Talent

A couple months ago my Uncle Dan in Virgina emailed me a picture of a drawing he sketched.

















And look at this amazing painting he turned it in to...














Isn't it beautiful!? I wish I lived in a place that looks that way. And I wish his talent for art was passed down to me. Unfortunately I can only draw a straight line with a ruler. : / However, I think a little of the ability may have made it to Annie. She has always loved to draw since she could hold a pen. Yesterday I gave her a book on how to draw airplanes and left her alone. I returned to find these drawings:




















Not too bad for a 6-year old little girl, I think?

P.S. Dad and Uncle Jeff...maybe it's time for Annie's first air show? = )

What We've Been Up To

Last week we kept busy! Here a few pictures for an update:













Annie learned about the seasons of the year and since there weren't any hands-on activities to compliment it, I decided she would make her first lapbook (a file folder displaying many mini-books). She had a great time doing it!













Her lapbook includes a spinning wheel telling the months in each season, a little blurb about her favorite (or not) season(s), a pocket with drawings of her favorite activities for each season, a flapbook with general info. about each season, and a mini-flapbook containing the holidays found in each season.


**Note** I am so proud of how well she is doing with her cursive handwriting. She is picking it up quickly and sticking with it.













Last week we made a home for worms after studying insects and other critters close to the ground.













Yay!! Annie finally got the concept of counting dimes. It took her a little while but this week it finally clicked.













And of course Bekah wants to do whatever Annie is doing. Out came all the coins!













As part of Bible Annie is learning about the Jewish calendar.












Don't worry, she is also learning about our calendar! :)



The girls also started their acting classes this week. They both enjoyed them, although since Bekah's is for 3 & 4 year olds, it was more like storytime than anything else. Annie loved hers and made a new friend. I think I'm going to enjoy my Thursday afternoons the next couple months. Their classes are at the local library so I get one hour alone with each girl to work on school work or just read together, and an hour and a half in between to do whatever we want (the library is at the mall). Just to be safe, I think I'll forget my wallet at home. Too much damage can be done in an hour and a half!

Happy Birthday, Jose!

Happy Birthday to my amazing husband. The girls and I love you more than you can imagine. It has been so awesome watching the Lord work through you as you are faithful to your call in His kingdom. Your homecoming is still my highlight each day you go to work and our home is happier when you're here. May your birthday and every day be blessed!

MFW Blog Roll

I'm so excited! I saw this button on Bridget's blog and I had to click since I'm a My Father's World curriculum fan. It lists a bunch of moms using the same publisher for homeschool curriculum so everyone can share what they are doing. I've already found some terrific ideas and can't wait to find more!

PDA

And by PDA I don't mean Personal Digital Assistant. I mean Public Displays of Affection. Has anybody else noticed people more frequently and publicly displaying their affection lately? Well I have and NOTHING bothers me more! I'm all for holding hands, walking with an arm around eachother, or a quick peck. But all those lovebirds out there have had me blushing lately! Seriously, in the children's section of a department store in the middle of the aisle?! Come on! (sigh) Okay, I feel better I got to vent a bit. Thanks for letting me rant.

Such A Sweetheart

Yesterday I had my monthly dr. visit but this time it was with his nurse practitioner who also happens to be his wife. I just love her! She found my baby's heartbeat (music to my ears!) and then started asking me about my previous miscarriages, especially since I'm 17 weeks now which is only 1 week earlier than when I lost Elizabeth. She was so nice! She said that to put my mind at ease I can go in anytime she is in the office and she'll do a quick ultrasound scan to be sure everything is ok...like every week if I want to! I so appreciated her concern. So far things are going well and I can feel little nudges and kicks more each day (in fact he/she must know I'm writing about it cause its kicking me now!). I've done my best not to live in fear with this pregnancy and the Lord has been so faithful. So next appt. is Oct. 15th...is it a boy or a girl??? Lord-willing we'll find out then!

Fall!

Oh just look at all the Autumn goodness on here. I LOVE the colors of Fall! It may be a super hot, dry, windy day but oh well. I need some kind of Autumn around me, even if it just is my blog.