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Esther and the Feast of Purim

Queen Esther and Haman

You've gotta' love the beard! :)

A couple of weeks ago we read the book of Esther. At co-op H and B learned about the Feast of Purim. H is dressed as Queen Esther. B is dressed as Haman. They made "noise makers" so that they could make noise every time Haman's name was mentioned in the reading of the story. They also made hamantaschen with apricot preserves in the middle. It was a fun week of learning for all of us.

Happy Valentine's Day

We celebrated Valentine's Day a day late this year. We had a fun time at our co-op party eating lots of sweet treats and exchanging valentines. (Oh yeh, we actually learned some today too.)

The moms and kids prepared some yummy treats! (Those are our sugar cookies that Hannah put the ring of HOMEMADE icing around the edge.)

Most the moms and kids.

Corinne and Emma took in all the excitement of their first Valentine party.

Look at us, Aunt Heather! We like our heart outfits. Thanks for sending them for our birthday.

Hannah and Brock's class looking at all their valentines.

Still in the Ancient World

We're halfway through Unit 3 with our co-op and I realized that I never posted any photos from Unit 2. We didn't have a Unit Celebration due to the holidays. However, the kids made lots of fun crafts and projects during the unit. Here are some photos to show you what they did.

Hannah is dressed in her warrior costume and Greek sandals. (She wasn't a happy camper while taking these photos. She's typically smiling:)

An upclose look at Hannah's projects...Chinese flag, soldier for Trojan horse, Mayan mask (Mom placed upside down by mistake for photo), harp and tambourine, Greek sandal, kite, weaving, and tile (see the "H"?)

Brock wearing his warrior costume and Greek sandals

An upclose look at Brock's projects...weaving, Mayan mask (upside down again), Greek sandals, tambourine, tile (see the "B"?), kite, soldier for Trojan horse and Chinese flag

We're having a wonderful time this year in co-op using our Tapestry of Grace curriculum. Hannah and Brock are in the same class and they have two wonderful teachers. The kids are learning so much! I'll try to do better of posting photos with their projects each week.

Our Fish Story

It all started in December when Aunt Debbie emailed and told us to pick some books off her website for the kids Christmas gifts. Two books they chose were about dogs and cats. I (Mom) did not pay attention to the exact content of the books. What could be so bad about books about dogs and cats?

Fast forward to the middle of January when the books arrived. The box was opened. All the books were removed and the kids started reading. Well, the dog book was about how to care for your pet dog. The cat book was about how to care for your pet cat. Once reading both books cover to cover, Hannah started asking for a pet dog. (Cats are out of the question. Allergies!) Now this is coming from a girl who has been known to scream when a dog is within 50 feet of her. The answer was a simple and "don't argue with me" NO!

Well, a few evenings later Dad was putting everyone to bed. While talking to Hannah at her bedside about her basketball game the next day, a deal was made. If Hannah scored 4 goals at her game, we would go IMMEDIATELY after the game to get her a goldfish. (In all the other games, one goal was her record.)

Yep, you guessed it! Not only did she score 4 goals, but she did it in the first half! Her fourth goal went in as the buzzer sounded for half-time.

After the game off we went to find a goldfish. Seeing that we didn't want to make a huge investment in an aquarium setup, we compromised with a Beta Fish (aka Japanese Fighter Fish). So meet the newest addition to our family...Goalie!

Catching up...and the twins are 3 now

Okay, I'm wwwwaaaaayyyyyyy behind with the events of our family so I'll catch up with photos.

Hannah is having a great time playing Upwards basketball.

Emma's 3 year old breakfast...coffee cake!

Corinne's 3 year old breakfast...coffee cake!

Our knight guarding Freeland castle.

Emma making door hangers with her princess friends.

Corinne making door hangers with her princess (and one prince) friends.

Opening all our gifts.

Hannah and Genevieve watching the opening of gifts.

Princesses Corinne and Emma

Corinne's royal dining table

Emma's royal dining table

Emma preparing to blow out her candle. Big breath and BLOW!

Yummy, yummy cake!

Corinne with her cake.

Oh yeh, this is good!

So if you haven't figured it out by now, the twins had a Princess Party this year. They had a good time.

There's lots more news but I have to get the photos uploaded so I'll stop for now. Check back soon for our "fish story".