ0sfkfMxBmoIDrXcra8utAJpAaSmKbQEn56IzsSGjkyNIbvM4za9oRzRBJy6D8IgV39w8Gm6MwtvPdd67EXuN3/s320/IMG_3050.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">WEDNESDAY: </h2><p>Zeke did his math page (counting cows) and read a few words and glued them to the right pictures. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8DaXh1hrVg1sQ36L16ylZvEYg-H_P2V7YButQCTHAFfwukAtXiim7Dmk0S6Zd8xT-h8fO5nF8Vk8FYmFne2mPNvXeQk677CDoCDWDQjrQFAJ_6905PQZ5y99YBJbfM4IcyrrhjSDlk09EmzeYmLttq4wJRP-01lEKuprN1hNy1UU1uRABue069ODZlEX/s4032/IMG_3048.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8DaXh1hrVg1sQ36L16ylZvEYg-H_P2V7YButQCTHAFfwukAtXiim7Dmk0S6Zd8xT-h8fO5nF8Vk8FYmFne2mPNvXeQk677CDoCDWDQjrQFAJ_6905PQZ5y99YBJbfM4IcyrrhjSDlk09EmzeYmLttq4wJRP-01lEKuprN1hNy1UU1uRABue069ODZlEX/s320/IMG_3048.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We read the book, "The Little Red Hen," which I know is about a hen and not cows, but it went well with our theme for the day. We were talking about milk products, but I expanded that to farm products. After we read the book, he completed a cut-and-glue worksheet that matched farm animals with the products we get from them. He needed a little help with the lamb chops (we don't eat lamb), but this was a good visual reminder of why we raise cattle on our farm.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZPmL2Kqv2bkALVESde3c4Fx1XhEcBet5dDu2nQEZgIvGARnVjDVwAThOB1HvvL-jMNhEK2c4_36JQH_sZxPpQnJdPEao9FewAxetovvx1PnIu0JItlSY6WqcmfY_AcVbnknBlifi7vzZuS4fD5ojN1DY8iB9erSZq7SHkEe5MLN0J1jYW4CAh4aBQ4al/s5184/IMG_0298.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ZPmL2Kqv2bkALVESde3c4Fx1XhEcBet5dDu2nQEZgIvGARnVjDVwAThOB1HvvL-jMNhEK2c4_36JQH_sZxPpQnJdPEao9FewAxetovvx1PnIu0JItlSY6WqcmfY_AcVbnknBlifi7vzZuS4fD5ojN1DY8iB9erSZq7SHkEe5MLN0J1jYW4CAh4aBQ4al/s320/IMG_0298.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p>The poem this week is "The Purple Cow," so I had Zeke color a purple cow. Then I copied that page in the Teacher's Manual, cut out the poem, and he glued it to the purple cow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTglZQZ9S2Do_pEQSIPtliiFgwT9YhaliZWaiKVc83Ai7XVlKiK8tFoyDLLrvTKUDeYaYx8KvPW2omf9iBufxvYKvnmu8D6oZgGxfey3x693jNslSLB3NURqFPiz81UWI_rSM3m51hiJ05mtSYVCjsX5_42K4i7wcoFen0yh5T98k49r_2nLjuMLkJT26Y/s4032/IMG_3049.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTglZQZ9S2Do_pEQSIPtliiFgwT9YhaliZWaiKVc83Ai7XVlKiK8tFoyDLLrvTKUDeYaYx8KvPW2omf9iBufxvYKvnmu8D6oZgGxfey3x693jNslSLB3NURqFPiz81UWI_rSM3m51hiJ05mtSYVCjsX5_42K4i7wcoFen0yh5T98k49r_2nLjuMLkJT26Y/s320/IMG_3049.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We also baked cupcakes for Team Kid at church tonight, just like Little Hen baked a cake. Zeke did all the sprinkles! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG48kYlqR-wsty3XyLe0SdZ5Ts6_WUkMbFfomF1FtW6KX-LUtWxuntrozyzM44WMK03ZKH6uOZp22agHUnkwCS4W1AZtZRFRnZWNto5tvfE6Fe0TfxyZ2vjGCgDB99yXdPzy_ZEtSK4hdEB_BPIJk0W0oHM2wkf-1XQ2eOOgAHCBmYhAeuEur2eQyBBnt8/s4032/IMG_3021.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG48kYlqR-wsty3XyLe0SdZ5Ts6_WUkMbFfomF1FtW6KX-LUtWxuntrozyzM44WMK03ZKH6uOZp22agHUnkwCS4W1AZtZRFRnZWNto5tvfE6Fe0TfxyZ2vjGCgDB99yXdPzy_ZEtSK4hdEB_BPIJk0W0oHM2wkf-1XQ2eOOgAHCBmYhAeuEur2eQyBBnt8/w252-h320/IMG_3021.jpeg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><p>He then put together a few 48 piece puzzles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJHGqy2feXEVFwu47IFwxv7IyDOJtOGk7uoRSQLsFtBwgWLnQJNHHHoMMNmTJKXDXd9AOweHfGW2JqKBG6r6z2EJSjxiX0m7xyCsD39BOJ_i6I-K5Khq8ZJFKUDyBfge97Ap9aq4y1_35Y6e9jdgOxFDhn4GdOnLDzgzFDiR1UTIV_JYe8rYfbQwiSG5S/s4032/IMG_3016.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJHGqy2feXEVFwu47IFwxv7IyDOJtOGk7uoRSQLsFtBwgWLnQJNHHHoMMNmTJKXDXd9AOweHfGW2JqKBG6r6z2EJSjxiX0m7xyCsD39BOJ_i6I-K5Khq8ZJFKUDyBfge97Ap9aq4y1_35Y6e9jdgOxFDhn4GdOnLDzgzFDiR1UTIV_JYe8rYfbQwiSG5S/s320/IMG_3016.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifyEKkNS4cRp7cIEuDkIwmPyAXLN3J-1n8HaWWjen98_wZ_c9x7AUWpaqQxk7l5Em_ZjabtY-7oixK0G8PweJcFEb0g_G5bPOVXIMAJSFGqJnIcJOcEDrM2n4LZsJHQ9QUu_esvJyT0m-xTOe_4Pj1OkpaCBXZeSHmBjtMMvLqIUb8UNHlmAKYMDtB2rZh/s4032/IMG_3018.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifyEKkNS4cRp7cIEuDkIwmPyAXLN3J-1n8HaWWjen98_wZ_c9x7AUWpaqQxk7l5Em_ZjabtY-7oixK0G8PweJcFEb0g_G5bPOVXIMAJSFGqJnIcJOcEDrM2n4LZsJHQ9QUu_esvJyT0m-xTOe_4Pj1OkpaCBXZeSHmBjtMMvLqIUb8UNHlmAKYMDtB2rZh/s320/IMG_3018.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">THURSDAY:</h2><p>We started today with his blend ladder worksheet. He started sounding out words and blending so much better. Then he read his word list with much less help than usual. This is exciting! He told me, "I'll be reading soon, Mama!"<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsE8iS9gyFYceRGzE97-NiSdwXHI_pmNG1bWOMkh14PQDlauMNn5nJ_65jU004akvtu_1Z2QLSnVHOFsey4IcYj7otTxSMQZ3UFX8gQOqRejRbufJkkZ-B69VI7659dgEyB2CRbImf2pzA1OLFMYo-XCMAmeNFIz2BsjZV36Mvr0Jkqb2HFwDsJBUHVkaD/s5184/IMG_0319.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsE8iS9gyFYceRGzE97-NiSdwXHI_pmNG1bWOMkh14PQDlauMNn5nJ_65jU004akvtu_1Z2QLSnVHOFsey4IcYj7otTxSMQZ3UFX8gQOqRejRbufJkkZ-B69VI7659dgEyB2CRbImf2pzA1OLFMYo-XCMAmeNFIz2BsjZV36Mvr0Jkqb2HFwDsJBUHVkaD/s320/IMG_0319.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdYGQtGG1E41OwMxIiZFWztgjuEjeWzKE78-y9iMmiI0AlMuFeW_emYofMThKmBDGrlqV3TxGURzvWaAMdte_IyTJXiAR8iOunQpJoAuzILmP7Bg8a_PLV2D0J_WY3oZl1b7kA11EGxJzmGu2XTxDYgIzKwOFz6kptSyKu6DkjZz6bhIYybxHO8RaFz5g/s4032/IMG_3046.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdYGQtGG1E41OwMxIiZFWztgjuEjeWzKE78-y9iMmiI0AlMuFeW_emYofMThKmBDGrlqV3TxGURzvWaAMdte_IyTJXiAR8iOunQpJoAuzILmP7Bg8a_PLV2D0J_WY3oZl1b7kA11EGxJzmGu2XTxDYgIzKwOFz6kptSyKu6DkjZz6bhIYybxHO8RaFz5g/s320/IMG_3046.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Next, he traced and copied the words from this worksheet and colored his cow. He drew birds in the sky - how cute.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhki3ASdxx9mgzjygFMlij58pD8P5I1eoI6Z_DAh22a8nS9v0WS2DrIPHG408Fu0d_F_pDgQq0Yc1_v8EEl9t44dlv72TYHq0E7VbYTo2QakBtd70fcRTw1oCXualyS-dtcPOTArTg4Eeqqr72E1impL_GsvFth7N9Hv38YAHHmxPXIm-shgXRt3CGzPAQr/s5184/IMG_0336.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhki3ASdxx9mgzjygFMlij58pD8P5I1eoI6Z_DAh22a8nS9v0WS2DrIPHG408Fu0d_F_pDgQq0Yc1_v8EEl9t44dlv72TYHq0E7VbYTo2QakBtd70fcRTw1oCXualyS-dtcPOTArTg4Eeqqr72E1impL_GsvFth7N9Hv38YAHHmxPXIm-shgXRt3CGzPAQr/s320/IMG_0336.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>We read several books about farm life and cows today from the library. </p><p>He completed a page in is Abeka math book and almost the last page in his Rod and Staff workbook.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVamxV7nJTGXhO0luB0NcudHeeqjPiSZGEHYw9j51jMVZgXkPam8MJU6HEElCYnN8FSr4eC5vLxMhIppf3aXbQCXpP1zQTFSAqlZzzM3SWZMfNFawZcbN-aUu5UobRUcD64SAgQOFADjnjTsge3RScypxc3YrLCVqypDi3xxJtVYoQLxEQOa0yNtRkwsz/s5184/IMG_0337.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVamxV7nJTGXhO0luB0NcudHeeqjPiSZGEHYw9j51jMVZgXkPam8MJU6HEElCYnN8FSr4eC5vLxMhIppf3aXbQCXpP1zQTFSAqlZzzM3SWZMfNFawZcbN-aUu5UobRUcD64SAgQOFADjnjTsge3RScypxc3YrLCVqypDi3xxJtVYoQLxEQOa0yNtRkwsz/s320/IMG_0337.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">FRIDAY:</h2><div>Today Zeke drew four pictures that began with <i>c</i>. He drew cut, cat, cow, and cracker! I also made him read his word list again, and I think every day I'm going to start having him read one of his word lists. I'm going to make copies and keep them in a folder. This will be good review for him!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA0wEq6i2nTsE54gMcQhyphenhyphend-GqDUp1JCzSdwyjMEp0MjgyoQGSaS50RodgJjjNMhWlLgnVsfpMDFpAjUGyHlPl_zfAYt0OsmAKQYlPE2iIKT10ShosC8Xbo4OEBxTl-7Kg8_mLuHBfqGiVX4VUWC6vETXc0Hwf33sPo5oVkDuRpnU-wn-nzWyKY5S8pDHa/s4032/IMG_3055.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA0wEq6i2nTsE54gMcQhyphenhyphend-GqDUp1JCzSdwyjMEp0MjgyoQGSaS50RodgJjjNMhWlLgnVsfpMDFpAjUGyHlPl_zfAYt0OsmAKQYlPE2iIKT10ShosC8Xbo4OEBxTl-7Kg8_mLuHBfqGiVX4VUWC6vETXc0Hwf33sPo5oVkDuRpnU-wn-nzWyKY5S8pDHa/s320/IMG_3055.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I found a worksheet on The Mailbox that I printed out for Zeke that goes along with the dairy theme. He had to color the pictures, cut them out, and glue only the ones that were made from milk on the milk pails. He did a great job of figuring this out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4P90xY0BFvsfw4qJsHJnap9mkkSxmxWQPtste___yA0zTz2ksk3E0nkxNmXmr8pf0lXf8sGt4fBY5MxaLcvDI8w0COVY9Vman4AJ-kAmxkkweX4aGJuSr6wR5u0GwoAELTLqa4ggBXQgnuIUaqZtby_Nd6naD8m0Bb9qgV7HkvR02047ye_11Orhkz57q/s4032/IMG_3057.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4P90xY0BFvsfw4qJsHJnap9mkkSxmxWQPtste___yA0zTz2ksk3E0nkxNmXmr8pf0lXf8sGt4fBY5MxaLcvDI8w0COVY9Vman4AJ-kAmxkkweX4aGJuSr6wR5u0GwoAELTLqa4ggBXQgnuIUaqZtby_Nd6naD8m0Bb9qgV7HkvR02047ye_11Orhkz57q/s320/IMG_3057.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>He completed another math page and we called it a week! </div><div><br /></div><div>Next week, we'll finish the farm theme with horses. </div>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-58059128135225174322024-02-11T13:19:00.000-06:002024-02-11T13:19:18.185-06:00ABC Jesus Loves Me: Year One Week Seven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuB8ABPVqxKGNS-NxU8i5cmtCcJVJXPk6MM-BWgo65GOebDU8q04UIgsnSAahPv6477AI2Z0-TO45wPp7aJuKAzqfzljnmNqMztkfjt6VbSF-gaFAkUf0gGrZwozdJVWpqCfeqOVK04-z2KRoDF6EaurxeRqj_3c9-Vs2ets0oO1CAX3T9fQ85rxVKgSP/s1080/ABC%20Jesus%20Loves%20Me.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuB8ABPVqxKGNS-NxU8i5cmtCcJVJXPk6MM-BWgo65GOebDU8q04UIgsnSAahPv6477AI2Z0-TO45wPp7aJuKAzqfzljnmNqMztkfjt6VbSF-gaFAkUf0gGrZwozdJVWpqCfeqOVK04-z2KRoDF6EaurxeRqj_3c9-Vs2ets0oO1CAX3T9fQ85rxVKgSP/s320/ABC%20Jesus%20Loves%20Me.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Zoey is 16 months old, and we are using ABC Jesus Loves Me, Year One the free curriculum. I kept it pretty simple this week! </p><p>COLOR: blue</p><p>SHAPE: star</p><p>ANIMAL: fish</p><p>BIBLE STORY: Jonah </p><p>BOOK: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish</p><p>I gave her a clean, empty Miracle Whip jar and some plastic fish. She had the best time putting them in the jar and then dumping them out again! This was super easy to set up and a great fine motor exercise.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIsTeMZJHNN5OnUTYSG4zmgTxLtmlIJoB5G9sXgoHKhVJ_FQsaTKEcvINlsfvj0XOfJgUXH4y2gRcJ66gPAcfMygLyH-8yoRwNanwcuMNdSr_bcO5maw3Q4CDHI5ODI6JAj4Kjri3J-jTsw7mFfxYvJLcVNv1yVJcs8pZ6bwyCvkageiqU5zMRdlWdTW6/s4032/IMG_2979.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIsTeMZJHNN5OnUTYSG4zmgTxLtmlIJoB5G9sXgoHKhVJ_FQsaTKEcvINlsfvj0XOfJgUXH4y2gRcJ66gPAcfMygLyH-8yoRwNanwcuMNdSr_bcO5maw3Q4CDHI5ODI6JAj4Kjri3J-jTsw7mFfxYvJLcVNv1yVJcs8pZ6bwyCvkageiqU5zMRdlWdTW6/s320/IMG_2979.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKq3CbtoGUiH_eXcSES6xi4w6iVhsFPMedZKZpBa_M9zsEZxLirlLZ1kEUFgcjLffvBLelGNbHyo7lNoDqp8Wklqc7vj97LcyVlwjSlCm3-Q-US1TkuHB9i1xjC_TyjpURnGR2UA5X9RD-yr4WEvxnc0CXF_w2ZB2ECVYHBkqkeV52qmxSLtgpXAj-Dwc/s4032/IMG_2981.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKq3CbtoGUiH_eXcSES6xi4w6iVhsFPMedZKZpBa_M9zsEZxLirlLZ1kEUFgcjLffvBLelGNbHyo7lNoDqp8Wklqc7vj97LcyVlwjSlCm3-Q-US1TkuHB9i1xjC_TyjpURnGR2UA5X9RD-yr4WEvxnc0CXF_w2ZB2ECVYHBkqkeV52qmxSLtgpXAj-Dwc/s320/IMG_2981.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Zoey used blue paint sticks to paint her F is for Fish coloring page. She loves paint sticks, but she likes to paint herself with them, too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSD64oV0QTPmHGXviIsTBt-XiabsU1bqbYTqzHnLzFWrvQqwCotHU_0LFJwubUDwP5DpMCk8gZzHAOoGVh5iLPA0FXhVzWxD0sxYOkoza1fzcwMYghLyWLDLc3vYSEwOA1ptiC3dCjdP-ix9E1hgGLrwK17IylIK-5T7WK9T2GUrUGxClhiSsNjp0yWaYX/s5184/IMG_0335.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSD64oV0QTPmHGXviIsTBt-XiabsU1bqbYTqzHnLzFWrvQqwCotHU_0LFJwubUDwP5DpMCk8gZzHAOoGVh5iLPA0FXhVzWxD0sxYOkoza1fzcwMYghLyWLDLc3vYSEwOA1ptiC3dCjdP-ix9E1hgGLrwK17IylIK-5T7WK9T2GUrUGxClhiSsNjp0yWaYX/s320/IMG_0335.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhargqXTGq8DYQMRPMKAfDEhHPme3kPgl1mdpyBVXrvS3aBy7JBAIwhozBnQduaTaR4mui98YtWywvblqEwzeHP12vNyjilDCmq3DRMS-71ksepYYrELi5DB5pI9XgH28uKqJInTtoq1Ds3oh4z6X0rfKTDxx6YiwXORJfVGgS9jZ7fYdEjihvbhQH_AgT3/s5184/IMG_0338.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhargqXTGq8DYQMRPMKAfDEhHPme3kPgl1mdpyBVXrvS3aBy7JBAIwhozBnQduaTaR4mui98YtWywvblqEwzeHP12vNyjilDCmq3DRMS-71ksepYYrELi5DB5pI9XgH28uKqJInTtoq1Ds3oh4z6X0rfKTDxx6YiwXORJfVGgS9jZ7fYdEjihvbhQH_AgT3/s320/IMG_0338.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>She put fish stickers inside a fishbowl coloring page. Zeke and I handed her the stickers. She is getting much better at sticking them on the paper and didn't need much help at all with this one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzor7eyaJM9WgxrE_ATpnsV090IfoGmaIeUGk1ib3deIu6iOCRGOKcetHUAQsXL-EQkvgOT4qbXNPfFSuqJvqeHDwmLy7a_kye7MzjoVpDO5X-7o7ZpJ4TNG9RpqI3NiyJqDacx-4jERtpLGybPddAOPRtZABCAuqTnY7HgY8B89Udy_oSwtNG5fwXTITQ/s5184/IMG_0305.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzor7eyaJM9WgxrE_ATpnsV090IfoGmaIeUGk1ib3deIu6iOCRGOKcetHUAQsXL-EQkvgOT4qbXNPfFSuqJvqeHDwmLy7a_kye7MzjoVpDO5X-7o7ZpJ4TNG9RpqI3NiyJqDacx-4jERtpLGybPddAOPRtZABCAuqTnY7HgY8B89Udy_oSwtNG5fwXTITQ/s320/IMG_0305.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxyHBI96Y8lvVH0UlOFMhYVtLqdZwkCgNmEWU_gbz11fNShQwYDfAAmM_Koe2TO888IwrfBhNaZs6ThaWvCPpeXiRB1pteaDaisBSNQUX7BnGVBl5ccvT6npXBGbPdd_PrntOpO4aagbzjZpVbgtbbx9cAuQuVuTRgbmchcmZS6TmfZfMl3FBORGPk-y4/s5184/IMG_0307.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxyHBI96Y8lvVH0UlOFMhYVtLqdZwkCgNmEWU_gbz11fNShQwYDfAAmM_Koe2TO888IwrfBhNaZs6ThaWvCPpeXiRB1pteaDaisBSNQUX7BnGVBl5ccvT6npXBGbPdd_PrntOpO4aagbzjZpVbgtbbx9cAuQuVuTRgbmchcmZS6TmfZfMl3FBORGPk-y4/s320/IMG_0307.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-a27EnsfAj6gFwueyxIN1EQUKjxhyphenhyphenySgx3zcgDmw4fjsJk-Rz2TbTmY9eFjFFC9aw5eBfJFB1P8AzRjOsa5DZtacCazYR0UI3uj8jc0J_N2mcAHQoHlK2OCO0jvFrztYwHQU5UMVg3fJTuSHqGgvHCKnBUmixBXotogbvJbnzYpVNllUZBgyDVC2aWe2/s5184/IMG_0308.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-a27EnsfAj6gFwueyxIN1EQUKjxhyphenhyphenySgx3zcgDmw4fjsJk-Rz2TbTmY9eFjFFC9aw5eBfJFB1P8AzRjOsa5DZtacCazYR0UI3uj8jc0J_N2mcAHQoHlK2OCO0jvFrztYwHQU5UMVg3fJTuSHqGgvHCKnBUmixBXotogbvJbnzYpVNllUZBgyDVC2aWe2/s320/IMG_0308.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5l-neZJqGq-PA22KMi6eFA6SCdAXNUrHvwiTc8PWgHcywfKZDS4ozQACRJJRhzInfVqAPHe7j1KGy_9dIOcBOiFZXCSo4gOZ50PFaLdkG82_rhT4fEZcu6uYUxbQGaqYRcM_AUmiMf1exGujFDEEDagw11pgz5cZ8xJPU2YnYruv-oFiIBlu3qnbb5Tib/s5184/IMG_0309.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5l-neZJqGq-PA22KMi6eFA6SCdAXNUrHvwiTc8PWgHcywfKZDS4ozQACRJJRhzInfVqAPHe7j1KGy_9dIOcBOiFZXCSo4gOZ50PFaLdkG82_rhT4fEZcu6uYUxbQGaqYRcM_AUmiMf1exGujFDEEDagw11pgz5cZ8xJPU2YnYruv-oFiIBlu3qnbb5Tib/s320/IMG_0309.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5K3OfXgtBmDSyA4BFqYsagkJgJxyc73ghC5dsWI-gv38WiAYWoKYTsNOnEky2ZWwl4zcvaogERm4eHoD5jvqvlQzuDY710Bax7xxc4inFOtzDHYqZcz5AeTG_PudOUoeUeFxk2pM1eOL1_fD4W5QZUZB1oseFUKVyJn8-T3s8fRpc16C6ziYWuT3rRdc/s5184/IMG_0332.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5K3OfXgtBmDSyA4BFqYsagkJgJxyc73ghC5dsWI-gv38WiAYWoKYTsNOnEky2ZWwl4zcvaogERm4eHoD5jvqvlQzuDY710Bax7xxc4inFOtzDHYqZcz5AeTG_PudOUoeUeFxk2pM1eOL1_fD4W5QZUZB1oseFUKVyJn8-T3s8fRpc16C6ziYWuT3rRdc/s320/IMG_0332.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I put glue all over the fish coloring page and gave her some blue tissue paper squares to put on the fish. She did this pretty good except the tissue paper kept sticking to her fingers and getting waded up. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNbaKg2gjZo0Cfbl9dunkzsF62vR24SvaOkbgjZm92qx4VV9m5z-JUUKVdVSxSeBF0awLyxWZAH8ESRdAf_t2pwdb9SlnZbntr1EvXSHCWGZUEVswjX674qaS5GQLB-aPbWaT87-4ckj_sMi48IeeFF90OSg3Fon9jyb-nXL1WJaNKMZeIPsTVBqHpnRk/s5184/IMG_0313.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNbaKg2gjZo0Cfbl9dunkzsF62vR24SvaOkbgjZm92qx4VV9m5z-JUUKVdVSxSeBF0awLyxWZAH8ESRdAf_t2pwdb9SlnZbntr1EvXSHCWGZUEVswjX674qaS5GQLB-aPbWaT87-4ckj_sMi48IeeFF90OSg3Fon9jyb-nXL1WJaNKMZeIPsTVBqHpnRk/s320/IMG_0313.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_E8ejtFFmCOIRtV9L7vTkFURws-__Bd3bJBp94r1Vg951WFmwDqo-w1To2ni2hWw6Vw4R0UbE52RBIqt4Yej-LdT1NrSjYaSzqyxtAQnfUdZKzJDbgy998L89V6CtJmwb__bgQZZ8APYvS_ewZoErO9bT0koRo0WjeQiVmxpkyAhhV5iTbVUCC4PQrwT5/s5184/IMG_0314.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_E8ejtFFmCOIRtV9L7vTkFURws-__Bd3bJBp94r1Vg951WFmwDqo-w1To2ni2hWw6Vw4R0UbE52RBIqt4Yej-LdT1NrSjYaSzqyxtAQnfUdZKzJDbgy998L89V6CtJmwb__bgQZZ8APYvS_ewZoErO9bT0koRo0WjeQiVmxpkyAhhV5iTbVUCC4PQrwT5/s320/IMG_0314.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9YNInGNhuAFoGGYTQ0cS1QPoii-AkjXVuZtHQ2qcoqJ-FUYmPqT8MYTT3s3IjA6xMe0pt7vtwZlp7hiSS78a9v0ODabxsojnSnKiPmho-Whk1i8sp_EKEbxqrVCZr_XBYID1AS2tykQ3PyNUSaWs99TXNRdxbVrpXm3FnsP5UWT561yVzDGUa7Hb-9n_/s5184/IMG_0331.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9YNInGNhuAFoGGYTQ0cS1QPoii-AkjXVuZtHQ2qcoqJ-FUYmPqT8MYTT3s3IjA6xMe0pt7vtwZlp7hiSS78a9v0ODabxsojnSnKiPmho-Whk1i8sp_EKEbxqrVCZr_XBYID1AS2tykQ3PyNUSaWs99TXNRdxbVrpXm3FnsP5UWT561yVzDGUa7Hb-9n_/s320/IMG_0331.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>She used blue dot marker to dot a Jonah and the Fish dot marker worksheet.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQM_mZijZpxDOBdGJ5GFAR_TxQBHX0un2yARt2ddfXBd3l53n07AzaWGgMcCOBS1dZ2i9KbyF7YmLx8sbMq8S37YtiOzQgcSSUaaUzx2CmbTDxuI1t3P-hCSrjFa2FPp2o1bhRs-VtpxptfFunxw_a33qgENnq-6AUNhn7tP2K8d_9WfB9zUMlH_m2jwYZ/s5184/IMG_0317.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQM_mZijZpxDOBdGJ5GFAR_TxQBHX0un2yARt2ddfXBd3l53n07AzaWGgMcCOBS1dZ2i9KbyF7YmLx8sbMq8S37YtiOzQgcSSUaaUzx2CmbTDxuI1t3P-hCSrjFa2FPp2o1bhRs-VtpxptfFunxw_a33qgENnq-6AUNhn7tP2K8d_9WfB9zUMlH_m2jwYZ/s320/IMG_0317.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWIruxuIOGGsGGnAjC8qDw97ZbFnScEEd4lck6juQU2PV3P3MA7nHX5p4V99AJYqqHE-k3ak5boAs54SJuOncDkpEUwYVLMxI-lWgQkrYFO0tUjruBuK2JEzInJdDmNjmFxr7bUGiXpoWD8cO9Uc51NxtYwu9gQsq3BDj-wb7DPXaARN_y-sEmKGBweVU/s5184/IMG_0330.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWIruxuIOGGsGGnAjC8qDw97ZbFnScEEd4lck6juQU2PV3P3MA7nHX5p4V99AJYqqHE-k3ak5boAs54SJuOncDkpEUwYVLMxI-lWgQkrYFO0tUjruBuK2JEzInJdDmNjmFxr7bUGiXpoWD8cO9Uc51NxtYwu9gQsq3BDj-wb7DPXaARN_y-sEmKGBweVU/s320/IMG_0330.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I folded pipe cleaners into fish shapes and gave her a magnetic wand. She really enjoyed playing with this! This was very quick to set up. If she was a little older, I would have made this a color sorting activity. Zeke also had fun “helping” her! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtACGe5JatcRVjL2FWjPkvV6IqlaykqknhZkG4si1qAHV6cH8WHoqhpwrw49IzYUz2kYAErKd-NGw1Uwx9j7ZjskfVYxPD5EcQmGstH05GKeoH7hotCcU9_LLCfG76Cfi3ACjbILXhHeZo0z7UKRu0pdXemTeQedorfBOj8qnNh-paqt3KomlnwEY-QUt0/s4032/IMG_3073.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtACGe5JatcRVjL2FWjPkvV6IqlaykqknhZkG4si1qAHV6cH8WHoqhpwrw49IzYUz2kYAErKd-NGw1Uwx9j7ZjskfVYxPD5EcQmGstH05GKeoH7hotCcU9_LLCfG76Cfi3ACjbILXhHeZo0z7UKRu0pdXemTeQedorfBOj8qnNh-paqt3KomlnwEY-QUt0/s320/IMG_3073.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelzQsXmUdWUQk1t2z5tZTrS_v2zvjv1wy314_8_b5xL2DDt0O5a8hvLoYdmPcjbLq8wUkzHKbbFoAGtSDm1DEtdT9bGXLo9l8vdboq1FXb3AI1omHDFyHz8XEaC2fvmRprzMQd_TRPqKpUir_Gkp8HCFFITIX2sVyr2sOhAOZ19IAcMOOZCPyhsbEfLdo/s4032/IMG_3075.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelzQsXmUdWUQk1t2z5tZTrS_v2zvjv1wy314_8_b5xL2DDt0O5a8hvLoYdmPcjbLq8wUkzHKbbFoAGtSDm1DEtdT9bGXLo9l8vdboq1FXb3AI1omHDFyHz8XEaC2fvmRprzMQd_TRPqKpUir_Gkp8HCFFITIX2sVyr2sOhAOZ19IAcMOOZCPyhsbEfLdo/s320/IMG_3075.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGBsUZNFjEwO_UYQECggg97_KyyxYOn7yW4tokfckx3lQQOsGDKhWebA2YfkzXCCQ4nYxeTrqBk3tnuq0PtweXJq3sNdPbi2lEu1hyZXABy-47ASkPc1A7Z1nmcUGqj_P7X2ziNxbsAqt72PYhmWz022ueD30AoKROPSFD7fPn4T_ZKoBPQAKIJiTpFHB/s4032/IMG_3076.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGBsUZNFjEwO_UYQECggg97_KyyxYOn7yW4tokfckx3lQQOsGDKhWebA2YfkzXCCQ4nYxeTrqBk3tnuq0PtweXJq3sNdPbi2lEu1hyZXABy-47ASkPc1A7Z1nmcUGqj_P7X2ziNxbsAqt72PYhmWz022ueD30AoKROPSFD7fPn4T_ZKoBPQAKIJiTpFHB/s320/IMG_3076.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvzzZP8WUwtW25fL3bN5sITTkuM8Y3lM218jyCQwSaLIMyt7kXXQceuGOWZJByUeCC_iBEJXSQRfltVY2SFUlpmLrNX2biQvMJfZDiv9m9TieCmUMQyqxkzVqopDCYchfYT2AOYh2HN-eTMkwDSJ7hwVR7YxzkuNv0UKhIMs2fSKjzNRuSW6FX7zK7IKR/s4032/IMG_3078.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvzzZP8WUwtW25fL3bN5sITTkuM8Y3lM218jyCQwSaLIMyt7kXXQceuGOWZJByUeCC_iBEJXSQRfltVY2SFUlpmLrNX2biQvMJfZDiv9m9TieCmUMQyqxkzVqopDCYchfYT2AOYh2HN-eTMkwDSJ7hwVR7YxzkuNv0UKhIMs2fSKjzNRuSW6FX7zK7IKR/s320/IMG_3078.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbVx-cHaEQRJVg7skN_6_TUpm6UWNtKvrDtz59bNEm5IXVN84drkUTrSLgkvesYLg8JTP9Px2PAb7NbskXnW5UE85lOPMbK5m_KNeC6pqIpi8doiNIMYzxPavjJbtUymnwu2TvVG3jiJlqtB82dg91EYboruRqCP21wO96CzytU_2ieTW6k7h2El9CCPB/s4032/IMG_3079.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbVx-cHaEQRJVg7skN_6_TUpm6UWNtKvrDtz59bNEm5IXVN84drkUTrSLgkvesYLg8JTP9Px2PAb7NbskXnW5UE85lOPMbK5m_KNeC6pqIpi8doiNIMYzxPavjJbtUymnwu2TvVG3jiJlqtB82dg91EYboruRqCP21wO96CzytU_2ieTW6k7h2El9CCPB/s320/IMG_3079.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Her book this week was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. I traced her handprints (much harder with a toddler than you could imagine) and glued them to a sheet of cardstock. This was an activity that I did, but I thought it would be cute in her little binder! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWhlj2BdCoy7fO93_9ZYXRbsBP-ZXxgiw6auoWXXFTraAWoucllc-0lhtOQ1hrulmevCqAU8tnjKqi3Rc17cZLPiG63sggwSNqvDc0uRK0hky_Xo2H5r2nqjxPVUcPSpoYavyq-t6Le_rHsvnNltyA3U8avFQXrDjXlGyK4YJILnkAyPwJwTD0rar4_IB/s4032/IMG_3058.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWhlj2BdCoy7fO93_9ZYXRbsBP-ZXxgiw6auoWXXFTraAWoucllc-0lhtOQ1hrulmevCqAU8tnjKqi3Rc17cZLPiG63sggwSNqvDc0uRK0hky_Xo2H5r2nqjxPVUcPSpoYavyq-t6Le_rHsvnNltyA3U8avFQXrDjXlGyK4YJILnkAyPwJwTD0rar4_IB/s320/IMG_3058.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>She also glued blue stars to make a collage. She didn't want to give up the glue stick, so she "painted" the big blue star with glue instead of water-painting it this week. Just as well - she always tears up the shape once it gets good and wet anyway!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hJcQCXZLRT-NiaY-EixRQiM6LXov_yWHsuWknSqh_ukDCbxfYijkdiYc1dwrmfPIhCKSWa6twWm9Hv9nIhwOSPKtbFRsHJ3uOUTgeq0VEfOg2xsa_BZn0HOu2Xdyv9dTC8Ua_wWUivUxlXqLGCQF5xYk2iN4zfuE7fwwgHgjAOLl-6ysSOBezJgWhzhG/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hJcQCXZLRT-NiaY-EixRQiM6LXov_yWHsuWknSqh_ukDCbxfYijkdiYc1dwrmfPIhCKSWa6twWm9Hv9nIhwOSPKtbFRsHJ3uOUTgeq0VEfOg2xsa_BZn0HOu2Xdyv9dTC8Ua_wWUivUxlXqLGCQF5xYk2iN4zfuE7fwwgHgjAOLl-6ysSOBezJgWhzhG/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>To see more of our ABC Jesus Loves Me posts, click the button at the top of the page.</p><p>That was it for this week!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-64965488979506576282024-02-08T18:56:00.003-06:002024-02-08T18:56:52.324-06:00Homeschooling with a Toddler<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazXuMxAS935jJK94SzQLz-ffmgYeLmdFL2rMK-9Htb5Zd0pMO1atHWEVeAT2u0BoO7V87VYcZUGLGJNTnGv6YuDdD5EjeYcosfxO4ADcSXXFPB1uTwXPjgeebcpspTUP61U5-8lkYGZHAzfyufofWSlmA5SmRmCiURW6bc3BSmQY0XGNgJoLqw76Je7J5/s1080/Homeschooling%20with%20a%20Toddler.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazXuMxAS935jJK94SzQLz-ffmgYeLmdFL2rMK-9Htb5Zd0pMO1atHWEVeAT2u0BoO7V87VYcZUGLGJNTnGv6YuDdD5EjeYcosfxO4ADcSXXFPB1uTwXPjgeebcpspTUP61U5-8lkYGZHAzfyufofWSlmA5SmRmCiURW6bc3BSmQY0XGNgJoLqw76Je7J5/s320/Homeschooling%20with%20a%20Toddler.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I consider myself a veteran homeschooler. I have homeschooled at least one child every year for 17 years now. I’ve had anywhere from one to five children homeschooling at a time - and usually with a baby or toddler (or both!). </p><p>Homeschooling with a toddler is probably the<i> most difficult</i> homeschooling season I’ve been in. Homeschooling with a baby is easy in comparison- they can’t crawl on the table and throw everything on the floor yet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMT_W0EdP6zQclTD4CuGDETQXUgejcG-q6FgbkfM_NIrDZWywGiwe-oy0yWtGfjY9D9QBmtdRm695g9a8yhPtHcxkkL0nmbfprVPiwZXVN4dtj40jtn5wEv63r5lo1ISMcygPCjwO9sQowqh1WKVkp2a3_ls-j4SMPCbgiq36p1BmojsrW3LlfeiDQ0_y8/s5184/IMG_0182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMT_W0EdP6zQclTD4CuGDETQXUgejcG-q6FgbkfM_NIrDZWywGiwe-oy0yWtGfjY9D9QBmtdRm695g9a8yhPtHcxkkL0nmbfprVPiwZXVN4dtj40jtn5wEv63r5lo1ISMcygPCjwO9sQowqh1WKVkp2a3_ls-j4SMPCbgiq36p1BmojsrW3LlfeiDQ0_y8/s320/IMG_0182.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The only time a toddler is still is when they're sleeping!</span></div><p>I’m not going to pretend that I have learned the magic secret to homeschooling with a toddler without losing your mind. Other than hiring a babysitter, you’re out of luck. The most honest piece of advice I’ll give you is this - <b>This too shall pass.</b> </p><p>However, there are a few things that I’ve discovered that may help occupy your toddler long enough for you to read the directions on a worksheet or explain a few math problems.</p><p>But first - allowing a toddler to run free while you're trying to help your older children with schoolwork isn't always the best idea. You'll be running ragged trying to make sure the little one isn't swishing their hands in the toilet or tearing pages out of a book or putting things in their mouth. But if everyone is at the table, you can bet your toddler will want to be right in the middle of everything! There's no way around it. I'd rather try to entertain my toddler at the table than chase him around the house while I'm trying to teach other children. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKm3kuYDGFu7BaOkkkJl6pEP8qWMFwsPllIJjvoYT56B6Mg10NmXRRe5Zvt0iLtD1mW-IeX7vgMGX6WCpwRiauVsGkyyJMs6WvdCsVJd4EZZAoGOfzPHHVvotbs5pgyjy-R3AeAntyQKYY60_1hGOKDvjI7lPFt8J1goh151UPCzF-6-cUR36lbek7L4uD/s320/IMG_2241.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKm3kuYDGFu7BaOkkkJl6pEP8qWMFwsPllIJjvoYT56B6Mg10NmXRRe5Zvt0iLtD1mW-IeX7vgMGX6WCpwRiauVsGkyyJMs6WvdCsVJd4EZZAoGOfzPHHVvotbs5pgyjy-R3AeAntyQKYY60_1hGOKDvjI7lPFt8J1goh151UPCzF-6-cUR36lbek7L4uD/s1600/IMG_2241.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">All the world's a stage!</span></div><p>If your little one doesn’t mind being strapped into a highchair or booster seat at the table (Zoey will tolerate it for longer than any of my others did), this is the thing to do when you really need to devote most of your attention to the other kids. A few snacks, a coloring book and colors, or a small container of play dough should probably work to distract your toddler for a little bit. If he starts to get bored with the activity you have provided, quickly switch it out with another. This may extend the time that they’ll spend contained in the seat. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzzAOtjlyT64rE3us1Tx9NFggeQZw1EnyMw_a22K6kP09DjlG1nydy9aVW-_ZqUkZZf2n0KPFVpvJtI-ayVoqT4fNdHfR7JLYSdGcTzfQ1GcJdGVg8U3sUKG4RufERIGU7tbdueN2iKIqqsa6wug9fwh1LqSv9wvCbXynoLEtLVfQVd6iUZYpAiqUVe0T/s5184/IMG_0242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzzAOtjlyT64rE3us1Tx9NFggeQZw1EnyMw_a22K6kP09DjlG1nydy9aVW-_ZqUkZZf2n0KPFVpvJtI-ayVoqT4fNdHfR7JLYSdGcTzfQ1GcJdGVg8U3sUKG4RufERIGU7tbdueN2iKIqqsa6wug9fwh1LqSv9wvCbXynoLEtLVfQVd6iUZYpAiqUVe0T/s320/IMG_0242.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Water painting is fairly mess-free!</span></div><p>The next thing that works well for me is a “tot tray.” This is just a tray that contains a small activity that your toddler can do independently. Pom-poms and bowls, craft sticks and a water bottle, or magnets and a cookie sheet are examples of simple-to-set-up tray activities. I like these to have as few moving parts as possible, so I will usually provide three or four pom-poms or a small handful of craft sticks. Filling and dumping are two things that toddlers love to do!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9GqFyEx1qTxE9Vo7alAcsh0gtoXbbf6933CXrfEePSW-xZbjq94s1J4Qw002GEP67gNLaZkVN_-5P4_43B4IIg18A18f16M2dKK-PuyO2S_uiNBHkrR_hL-1kx20uSDlrz2fkqNNaGiasG7vlvNZcut-CgvDIRPDdGXAKjATTai6OMEk7gclg99kNKMi/s320/4C4BDB0C-389C-45D5-8154-C407DBC4CAF8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="256" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9GqFyEx1qTxE9Vo7alAcsh0gtoXbbf6933CXrfEePSW-xZbjq94s1J4Qw002GEP67gNLaZkVN_-5P4_43B4IIg18A18f16M2dKK-PuyO2S_uiNBHkrR_hL-1kx20uSDlrz2fkqNNaGiasG7vlvNZcut-CgvDIRPDdGXAKjATTai6OMEk7gclg99kNKMi/s1600/4C4BDB0C-389C-45D5-8154-C407DBC4CAF8.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I have an entire post about using tot trays <a href="https://myfullhandsandheart.blogspot.com/2022/05/tot-school-tuesdays-using-trays.html">HERE.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I also have some toys and games that are pulled out only during school hours. This makes them more exciting and keeps your little ones interested in them longer. It's almost like a brand-new toy! Forbidden toys are the best, am I right? Again, I make these toys that don't have tons of moving parts and can be played with open-endedly. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuKzcKJ1AYwzo3ZJdyqCg5SZ7k7LIpcWCtKOhuNfaZNQUrqNKsJMori2O3UNdPrwbdhyxZcPWROt3btbNTzUQMWP80nYacP3Ap5D_FwQOtMdacapONb8RSNUhNX3gGTC1_jsF02I7ZxFEWHsOU-d9P_DQGM71pEQ-KsALcV__UGtaF_TzJutX93nM2ave/s5184/IMG_0286.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuKzcKJ1AYwzo3ZJdyqCg5SZ7k7LIpcWCtKOhuNfaZNQUrqNKsJMori2O3UNdPrwbdhyxZcPWROt3btbNTzUQMWP80nYacP3Ap5D_FwQOtMdacapONb8RSNUhNX3gGTC1_jsF02I7ZxFEWHsOU-d9P_DQGM71pEQ-KsALcV__UGtaF_TzJutX93nM2ave/s320/IMG_0286.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Playdough is only pulled out during schooltime!</span></div><p>And my last resort is just to put the toddler in my lap. If I'm holding her, she can't get in to any trouble. She will usually be satisfied with a board book to look at, a pencil or crayon to draw with, or sipping out of my cup. For a few minutes anyway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl1q1NDY8MGin269h5-f9Q8zV4yFpEZXftLXhZY2B8PsP5dB-ggdaShuZvXB_n8hmYN1r8qoBzci4zNRy9MnCF97_qa5BMAeFfbKAGGcqb-ALu-mPkjLDWCkAbPe9BCBhhAaCBkRCA6IMvVrzUpQqvxnMb6DxPuXzyBZR2YgargkxoIWcAhxPdQ_F0XjCP/s5184/IMG_0294.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl1q1NDY8MGin269h5-f9Q8zV4yFpEZXftLXhZY2B8PsP5dB-ggdaShuZvXB_n8hmYN1r8qoBzci4zNRy9MnCF97_qa5BMAeFfbKAGGcqb-ALu-mPkjLDWCkAbPe9BCBhhAaCBkRCA6IMvVrzUpQqvxnMb6DxPuXzyBZR2YgargkxoIWcAhxPdQ_F0XjCP/s320/IMG_0294.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When all else fails, snacks usually prevail!</span></div><p>If you're homeschooling with a toddler underfoot, I suggest you learn to multi-task as well as just embrace the chaos that undoubtedly comes with the territory! And remember:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">THIS TOO SHALL PASS!</span></p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-50633581724639172762024-02-08T05:51:00.001-06:002024-02-08T05:51:16.791-06:00Thankful Thursday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOiW8gtSaNFALjCwkrTWS495ZA5Ro-vjziqwNIgooSQH5zJ2tj0Bl9cKaMu399SqgT6V9aEVOCwOKeuIqJ1W-coynqh6vytSP95Txc7wYI-HfEU6PxBNGnOXLdcWgAfd2Zur-_5NmKap6IK7fGpupux0yR4FpuZtth4wXculGo1vKnQHEVUxxNedLzPi8/s337/IMG_2487.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="337" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOiW8gtSaNFALjCwkrTWS495ZA5Ro-vjziqwNIgooSQH5zJ2tj0Bl9cKaMu399SqgT6V9aEVOCwOKeuIqJ1W-coynqh6vytSP95Txc7wYI-HfEU6PxBNGnOXLdcWgAfd2Zur-_5NmKap6IK7fGpupux0yR4FpuZtth4wXculGo1vKnQHEVUxxNedLzPi8/s320/IMG_2487.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm linking up with Jennifer for Thankful Thursday this week!</div><p>Mercie turned 16 this week! She got her driver's license and has started driving her little brothers to school each day. It's nice having a driver here again! With Eli at college, I miss having someone that run around for me when I need them to!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nw2MlhtQATRsh8D6LvJk1aGNW-Z8UjvkwyQgMZsP3QKXFYJ1W-SQsujKJTG4VOS7cEvn1DzcuCuNU0ZpprWLCevC5EkdwLfvktpvHrTogUORGnagHVJMqHdUtyEH56vQNpz5Jw0LL05WXqOq1Q6_9rAU-eSx5USwzHeI9nr5s4M1909Rrwc0o0TvDoiM/s4032/IMG_2968.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nw2MlhtQATRsh8D6LvJk1aGNW-Z8UjvkwyQgMZsP3QKXFYJ1W-SQsujKJTG4VOS7cEvn1DzcuCuNU0ZpprWLCevC5EkdwLfvktpvHrTogUORGnagHVJMqHdUtyEH56vQNpz5Jw0LL05WXqOq1Q6_9rAU-eSx5USwzHeI9nr5s4M1909Rrwc0o0TvDoiM/s320/IMG_2968.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Rod's grandfather turned 92 the same day as Mercie turned 16. We went up to his house and had cake and ice cream to celebrate. He's on hospice and doesn't have much longer in this life. Rod is thankful for the time he had with him, and I'm thankful that my kids have been able to get to know him.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKpEmeoqU9vKYK_eKM32FWc_hgpQN9zNLLPrQ2Ae7NDwbHenq2MJX4pu8ruqyFD_RY3fQ4U-VtADq6f0HVrZ7pu2tCpt_HzZnFNfx7mrav6rjnSrhZGHWE3fY1QhekgF2GyqLrWuKtS3EpGjamBf19_JMPorrLtHy2pxP4Qj-avD8ZmmdpK0LZ81ZdguC/s4032/IMG_2992.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKpEmeoqU9vKYK_eKM32FWc_hgpQN9zNLLPrQ2Ae7NDwbHenq2MJX4pu8ruqyFD_RY3fQ4U-VtADq6f0HVrZ7pu2tCpt_HzZnFNfx7mrav6rjnSrhZGHWE3fY1QhekgF2GyqLrWuKtS3EpGjamBf19_JMPorrLtHy2pxP4Qj-avD8ZmmdpK0LZ81ZdguC/s320/IMG_2992.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFNInw5lKIwbjB6cMMn1A7Pb6Pq0FTHqDFQVvuvfUlMr63__2Bqe-4fasBa2K9hM-xH6_VYhK6CgXr-4ihy_-sr_SXGdipuo5zdGHua-6CWh_H-JlbFRHpuCxFicJ4n80NL6oWocHTP-nx4YrErlXsYjtYvaPMn2S9EYpZqx6O1xJ8Obi5MCnHA5RF90q/s4032/IMG_2994.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFNInw5lKIwbjB6cMMn1A7Pb6Pq0FTHqDFQVvuvfUlMr63__2Bqe-4fasBa2K9hM-xH6_VYhK6CgXr-4ihy_-sr_SXGdipuo5zdGHua-6CWh_H-JlbFRHpuCxFicJ4n80NL6oWocHTP-nx4YrErlXsYjtYvaPMn2S9EYpZqx6O1xJ8Obi5MCnHA5RF90q/s320/IMG_2994.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhCS-tBy4UAfmN53G2QfFzH5jAgoEtn_eVkzh9geXQF5uSXhaSaZJVUtYARyhNm4XP5mwGQ3REs45LLlXkh1MEwosX9KoxyvxUpbtbiOB_T8NT6sDBjuu6TKlUaoXtyM1s60P4wIYwlguv2Bcrc2Z911EmcYdXakxPuFWgldxFB5YZ6bAEypeYb9sHqT3/s4032/IMG_2996.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhCS-tBy4UAfmN53G2QfFzH5jAgoEtn_eVkzh9geXQF5uSXhaSaZJVUtYARyhNm4XP5mwGQ3REs45LLlXkh1MEwosX9KoxyvxUpbtbiOB_T8NT6sDBjuu6TKlUaoXtyM1s60P4wIYwlguv2Bcrc2Z911EmcYdXakxPuFWgldxFB5YZ6bAEypeYb9sHqT3/s320/IMG_2996.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I'm thankful for the nice weather we've been having. It makes such a difference being able to spend time outside with the two little ones during than day rather than being cooped up inside all the time. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qRIzElpEN2iMsIdaXw7JiZJovb37ocEdj21z5JxCsavWjtn_jtznmtBnFt2lSQaaEuQ_vQ3qVL3x8z1VeljTQy9JEGt0YxooM6une84nk5swH972aG_gkRdXsUr_SY637U1rbBIzOt36a3nmSuaSLfjYXg0mWVeB7EhkbD442rxJvD26nEf0jzA0NFt6/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qRIzElpEN2iMsIdaXw7JiZJovb37ocEdj21z5JxCsavWjtn_jtznmtBnFt2lSQaaEuQ_vQ3qVL3x8z1VeljTQy9JEGt0YxooM6une84nk5swH972aG_gkRdXsUr_SY637U1rbBIzOt36a3nmSuaSLfjYXg0mWVeB7EhkbD442rxJvD26nEf0jzA0NFt6/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWg9iqMQ5lLmMOnKG11-0zaFCEDo3_1FYk7y-hXSEwYy86znx96kIXMcPdTnhkKU5hSWqW1hTEIe5R-_wL6jn2h2U1uKlHVN61PpeAj9KxgZWNwjeis-NQNYeUwjb8W8UqvI4asRGoJeWmhub-leN9XlHNyunGdiZYUPJpyRpFcQddwk0_KzXVYnCvGpsT/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWg9iqMQ5lLmMOnKG11-0zaFCEDo3_1FYk7y-hXSEwYy86znx96kIXMcPdTnhkKU5hSWqW1hTEIe5R-_wL6jn2h2U1uKlHVN61PpeAj9KxgZWNwjeis-NQNYeUwjb8W8UqvI4asRGoJeWmhub-leN9XlHNyunGdiZYUPJpyRpFcQddwk0_KzXVYnCvGpsT/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I'm thankful Zeke learned how to swing himself on the swings! He is so proud of himself and pushes himself to swing higher and higher each time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWyuUqYfk8nd7lI-OEtUrvRwsvFLindo47ri8UZkenI0V9__MaAyqIV5ywGACxrPGlBERR624dcQgO-l0S07etzc2Y0gDFoLg2gQetQVMriNqJslWNg4NOc-shzx4DPxQT0gwSEC1RDxfFMZ9PYLoydIBX0ZnQ6pHHqWYHd82d7Yzdiaf9Fl5xP2Mk6m3/s4032/IMG_2952.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWyuUqYfk8nd7lI-OEtUrvRwsvFLindo47ri8UZkenI0V9__MaAyqIV5ywGACxrPGlBERR624dcQgO-l0S07etzc2Y0gDFoLg2gQetQVMriNqJslWNg4NOc-shzx4DPxQT0gwSEC1RDxfFMZ9PYLoydIBX0ZnQ6pHHqWYHd82d7Yzdiaf9Fl5xP2Mk6m3/s320/IMG_2952.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I'm thankful that I've gotten a few days of pretty good sleep this week. Last week was awful with me unable to fall asleep or stay asleep! </p><p>I'm thankful that Mikaela, Daniel, and Mikenna will be home this weekend. I've missed them so much this month that they've been in Virginia with her husband! He is a pipeliner, so he travels for work and she sometimes spends large chunks of time with him.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSIFBijPaKJhpZRJxTlhHFKFPiVH6HPVG5ye1a6AJfoxS4u7kioMapo0ZP7-Jlfsh4thQQtSBdOIPqqfRgSvqiYIfcLbcql7MRBQBMdnsCk-Ic8mEO9WuDekXRw3_6ahIYsGCliXNcBsk0lT0-lQrXyLSauyScGoOgamfn0oqwQd_XWwDu-JTfo1O-bwk/s932/IMG_5079.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="585" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSIFBijPaKJhpZRJxTlhHFKFPiVH6HPVG5ye1a6AJfoxS4u7kioMapo0ZP7-Jlfsh4thQQtSBdOIPqqfRgSvqiYIfcLbcql7MRBQBMdnsCk-Ic8mEO9WuDekXRw3_6ahIYsGCliXNcBsk0lT0-lQrXyLSauyScGoOgamfn0oqwQd_XWwDu-JTfo1O-bwk/s320/IMG_5079.jpeg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNUAG2SH5aYtE8xjMxKMr930lULwRPSKgcSWw6HCoxvUwMVKEOGOrVrCK66vzzSapMRc0UC0DeDoAQmRHJPMSDt89E4Qeny2lIdHz4THMKO9YlaGUBAJPR8SsUzYomlS0bGreDq8vsYjLEi2ThyELSsaiwbJsQZBefMbqbh7Zai6aV1-pg0Yah-P7-AEb/s4032/IMG_5158.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNUAG2SH5aYtE8xjMxKMr930lULwRPSKgcSWw6HCoxvUwMVKEOGOrVrCK66vzzSapMRc0UC0DeDoAQmRHJPMSDt89E4Qeny2lIdHz4THMKO9YlaGUBAJPR8SsUzYomlS0bGreDq8vsYjLEi2ThyELSsaiwbJsQZBefMbqbh7Zai6aV1-pg0Yah-P7-AEb/s320/IMG_5158.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>There is always so much to be thankful for, but I'm going to leave you with this verse: </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMpZ8Gy8rkzVeulMObxxIBKqdb1PyBkwROFUhYXAuvnIsnM-ZG_-JCR3Phuzelqacdr8kEIIPSqbOv9eulerxTGH71qPqPYgNN8CwdGGL1WFMR6mBq5oN59wF9a8777gjWanxpcTvpUiBtJY_0y-DqsnkogvcLTWvAYCl_mjakDJd2ThffwD-oXPE5bdJ/s768/Colossians-4-2-768x768.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMpZ8Gy8rkzVeulMObxxIBKqdb1PyBkwROFUhYXAuvnIsnM-ZG_-JCR3Phuzelqacdr8kEIIPSqbOv9eulerxTGH71qPqPYgNN8CwdGGL1WFMR6mBq5oN59wF9a8777gjWanxpcTvpUiBtJY_0y-DqsnkogvcLTWvAYCl_mjakDJd2ThffwD-oXPE5bdJ/s320/Colossians-4-2-768x768.png" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Linking up with Jennifer:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://all4boys.blogspot.com/2024/02/thankful-thursday_01981769143.html?m=1"><img height="200" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/05acbd10-6f9c-4635-b000-a845c9b898b5" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-19558393043011158342024-02-07T09:00:00.002-06:002024-02-07T09:03:27.370-06:00Currently: February 2024<div style="text-align: left;">I'm joining Jennifer this month with her <a href="https://all4boys.blogspot.com/2024/02/currently-february-2024.html">Currently Link-Up</a>! We're sharing what we're loving, looking forward to, doing to be romantic, changing, and celebrating!</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">LOVING</h2><div>I'm loving these nail wraps! I never used to paint my fingernails because they'd be chipped by the end of the day. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the nail wraps held up for an entire week! I bought a few sets from Lily and Fox, and I plan to order more soon.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is Berry Glam:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpUz7CeVt6Q0hqV6W0gef8noXipHGcHAmVG2jwZAPvCiB60g0INQw1mCryw6GWfFic41XAx6cDcPiZyEzAQvXB1mVnHjbQq1iCZvjIjEgwVfWpu7tOopC5ulGQi7oBa_ZInnUCdAYB7_p9AYj7iZu1jPT9thuZXwyio5RVW1y2UTmbsdMT7DUI9MXEiJM/s4032/IMG_2910.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpUz7CeVt6Q0hqV6W0gef8noXipHGcHAmVG2jwZAPvCiB60g0INQw1mCryw6GWfFic41XAx6cDcPiZyEzAQvXB1mVnHjbQq1iCZvjIjEgwVfWpu7tOopC5ulGQi7oBa_ZInnUCdAYB7_p9AYj7iZu1jPT9thuZXwyio5RVW1y2UTmbsdMT7DUI9MXEiJM/s320/IMG_2910.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is Pretty Little Valentine:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6_efTaUbU6EjMrlVpBQo7faWEBG2Gq7WbtKLJvL0EvnSQHk4WXiMmjeZsPKFm5Y2HsBhs-IZ_DH6GYbKnaGYqd4HbCAUANLVskEN1IU4cJzYtq6SicJSQev1QzzOjg3OoEyekRWNi7d6DxMlb_YlVUwhx7pHodXmkyyu_yAanc_fTAhUPdWlzUbRINmt/s4032/IMG_3008.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6_efTaUbU6EjMrlVpBQo7faWEBG2Gq7WbtKLJvL0EvnSQHk4WXiMmjeZsPKFm5Y2HsBhs-IZ_DH6GYbKnaGYqd4HbCAUANLVskEN1IU4cJzYtq6SicJSQev1QzzOjg3OoEyekRWNi7d6DxMlb_YlVUwhx7pHodXmkyyu_yAanc_fTAhUPdWlzUbRINmt/s320/IMG_3008.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">LOOKING FORWARD TO</h2><div>I'm looking forward to rodeo season! My 16-year-old daughter, Mercie, barrel races. She loves it, and she recently won first place in a rodeo and won her first belt buckle! She loves horses and loves rodeos. Her boyfriend rides bulls, too! So, I'm sure they'll be entering many rodeos together.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6HNPzRprBAwRiJVhsCcucxt1dqPJ1YJTxyhkHpW2X7qZl7ryrMcdPUv0a4O0dMkGNrVBiWZJqCNZX36rq6jYeQUcVBV-yb7k6hDQQNkph3RYcsh-FIYwH4REtvdHToVqPNvRTon1sHarKHHREyEyDbyr-x5NZoTYd5flyTuL1ht6sd6AfpwRk67KaCDa/s4032/IMG_5536.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6HNPzRprBAwRiJVhsCcucxt1dqPJ1YJTxyhkHpW2X7qZl7ryrMcdPUv0a4O0dMkGNrVBiWZJqCNZX36rq6jYeQUcVBV-yb7k6hDQQNkph3RYcsh-FIYwH4REtvdHToVqPNvRTon1sHarKHHREyEyDbyr-x5NZoTYd5flyTuL1ht6sd6AfpwRk67KaCDa/s320/IMG_5536.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIq5oC4x-TIpTcZ0taosBbIGtJyGfCFFqmaj619oF2GMZXb794zAuGCv4TyIYFjc8yjCmHDTpUzFkFt4m8zb1w5R5jMTV1T2OvmPIKir1eTvmOYGTTkPio865VSESwtk6dXr2X3sPJvYCmND4i74euyORu_hVH267c4HLJqfFzotSmQwL2kaUXU3YZ6kki/s1101/IMG_8216.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="620" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIq5oC4x-TIpTcZ0taosBbIGtJyGfCFFqmaj619oF2GMZXb794zAuGCv4TyIYFjc8yjCmHDTpUzFkFt4m8zb1w5R5jMTV1T2OvmPIKir1eTvmOYGTTkPio865VSESwtk6dXr2X3sPJvYCmND4i74euyORu_hVH267c4HLJqfFzotSmQwL2kaUXU3YZ6kki/s320/IMG_8216.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">DOING TO BE ROMANTIC</h2><div>Valentine's Day is coming up, and I've been planning a few little surprises for Rod and the kids. When Rod and I first got married, we didn't have very much money to spend on Valentine's Day (or anything really). I got creative. I made him heart shaped cakes or pizzas, I wrote love letters instead of buying expensive cards, and I would make gifts, like coupon cards. Those gifts were so much more heart-felt and thoughtful than running up to the store and buying something. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjiOKR1sRT4TVSu727Iy4XY6FAWnb6yGTIet-reAPyXQjbr0P8wU5tiHOeqsi5jK8SrHEYJ8ee0jZeQIAZOMZFrKPzAJLeY9tsDzYPHctwURLJftL8YgmtZlQBaYX70oXFJeiMqTtfe7vulO0I4zqhKpInuR9u4yod7F0EBBB6VdErVvSEzuYe1akF2dp/s1713/IMG_3009.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1713" data-original-width="1179" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjiOKR1sRT4TVSu727Iy4XY6FAWnb6yGTIet-reAPyXQjbr0P8wU5tiHOeqsi5jK8SrHEYJ8ee0jZeQIAZOMZFrKPzAJLeY9tsDzYPHctwURLJftL8YgmtZlQBaYX70oXFJeiMqTtfe7vulO0I4zqhKpInuR9u4yod7F0EBBB6VdErVvSEzuYe1akF2dp/s320/IMG_3009.jpeg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm planning to make a heart shaped cake this year, and maybe a pizza, too! I did pick up some heart shaped chicken nuggets from Wal Mart to make for the kids as a snack. I ordered a few Valentine-themed board books and pictures books for Zeke and Zoey and Daniel and Mikenna. I'm going to pick up some Ghirardelli caramel chocolates for the big kids because they love those! </div><h2 style="text-align: left;">CHANGING</h2><div>I'm changing lots of things related to my lifestyle. I'll be 39 in April, and I really need to start taking better care of myself. I've been doing some walk-a-mile in your house workout videos that I really love. I've been drinking more water and eating smaller portions and - the big one - cutting way back on the sweets!</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">CELEBRATING</h2><div>Mercie turned 16 yesterday! She got her driver’s license, too! We had cake and food on Sunday, and her boyfriend came over for lunch. That's actually not a rare thing because they're pretty inseparable! Every day they're either over here or at his house or his grandparent's house. We all live within a few miles of each other which makes it pretty convenient! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7W6hd6V42PtHsdPdFuG1bHxYqVDh8G76Yrz_RbLtrNeZibtHeS6pKgzI6lnsvqciUBxWIEZNo0rEobCeJ9ty_g_cYb0ZFhC9hyphenhyphensHygxbTtDOpof4GXph2N01QfsZ6BCbrY-tlT9byduLGXc9VuCL1OEitv1KrmKEhwCJMr01n8NtYlQPg8zdS-52NeHm/s4032/IMG_2962.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7W6hd6V42PtHsdPdFuG1bHxYqVDh8G76Yrz_RbLtrNeZibtHeS6pKgzI6lnsvqciUBxWIEZNo0rEobCeJ9ty_g_cYb0ZFhC9hyphenhyphensHygxbTtDOpof4GXph2N01QfsZ6BCbrY-tlT9byduLGXc9VuCL1OEitv1KrmKEhwCJMr01n8NtYlQPg8zdS-52NeHm/s320/IMG_2962.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS58auHwrxoZZWly9xBOFVIgn2TZgGE8ENWPI13Aa4NVM3A7I36FtVx0iBfPKvSSnf963BYliRm76BE4AwujTRd1XBrMwXRt2QxvriCzCZ9yYfV5Pg4SiF-DGyhSp5K-Pf4gPZjaTVNCo33TRG_i8jGemg24dcIXTSentZm9chMFbGaLvEPLeRRnzB-pLg/s4032/IMG_2963.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS58auHwrxoZZWly9xBOFVIgn2TZgGE8ENWPI13Aa4NVM3A7I36FtVx0iBfPKvSSnf963BYliRm76BE4AwujTRd1XBrMwXRt2QxvriCzCZ9yYfV5Pg4SiF-DGyhSp5K-Pf4gPZjaTVNCo33TRG_i8jGemg24dcIXTSentZm9chMFbGaLvEPLeRRnzB-pLg/s320/IMG_2963.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5P8Ci6UT00X1eD7Wjei0WNqKZ2cXYJmu9meyZQeu8gENHbg-xU0PEcPyRcWB1fD_YxWfli4OYZO_fyMPkf38w7r3ysvMFz8BkUr7d2i_gvqenmEXY5j5tVyXyQywLhyphenhyphenlGFe7HOV-MgCzBU9m786I7J7KAWUcyFZwRGPs4nnYx5ZWzW9T-ANq50G9nSNZb/s4032/IMG_2966.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5P8Ci6UT00X1eD7Wjei0WNqKZ2cXYJmu9meyZQeu8gENHbg-xU0PEcPyRcWB1fD_YxWfli4OYZO_fyMPkf38w7r3ysvMFz8BkUr7d2i_gvqenmEXY5j5tVyXyQywLhyphenhyphenlGFe7HOV-MgCzBU9m786I7J7KAWUcyFZwRGPs4nnYx5ZWzW9T-ANq50G9nSNZb/s320/IMG_2966.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPiuUgrmZLK8YuK9BrcpOBPkexoWsJ5J72GqUmiOumO8TJR2HIpW40s5sXVkKKhc3i9vr0oCdXLruTDfXBFkhss8YOrbhs3QP_oDjoqVxFYK8xaBDGX76ahmPbafkqF2Bh4q4DQxBMxmRpTGpUc3Q24Y2Ux2XgQOp8iHRyjEdhSN7HHolyngcS_vwRQSO/s4032/IMG_2969.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPiuUgrmZLK8YuK9BrcpOBPkexoWsJ5J72GqUmiOumO8TJR2HIpW40s5sXVkKKhc3i9vr0oCdXLruTDfXBFkhss8YOrbhs3QP_oDjoqVxFYK8xaBDGX76ahmPbafkqF2Bh4q4DQxBMxmRpTGpUc3Q24Y2Ux2XgQOp8iHRyjEdhSN7HHolyngcS_vwRQSO/s320/IMG_2969.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>We have our church Valentine Banquet next Wednesday, and the kids from our Team Kid program will be singing and reciting scripture as the entertainment. We'll be having hamburgers, potato salad, beans, chips, and cake balls. We're keeping it pretty simple compared to previous years, but everyone loves burgers, right?</div><div><br /></div><div>That's it for this month's Currently! Check out Jennifer's post and the other bloggers who linked up with their Currently posts by clicking the picture below!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://all4boys.blogspot.com/2024/02/currently-february-2024.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ89WSy2WOIEIqu20xJHwbiJxnd-hev67_Sj47ZilCnwVWiSpoakbJy9hVSWEgwRkEyy1YJFs8fnxvIkZ0rOo44eS52boo6KT7hLSxowlsLwy-NkyE_p-tkoLQEQsDSnsqEI8h2b1uB6S7vEa8sP3rWOjHbHlpgLx1HvR8J8A9VTafI3xZvZge8UPFtjc-/s320/Currently%202024.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-38011683851323992432024-02-04T06:34:00.002-06:002024-02-04T06:34:39.071-06:00Weekly Highlights Link Up <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGi9EXZrsu5oIc16aMkWuqxfUTdbVeTOtY2swmBmnHt40fDekYI3hI0OBF2g14U29a6slXL6pRYbtZAcJ6-KiaHeaUAziUxhwqcWnSxjVIAjDwojAT7fAlJxhYink8olrYbtEUxGUUI0PiVXfAC2xiAhZt_PUV0DgnODjXfxdIngUWCtCQXG8BT9lA4b4/s320/weekly%20highlights.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGi9EXZrsu5oIc16aMkWuqxfUTdbVeTOtY2swmBmnHt40fDekYI3hI0OBF2g14U29a6slXL6pRYbtZAcJ6-KiaHeaUAziUxhwqcWnSxjVIAjDwojAT7fAlJxhYink8olrYbtEUxGUUI0PiVXfAC2xiAhZt_PUV0DgnODjXfxdIngUWCtCQXG8BT9lA4b4/s1600/weekly%20highlights.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Join me each week for my Weekly Highlights Link-Up! You can link up any posts from the week, as many as you want! Please visit the other posts in link-up and leave them a comment! Thanks for participating! I'm just getting started, but I'm hoping that it will grow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><u>The link up will go live each Saturday and remain open until the following Friday. You can use my button above if you'd like.</u></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBoYwde8pTqVOSU5LAtkmg1o3X5yaICwht8kn1gxCCxxzSEEJrfuOhqXO3tXSWFHGwf0uRdcNWleqSnBmNS2PoOuWcQtvEMfpbpYGvc7jXT_Q3spFx67_V2C8QNb-9M6VLF4pkixzmddt3utMCK6lxVvdhxqJ_J2AKlK6nfcHyrbRkaGNBUH-NvlRUAlb/s1920/monday.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBoYwde8pTqVOSU5LAtkmg1o3X5yaICwht8kn1gxCCxxzSEEJrfuOhqXO3tXSWFHGwf0uRdcNWleqSnBmNS2PoOuWcQtvEMfpbpYGvc7jXT_Q3spFx67_V2C8QNb-9M6VLF4pkixzmddt3utMCK6lxVvdhxqJ_J2AKlK6nfcHyrbRkaGNBUH-NvlRUAlb/w320-h181/monday.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I had terrible insomnia Sunday night, and Monday I felt it. I never get insomnia, so I’m not sure what that’s all about! I did school with Zeke and Zoey. Zeke is learning about goats this week, and he made these adorable puppets that we used to sing Old MacDonald with. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowxNuA5xj0SXpamnKvuxxdGDi6GwCvi6XxAQNbAIr50k_gpyJbXEUN0gVf0FepAkGWPHVjvlaVnJ5Kk72BeOVqDNe_KIYNMqJLo6lJ5zjJcCRfJTKe_WGdtUVf129BrpkiDjosv94kpps2mmPV_H-DMskjFKmiyiBlfOTtXOQ4XyOxQr_v2dpLzxaUFF4/s4032/IMG_2830.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowxNuA5xj0SXpamnKvuxxdGDi6GwCvi6XxAQNbAIr50k_gpyJbXEUN0gVf0FepAkGWPHVjvlaVnJ5Kk72BeOVqDNe_KIYNMqJLo6lJ5zjJcCRfJTKe_WGdtUVf129BrpkiDjosv94kpps2mmPV_H-DMskjFKmiyiBlfOTtXOQ4XyOxQr_v2dpLzxaUFF4/s320/IMG_2830.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Zoey loved an activity I set up for her. I clipped some green clothespins on a plastic bowl, and she had to pull them off. She did them over and over!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXGay3RXAH8jwGaQE0RKbg1swBX4DpPFsJnbTV1xH-H11QhpTu3Xj2-N_WESLOzQEzvOyHVMxn4nTCherxl-zoidqDfHuh6JVMJjRT_mJo8ly0QGNvnRiMwvlImZIpXTNtYe-YZ-CeAkfnupqpAaRS6YfZJK94ly89y78e1rIk8TmFTzhPc54pMW9hZya/s4032/IMG_2810.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXGay3RXAH8jwGaQE0RKbg1swBX4DpPFsJnbTV1xH-H11QhpTu3Xj2-N_WESLOzQEzvOyHVMxn4nTCherxl-zoidqDfHuh6JVMJjRT_mJo8ly0QGNvnRiMwvlImZIpXTNtYe-YZ-CeAkfnupqpAaRS6YfZJK94ly89y78e1rIk8TmFTzhPc54pMW9hZya/s320/IMG_2810.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>The weather was still a little chilly and windy, but we did get outside for a little while. I forgot to log it in the 1000 Hours Challenge app, but it’s okay. Titus had baseball practice after school until 5:00 so I made a pickup order for that time frame. I took Zeke and Zoey with me, hoping that Zoey would nap in the car - but she didn’t of course. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUi9e-137jq186QFkaY-uFEinbMpqudsP3cfjx3Lu-l2c5hDvhB_7_pTNHMm8RHYHw0AhDtm1bU5fa9OwzddFc28R3rbj8JsnBjc2-kc2qa7np1vXGBCkwFX5-uco6rFnaYhGvHsw2WWVIaZPHGx9ZBO_hd3FLGQiqe7H69VGDPdiCQHGiZcuoTDgHlg-/s4032/IMG_2857.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUi9e-137jq186QFkaY-uFEinbMpqudsP3cfjx3Lu-l2c5hDvhB_7_pTNHMm8RHYHw0AhDtm1bU5fa9OwzddFc28R3rbj8JsnBjc2-kc2qa7np1vXGBCkwFX5-uco6rFnaYhGvHsw2WWVIaZPHGx9ZBO_hd3FLGQiqe7H69VGDPdiCQHGiZcuoTDgHlg-/s320/IMG_2857.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>I cooked meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans, and a salad for dinner. It was delicious!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8STnOCgh9mtZSacdvBSUZs2pdZlu5PTz0EUUmFBJPDD6LpZmiD_7VHXmhvAkRRRl4D8coad5F7af8M0g2gHT0xGNdgLPkIe_banftZX1265Pw0Fiddqu7x3v47Pd4QkjEUnrj-FLHbdYsg3McDeqBKkpvgaIcE_qCAhdCs-mZOW9mNVC3ui5TNm9riPM/s1920/monday%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8STnOCgh9mtZSacdvBSUZs2pdZlu5PTz0EUUmFBJPDD6LpZmiD_7VHXmhvAkRRRl4D8coad5F7af8M0g2gHT0xGNdgLPkIe_banftZX1265Pw0Fiddqu7x3v47Pd4QkjEUnrj-FLHbdYsg3McDeqBKkpvgaIcE_qCAhdCs-mZOW9mNVC3ui5TNm9riPM/s320/monday%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I had insomnia again Monday night! I really felt it today. I did decide today that I have to start eating better, exercising, drinking more water, and nourishing myself spiritually. I did a 15-minute walking workout outside while the kids played. It was fun, simple, and I really felt winded afterwards. It equaled walking a mile. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbNm7WivA1h49-LIm1pWUbVE4yUWrUSLph0QhGb5Iy8JvKHim6MPzzXdNiLX01wl4nJ_bJON7aZs9IeqqPmV3IadUtNyOmCHw4PdkGeQESIHKsBf7OLi7YapmAycQ5WtJPE8B6w_OCwPAbCKZy9iEiuCvR3seGNbfceIBOAbEzI0MGLYm1vKP7XiEAFmp/s1170/IMG_2872.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1170" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbNm7WivA1h49-LIm1pWUbVE4yUWrUSLph0QhGb5Iy8JvKHim6MPzzXdNiLX01wl4nJ_bJON7aZs9IeqqPmV3IadUtNyOmCHw4PdkGeQESIHKsBf7OLi7YapmAycQ5WtJPE8B6w_OCwPAbCKZy9iEiuCvR3seGNbfceIBOAbEzI0MGLYm1vKP7XiEAFmp/s320/IMG_2872.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>We did school and played a matching game with mother and baby farm animals, which Zeke liked! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj357J-BLXqcKh7JS2r_JKcyaKruONcLDzMElLr-8CRGs11Q5jnlhN0Qp3wn3AGH8FDgj0Z7UX5Vb1YLEsGUmqlPNUqIcVuZ8pA1g13b7ehRNscgtONDvxKtzarMHI_rBfrpUJuFXaofb6jC2QVwT7PFO0jQ9r-6b3GJiNXarxkIhDkP1dF_8audJmr5eD/s4032/IMG_2829.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj357J-BLXqcKh7JS2r_JKcyaKruONcLDzMElLr-8CRGs11Q5jnlhN0Qp3wn3AGH8FDgj0Z7UX5Vb1YLEsGUmqlPNUqIcVuZ8pA1g13b7ehRNscgtONDvxKtzarMHI_rBfrpUJuFXaofb6jC2QVwT7PFO0jQ9r-6b3GJiNXarxkIhDkP1dF_8audJmr5eD/s320/IMG_2829.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Zoey played with green play dough - and tried eating some. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8eaWqIe3DsNkPHTQIfHuxNYSs0tKkQg3-WxNVzbyg1BBr71U1wnxz9f6oJaOUIrSECM2ykWeGysb-Ov1ltd5-wKKeZfEv3fZu6VP5w9G9_jnqm04-YlvtV0x50_m-VBE83PkJz8WenQsfknGBYkqe6YyMLLumbyhOSxvc-ww57AR3GVGqtv6nabNHMq0/s4032/IMG_2825.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8eaWqIe3DsNkPHTQIfHuxNYSs0tKkQg3-WxNVzbyg1BBr71U1wnxz9f6oJaOUIrSECM2ykWeGysb-Ov1ltd5-wKKeZfEv3fZu6VP5w9G9_jnqm04-YlvtV0x50_m-VBE83PkJz8WenQsfknGBYkqe6YyMLLumbyhOSxvc-ww57AR3GVGqtv6nabNHMq0/s320/IMG_2825.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Zeke learned to swing by pumping his legs today. Such a milestone! Then Zoey wanted to swing in the big swing. It was fun! We logged in over 2 hours outside today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsxb-PX3pkkln5v0UcpBQo_4D3ssJSt5dtdhs7VXiIuwOha04lquxaauxoHiHGcLSMxWxS6z6HPonTyQf_reu6hG8bwudUsSYJdEhrJM-VlhigFqwd57bGnwvEW8xnI3StgJstGW_oReIK-VU_112FZh_cStddsxXi-TQRqqx1moMn4vNwfhnJuNSiv-v/s4032/IMG_2862.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsxb-PX3pkkln5v0UcpBQo_4D3ssJSt5dtdhs7VXiIuwOha04lquxaauxoHiHGcLSMxWxS6z6HPonTyQf_reu6hG8bwudUsSYJdEhrJM-VlhigFqwd57bGnwvEW8xnI3StgJstGW_oReIK-VU_112FZh_cStddsxXi-TQRqqx1moMn4vNwfhnJuNSiv-v/s320/IMG_2862.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitspb9Wi5YBWEDmqYAW9_qOi3fbTVHft6i8C6L5et-3HyFP8WHbsnbELJJPIYtLFRNy65wNLvHqve5nTqIYO8Hfhrnqazrj_8329NpQlTIjBaa1LAN3AxITWbac5Gk9m9o26DRiBXxVp4ODd08UxrBJM3bmAo-QtlsxTAlZJERlwKb7DWYS-LVyI0qTu0-/s4032/IMG_2866.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitspb9Wi5YBWEDmqYAW9_qOi3fbTVHft6i8C6L5et-3HyFP8WHbsnbELJJPIYtLFRNy65wNLvHqve5nTqIYO8Hfhrnqazrj_8329NpQlTIjBaa1LAN3AxITWbac5Gk9m9o26DRiBXxVp4ODd08UxrBJM3bmAo-QtlsxTAlZJERlwKb7DWYS-LVyI0qTu0-/s320/IMG_2866.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Silas grilled chicken for dinner, and I had mine in a nice big salad. I drank more water today, and I do feel better when I drink more water. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjHHIqrBJoyGsDfL9RAwxHbk5K3S5cxlnnToFpqg_PGa2yHzVhboliZOPj23cG9rUWvlecx6NJzo-lOPbmg9m_WU4AOXHMHyoti2ciBHSGb97qdVmjY0dUDDBfWiLOUjAsZS08J_VImSLo2bNxRgiWdDdG_ZV0bDok4I24jtDSuY1oFGv3Vpusn1JYxIP/s4032/IMG_2867.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjHHIqrBJoyGsDfL9RAwxHbk5K3S5cxlnnToFpqg_PGa2yHzVhboliZOPj23cG9rUWvlecx6NJzo-lOPbmg9m_WU4AOXHMHyoti2ciBHSGb97qdVmjY0dUDDBfWiLOUjAsZS08J_VImSLo2bNxRgiWdDdG_ZV0bDok4I24jtDSuY1oFGv3Vpusn1JYxIP/s320/IMG_2867.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>The boys threw the football in the backyard for a long time!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMSj4QK6jIv2LJbRctHdR4IrO_oCK5KPIU4x1CTrSRsn1vT1rzDUTGubsqVrRTGX3HE_85CnPylFzCLYf4abBLjXlrY6XSeqN81SGuC_r9GrdR_9FsZq780T6cRpsqY6ZcF6w_v0SthMftwdzWLmPTXxOrAH3fU3mk4VRllgDrSYsCD11_XJ865kQRCJw/s4032/IMG_2870.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMSj4QK6jIv2LJbRctHdR4IrO_oCK5KPIU4x1CTrSRsn1vT1rzDUTGubsqVrRTGX3HE_85CnPylFzCLYf4abBLjXlrY6XSeqN81SGuC_r9GrdR_9FsZq780T6cRpsqY6ZcF6w_v0SthMftwdzWLmPTXxOrAH3fU3mk4VRllgDrSYsCD11_XJ865kQRCJw/s320/IMG_2870.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykO3bHL7sG5xVDW2vFjQdNBaTNJJLka86S_U2lH-JAx7UX9qeXsEJT44sU72qR9nXpP-Qp2QGmA2zgwQF__2351ofCnD5ESAf0YLixKFnURkWRpjJtX-92q1gJ1Z_W2OUdZaV38nRWMlJZ0UaGo4yIaWjGElKnlEEb1IDI0RH1ddEpqCGM9_dwXcal6HF/s4032/IMG_2871.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykO3bHL7sG5xVDW2vFjQdNBaTNJJLka86S_U2lH-JAx7UX9qeXsEJT44sU72qR9nXpP-Qp2QGmA2zgwQF__2351ofCnD5ESAf0YLixKFnURkWRpjJtX-92q1gJ1Z_W2OUdZaV38nRWMlJZ0UaGo4yIaWjGElKnlEEb1IDI0RH1ddEpqCGM9_dwXcal6HF/s320/IMG_2871.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwIbhA2_GhqFxFyZxwaO5OTEnqVFR36xZyyi9JOxb2g0B6SZYA1a_rlry3s78Pv2hUX_uRrPQ18wQ_9fdEN3CHaIaqyrK5oWEUH5XwQ-UmtPuQ1FGiz4zOqd7qBn9H3dwW_C0psPmFo4cCnc_jD5X-Th0nZyGN3h3BM3ir9lNDdUVDzOGfPCMI5jSFlK_/s1920/monday%20(2).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwIbhA2_GhqFxFyZxwaO5OTEnqVFR36xZyyi9JOxb2g0B6SZYA1a_rlry3s78Pv2hUX_uRrPQ18wQ_9fdEN3CHaIaqyrK5oWEUH5XwQ-UmtPuQ1FGiz4zOqd7qBn9H3dwW_C0psPmFo4cCnc_jD5X-Th0nZyGN3h3BM3ir9lNDdUVDzOGfPCMI5jSFlK_/s320/monday%20(2).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I had trouble falling asleep <i>again</i>. I never have insomnia, and it's so frustrating! I normally fall asleep within minutes of laying down. It was hours and hours of feeling like I'm about to go to sleep - but then I don't. I just lay there, uncomfortable and full of anxiety about it. I finally fell asleep three or four hours later, but I was just dozing and kept waking up. Then I was up at 5:30 to wake the kids up for school. </p><p>I started thinking - what am I doing differently since Sunday night? The only thing I could think was I started taking Vitamin C at night when I gave Zeke his vitamins. I was taking 500-1000 mg each night. I looked it up, and sure enough, vitamin C before bed can cause insomnia! I'm not going to take it tonight and see if makes a difference. I sure hope so - because I'm exhausted. </p><p>Zoey did some color sorting with pom-poms today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQ8URuavvdcjRPQIN4Sn2lJFHI25UCBY3W2K4tPcxWhY3NSo8LNVLIBKWx07qFQyInuHlb5QWqix3ExUOKmGjqVb4uZ9f68d3Q6VhvmUSrsh44jzg7SyszVFHf2G2-8rfF5vOhsWgVIBak4EEepxgi59qUzVT5OnkkY-FRSgN5kre4g3aYAygPxuYChnA/s4032/IMG_2885.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQ8URuavvdcjRPQIN4Sn2lJFHI25UCBY3W2K4tPcxWhY3NSo8LNVLIBKWx07qFQyInuHlb5QWqix3ExUOKmGjqVb4uZ9f68d3Q6VhvmUSrsh44jzg7SyszVFHf2G2-8rfF5vOhsWgVIBak4EEepxgi59qUzVT5OnkkY-FRSgN5kre4g3aYAygPxuYChnA/s320/IMG_2885.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Zeke started learning his number words one - four.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGrd0iNZ7KrSO4RsuUuCVQm3Y4GBZMSHOv4miC368dVfpUSyT04rTu1mB4dvM13-d9KSQ2rIykA_APvAgmSIQAyIcUW6HvdqHcvG51R8rCMDr5eiexi7UoGZAigrn0rxaIAuMmTx-svlOxpXaCKGkNS1LULuWs5-wDrJxzXDz2Ku21rgTTqkGBOnAi9e5/s4032/IMG_2898.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGrd0iNZ7KrSO4RsuUuCVQm3Y4GBZMSHOv4miC368dVfpUSyT04rTu1mB4dvM13-d9KSQ2rIykA_APvAgmSIQAyIcUW6HvdqHcvG51R8rCMDr5eiexi7UoGZAigrn0rxaIAuMmTx-svlOxpXaCKGkNS1LULuWs5-wDrJxzXDz2Ku21rgTTqkGBOnAi9e5/s320/IMG_2898.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I had ordered some nail wraps earlier this month, and I finally got them in the mail. I’ve never used these before, but I think they turned out nice! This is called Berry Glam, and I got them from Lily and Fox. They were much easier to apply than I anticipated! I ordered another set, and they sent me a free Valentine set as well. I'm anxious to see how long they last, especially since I have little kids and hand-wash all my dishes!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3YadMSRIfqtYC3IcuaGk0T4WrWuW6hVjSH-_jp6Y6Y_4rTqZFysJfSJfrBOSAenlGpEbElwOrlUqcEzZVik-97ogyh-W-kJ_rnSMsKja0NYLDcQHJ-Or3fSnCk0va92mRajiyc94Te9GCN_A32w4CJ3kvWTYiN4nOJ9krhgYC-kWO1P1-g6HtrR_5cxV/s4032/IMG_2909.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3YadMSRIfqtYC3IcuaGk0T4WrWuW6hVjSH-_jp6Y6Y_4rTqZFysJfSJfrBOSAenlGpEbElwOrlUqcEzZVik-97ogyh-W-kJ_rnSMsKja0NYLDcQHJ-Or3fSnCk0va92mRajiyc94Te9GCN_A32w4CJ3kvWTYiN4nOJ9krhgYC-kWO1P1-g6HtrR_5cxV/s320/IMG_2909.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I did another aerobics video by the same lady, Leslie Sansone, and I really enjoy these! 15 minutes and you have walked a mile using multiple muscles. I want to do one a day for the rest of the week and then move up to two a day - one in the morning and one in the evening. I like these because they're similar yet they mix it up a little so it's not the exact same workout each time.</p><p>We had Team Kid at church, and I cooked tacos. We had a nice sized group even though a few were out with the flu or fever. They've been practicing for the Valentine Banquet where they'll be singing a few songs and reciting scripture about love. Zeke is reciting John 3:16 and doing a fabulous job.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_qst4jPOipApjYTbZL3ZaKeRYlLuza94-UME3ENQL-mD5LbuewscYeXtaUgaoG7OQFdNA6BCUXkU_89M3qVsxNUL4XEk2EIswuwYKCrqTJt6MxCYNHFabiafh4n2Mwo9iHWtI1lHL_-ycwp-xps-61cvLfuYArJZeAFkWoo8ai8HKYwyN-ioKsd6bD2g/s1920/monday%20(3).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_qst4jPOipApjYTbZL3ZaKeRYlLuza94-UME3ENQL-mD5LbuewscYeXtaUgaoG7OQFdNA6BCUXkU_89M3qVsxNUL4XEk2EIswuwYKCrqTJt6MxCYNHFabiafh4n2Mwo9iHWtI1lHL_-ycwp-xps-61cvLfuYArJZeAFkWoo8ai8HKYwyN-ioKsd6bD2g/s320/monday%20(3).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I didn't sleep well - <i>again.</i> My sister gave me some melatonin that her husband takes, and I think it helped a little. It made me feel sleepier, but I still struggled to actually fall asleep, and I didn't stay asleep all night. I woke up many times and then struggled to fall back asleep. It is horrible.</p><p>I strapped Zoey into her seat again - she seems to actually enjoy this! I gave her some playdough, but she kept eating it. I wasn't able to watch her every second since I was doing Zeke's school simultaneously, so I took it away and gave her a pen and piece of paper. This satisfied her for way longer than I thought it would! </p><p>Zeke and I played a matching game with his number words and digits one-four, and we played Bingo with an alphabet card and Cheerios. I called out a sound and he covered that letter. Then I called out a word and he covered the letter the word began with. Then he called the sounds out to me!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-L7IaobFtaumg19y0EpIgEyJVLJKk0Yde72Usxl9sdHjaPrlEcx0hthD2TRAJprMd3H8cRCyDHP6rkiTgu06lBKj7zMV-JTWs63NduAqW3ZshKlDCP5wv2wFk3e1IYArzao9niPU0h_1LjyBqytjcDKTj8zYNvTRrIp9Zm_J3ksb5JqN0GWkLDt-8Qcjq/s4032/IMG_2927.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-L7IaobFtaumg19y0EpIgEyJVLJKk0Yde72Usxl9sdHjaPrlEcx0hthD2TRAJprMd3H8cRCyDHP6rkiTgu06lBKj7zMV-JTWs63NduAqW3ZshKlDCP5wv2wFk3e1IYArzao9niPU0h_1LjyBqytjcDKTj8zYNvTRrIp9Zm_J3ksb5JqN0GWkLDt-8Qcjq/s320/IMG_2927.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Zoey and I read a few board books about farm animals, and then we sang "Old MacDonald" with Little People farm animals. We talked about the noises they make and the names of each of them - a pig, goat, sheep, cow, and chicken.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb08w17LlH2Ot67Bw-tm9hPxAjEo4nTZDZM1cxDQp46FyOslNRZhdQBHAKRgSGI6n_80weCjBlWcjMt4AIizKioiLzwkkxvd_SBZKV8J1yY0fKEHpxFGBt2UWZ-Mm4oGHwZTrb1uPBiLh3Fku_2zZjNZmGSPP5pPs_nEKKE1kz40UdYTkwa9Ei1WrHs2AR/s4032/IMG_2931.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb08w17LlH2Ot67Bw-tm9hPxAjEo4nTZDZM1cxDQp46FyOslNRZhdQBHAKRgSGI6n_80weCjBlWcjMt4AIizKioiLzwkkxvd_SBZKV8J1yY0fKEHpxFGBt2UWZ-Mm4oGHwZTrb1uPBiLh3Fku_2zZjNZmGSPP5pPs_nEKKE1kz40UdYTkwa9Ei1WrHs2AR/s320/IMG_2931.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Zeke watched Leap Frog Letter Factory, and I realized I need to get him the Word Factory DVD! He also watched an episode of Wild Kratts.</p><p>We dropped Zoey off at my mom's house and I took Zeke to speech therapy. It's an hour drive there and an hour drive back - all for a 45-minute therapy session. But is so worth it because Zeke has made such improvements since he started back in August! They decorated the office for Mardi Gras (remember we live in Louisiana!), and Zeke wanted pictures. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVTKt3qjb3s0Ix5a5Rh6bsD-WDFZm1BnY5hlqoTkcSPSThUwTXOZYIGLKvpE7Tf5adC3OuT5PgVksyZihD0Ia25O_T-55OJ6rT4vl0pTA9zMHH5DeG3NH3kvIkMbXJCS7awNFmY3CuYUJV0qLd9rHOwYNjtNtxqhsA2rRWcgnUdrOCvZdQd8tlMMRzvob/s4032/IMG_2936.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVTKt3qjb3s0Ix5a5Rh6bsD-WDFZm1BnY5hlqoTkcSPSThUwTXOZYIGLKvpE7Tf5adC3OuT5PgVksyZihD0Ia25O_T-55OJ6rT4vl0pTA9zMHH5DeG3NH3kvIkMbXJCS7awNFmY3CuYUJV0qLd9rHOwYNjtNtxqhsA2rRWcgnUdrOCvZdQd8tlMMRzvob/s320/IMG_2936.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWg6Wip-gOmKPwpHwEl4PWcC7eIEkzNsoj5CQiw8gmr7Opg91BamP2GpXNlTnIRG9HKWHv1JZkyl7GlN8BcXOdhJUEo2a7ZdZggC_z33DDxuEUP7uBvVWrba7I0ZrtiS98_2eYgh4JvFQd0uuswFU5Xtt75_DIGa6nZ-rz0aH2R3khjrajpPxG6dYbm9J/s4032/IMG_2938.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWg6Wip-gOmKPwpHwEl4PWcC7eIEkzNsoj5CQiw8gmr7Opg91BamP2GpXNlTnIRG9HKWHv1JZkyl7GlN8BcXOdhJUEo2a7ZdZggC_z33DDxuEUP7uBvVWrba7I0ZrtiS98_2eYgh4JvFQd0uuswFU5Xtt75_DIGa6nZ-rz0aH2R3khjrajpPxG6dYbm9J/s320/IMG_2938.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>After we got home, we did homework and cleaned up for Cowboy Church. Even though it's hard taking Zoey, I really enjoy going (and everyone really enjoys her). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpr5DfqQ1BpOjh_DDeGsF1LxJq7j_91pNVnD3YXRx0fbyisZnuoSByHGT_AXNB2IGCnltrunsmX0JMzfeidTu9h2O7hyphenhypheneE_HIDFU8sg6H2bteBFYQMDyLgmzaHapNqR-vx4vPJAsgVV8-rN466n7EuGza9P1wlDdGCF9wYF0uh0KYv8Cbe7H6fkQnfjyL/s1920/monday%20(4).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpr5DfqQ1BpOjh_DDeGsF1LxJq7j_91pNVnD3YXRx0fbyisZnuoSByHGT_AXNB2IGCnltrunsmX0JMzfeidTu9h2O7hyphenhypheneE_HIDFU8sg6H2bteBFYQMDyLgmzaHapNqR-vx4vPJAsgVV8-rN466n7EuGza9P1wlDdGCF9wYF0uh0KYv8Cbe7H6fkQnfjyL/s320/monday%20(4).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>After another night of being unable to fall asleep, I stayed home most of the day. My sister even gave me some of her Beam Dream tea that she swears by, but it still didn’t put me to sleep.</p><p> Zeke and I finished up his G is for Goat week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnWcNaeHecBje3BeIxfoKzF4peiHuMGHMYtSdsMir7D21M6TfRXlQg-R2Drtjj3IEmqZbjz00pOVqXain54yembD3BnX8iz_XcXiST1Rc_SPEvj0e9iAhyphenhyphen4RGmzB5ZPHruo9CIyLWKPx5uaZEKPyLsRnFHBo65VpUShXOfsU7MT_pt_oxMK_EicetyuKE/s4032/IMG_2940.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnWcNaeHecBje3BeIxfoKzF4peiHuMGHMYtSdsMir7D21M6TfRXlQg-R2Drtjj3IEmqZbjz00pOVqXain54yembD3BnX8iz_XcXiST1Rc_SPEvj0e9iAhyphenhyphen4RGmzB5ZPHruo9CIyLWKPx5uaZEKPyLsRnFHBo65VpUShXOfsU7MT_pt_oxMK_EicetyuKE/s320/IMG_2940.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Zoey finished up Week Six in ABC Jesus Loves Me by water painting.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oYxaycsi7gw-1aFZSLhxojzw6Y7kwxMX7aiwMY07PN5Jt98LUx1qkv3xPQBkvUA68xFchFaxDdFWFanR6qhzrXHoUTXrjA3LaKv4C5-_dBr6hevC5j_MhHpCvnNptfZRwb7xsTCohLYXqgTxtiNNONwJ9eoKiyt0Zkngo3wa44ct6wxcORmw13_GJ01Q/s4032/IMG_2948.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oYxaycsi7gw-1aFZSLhxojzw6Y7kwxMX7aiwMY07PN5Jt98LUx1qkv3xPQBkvUA68xFchFaxDdFWFanR6qhzrXHoUTXrjA3LaKv4C5-_dBr6hevC5j_MhHpCvnNptfZRwb7xsTCohLYXqgTxtiNNONwJ9eoKiyt0Zkngo3wa44ct6wxcORmw13_GJ01Q/s320/IMG_2948.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We played outside and logged in several hours for the 1000 Hours Challenge. We're behind right now, but we'll catch up in spring and early summer! Zeke spent a lot of time swinging himself!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYx_wxYsPOOQoKA7ac9_-k2qr-9zzYZ8YEQz6qUpwFpfxAhwhR_5UpDv4lnXRwEG32QCJqaCFcXS6717oYyyeLCuUaFa8ft6djwTMNzucavUqm7K4BuUROOeUYoHZSt4zrqPnyuJP5q0W_GyN9uKkYCTFShmMpw_aBrwU34hE6SUnr7KNV4BdQaCcKPOV/s4032/IMG_2952.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYx_wxYsPOOQoKA7ac9_-k2qr-9zzYZ8YEQz6qUpwFpfxAhwhR_5UpDv4lnXRwEG32QCJqaCFcXS6717oYyyeLCuUaFa8ft6djwTMNzucavUqm7K4BuUROOeUYoHZSt4zrqPnyuJP5q0W_GyN9uKkYCTFShmMpw_aBrwU34hE6SUnr7KNV4BdQaCcKPOV/s320/IMG_2952.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We picked up Titus from baseball practice at 5:00. 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<!--end InLinkz code--><br /><p></p><p> </p></div>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-3987592758140732622024-02-03T11:52:00.003-06:002024-02-03T11:52:35.026-06:00ABC Jesus Loves Me: Year One, Week Six<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PQkPUO3fM-4HdAgU7172uTSe8yUM6iT9eH6HTu6nnolv2nFF8A4w3NOVbPfBSwgUrFPTOSVsW5JBFxTwfhZ7EZceyc5XojA-26UeA_CMhw_2fTP0PUdX_4CEEXJHbzbYWPnqvVJnHj8zjiC6rR1mnGcBf3HK9EOqyY2ycYmjBM6zeiWOyxODN-j3FRZM/s1080/ABC%20Jesus%20Loves%20Me.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PQkPUO3fM-4HdAgU7172uTSe8yUM6iT9eH6HTu6nnolv2nFF8A4w3NOVbPfBSwgUrFPTOSVsW5JBFxTwfhZ7EZceyc5XojA-26UeA_CMhw_2fTP0PUdX_4CEEXJHbzbYWPnqvVJnHj8zjiC6rR1mnGcBf3HK9EOqyY2ycYmjBM6zeiWOyxODN-j3FRZM/s320/ABC%20Jesus%20Loves%20Me.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Zoey is 16 months old, and we're using ABC Jesus Loves Me, Year One - the free curriculum! <p></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">MONDAY:</span></h3><p>I sat Zoey in her booster seat at the table while Zeke was doing some of his kindergarten work. It seemed to work better this way - she was contained and couldn't climb on the table, and she stayed focused for a longer period of time.</p><p>Her animal this week is a bird, and her color is green - so I let her use green dot markers on her bird coloring page. I had a light green and dark green dot marker, so I gave her both of them so she could be exposed to different shades of the same color. She really did great with the dot markers! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWoODFE1RqQvVod7Hhr5a3K7RhmGHOLuIv8su0w8IKoh0lP4IWo59YWOtUtZgeA9PXkPYEWogGa1yegGN-MifVWzjTlLYWabiqQFI6x6n-VfgwM6cz-VId_A9Qct-m6SZLgv9mNq4QqzBlkIgM_Hz66ZnYIdoEKn6mRQiZNyFGaXjI7vpHz_5FV0Rmqq0/s4032/IMG_2805.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWoODFE1RqQvVod7Hhr5a3K7RhmGHOLuIv8su0w8IKoh0lP4IWo59YWOtUtZgeA9PXkPYEWogGa1yegGN-MifVWzjTlLYWabiqQFI6x6n-VfgwM6cz-VId_A9Qct-m6SZLgv9mNq4QqzBlkIgM_Hz66ZnYIdoEKn6mRQiZNyFGaXjI7vpHz_5FV0Rmqq0/s320/IMG_2805.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWL8itLxCHli7qGxjTXYt8rbrHIdnUYHeNI2nGqM_XcFi3jv9qyjBSxA34BjK7-4MTXm8TpQkFb5VaK5fXBl-7_neJBidDQzXiIvX_mCua30WGcARcjnH_Bmg-hs7zcmfIMn8nByNoBA2CFGMXBTgffgDYkrkAxnc-FzUd1Ag7jJe4wkPNRrClynKx_Lb/s4032/IMG_2806.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWL8itLxCHli7qGxjTXYt8rbrHIdnUYHeNI2nGqM_XcFi3jv9qyjBSxA34BjK7-4MTXm8TpQkFb5VaK5fXBl-7_neJBidDQzXiIvX_mCua30WGcARcjnH_Bmg-hs7zcmfIMn8nByNoBA2CFGMXBTgffgDYkrkAxnc-FzUd1Ag7jJe4wkPNRrClynKx_Lb/s320/IMG_2806.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>She was tiring of the dot markers, so I grabbed a plastic bowl and some green clothespins. I clipped them to the outside of the bowl and showed her to pull one of them off. She caught on really fast! She took them all off and wanted me to put them back on probably around twenty times! This is definitely an activity I'm going to repeat with her. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5sFriW6BDf4W27MgLvbSkfZ5xuzPtLCI27eQ0Qp4GP57ookHOf_YhJB2A77YLt9an4Q36hETQR9qnxJ8yT25qKgvLnCJNNJVc70L8WmLOdW5HdxrGK_t67Kd8lG8en0hnyUe4KLABXr0brxT4E8Qsl5pKLzNFbigHH9TvNKxNs84u-bzAO9lmW3Qf7EA/s4032/IMG_2810.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5sFriW6BDf4W27MgLvbSkfZ5xuzPtLCI27eQ0Qp4GP57ookHOf_YhJB2A77YLt9an4Q36hETQR9qnxJ8yT25qKgvLnCJNNJVc70L8WmLOdW5HdxrGK_t67Kd8lG8en0hnyUe4KLABXr0brxT4E8Qsl5pKLzNFbigHH9TvNKxNs84u-bzAO9lmW3Qf7EA/s320/IMG_2810.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzqZNLLRKFpp_ja6pIVNFeXnl5FV_1bRaRew5pMKXnP3qYtVNcMzne-1QK9PfcEah-DHMVbmJg-KopXSWvarnGb-4qUWkTKqJ-o0sxds62-nwUVA_GSpFDpTnYfGr-EMG6EdXwk3z8g6K8OPQzJZ4_N1YhsEErZ49_8cR5Cit1NStncbDOXzW4tQzvmW6/s4032/IMG_2811.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzqZNLLRKFpp_ja6pIVNFeXnl5FV_1bRaRew5pMKXnP3qYtVNcMzne-1QK9PfcEah-DHMVbmJg-KopXSWvarnGb-4qUWkTKqJ-o0sxds62-nwUVA_GSpFDpTnYfGr-EMG6EdXwk3z8g6K8OPQzJZ4_N1YhsEErZ49_8cR5Cit1NStncbDOXzW4tQzvmW6/s320/IMG_2811.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIytnpP0JYK8eIezuzza6Xt2ZfTV0V_6TNQ8cWatFx8LQw9DzCgj8Iln2RsEWzVdhX-TaMBJ85l-AwGBO-f-r_cAO6WGcmBXSQbwB2C-YQeT8uDwFriwGqTB_4kdEObynzyclULMEvuwdVKg1I1cfXjC1l24wDGrA5a2_zPB77RjbWu08AdH7_Z6BiwOz/s4032/IMG_2812.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIytnpP0JYK8eIezuzza6Xt2ZfTV0V_6TNQ8cWatFx8LQw9DzCgj8Iln2RsEWzVdhX-TaMBJ85l-AwGBO-f-r_cAO6WGcmBXSQbwB2C-YQeT8uDwFriwGqTB_4kdEObynzyclULMEvuwdVKg1I1cfXjC1l24wDGrA5a2_zPB77RjbWu08AdH7_Z6BiwOz/s320/IMG_2812.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">TUESDAY:</span></h3><div>We started out with green playdough. She loves playdough, but she does like to taste it - so I have to watch her closely! She played with this for a good fifteen minutes. I kept saying "green" and trying to get her to repeat it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuDWj6_aEjnd2bTIVYm5xWnI1rjZY0w0969pHuBCN33SDFxy3whh9GFE_MWHr5dkEoQ7knyYgGnVecLvA1nAiaoeq2_2_VY1LKjmjW9lMJ5W7bcoIuka09iOxMGOaFT3zDplUyBnNuv2M4E8uivnVecBWDmU4xUlHVO7QClV8bRpnbfRtNqnot18Frncit/s4032/IMG_2824.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuDWj6_aEjnd2bTIVYm5xWnI1rjZY0w0969pHuBCN33SDFxy3whh9GFE_MWHr5dkEoQ7knyYgGnVecLvA1nAiaoeq2_2_VY1LKjmjW9lMJ5W7bcoIuka09iOxMGOaFT3zDplUyBnNuv2M4E8uivnVecBWDmU4xUlHVO7QClV8bRpnbfRtNqnot18Frncit/s320/IMG_2824.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFH47HCgrxQiTfdyk7TMHeXbcApJZEWd7L-MdGxu27YZ77UNjH_lSpYP5KpqN5aYAbTYcay7VWScYHl00xbIT8rgNsUnh4fVODY_RCNwOscuUQZHahfW9Va9XfVyNfO8GFK3wr-oUCpW3KafxZs4IOim8qSkQuN_q_9ASigEFMPcKXICIxWcLvB3nIECB7/s4032/IMG_2825.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFH47HCgrxQiTfdyk7TMHeXbcApJZEWd7L-MdGxu27YZ77UNjH_lSpYP5KpqN5aYAbTYcay7VWScYHl00xbIT8rgNsUnh4fVODY_RCNwOscuUQZHahfW9Va9XfVyNfO8GFK3wr-oUCpW3KafxZs4IOim8qSkQuN_q_9ASigEFMPcKXICIxWcLvB3nIECB7/s320/IMG_2825.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>She colored her Color Train green. She was in my lap for this, but I did try to get a picture. I need to cut these out and hang them up somewhere that we can review them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKntrajMD4rVJO6n16z7fhRvoe2upons5oj365bZNtUzgHuwNXkqwctGadaitkY9HTP5Lq8EFz9s6UL5Q1jVdSDh8NsskeSHTfxhJZfglT7k1h0WLAf_1u0AZiwqMGcfm4FAYROSbtcuYNZHhEDbton1cHRV0dpELRjTwz8tkw2Ls4w5ht0XvbHyGL-4t/s4032/IMG_2837.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKntrajMD4rVJO6n16z7fhRvoe2upons5oj365bZNtUzgHuwNXkqwctGadaitkY9HTP5Lq8EFz9s6UL5Q1jVdSDh8NsskeSHTfxhJZfglT7k1h0WLAf_1u0AZiwqMGcfm4FAYROSbtcuYNZHhEDbton1cHRV0dpELRjTwz8tkw2Ls4w5ht0XvbHyGL-4t/s320/IMG_2837.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wCo3pzDmCZXNKqaSvgp5-lXPoPlAPArKCg1NJZqXjJ3pDa4s_klDiowi9LqkDfwnAR_rvYH4tReCSriBt965SVnuSAYrNfWySHPStKX6S4N3rfi5JiIuiljPcRtH07dnej6HwluPUcvZ2jUdAcNTX_kuZtxceUhYKKoCyA3cRQBQ_uJCoJEb_7_GzO88/s4032/IMG_2838.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wCo3pzDmCZXNKqaSvgp5-lXPoPlAPArKCg1NJZqXjJ3pDa4s_klDiowi9LqkDfwnAR_rvYH4tReCSriBt965SVnuSAYrNfWySHPStKX6S4N3rfi5JiIuiljPcRtH07dnej6HwluPUcvZ2jUdAcNTX_kuZtxceUhYKKoCyA3cRQBQ_uJCoJEb_7_GzO88/s320/IMG_2838.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Zeke was using dot markers and she started saying, "marker!" so I pulled out some leftover dot marker pages from our Octopus Unit. She did this for a while. Then she was finished with her school for the day!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcIhGBFEyJZ9_lTSoRJhZ9GZvXc3r9eUwHme4xgcN4aCs8cFVUcLKjlpbYy_MdW2AYYo8cwrvZDb_4xACCNkLHpC7Yed-TQFBY54zZV3dWPJjizIt3euSJ4A5WDG4zbjaFK3FHOb-aF_jY9smTvv1XSc-ZPJTiPckshbtonieYMXH4IqHsh2oj5Lcqz3J/s4032/IMG_2831.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcIhGBFEyJZ9_lTSoRJhZ9GZvXc3r9eUwHme4xgcN4aCs8cFVUcLKjlpbYy_MdW2AYYo8cwrvZDb_4xACCNkLHpC7Yed-TQFBY54zZV3dWPJjizIt3euSJ4A5WDG4zbjaFK3FHOb-aF_jY9smTvv1XSc-ZPJTiPckshbtonieYMXH4IqHsh2oj5Lcqz3J/s320/IMG_2831.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">WEDNESDAY:</span></h3><p>We started out with her E is for Earth coloring page. I colored in the blue on the globe and the hands, and I gave her a green dot marker (she was supposed to stamp with paint, but I decided against that). She did this for a few minutes, then wanted something different.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6U_JeqjBRGQRYKye3qjQtAQlug0GbYmcdZpu946tsJBWpo119c8dubAZwp5WCU_2xS8I0Boo1EhydppxcFKVjQiN-bXBPVDAZGeFsr7N7cymNxDRKR2GHVjOI50q4vrMUvyaWsQW2OwFxmTVoSkSBYJt7lwuB3k_VZcATYVdfvuxTCcGC3mcAzkKfhBI/s4032/IMG_2886.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6U_JeqjBRGQRYKye3qjQtAQlug0GbYmcdZpu946tsJBWpo119c8dubAZwp5WCU_2xS8I0Boo1EhydppxcFKVjQiN-bXBPVDAZGeFsr7N7cymNxDRKR2GHVjOI50q4vrMUvyaWsQW2OwFxmTVoSkSBYJt7lwuB3k_VZcATYVdfvuxTCcGC3mcAzkKfhBI/s320/IMG_2886.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAccAbL5ijl3WtVIT7isqFwCJ-hdvUiR2f6ggAhXPbFqfXuhTwbpy0QjRfjvDPVpeDOhp9RtN5MeFM9EB06jOH82ohxScPhAoy3tRj2Hheds-j2ncroleuZ2S4LM8ERbhafYAYlg_8f7JlrjEGs1lHCfccp9PkFCNkjAltWQ9rUjV8YxcJIyei00ZHuXp/s4032/IMG_2887.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAccAbL5ijl3WtVIT7isqFwCJ-hdvUiR2f6ggAhXPbFqfXuhTwbpy0QjRfjvDPVpeDOhp9RtN5MeFM9EB06jOH82ohxScPhAoy3tRj2Hheds-j2ncroleuZ2S4LM8ERbhafYAYlg_8f7JlrjEGs1lHCfccp9PkFCNkjAltWQ9rUjV8YxcJIyei00ZHuXp/s320/IMG_2887.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDRWNW2qTAYb60WO28OY9e2mhB1yOcG-N05TBLrbShLki7Doz_46KEmVoEMOWZVzC-z0KFkbvzZkQaYymSCgfqU-azRvlFvAsbl8SQrdtblOFUQLUHm-UyR_zXTS-pLS-DhUhsaO1NyAKLMDuNOUTuysR7bXfzwJBkpf0bJ6_tqnah9Jt5bVuveV8X7bl/s4032/IMG_2890.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDRWNW2qTAYb60WO28OY9e2mhB1yOcG-N05TBLrbShLki7Doz_46KEmVoEMOWZVzC-z0KFkbvzZkQaYymSCgfqU-azRvlFvAsbl8SQrdtblOFUQLUHm-UyR_zXTS-pLS-DhUhsaO1NyAKLMDuNOUTuysR7bXfzwJBkpf0bJ6_tqnah9Jt5bVuveV8X7bl/s320/IMG_2890.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I gave her two bowls, blue and green, and three pom-poms in each color. She actually sorted them by color at first, and then decided to throw them all on the floor. I am glad I noticed she was sorting by color, though!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zUip7foGEp-8nza0GzfdttexRfk0w1J0zWbltXxqtZPF4QInnbS81fRav_3SsftuM7ZEueBYiQBgoLHHewT9eZl4r-L21dKY-XaOJRa1IdAf8QVVulUjo0dbpwbadl14K8jGJKWSTTPlvK_Z5iSfhuOPbALqGpXrSQALKpcRWhXdos_W5VOGNpmadUef/s4032/IMG_2883.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zUip7foGEp-8nza0GzfdttexRfk0w1J0zWbltXxqtZPF4QInnbS81fRav_3SsftuM7ZEueBYiQBgoLHHewT9eZl4r-L21dKY-XaOJRa1IdAf8QVVulUjo0dbpwbadl14K8jGJKWSTTPlvK_Z5iSfhuOPbALqGpXrSQALKpcRWhXdos_W5VOGNpmadUef/s320/IMG_2883.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj039CCshLl0_msnKXT9sjTyUUNM1KaYW0uSqT0tbEkPVtWJKBre7XA1E1Ic4ZW0DTA75YEOR3jBNOg2qkiVrR5Je5eeCDX5RFwA7oSXTN6sry6zWI3G2y0fFXSLZ8O9hwDvbiD1w8k7WztK5QWPfP0IUexN2vjjbf-OubiwbkUXQMDAXs1HULb6FEH6C7H/s4032/IMG_2885.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj039CCshLl0_msnKXT9sjTyUUNM1KaYW0uSqT0tbEkPVtWJKBre7XA1E1Ic4ZW0DTA75YEOR3jBNOg2qkiVrR5Je5eeCDX5RFwA7oSXTN6sry6zWI3G2y0fFXSLZ8O9hwDvbiD1w8k7WztK5QWPfP0IUexN2vjjbf-OubiwbkUXQMDAXs1HULb6FEH6C7H/s320/IMG_2885.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><h3><span style="font-family: verdana;">THURSDAY:</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today we read a few board books about farm animals, and then we played with her Little People farm animals! I set them up for her and we sang "Old MacDonald" using the animals as props. Then we "talked" about the names of each animal and the sound they each make. Zeke had speech therapy today, so that's all we did!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAy4DLoLlZBvJ994RndE-yOPutHhhpVVRcUVLS1u1nqX7_v9p_ZNOMFGU28czNP88A7kxTdoNt2rkXqr8JA1QaUp-pjyDeSED8Hj0ptGAvtvVuJtZcOd5Kq4jpeJA5L73wuMuDmGcVhORXiImuOPfIb-Jo3n-IczvEBC-cfx17K2B2DcYVHcbjGRsZUVy/s4032/IMG_2929.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAy4DLoLlZBvJ994RndE-yOPutHhhpVVRcUVLS1u1nqX7_v9p_ZNOMFGU28czNP88A7kxTdoNt2rkXqr8JA1QaUp-pjyDeSED8Hj0ptGAvtvVuJtZcOd5Kq4jpeJA5L73wuMuDmGcVhORXiImuOPfIb-Jo3n-IczvEBC-cfx17K2B2DcYVHcbjGRsZUVy/s320/IMG_2929.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JvAvAEbAjnVfl4y25tOtJa3koEAoPuizDZ1WY4QkIXyT0pLMDJ2DemcnXozqZ5buc0b0sWimdz66rxAvBjyZrzqj6YcEUfrBBzdzPUd01FT8XS-lA2Ti9Yw5IEQ5sD_uoRSpYfq-WzLxTAN5jhp4tei8J4xtlFi3cqicvWtF2z3jiDBJCeV0e_brBYOa/s4032/IMG_2930.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JvAvAEbAjnVfl4y25tOtJa3koEAoPuizDZ1WY4QkIXyT0pLMDJ2DemcnXozqZ5buc0b0sWimdz66rxAvBjyZrzqj6YcEUfrBBzdzPUd01FT8XS-lA2Ti9Yw5IEQ5sD_uoRSpYfq-WzLxTAN5jhp4tei8J4xtlFi3cqicvWtF2z3jiDBJCeV0e_brBYOa/s320/IMG_2930.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHoMtTM2mw8bce49O7t_-NmuhRhHlyVuztg-IEjR8XogaFm3-bbHypVBeANDDP8GDOqJA6XT6TpATJJnoQymKacha2znh-UXxr8q9glMjA1PCFVQ324k5ZOON91Q9KmSxWdp03afKOUKyc6L9CFx77L33CT27kKlYdzm2hYGztfCblUf3hj4nX14achqG/s4032/IMG_2931.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHoMtTM2mw8bce49O7t_-NmuhRhHlyVuztg-IEjR8XogaFm3-bbHypVBeANDDP8GDOqJA6XT6TpATJJnoQymKacha2znh-UXxr8q9glMjA1PCFVQ324k5ZOON91Q9KmSxWdp03afKOUKyc6L9CFx77L33CT27kKlYdzm2hYGztfCblUf3hj4nX14achqG/s320/IMG_2931.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_jCjy0oxJ3v2KFydyGxDE2jiNRM1eAH7-acryrgt2IlAgPwirK6AryL02spaXG-UO4qTkTVvkW3lDJXNueH9408qPKaQSwcmCgG2a5oco1rjCciLUDMOKny7Ruf-VsmFpEMs-s9dVhyphenhyphenLY_ZIbjuOalGR5o2_AgO7YAmX90EGWEsA4jlpHskd6RviNhFNh/s4032/IMG_2932.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_jCjy0oxJ3v2KFydyGxDE2jiNRM1eAH7-acryrgt2IlAgPwirK6AryL02spaXG-UO4qTkTVvkW3lDJXNueH9408qPKaQSwcmCgG2a5oco1rjCciLUDMOKny7Ruf-VsmFpEMs-s9dVhyphenhyphenLY_ZIbjuOalGR5o2_AgO7YAmX90EGWEsA4jlpHskd6RviNhFNh/s320/IMG_2932.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">FRIDAY:</span></h3></div><div>Today Zoey glued green squares to a sheet of cardstock. She loves using the glue stick, but not such a fan of putting the green squares on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpP60E26WjZYMYvdsBrtCXD8W8L-7IvujR8g9FdBEDVYYX4Zhrp6xTqnm0sETlw3t1HfdlofMuxze43p_h40JaPqDvM1FI2wwyMeRwE95ACum2B_J_JC-nNQwCzWVd0Dxt9DLncFwy40bjNYxLYAwWiGobyKqP-oWbUeN06MA_xmqpnQUHqebAAgGtM29/s4032/IMG_2946.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpP60E26WjZYMYvdsBrtCXD8W8L-7IvujR8g9FdBEDVYYX4Zhrp6xTqnm0sETlw3t1HfdlofMuxze43p_h40JaPqDvM1FI2wwyMeRwE95ACum2B_J_JC-nNQwCzWVd0Dxt9DLncFwy40bjNYxLYAwWiGobyKqP-oWbUeN06MA_xmqpnQUHqebAAgGtM29/s320/IMG_2946.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZcmUXtb4HgZyhbCGhqtfjjR5pbZbRbEM7fuHb3bxzUb-9LSYJyOJlD4cpMfvgYfO9mQoUQsfVGp1jrXrHWp4PMRi1IiWm_JfNDemliQ1G1lXZglJRiCYcjIcYRByHikFMlE3CBAEzmLZw1_FYG9v0wB8K0aRxtgD9Yk19Q5B-BpDNveQ-HCNCZVdJDch/s4032/IMG_2949.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZcmUXtb4HgZyhbCGhqtfjjR5pbZbRbEM7fuHb3bxzUb-9LSYJyOJlD4cpMfvgYfO9mQoUQsfVGp1jrXrHWp4PMRi1IiWm_JfNDemliQ1G1lXZglJRiCYcjIcYRByHikFMlE3CBAEzmLZw1_FYG9v0wB8K0aRxtgD9Yk19Q5B-BpDNveQ-HCNCZVdJDch/s320/IMG_2949.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Next, she water painted her square, tore it into pieces, and dumped the water out - just like every other week!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOP3GqPl1wo3NHcvv0rQI8WaPY0SJTngR9kA7pjvTPa7aHU3xnCzBaUsXl5LOjQVOHRym8Wfy-j_eeSwv2etOOTCtDyiG6Y2QF83pvj-sBaor_SCvG56bpo7GLRsSv55VCpeLMAdT7MMrHTqlXFOknHxpBatachd3q6VJquYaD-647csD1kniSUMI0WdcR/s4032/IMG_2948.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOP3GqPl1wo3NHcvv0rQI8WaPY0SJTngR9kA7pjvTPa7aHU3xnCzBaUsXl5LOjQVOHRym8Wfy-j_eeSwv2etOOTCtDyiG6Y2QF83pvj-sBaor_SCvG56bpo7GLRsSv55VCpeLMAdT7MMrHTqlXFOknHxpBatachd3q6VJquYaD-647csD1kniSUMI0WdcR/s320/IMG_2948.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LKhlcghCOxmYG7yosD3J8I2lpSTmwnHHRCbDxtwa-Mbo6vDz5PWlmqGgN1u9IA7b8RUWXd1ZDwUsjIX21MeTRZqGIslJ3ZA_ndg6ip5O1jL5ZGrHFCaRvwnz75tA1uFGeNk3WKKYMBHUV1Wz1jo1Yfo_5vhLQczbskkFul_EjTzVRVHRmcnGaEkhAAD5/s4032/IMG_2950.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LKhlcghCOxmYG7yosD3J8I2lpSTmwnHHRCbDxtwa-Mbo6vDz5PWlmqGgN1u9IA7b8RUWXd1ZDwUsjIX21MeTRZqGIslJ3ZA_ndg6ip5O1jL5ZGrHFCaRvwnz75tA1uFGeNk3WKKYMBHUV1Wz1jo1Yfo_5vhLQczbskkFul_EjTzVRVHRmcnGaEkhAAD5/s320/IMG_2950.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I feel like this week I planned a much easier number of activities! She loved the Old MacDonald theme which carried over from last week. </div>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-29553774863420517312024-02-02T14:27:00.002-06:002024-02-02T14:27:14.734-06:00Free Cross Stitch Pattern: True Love<p>I love to cross-stitch, but I haven't had much time since Zoey has been born. I'm hoping to get back into it by stitching at night for a little while! </p><p>I've wanted to design my own patterns for a while now, so I started with a simple Valentine cross stitch pattern that conveys the true message of love - Jesus Christ. </p><p>You can, of course, use any color floss you have. I personally use floss from my stash that either matches closely or is a color I'd like to incorporate in my project.</p><p>If you want to try this simple cross-stitch (really, it's definitely something you can finish in a day!), please download the file for free! And let me know what you think in the comments. If you do cross-stitch this pattern, I would love to see a picture. Just click the image below!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lUfUOZFbzaQRq_8hNccD74TtUP085XaB/view?usp=sharing" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="665" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMn2ZSNdcHicA7b4MvkgijqXmSazv2QDeeZmx1fH3gXLnfauuVP1KBLKgDa_Y9X3uZ4HmWuXUR9ksyVN1dO3-twMWpqTgSb9OL9v3JFpmJQkYbX90mXlAgBESejgUEKsnKcriBa7g96QCNa4xv0kxKwPfWy9xIncYCN9fJzvmOEQZejJVqKflh41yDBre1/w640-h362/Screenshot%202024-02-02%20141343.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a list of the floss colors in DMC.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdI6E8b3mw8DLJLykgNH0tQUHWiDPxv7IJ2EihAWZ3yz-evOr5zUA4BgzuPFXwKUpYJn5BhSRrK_uitloqiLDOa5pyUfJAUyunTR0aOS5TI-3pnFFtYrqoG8XSgMXgdXDiMJ0Q-qf531bGR_7LpxnXpaWFCTpYEgugcvyEJJZT1u4K5_UHRJpR_sG0cXzM/s580/Screenshot%202024-02-02%20142538.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="580" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdI6E8b3mw8DLJLykgNH0tQUHWiDPxv7IJ2EihAWZ3yz-evOr5zUA4BgzuPFXwKUpYJn5BhSRrK_uitloqiLDOa5pyUfJAUyunTR0aOS5TI-3pnFFtYrqoG8XSgMXgdXDiMJ0Q-qf531bGR_7LpxnXpaWFCTpYEgugcvyEJJZT1u4K5_UHRJpR_sG0cXzM/w400-h148/Screenshot%202024-02-02%20142538.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-81028455919856975302024-02-02T13:03:00.003-06:002024-02-02T13:03:38.170-06:00My Father's World Kindergarten: G is for Goat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-iJrRU9L0yzwDpwTXPlBKK36UF4MSRHLH1fSkIpfh27WSZn2oGRSaklPiIObHcCnOzPNol4XnVznpjAwCFgRYA7ve-JG6rOBA0Hbc_ktIY8TxIrW3GSgDyEAEt71-txDJRE25HhSOVL8HpRq7RYRv6zX_PlHRZdsSP13p2dMRTCDZ6vlN4KiWbIuiaj8K/s1080/IMG_2953.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-iJrRU9L0yzwDpwTXPlBKK36UF4MSRHLH1fSkIpfh27WSZn2oGRSaklPiIObHcCnOzPNol4XnVznpjAwCFgRYA7ve-JG6rOBA0Hbc_ktIY8TxIrW3GSgDyEAEt71-txDJRE25HhSOVL8HpRq7RYRv6zX_PlHRZdsSP13p2dMRTCDZ6vlN4KiWbIuiaj8K/s320/IMG_2953.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Zeke is using My Father's World Kindergarten. He turned five in November. This week Zeke's theme was G is for Goat, and it begins a three-week series on farm animals. (Next week is C for Cow, followed by H for Horse.) </p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">MONDAY:</span></h2><p>Zeke colored and cut apart his letter cards first thing. He practiced saying the words (/g/ is a sound he has been working on in speech therapy) and then put them in his envelope.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZSxWBM3CD0XE9f2xC8MDbhrZndMXmw-bQx8d_yvleCDQQ5sEXiR3efW7AW7T1fpysnc_FqtDCjHjrgA1XRkkBoalgcbHbdSvHed4kajPqDjyhi3NRbED2A9SFnY9KDq8guKbyvwX0H2cv78eMC9fn0vi8izfMd4eu33wiBQ2se9_nS0Yu86NBxc6xcGN/s4032/IMG_2807.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZSxWBM3CD0XE9f2xC8MDbhrZndMXmw-bQx8d_yvleCDQQ5sEXiR3efW7AW7T1fpysnc_FqtDCjHjrgA1XRkkBoalgcbHbdSvHed4kajPqDjyhi3NRbED2A9SFnY9KDq8guKbyvwX0H2cv78eMC9fn0vi8izfMd4eu33wiBQ2se9_nS0Yu86NBxc6xcGN/s320/IMG_2807.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We read about goats in the God's Amazing World textbook, and then Zeke did a farm animal/zoo animal sorting worksheet I found for <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Farm-and-Zoo-Animal-Sort-3237057">free on Teachers Pay Teachers. </a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzXgchnXZ04PQEgYAL4J_pvJBvt_pLGebx1BnpNp6as-HQRMrWOIFjO56OGgwpD3KXRBlH1Gy7mmh-xizadFnd3cBunQJf_KQp5BaFMqDwDduBTRdQO4DOqUydFUkrTcmAxsxXUPWvIVQI8EX-cQsgDNd1emA3aCmoxs-KoSrknYxZrBs3y81Xprd0DTX/s4032/IMG_2813.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzXgchnXZ04PQEgYAL4J_pvJBvt_pLGebx1BnpNp6as-HQRMrWOIFjO56OGgwpD3KXRBlH1Gy7mmh-xizadFnd3cBunQJf_KQp5BaFMqDwDduBTRdQO4DOqUydFUkrTcmAxsxXUPWvIVQI8EX-cQsgDNd1emA3aCmoxs-KoSrknYxZrBs3y81Xprd0DTX/s320/IMG_2813.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Next, he colored his farm animal puppets. He cut them out and taped a craft stick to the back of each one. We sang "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" with the puppets and had a blast!</p><p>He then worked in Abeka Math and his Rod and Staff workbook.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">TUESDAY:</span></h2><p>We started off with his handwriting and sound discrimination worksheets. He does a great job on these each week!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXqyKZLfLGlVm-vivIWZxLl_sT9nJBzoy5HvQ05L0ST3AQhtx4p6Z2dHd9qwiIFK8QCCRXip0In1s17PoTxFZu_j9t4ZAwtY_AGh7fhIBKp-lq1tQRzlzogpSKNBW_8di87iO4h77XjOibWnFQ42nD_QbKX1NWOD1oNDV8G44B-aaGmxKd8wARvvuVzXd/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXqyKZLfLGlVm-vivIWZxLl_sT9nJBzoy5HvQ05L0ST3AQhtx4p6Z2dHd9qwiIFK8QCCRXip0In1s17PoTxFZu_j9t4ZAwtY_AGh7fhIBKp-lq1tQRzlzogpSKNBW_8di87iO4h77XjOibWnFQ42nD_QbKX1NWOD1oNDV8G44B-aaGmxKd8wARvvuVzXd/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApsbdoT68CKoRsNoPcjJJ66RSrB4Esw2FBeqxjqm3qIUvHYVZ_TCOPCyKGvIQQnhD1ECWw_2AXLpvoeqGA_dOh_XnzHYIDCiVWTWPhB5YDgvg5WD7gr8szfYpODBjCrXUzQpIxc0P5S0cnHUGsjyO8cXi996WW_g9zJSl1OOqk9s1q89K-BxX2zsDCFAA/s4032/image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApsbdoT68CKoRsNoPcjJJ66RSrB4Esw2FBeqxjqm3qIUvHYVZ_TCOPCyKGvIQQnhD1ECWw_2AXLpvoeqGA_dOh_XnzHYIDCiVWTWPhB5YDgvg5WD7gr8szfYpODBjCrXUzQpIxc0P5S0cnHUGsjyO8cXi996WW_g9zJSl1OOqk9s1q89K-BxX2zsDCFAA/s320/image.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Then I printed him a goat coloring page with the word "goat" to copy. We made his badge using black and brown dot markers. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzLiJ0HgFV6_OShcvX8T33rZbUxVaQQazOIBA3UCur-9I55mceqRwsinUXATJdasL-hgMtKmVdt_85MTfw7ZkyWX9qFAkfatKcpCh6q_r52ou-SzTwnrRedV8i6udFQxqNrU7XDoYDZXdwnLJLN10fjp1REOkqLhm1mTpmEjmgGoDcBliqe869VufjRWC/s4032/IMG_2833.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzLiJ0HgFV6_OShcvX8T33rZbUxVaQQazOIBA3UCur-9I55mceqRwsinUXATJdasL-hgMtKmVdt_85MTfw7ZkyWX9qFAkfatKcpCh6q_r52ou-SzTwnrRedV8i6udFQxqNrU7XDoYDZXdwnLJLN10fjp1REOkqLhm1mTpmEjmgGoDcBliqe869VufjRWC/s320/IMG_2833.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4L7nGYmN-FA7g6U2EJHCXb-IWZpkamWlElUYp8unCGryEH0AqgHuVW7YD_d2EeQCHz7Y6Mq5tIHwKLFyN6ivOmB4pIvLa3HWHm8DswXzB73CLSqZOaX1BDShSwWoCRH3IbmJlBVCY3cuhNBx3wlZMds1bFc34zWNJsOVnNCP4qTzb6d6oQB2HDeucgTFu/s4032/IMG_2835.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4L7nGYmN-FA7g6U2EJHCXb-IWZpkamWlElUYp8unCGryEH0AqgHuVW7YD_d2EeQCHz7Y6Mq5tIHwKLFyN6ivOmB4pIvLa3HWHm8DswXzB73CLSqZOaX1BDShSwWoCRH3IbmJlBVCY3cuhNBx3wlZMds1bFc34zWNJsOVnNCP4qTzb6d6oQB2HDeucgTFu/s320/IMG_2835.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>He then colored the baby and mother animal worksheet and cut them apart. We played a matching game with them (and we tied!) and tomorrow we'll use them for something different.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_A4ChJVPrdqXSVJDl0HMOcDExd0ZFp4jZdMjv4SWXfSElnCyp0QtmCRO_AimGsUXCeFW0YkCAtiq-xz-a_CtNtwI-9HNnw7AgSoAd4CUyUzjtNLsWvyKxYOYSos74i7G_Tr9sHDVB2Tqyx3DKg2iJ6mGuicjik4IGb7aY02MXShqdWIOVMnNQWFgES01a/s4032/IMG_2829.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_A4ChJVPrdqXSVJDl0HMOcDExd0ZFp4jZdMjv4SWXfSElnCyp0QtmCRO_AimGsUXCeFW0YkCAtiq-xz-a_CtNtwI-9HNnw7AgSoAd4CUyUzjtNLsWvyKxYOYSos74i7G_Tr9sHDVB2Tqyx3DKg2iJ6mGuicjik4IGb7aY02MXShqdWIOVMnNQWFgES01a/s320/IMG_2829.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We read part of this<a href="<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Readers-Animals-Co-reader/dp/1426326874/ref=sr_1_4?crid=129ZN6MXRYQ54&amp;keywords=farm+animal+national+geographic+book+for+kids&amp;qid=1706629933&amp;sprefix=farm+animal+%252Caps%252C750&amp;sr=8-4&_encoding=UTF8&tag=myfullheart05-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=46db33153cfffd3eb9745fd7bc9f48da&camp=1789&creative=9325">farm animals book</a>"> book about Farm Animals. </a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Readers-Animals-Co-reader/dp/1426326874/ref=sr_1_4?crid=129ZN6MXRYQ54&amp;keywords=farm+animal+national+geographic+book+for+kids&amp;qid=1706629933&amp;sprefix=farm+animal+%252Caps%252C750&amp;sr=8-4&_encoding=UTF8&tag=myfullheart05-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=46db33153cfffd3eb9745fd7bc9f48da&camp=1789&creative=9325">farm animals book</a>" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LyFZRERfho5sNXOz6w0txcUVOOggUkL41Muoy0PCREo2P3yVhTtgc2XDT8s-whijis2HCsHdYvIDR8Jy_fhGyTZZEdCtHFyD3FMz_OPOlHGX8uOBdTqHpTSO7SAAiRxCOhyCH2ohpy7xilnPmTdfnUJo0unW7W94ucB3UM7T9OtphBlysWxqsmlo37y1/s320/81jRFidi0nL._SY425_.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p>He then did a math page in Abeka where he had to write the numbers 80-100, and he did another page in his Rod and Staff workbook. We tried to find a Wild Kratts episode about goats, but no luck. He watched one about mountain animals that did have a goat in it.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">WEDNESDAY:</span></h2><p>We started off with his math page, which was on telling time to the hour. He's already been doing this in Abeka math, so it was just review for him. He flipped the page over and had six words to read - gum, dig, mom, mug, sit, and gas. He did pretty well with reading these words and matching them to the pictures.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7d5U2FE4IPuQv6PRiInh2ESinlVFEWRY5hEzn-KI4tOCa311EHQQe4RnLZW84V5uqVQyC7f43wBeLvQgTtFXOO5sSnfWdbnm8FTMOZpAm-o6sXY0oUKuPis2voEGxqUirtJtWENGtPGKekF4XoAm1JTUJA_vNQML-aWBom7RJpmKqKjet4T2sJq5FNIot/s4032/IMG_2888.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7d5U2FE4IPuQv6PRiInh2ESinlVFEWRY5hEzn-KI4tOCa311EHQQe4RnLZW84V5uqVQyC7f43wBeLvQgTtFXOO5sSnfWdbnm8FTMOZpAm-o6sXY0oUKuPis2voEGxqUirtJtWENGtPGKekF4XoAm1JTUJA_vNQML-aWBom7RJpmKqKjet4T2sJq5FNIot/s320/IMG_2888.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUHRiunhm_J3XhpGSV_lK4AGSSuLK0EnFnvjn5EJSqkZPnP7pdl2zFs5sZF29KKPVfIFgp-sO7-wd3puVsQp8Mcw4FJ03bVwKtdYx4D44y80u1Uy2WFgrw5NtZryIcPYmi1AX14PfwNIaARL2_xyLD1Q39t61cPSaSe3Fdjsf6utkqhpqA2rBRGcFvEPR/s4032/IMG_2889.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUHRiunhm_J3XhpGSV_lK4AGSSuLK0EnFnvjn5EJSqkZPnP7pdl2zFs5sZF29KKPVfIFgp-sO7-wd3puVsQp8Mcw4FJ03bVwKtdYx4D44y80u1Uy2WFgrw5NtZryIcPYmi1AX14PfwNIaARL2_xyLD1Q39t61cPSaSe3Fdjsf6utkqhpqA2rBRGcFvEPR/s320/IMG_2889.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLR4sGMLk7hio2y7T74RQUgHD3uzs6IPyvQeRHCotqYepDDqdz2R31ReZygTfglF6a2o52KoO3u35qFQezKeNckV7B2ynq038pPiNfpWl7qcrHlC-7i-rQGR5P88mYAF1BVaOcllbZh5wdn9OcJ4MAydr78dUmNQHjjqJjuczM2h6mGmoeEm-4w7XL-9bG/s4032/IMG_2891.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLR4sGMLk7hio2y7T74RQUgHD3uzs6IPyvQeRHCotqYepDDqdz2R31ReZygTfglF6a2o52KoO3u35qFQezKeNckV7B2ynq038pPiNfpWl7qcrHlC-7i-rQGR5P88mYAF1BVaOcllbZh5wdn9OcJ4MAydr78dUmNQHjjqJjuczM2h6mGmoeEm-4w7XL-9bG/s320/IMG_2891.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWLqodaUAq77LsNMLIkBqYrjO_59eOooMmSJjDuLKoiiLvTe6xzs8OCtqsfVtsJ-kdkdAmuM48LyxxmuoHPOaKx5CIv0uqo8SoOPRNyv6UcKh0sHmFUAb3ts_DY68NOmIorWcS2RH8T_mAylzTpaNbIdEEf7JborirOA4guOjzuLFTyScNJ96rushE_Tj/s4032/IMG_2892.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWLqodaUAq77LsNMLIkBqYrjO_59eOooMmSJjDuLKoiiLvTe6xzs8OCtqsfVtsJ-kdkdAmuM48LyxxmuoHPOaKx5CIv0uqo8SoOPRNyv6UcKh0sHmFUAb3ts_DY68NOmIorWcS2RH8T_mAylzTpaNbIdEEf7JborirOA4guOjzuLFTyScNJ96rushE_Tj/s320/IMG_2892.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Then we took the farm animals and babies cards from yesterday and played a matching game with some of them. I would say, "I'm thinking of animal that rhymes with <i>coat</i>." He would pick up the goat card. Considering we haven't done any rhyming work yet, he did a fantastic job and caught on to the concept really well. Then I let him glue the mama and baby animals on a sheet of cardstock.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9uTbkdj-r_T_1i7-pZlns63JtyUZspPCDXnCx4SqjHcthfVmiHZb2XCrl5_IQWwbYjdu23SVxAWBifsXTSO8upg-gnatUmTsFd5tqLq-mHsPgVVlxA1ZypHd1it-Pqt3P-2WyweieVq0JNqnQf1B403zHdovisGHAsNg_O2hg-ORdmuVsN2GJWsKlvS1/s4032/IMG_2893.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9uTbkdj-r_T_1i7-pZlns63JtyUZspPCDXnCx4SqjHcthfVmiHZb2XCrl5_IQWwbYjdu23SVxAWBifsXTSO8upg-gnatUmTsFd5tqLq-mHsPgVVlxA1ZypHd1it-Pqt3P-2WyweieVq0JNqnQf1B403zHdovisGHAsNg_O2hg-ORdmuVsN2GJWsKlvS1/s320/IMG_2893.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MvStDbGo3s8dn_PEHkm-nCU6FO5hbCoZSDB305fXMoon6uVMTT5XtrIr3erohRU716dPOgKhhwwWENYKiK03Lk1Ur5X8F5cm-0llC_o2EKLCtVNTBfpQjeofpXL8QdINu7Kkumkiue_zXVyi9qezOEVau1164v7mqqptLLs-Uj_WZHlNk9mrgJ7ZMaIJ/s4032/IMG_2894.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MvStDbGo3s8dn_PEHkm-nCU6FO5hbCoZSDB305fXMoon6uVMTT5XtrIr3erohRU716dPOgKhhwwWENYKiK03Lk1Ur5X8F5cm-0llC_o2EKLCtVNTBfpQjeofpXL8QdINu7Kkumkiue_zXVyi9qezOEVau1164v7mqqptLLs-Uj_WZHlNk9mrgJ7ZMaIJ/s320/IMG_2894.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>I printed him out two goat dot marker worksheets just for fun. He loves dot markers, but I haven't printed him any pages in a while for them. He enjoyed doing this.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5JKHj_XD7vEvz7vDzlbS-g2b7dR5n3ZvZK-mdjTTwRVk9En_7Pkt0wZD2KbENamUKypmkTePov_lIZubwe4X8iQB2Q0uiuqv2NxPTxQHXECAz7gCwXLEymP2ngBUGUw8y3K_4tZvnakccwQ-2w8q0QqMHPnhiKXGOHVyR4UfRA9C8fIj9UO0357tbdJi/s4032/IMG_2895.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5JKHj_XD7vEvz7vDzlbS-g2b7dR5n3ZvZK-mdjTTwRVk9En_7Pkt0wZD2KbENamUKypmkTePov_lIZubwe4X8iQB2Q0uiuqv2NxPTxQHXECAz7gCwXLEymP2ngBUGUw8y3K_4tZvnakccwQ-2w8q0QqMHPnhiKXGOHVyR4UfRA9C8fIj9UO0357tbdJi/s320/IMG_2895.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvqKI7X30vmxZyfvWtI0yIR_GlcnzhiWyRznjWjEm4evTIRJYHDASPcFOawoMdK4TKnsuAt2pE9ba9o0HWY2eIzvVLlE_PycPi3dli-WLQN38ARkuuREp4qg3wQ7PNEIFlFJyAawB2G7DvEXEK_XHZul_PBVM2Rrw_mzJWrkVdO-a_7KVlv6934dOs6-q/s4032/IMG_2896.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvqKI7X30vmxZyfvWtI0yIR_GlcnzhiWyRznjWjEm4evTIRJYHDASPcFOawoMdK4TKnsuAt2pE9ba9o0HWY2eIzvVLlE_PycPi3dli-WLQN38ARkuuREp4qg3wQ7PNEIFlFJyAawB2G7DvEXEK_XHZul_PBVM2Rrw_mzJWrkVdO-a_7KVlv6934dOs6-q/s320/IMG_2896.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>In Abeka math, he is supposed to be learning the number words for one-four. I cut four index cards in half and wrote the number ones on one set and the digits on the other. He practiced matching these and then did the matching activity on his worksheet. We will keep adding to the set.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJifBCVbz5NcpRDPLMy9U2nDZyo0My0OCJbe5qgI7Pyoy_qZmvrQPmU8Ie_XOSpzQxixWhe8g7L375CgzGpVEW4nL-zEQsmK-dkc6wlY8s7wAsTrjqhNBpYvqCA2kuEKhCUGPk4ZebJVECgPcvDd69RLUD8B8OuzAtYWJQJe549UZDy8Q46crggqSmvehN/s4032/IMG_2898.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJifBCVbz5NcpRDPLMy9U2nDZyo0My0OCJbe5qgI7Pyoy_qZmvrQPmU8Ie_XOSpzQxixWhe8g7L375CgzGpVEW4nL-zEQsmK-dkc6wlY8s7wAsTrjqhNBpYvqCA2kuEKhCUGPk4ZebJVECgPcvDd69RLUD8B8OuzAtYWJQJe549UZDy8Q46crggqSmvehN/s320/IMG_2898.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>He then did two more pages in his Rod and Staff workbook. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">THURSDAY:</span></h2><div>Zeke had speech today, so we didn't do many extras. He did his blend ladder worksheet, where he blended words, wrote them, and read them. Then he read his word list with much help from me. He's still struggling with blending and the whole concept of reading, but we're plugging along because I know from experience, it will click sooner or later!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5QKxu_YikMIkhIOPfrLL-YrSnL53REny9RhXS5EDYC0HtF5OLhZtfPa9RO6WexvIY-no2_YZn8dTTsp495kfzWXc6BOTFm30UZO8JgFoa6vZLoKJN2ebeLrNgAXSiu-tRVJcOYPrZIV5yduGbSde8dOSBQcWpUngvvBhjIftnUSdL0eHIs1eWIksuPqi/s4032/IMG_2922.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5QKxu_YikMIkhIOPfrLL-YrSnL53REny9RhXS5EDYC0HtF5OLhZtfPa9RO6WexvIY-no2_YZn8dTTsp495kfzWXc6BOTFm30UZO8JgFoa6vZLoKJN2ebeLrNgAXSiu-tRVJcOYPrZIV5yduGbSde8dOSBQcWpUngvvBhjIftnUSdL0eHIs1eWIksuPqi/s320/IMG_2922.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_LQlrHbr9iuutsmNe9C6kYT1dzTfb0nDhgMA0QGvQdqBR8eCuuz4d313k_2rVI9V7E3zH1JyYo4rqcgyi0IV6CuGaMHrPNH2PR5pLaUm7oJECdUNoUh4M7MFDPfQX_n5R1laYWK7LRl_GDv-Sl9a9q4iqpGEx7Tot_dGdg3GTGmUK5-c1Tni9wt3Iq3h/s4032/IMG_2923.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_LQlrHbr9iuutsmNe9C6kYT1dzTfb0nDhgMA0QGvQdqBR8eCuuz4d313k_2rVI9V7E3zH1JyYo4rqcgyi0IV6CuGaMHrPNH2PR5pLaUm7oJECdUNoUh4M7MFDPfQX_n5R1laYWK7LRl_GDv-Sl9a9q4iqpGEx7Tot_dGdg3GTGmUK5-c1Tni9wt3Iq3h/s320/IMG_2923.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gOC_FESSZ0z5iytarNIhjvUyEPHiB-IAt3PcM97ojEosas4DWAnnlyFdb4dhyphenhyphenxpV1sDwKHqHHny2E0DrYI9ZrFANrBILvGqo4dwdi3fPxmNpH50l67l37Yvk6jv8Rmw4KZM-dyDOElCQFcf9WVq6TAVfn07uFJLipMaZJ_Zo0Fxy2WVjzifoKKYeR0M0/s4032/IMG_2924.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gOC_FESSZ0z5iytarNIhjvUyEPHiB-IAt3PcM97ojEosas4DWAnnlyFdb4dhyphenhyphenxpV1sDwKHqHHny2E0DrYI9ZrFANrBILvGqo4dwdi3fPxmNpH50l67l37Yvk6jv8Rmw4KZM-dyDOElCQFcf9WVq6TAVfn07uFJLipMaZJ_Zo0Fxy2WVjzifoKKYeR0M0/s320/IMG_2924.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I printed out a cut and glue worksheet for him. He had to color the pictures, cut them out, and glue the words that begin with /g/ to the goat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmey30lZf-OhCFwF0zShWzCaymIF00rzdL1pAIMr4AQ0gCtIKENQ1IPgM5roSO2zgHm3Vf1wtiytebnN3lkrWurxNwHPX4BnhLDLWwiWQwsllinPh6F7HssOb_gipzEKlt_slWkgqzAGbHqDJNd56JdD9olLQkrIFrsdt9sHlMJzt5-ZuL5TacAXiHtO4S/s4032/IMG_2926.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmey30lZf-OhCFwF0zShWzCaymIF00rzdL1pAIMr4AQ0gCtIKENQ1IPgM5roSO2zgHm3Vf1wtiytebnN3lkrWurxNwHPX4BnhLDLWwiWQwsllinPh6F7HssOb_gipzEKlt_slWkgqzAGbHqDJNd56JdD9olLQkrIFrsdt9sHlMJzt5-ZuL5TacAXiHtO4S/s320/IMG_2926.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We played Bingo with letter sounds and Cheerios. I would say the sound and he would cover the letter with a Cheerio. Next, I said a word and he had to cover the sound that word began with. Then he called the sounds out for me to cover! He enjoyed this and it was a good review. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTAur1kkZvWGVZHUmiNJGZY1YpPU3td29v0N_z0HlBB1Y7f0gZ8ONe8R8Do5_OdaIZ6RbDxMq3mitZ2z5sVcTGroIhOf5PR6-enWWtLk2lczDYKsO1CVCUqvl4WrUxu9qnSck1mNqk8KBxZbTAfHENdOAAVpa-o2DUBiQDeX8MXEg6vYafG9eDp9jmOXD/s4032/IMG_2927.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTAur1kkZvWGVZHUmiNJGZY1YpPU3td29v0N_z0HlBB1Y7f0gZ8ONe8R8Do5_OdaIZ6RbDxMq3mitZ2z5sVcTGroIhOf5PR6-enWWtLk2lczDYKsO1CVCUqvl4WrUxu9qnSck1mNqk8KBxZbTAfHENdOAAVpa-o2DUBiQDeX8MXEg6vYafG9eDp9jmOXD/s320/IMG_2927.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We played a matching game with the number words one to four and the digits. He's getting better at recognizing them. He did a page in Abeka math and a page in his Rod and Staff workbook. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03bIdzU41ga_1NdgPdcUDK7lBW-SeiC0xFAszDjZ67R2VwBXjVhyphenhyphenW2gNB_hxLyhZ4BU_Y4cEZp6QZ-2foYNBDu5Tdb3Z9WhErMPmm6w7A-IR3WhWu2jWH0fBdycGlNAYmjYdbu5305POMlDPXnQkvKspf1hwCQ-708wKTTvHZ6wQ3ImCYW8OytIJt-x3Z/s4032/IMG_2928.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03bIdzU41ga_1NdgPdcUDK7lBW-SeiC0xFAszDjZ67R2VwBXjVhyphenhyphenW2gNB_hxLyhZ4BU_Y4cEZp6QZ-2foYNBDu5Tdb3Z9WhErMPmm6w7A-IR3WhWu2jWH0fBdycGlNAYmjYdbu5305POMlDPXnQkvKspf1hwCQ-708wKTTvHZ6wQ3ImCYW8OytIJt-x3Z/s320/IMG_2928.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUpiDc0UA-1Ohrrvfd50IseOAQFoGWtZUihOyX5UQ8_0llKDmRJz_tPXp73gMzx3lD4aJGIiqccEJgwOF01FB3KSKwMydRpD38beq4hp3XQvTZLo6zb1kIkfvpiFf_2-PPsdzdPy885q9w3M2OVVxtjeTrFRRTyXI7t4rYZS6RYJDoPxXN8NmghloNQJH/s4032/IMG_2934.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUpiDc0UA-1Ohrrvfd50IseOAQFoGWtZUihOyX5UQ8_0llKDmRJz_tPXp73gMzx3lD4aJGIiqccEJgwOF01FB3KSKwMydRpD38beq4hp3XQvTZLo6zb1kIkfvpiFf_2-PPsdzdPy885q9w3M2OVVxtjeTrFRRTyXI7t4rYZS6RYJDoPxXN8NmghloNQJH/s320/IMG_2934.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We went to speech and they had decorated for Mardi Gras. Of course, Zeke wanted to take pictures with the decorations (he always does).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqLvKCBy_Ybc4XZmvntc6rRZEB4OUagSTnBk17tDRFF1nM4_hhTXxewlFpJ3X4YfQEyokhZKkmsxD9XJTCG-iDTidGuwMnRQ6rE4q3kwVmYEd1blqYeQrPMkTZF58l9oCuj5yLjFHhwBjl0eKJdmbdHb4p-5AUuYrzYgkPpCy8iRwTTbKk9Qc81yHwhI8/s4032/IMG_2936.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqLvKCBy_Ybc4XZmvntc6rRZEB4OUagSTnBk17tDRFF1nM4_hhTXxewlFpJ3X4YfQEyokhZKkmsxD9XJTCG-iDTidGuwMnRQ6rE4q3kwVmYEd1blqYeQrPMkTZF58l9oCuj5yLjFHhwBjl0eKJdmbdHb4p-5AUuYrzYgkPpCy8iRwTTbKk9Qc81yHwhI8/s320/IMG_2936.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaOE0y3RUpY4gy3bvuzgrMeSx6M7THiFLv1j1oJbjILl_GDIGKA_wkALbd5H3KCy112TtpxT_Ji6Rjx7vaPkPWE4EzQWuRa8J8Mk1nMbo8y8O9B8nh7rcaavXSp4m-Qg6xgwpYDO4wt_sJS1y05qgWssZu2ooLtAZaGlU9hWEvj2FV62X1Jv9hB2fQogr/s4032/IMG_2938.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaOE0y3RUpY4gy3bvuzgrMeSx6M7THiFLv1j1oJbjILl_GDIGKA_wkALbd5H3KCy112TtpxT_Ji6Rjx7vaPkPWE4EzQWuRa8J8Mk1nMbo8y8O9B8nh7rcaavXSp4m-Qg6xgwpYDO4wt_sJS1y05qgWssZu2ooLtAZaGlU9hWEvj2FV62X1Jv9hB2fQogr/s320/IMG_2938.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">FRIDAY:</span></h2><div>I made Zeke a journal page with heart sticker patterns. He loves doing patterns!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizm7n6tA9g-0r_wT_07B1BvFf3ccvNatiSZvG2u14rNfCRLALn7-GMyiY6aB8ChWoADqR5SwfeIAXPgjULr33t4G8vRlumUykHIvuH6JxnX8ArFhgaQJNBN_JlyYAe7po8XPYkDyPrBo21zi8PPvr7ZVO4HXe7IJyMChqRLf5hQTQncat-sZUYa-yKS_l/s4032/IMG_2940.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizm7n6tA9g-0r_wT_07B1BvFf3ccvNatiSZvG2u14rNfCRLALn7-GMyiY6aB8ChWoADqR5SwfeIAXPgjULr33t4G8vRlumUykHIvuH6JxnX8ArFhgaQJNBN_JlyYAe7po8XPYkDyPrBo21zi8PPvr7ZVO4HXe7IJyMChqRLf5hQTQncat-sZUYa-yKS_l/s320/IMG_2940.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>He had to draw the pictures that begin with /g/ - he chose gum, goat, grape, and gate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PhtEOO04SZcx0l_reaZcxfdnidShboLY8UD4RztA5F1biCQdELcSZq3_Nx_-XYHx0HRy7xHX56CjYsI4iPlR5ZYvNX5YyUyFlRMRBGkSUgFN67YolY-x6WfA4hAqXwCSatB761JMQNlQDBxkiUsimROc99DlUklXc3gKL5V5cn8ObJNf9gIHss8aKslo/s4032/IMG_2941.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PhtEOO04SZcx0l_reaZcxfdnidShboLY8UD4RztA5F1biCQdELcSZq3_Nx_-XYHx0HRy7xHX56CjYsI4iPlR5ZYvNX5YyUyFlRMRBGkSUgFN67YolY-x6WfA4hAqXwCSatB761JMQNlQDBxkiUsimROc99DlUklXc3gKL5V5cn8ObJNf9gIHss8aKslo/s320/IMG_2941.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On the back of that page, he had four sentences to read. They all began with "The wig is on..." and had four different people - mom, dad, Sam, and Ann. After sounding out the words on the first two, he realized they were all the same! He knows the words "mom" and "dad" from memory, so it was pretty easy for him.</div><div><br /></div><div>He did a page in Abeka math and Rod and Staff workbook. We were supposed to read "A Year at Maple Hill Farm," but it came in the mail late (today) so we'll add it and the activities for next week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilA6xKIBGA3oqZP4dRxVmh_nP1Ux-6ynYWIl6w6nvc__pjzftc9f19jZFqKo2MaGn9RoQjucuD8Rw39p9cfSffGZ7RRpLSV088t6QteriDbfKkq9514N-xGO9w3HCuRN-y5Jf94a-6csrc__D1THzNwr-Gc-fRDZTOwA5PaKwzRvky4ZG3NXbBa1guO5Yl/s4032/IMG_2942.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilA6xKIBGA3oqZP4dRxVmh_nP1Ux-6ynYWIl6w6nvc__pjzftc9f19jZFqKo2MaGn9RoQjucuD8Rw39p9cfSffGZ7RRpLSV088t6QteriDbfKkq9514N-xGO9w3HCuRN-y5Jf94a-6csrc__D1THzNwr-Gc-fRDZTOwA5PaKwzRvky4ZG3NXbBa1guO5Yl/s320/IMG_2942.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>That’s a wrap on letter G!</div><div><br /></div>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041584885210937476.post-24497670544742186402024-01-31T06:38:00.001-06:002024-01-31T06:38:36.056-06:00Freebie! Valentine Color Matching Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKZw_EhloiH0LJlQh_yHwhXLVnf-ICDfbmWMM0ofRuibxV2msx7-2UodDQeHErAgImJIiDtHCaK0xr4CZyuPdlP1XqCAWbN2d2im9nE6QBys3THIBTqJkdDi4HIAc9hPJQm1ej5dC8KYNJ6-g_qzAA6PpogWvPxDBqWQFEEsegFVqoT7d2Yg0eabZlYsw/s1080/IMG_2875.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKZw_EhloiH0LJlQh_yHwhXLVnf-ICDfbmWMM0ofRuibxV2msx7-2UodDQeHErAgImJIiDtHCaK0xr4CZyuPdlP1XqCAWbN2d2im9nE6QBys3THIBTqJkdDi4HIAc9hPJQm1ej5dC8KYNJ6-g_qzAA6PpogWvPxDBqWQFEEsegFVqoT7d2Yg0eabZlYsw/s320/IMG_2875.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Holidays are a great jumping-off point for adding in some fun activities to your child's day. Even better are super easy activities you can print <i>for free</i>!</p><p>I have an <a href="https://myfullheartshop.etsy.com">Etsy shop</a> and a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Raisin-Readin-Kids">Teachers Pay Teachers store</a> where I sell printable activities for toddlers up to kindergartners. Occasionally I share free resources, and I wanted to share a few Valentines-themed resources with you here! </p><p>The first free resource I'm going to share is this Valentine Color Matching activity. You can use this as a busy binder page and add it to your child's busy binder, or you can just use it as a reusable matching activity. </p><p>This activity focuses on the six main colors - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The conversation hearts are also a great way to discuss the shape. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uKjeALWx1ySlExJYu_Fcs71wvx-N0vxjjxYxuTJSOTyEkxWxIAHG4Z8YzyoD8ByyO_13JnT3qDzbs6QpLICTAjTLe0pqtag7VfKsgC0WP6cqg3zfN3NflD6qRxT5ko_gc3TVVsU9OSTVzHsCt1lcuceZWwibPDua5iVPWu-G2106x9j0d-tl3bW4bFe1/s3841/IMG_2851.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3841" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uKjeALWx1ySlExJYu_Fcs71wvx-N0vxjjxYxuTJSOTyEkxWxIAHG4Z8YzyoD8ByyO_13JnT3qDzbs6QpLICTAjTLe0pqtag7VfKsgC0WP6cqg3zfN3NflD6qRxT5ko_gc3TVVsU9OSTVzHsCt1lcuceZWwibPDua5iVPWu-G2106x9j0d-tl3bW4bFe1/s320/IMG_2851.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nZJqELGo5zPoUb7J845GOc8Scqzuf32OJZuaBKabGY4T7IBqwMcJJlQK2RfTPAwxLSMrKuulk1fewVlgjXCKawolTUryp0S4DfUmQz-jfYOH8uU-6UQRjhHURGtpKS3KYyw0bx9-nS2yoGB_Dk9Ry1IsTz1UdX9a8ze8mQnuDrCl21OizSZGxdroZNH6/s3242/IMG_2852.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3242" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nZJqELGo5zPoUb7J845GOc8Scqzuf32OJZuaBKabGY4T7IBqwMcJJlQK2RfTPAwxLSMrKuulk1fewVlgjXCKawolTUryp0S4DfUmQz-jfYOH8uU-6UQRjhHURGtpKS3KYyw0bx9-nS2yoGB_Dk9Ry1IsTz1UdX9a8ze8mQnuDrCl21OizSZGxdroZNH6/s320/IMG_2852.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Simply print the pages and laminate them both. Cut out the hearts on the second page and add Velcro dots to both the first page and the cut-out hearts to make this activity reusable and extra durable. </p><p>You don't even have to add the Velcro dots, but it makes it easier for the hearts to stay in place. Some toddlers will get frustrated if the hearts move around, so the Velcro dots can hold the hearts where they need to be. I've also found that kids love the sound and sensory aspect of pulling the Velcro dots apart!</p><p>Simply click on the link below to download for free! Follow my blog and subscribe to my emails (on the right side of the page) to be alerted to even more freebies.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bkmOgkaKg0YbqELfmKLgr2xYclyBGWl9/view?usp=sharing">>>> Click Here to Download the Valentine Color Matching Activity <<<</a></h1><p><br /></p>Megan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com4