Our Family Blog – Mike, Louanne, Nadia, Amelie, & Dani
Nadia celebrated Chinese new year at the Chinese school and she was so excited about her outfit she wanted her and Amelie to wear them on Sunday to church. That was also the actual day of Chinese New Year for 2013 – The Year of the Snake.
Saying “Ni Hao” (hello in Chinese)
Amelie’s Favorite Pose
I just love these outfits and think they look totally adorable. And the girls received a lot of attention at church and Costco in them.
Here is a video from this week when Amelie got her cast removed. I have another post with photos and information coming soon. PS. it gets happier by the end.
Nadia and I are working on a “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” unit study from Erica at Confessions of a Homeschooler. She had a test to see how blubber keeps animals warm while they live in the Antarctic.
It’s a super easy experiment and Nadia loved it. First take about a cup of shortening and put it in a Ziploc baggie. Place the child’s hand in the bag and mold the shortening around the entire hand.
Then fill a bowl with ice water and place both the bagged shortening hand and the plain hand in the bowl and see which one feels protected from the cold.
She said she could tell right away that the “blubber” hand was not instantly freezing like her other hand.
We have a ton of photos from our trip to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, but here are some of my favorites from our photo pass. I am glad we decided to purchase one because they captured so many good family photos.
