Random pictures

Just some random pictures. I'll bring the camera tomorrow since we will be going to see the Nutcracker! Not the ballet, this is a puppet show geared at the 5+ set. Rachael and I went last year and loved it, though., and she was 3.5 yrs. So i think we'll all like it this year.

Anyway. We've been pretty busy. Rachael had her first playdate yesterday with the sister of Trevor's friend. It allowed me to go to the mall and finish Christmas shopping with just Ariel. Rachael had a blast. She found out her new friend liked horses as much as she does so they had lots to talk about. Trevor, of course, always has fun at his friend's house. heh.


This is my bookshelf where I keep most homeschooling supplies. Of course, many things I use are printed right off the computer, our art things are kept somewhere else, some things are various other places. The boxes at the bottom are what the k12 supplies came in. One has math supplies, another science stuff (even though we no longer use the science curriculum), the other has L/A stuff we don't use at this time. I no longer use k12 math, but i still have the book and supplies so we make use of that and the internet (for printable free worksheets) for that. Currently Trevor is working on subtraction and loosely on how subtraction also means that you can make an addition sentence with the answers (so 5-1=4 also means 4+1=5). I don't know what that concept is called. The top shelf has phonics books and the letter tile box. The middle shelf is math books and my college books for last semester. The bottom shelf has supplies and Ariel and Rachael's workbooks. You can see we're marking off the days til Grandma and Grandpa get here (yup, not Christmas). The black file folder on the floor holds all finished phonics work.



Trevor doing math on a number line.



Ariel has this insatialby fervent desire to pour water from cup to cup. There is no such thing as a cup without water if there is one full of water nearby.



Having completed pouring, Ariel brought me her workbook. She's so little, it's her choice to work on things. She is finding pairs right now.



We rent books on CD at the library. Currently the kids are listening to the fourth Lemony Snicket book. Trevor loves it. We've read the first book together and we listened to a CD of another one (involving the carnival, I forget which number it is). We'll definitely continue, even though the books are as horribly depressing as they are entertaining. heh.

So that's about what we have been doing. I have also been baking. Trevor and I made chocolate roll this afternoon. Rachael and Ariel only ate it, they didn't want to help as they were tossing green ballie around the house (hmmm...). Otherwise, our days have been busy and fun for us, but not much in the way of stuff to write about. Tonight though, was cute; Rachael said "Mommy, I love Grandma, and grandpa and Santa!" So they are right up there with Santa! Of course, Trevor pointed out that grandma gave presents just like santa and Rachael and Trevor had to debate the merits of leaving santa up on the pedestal with the grandparents. heh. It was quite cute.