Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Handmade is the best!


Ali was the lucky recipient of this darling handmade doll. Grandma worked very hard to give her this for her birthday, and it is very much loved and appreciated!

Homeschool Projects



Eli's curriculum for kindergarten includes some really fun projects, and I've been trying to remember to take as many pictures as I can to chronicle his year. The first two pictures are of the kids gathering leaves for a leaf printing project. They chose some pretty leaves from our poplar and sassafras trees, painted the backs of the leaves, and then pressed the painted sides down on paper. Then they lifted the leaves off of the paper. The result is really pretty. The bottom picture is of Elijah practicing his lowercase letters in shaving cream. Very fun!

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

A message for Sydney from Eli!



We'll be thinking of you tomorrow on your first day of school! We're proud of you!

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Cup O' Dirt

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Trouble Times Two

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Greenhouse Pictures





Here are some pictures that Elijah took on the Greenhouse field trip.

First Schoolday picture


Elijah has officially started his homeschooling program for Kindergarten. For his first day of school, we went on a field trip with our homeschool group to the I.U. Greenhouse. He and the other kids had a great time. We all learned a lot and were allowed to linger for as long as we liked. After the tour, we went for Chinese food on campus and then we took this picture beside the fountain in front of the music library. It was a great day.
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Tea Time


A good friend of ours got Ali this sweet little tea set for her birthday. She and Elijah have been having parties on the back porch.
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Eli giving a great Tarzan yell...

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Sunday, August 3, 2008

Birthday Girl!

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Birthday Dinner

Alexandra turns two next Wednesday, and my mom and Art are in Bloomington for a few days. Tonight we all went to Farm, a new restaurant on the square, for gourmet pizzas. Elijah was as excited over her birthday dinner as she was. She specifically requested green cake, so I made an ice cream pie out of mint ice cream. We got her a little pink trike for her gift. We may be in trouble, because as soon as she got used to pedalling, she put one hand in the air and said, "One hand! Crazy!" Yikes.


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