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Hours of Fun!

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We bought this little hippo pool for $10 last year and it has provided hours of fun for the girls. Mike put it at the bottom of the slide and they have been having a blast making up different scenarios to play out. Here is a short little video of the most fun you can have with a kiddie pool.

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On a completely unrelated note I want to mention the duckie you see in these photos. It has lived in our backyard year round since 2009. It has been played with by dozens of children, survived the elements including sun and snow and it just stays intact and blown up. I am starting to believe we accidentally got one made of some secret government test material for the military 😉

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Nadia and the Duck in 2010.

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First ‘Home Art Studio’ Lesson

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When the Homeschool Buyers Co-op had a sale on the Home Art Studio curriculum I snagged all the levels. I wanted them for the girls and I knew I was going to be teaching art for the younger kids in our homeschool co-op this year. As I was deciding on which lessons to teach, I thought the girls needed to be my guinea pigs timing wise. I chose the ‘Color Mixing Hands’ so that Amelie could take part too. I prepped all the supplies in advance and then let the girls watch the DVD. We paused as needed and it was easy for them to follow along.

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This was the end of part one and we had to leave the hand prints to dry. PS. I love our new elastic edge vinyl tablecloth that I can pull out for projects like this.

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Now it was time to mix up the background colors.

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The finished project. Amelie’s looks a little wild, but considering it is a kindergarten project, I think she did a great job.

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Thankful Thursday

I am thankful for our whirlwind trip to Houston on Sunday and Monday.

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My cousin Jen and her boys! CUTE!!

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We also had lunch with a family from Nadia’s China travel group at a delicious Italian place in Sugar Land. Their daughter Angelina and Nadia were from the same orphanage and adopted on the same day. Their son was adopted a few months before we adopted Amelie. It was so fun to see them again. The girls picked up again like no time had passed. It’s a real blessing to keep up with them.

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Counting to Costumes

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I told Amelie that it was time to practice her numbers in a new way. I printed some K4 worksheets, laminated them and bought these cute plastic clothes pins at the dollar store. I explained it all to her and before she started, she needed a costume. Once Nadia was finished with her math work, she asked if she could play with the clothespins. A few minutes later they asked me for some pipe cleaners.

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I walked back in the kitchen to find this adorable girl and her crown.

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Then she said Amelie needed a crown too and made her one.

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One last photo of the King and Queen.

Mornings like this make me so happy that we homeschool. Too bad they won’t be able to wear costumes when they grow up and get jobs 😉