(Enough Said)
– I adore her.
Wordless Wednesday: The Power
of a great swing
… and a great pusher!
(Feel the G’s!)
La Theatre
(Happy Birthday Moon by Frank Asch)
“the moon” played by Abi. (picking her belly because it was nearing nap time)
“Bear” played by Rachael.
“One night Bear looked up at the sky and thought, wouldn’t it be nice to give the moon a birthday present.”
” ‘Hello, Moon!’ he shouted. “
“But the moon did not reply.”
“So Bear paddled across the river…”
“hiked through the forest and into the mountains.”
” Now I am much closer to the moon, thought Bear… ‘Hello!! “
“This time his own voice echoed, ‘ Hello!”
” ‘ What would you want for your birthday?’ asked Bear.
‘What would you want for your birthday?’ asked the Moon.
‘I would like a hat.’
‘I would like a hat,’ said the moon.”
” He went downtown and bought the moon a beautiful hat.”
“That night he put the hat up in a tree where the moon could find it. Then he waited and watched while the moon slowly crept up through the branches and tried on the hat.”
” ‘Hurray!’ yelled Bear. ‘It fits just right!’ “
“During the night the hat fell out of the tree.”
“In the morning Bear found the hat on his doorstep.”
” ‘So the moon got me a hat too!’ exclaimed Bear.”
“Just then the wind blew Bear’s hat off his head…”
“He chased after it but it got away.”
“That night Bear paddled across the river…”
” and hiked through the forest…”
“to talk with the moon.”
(Awww, look how sad. Poor Bear.)
“For a long time the moon would not speak to him, so bear spoke first.”
” ‘I lost the beautiful hat you gave me, ‘ said Bear.”
” ‘I lost the beautiful hat you gave me, ‘ said the moon.”
” ‘That’s okay, I still love you!’ said Bear. “
” ‘That’s okay, I still love you!’ said the moon. “
” ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY!’ said Bear. “
” ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY!’ said the moon. “
The End.
– A part of reading comprehension in homeschooling, naturally. =)
– P.S. The girls were told to find brown and yellow hats from the dress-up according to their characters. Yep, my three year old returned with a chicken hat. We all busted up laughing. Love her! We flipped in inside out for “the moon”. =)
Wordless Wednesday: Advancement
In imagination.
I came into the room to discover her quiet, independent play’s result.
Love her joy in accomplishment. =)
I also loved her artistic flare: 3/4 occupied rooms included a little friend taking a gander out a window.
– Oh to be three.
Perspective
So I just wanted to give you a little perspective on our family. We took this picture a few months ago when celebrating a kiddo’s birthday. Every child in this picture is 6 yrs old or younger. And this is only two families worth of kids. Yes, we’re that kind of crazy. 10 kids six and under!
Oh right, and my sis in law is preggers too. =)
Sure it feels like madness around here at moments, but it is a bit odd how well we all click in other moments. It’s sweet that everyone has a plethera of buddies.
This is a picture of what a generation of compassion for the orphan produces.
Thanks for laying the great groundwork, Barb and Rodger.
– Thankful, grateful and blessed.
Mud Out
At the conclusion of our Creation Introduction in homeschooling I chose instead of starting into the remaining of our year-long session, to have a break day. We had a late night going with Daddy to our old campus ministry where he got the privilege of preaching the night prior. And we decided as a treat to attend the social event afterward, spoiling the kiddos with hot chocolate and a brownie. Consequently, our next morning started a bit slower. And since it was a Friday and a bath day we took a dive…. into the mud.
Now I’m not one to be thrilled about mud on the carpet, in hair, on your nice clothes, BUT I find myself overcoming my own “eww dirt” adultness and letting the kids be dirty kids…. on bath days… before bath. 😉
Needless to say, while the babies took their much-desired morning naps, the big girls experienced the mud… to the full.
It was fun. =)