March and Easter

Yes, this is March, still snow.....

Santi's 15th Birthday!!!

The girls with their Best Friends at the last sleepover.

Practicing her gymnastics

Avery and Brownie

Brownie had a fashion show.  

Just hanging around.  Not much else to do

when there is snow outside.

Avery playing at Mcdonalds

Avery lost her first tooth!!!!

Double Trouble!!!!

So glad I don't have twins!

We finally finished up our "school stuff" for the year.  We will still be reading everyday and
doing multiplication and addition drills, but no more table time until September.  We really need a break.  I don't know how the school teachers and children do it, going all the way until the end of June.

We've been really busy getting our house ready to put on the market.  Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning and lots of cosmetic work.  If it ever warms up enough, we will get outside and paint and do a couple of landscaping projects.

The girls are practicing for their big gymnastics show in June.  They both love gymnastics so much.  This will be their first show, so we are all excited.  Hopefully, Spring will begin soon and we can get outside and have some fun.  We really miss the playgrounds and local parks.  After the coldest, snowiest (not sure if thats a word, but it should be)  winter, we are now having the coldest spring that I can remember.

Yesterday was Easter and we had a really good day.  We spent it with family and had lots of delicious food.  We did the annual egg hunt and the girls had a ball.

Happy Easter and Happy Spring!!!!!!!!!!!

Frozen February

We started our Spring semester of Co-op.  The girls are enrolled in some really great classes this semester.  Hannah is taking Myths & Legends, Life Science, Drama, and Nez Perce, through the Eyes of Kaya.  Avery is in the same classes except she is taking Animals around the World, instead of Life Science.

I am teaching the Nez Perce class and Drama this semster.  We are going to be performing the play, Snow White in May.  It should be a lot of fun.

These are pictures from our Valentine's Day Party

Hannah at Show and Tell

Avery right after she finished show and tell.  I only posted

this picture because I was so proud of her.  She was so nervous, 

I didn't think she would participate.  She pushed herself and did it.

She was so quick, that I couldn't get her picture in time.

Hannah looking through her Valentines

Avery with hers:

Hannah and Avery made these homeade chocolates for

Kevin and Me.  It was a Valentine's surprise.

These are the quilts that I made the girls for Valentine's Day.  They took a few months
to make, but were ready just in time.

We've been working hard in table time.  Avery finished her Kindergarten Math book
and started on First Grade already.  We are still working on reading, making progress all the time.
Hannah is working hard in her math book.  She's only do thrird grade math and I find myself having to review topics in order to remember them.  It's one thing to know how to do something, but sometimes trying to explain certain topics isn't so easy.  Hannah and Avery aren't the only ones getting an education, I feel like I am too.

Hannah and Avery have also been doing a lot of baking.  Hannah is at the point where she can read the recipe, gather the ingredients and measure everything herself.  They also each completed a sewing project.  They both made tote bags with minimal help.

The girls have been spending a lot of time outside in the snow.

They made this snow fort with Kevin

Inside the snow Fort

Snow, Snow, and More Snow

We've been hard at work now that the new semester started.  Avery is reading more and more.  Hannah is finally caught up in her math book and is starting to learn about unknown equations.  I'm re-learning about them because I had blocked all that out.  Although, when I was in school we didn't start learning that stuff until 7th or 8th grade.  Hannah is in third grade.

We've barely left the house this month except for gymanstics or trips to the library.  It has been so cold and miserable out.  The kids are enjoying all of the snow.  They've been spending lots and lots of time outside.

After all that playing outside, they still had to bring snow in to play with.  The rabbit
loved eating it and the girls loved having a "Frozen" tea party.

All this snow and we are expecting another foot on Monday......