100th Day

For 100 day celebration, Madeline needed to bring a poster with 100 things glued on. After playing around with hearts for a while we came up with butterflies. So 100 hearts equal 50 butterflies. It is so fitting for Madeline and apparently quite popular at school. If anyone knows Madeline, they know that Madeline loves butterflies from her butterfly decorated room to a dresser drawer full of butterfly clothes. Madeline is our little butterfly who grows more beautiful every day.

Groundhog Day!

We are continuing with our tradition of celebrating the holidays this year, and we thought we would start with Groundhog day. First I made Groundhog cupcakes, while the kids ate their cupcakes I read a book about shadows and then we all painted our self portraits from inspiration found here.

International Pancake Day!

Feb. 16 was International Pancake Day and what better way to celebrate than to enjoy some homemade crepes. We added pie filling and whipped cream and all together you have a great dinner. I found my recipe here.

Snow Day!

Who knew that in Texas we would get 12 inches of snow in one day! We sure enjoyed the snow and the best part was that it started to melt away the next day.

Valentine's Day/Chinese New Year

Valentine's Day this year fell on Chinese New Year, so this year we combined the two for a fun celebration. I made heart confetti and tiger confetti and sprinkled them on the table. We whipped out the nice china and had spaghetti (in honor of Valentine's Day) and we used chop sticks (in honor of Chinese New Year) for our utencils. I made fortune cookies out of felt (in honor of Chinese New Year) and instead of writing good fortunes I wrote Valentine message on what qualities I love about them. It was sure a nice evening.

Talent Show

Our church had a talent show for the kids and Madeline and her dad sang "What a Wonderful World" and Madeline did the signing too. Madeline and her Dad sing "What a Wonderful World" every night before bed, it is there special thing they do together.

For Anthony's talent he played a solo on the Piano.

And the Gold Medal Goes To......?

Anthony was apart of his school's Battle of the Books team. To qualify for the team, Anthony read and study 15 books and then took a 30 question test (2 questions per book). From the try outs only 6 kids were selected for each team. The teams consisted of Primary which is 1st grade - 3rd grade and intermediate which is 4th & 5th grade. After try outs the teams practiced twice a week for a couple of months and then on competition day they gathered with the rest of the elementary schools and answered questions based on the 15 books, and Anthony's team came in first place.

Anthony was pretty excited and a report that I received from Daddy was that Anthony would jump up and down with excitement for every question his team answered correctly. After the competition the kids were treated to Pizza. Anthony is excited to try out for the team again next year, through this experience he was able to learn how hard work can pay off and when we set our mind to something and work hard great things come to pass. Way to go Anthony, we are proud of you!

Anthony's Baptism

Our Newest Member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! From a Mother's perspective it was a real treat to see my husband baptize our son. When Anthony was asked how he felt about his baptism his response was "I felt bumped up" I believe that is his interpretation for feeling really excited. Congratulations Anthony!

After Anthony's baptism family gather at our house for dinner which consisted of homemade Spaghetti, salad, and homemade rolls; and desert (brownies and ice cream of course) and for entertainment we had the biggest nerf gun battle.