Star Wars School

Jolanthe at Homeschool Creations did a Star Wars Preschool pack and I was so excited because I knew Nadia would be SO EXCITED! I prepped everything in secret and we kicked off our school year with a whole bunch of joy filled screaming! Here is what we started with:

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When Nadia realized what was going on she HAD to get her Jedi robe before we could start. Thanks again Jenn R.

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She wanted to be a bunny one day.

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This read, build, write page is great!

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Making a book practicing location words.

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Star Wars Popsicle stick puppets.

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Her lapbook is done. Thanks for the stickers Kathy E and Rieley.

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Look at the fun puzzle I found at the Target Dollar spot.

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And my friend Lynnea would say this is my “over-achiever part”.

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STAR WARS PANCAKES BABY! I gave Nadia one of Darth Vaders ships and she had to sing “bum bum bum ba ba bum ba ba bum” before she could eat.

Here is a list of the books we read over the course of the week (all from the library).

  • Death Star Battles – Simon Beecroft
  • Blast off – DK easy reader
  • What is a Wookie? –  Laura Butler
  • The Adventures of Han Solo – Lindsay Kent
  • Yoda in Action – Heather Scott
  • Forces of Darkness – Heather Scott
  • Pirates… and worse! – Simon Beecroft
  • Jedi Heroes – Clare Hibbert
  • Clone Troopers in Action – Clare Hibbert
  • Feel the Force – Benjamin Harper
  • Tatooine Adventures – Clare Hibbert
  • Don’t Wake the Zillo Beast – DK easy reader
  • Boba Fett: Jedi Hunter – Clare Hibbert
  • Jedi in Training – Heather Scott
  • Join the Rebels – Catherine Saunders
  • Jedi Adventures – Heather Scott

Nadia had a really fun time with Star Wars school. We also started her Math and Art curriculum this week and she is doing well.

P.S. One morning while I was making breakfast I turned around to see this.

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Amelie’s 1st trip to the Zoo

Amelie's first trip to the zoo
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The Fort Worth Zoo is amazing and we love having a membership! I thought it would be so fun to take Amelie for the first time the day after she got her cast off. So these photos are from April 28, 2011 and our first family day at the zoo. Amelie loved it and we ran into our friend Tricia with her mom and kiddos. She gave us the outfits that the girls had on (totally cute, huh?)

Amelie's First trip to the zoo

Amelie's First trip to the zoo

Amelie's First trip to the zoo

Amelie's First trip to the zoo

Amelie's First trip to the zoo

Amelie's First trip to the zoo

Amelie was fascinated with the penguins and this was the first time we had seen the ones the Zoo introduced in the outside habitat. We didn’t see everything because there were about 10,000 elementary school children there on field trips. So we saw the highlights and then headed home – it’s the beauty of having a memebership.

Amelie’s Birthday Party

Amelie's 2nd birthday
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This post is very late, but all the photos were on another camera.

I will start by saying that Amelie L-O-V-E-S balloons. I joked that we could have just given her the bunch of balloons for her birthday and she would have been happy. We had her birthday party on June 11, 2011 and it was a very sweet time. We invited everyone to a Banana Birthday Brunch. I made banana pancakes, banana chocolate chip mini muffins, chocolate peanut butter banana bread and Paula Deen’s banana pudding. Then my uncle Roger brought an egg dish that was delish! Papa and Grandma Brooke drove up from Houston, came to the party and the drove home. So sweet for our first birthday with Amelie.

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The cake was chocolate and vanilla and enjoyed by all.

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Amelie had fun opening the presents.

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After presents the girls started a hug fest!

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Amelie loves to put on hats, jewelry and sunglasses. She got 2 pairs for her birthday and modeled these first.

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Then she wanted me to try them on.

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We are so thankful for everyone who joined us for Amelie’s 2nd birthday celebration! You are a blessing to us.