Who's got a beard that's long and white?

Now that the craziness of the holidays are over.  Chloe would not go to bed on Christmas Eve. We thought that maybe someone slipped her some Mt. Dew since we have it in abundance for the holidays.  Travis took her for a ride.  Maybe it was her teeth, maybe she just ate too much junk.  We finally got her to bed at 11:00 that night.  It was a long night with Chloe.  She was up every hour and a half.  I would get her to sleep and be expecting her to sleep until morning and she would be up again.  Finally at 4:30 we gave her some Motrin and she slept.  We didn't even wake her while Megan opened some presents until 8:30.  Megan was in our room at 6:30.  She could hardly wait for Santa to come.  We had to barricade the dog upstairs so he wouldn't get into the stockings when Santa came.  Overall, it was a crazy night, but a beautiful day.  I am glad to be on the other side of things.  It was so fun to see their little faces light up.  We were able to visit with family.

Watch for pictures to be updated soon.

These little girls.

They did get a small vote to be on the nice list.  I have to agree.  Mom is so excited to have Christmas morning for her girls.  I feel so grateful to have these two little monsters.  In light of the recent events in the news.  Children are a gift of light and life.  They challenge us to be better and deserve the very best.  I wage a war everyday in my home to bring this next generation with some manners and goodness.  Simple sounding, but a war everyday.  The world we live in as Dad likes to say the past few weeks.
It is nice to have some children to celebrate Christmas with, especially these little girls.

First Day of Winter

Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too

Some Car Rides Are longer than others.

We bought blackberries at the farmers market and the girls enjoyed them on the way home.  Chloe was a royal mess.  It was kinda sweet though.  Megan is always such a big help with sister in the car.  She always is taking care of her Chloe.

Fancy Nancy Game

Tags

Cute Cute Cute Tags

Donald Duck Tinker Toys

Christmas Spirit

Bambi's Christmas Gift

Mr. Grinch

Naughty or Nice?

Naughty or Nice?

Children and Christmas

Disney Christmas Song

Early Christmas Animation

Naughty or Nice?

What do you think?

Looks like a mug shot to me.

Coloring on walls and spreading dog food through the house.

Constant crying and "mommie".

STRIKE!!!!!!!!

My Megan has been wanting to go bowling for a long while.  We haven't been since last December!  We made it today.  It was fun to hang out as a family.  We don't do this kind of thing very often.  Much appreciated.  Remind you of anything.

Wee this is fun.

Grandma Lewis Christmas Tree

We helped Grandma Lewis put up her Christmas tree.  Dad was at school and we were just hanging out.  Chloe kept getting the garland from the bottom of the tree.

More Snowman fun

Goose Goes South

Frosty the snowman

My Megan loves this show.  She was singing it the other night.  Love you Meggie.

Turkey Head Fell Off

Mr. Know It All--Turkey

Bear and the Beavers

Muppet Chef

Tom Turk and Daffy

Holiday for Drumsticks

Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving

Little Girls...

Mouse on the Mayflower

I can choose the right.

Choose the right way to be happy.

Primary Program

My little Meggie had her primary program today. I am very proud of her. She is only 5 and she got up on that stage and did her best. Course she had the wiggles and she didn't know all the words to the songs, but she was so sweet. She wore her new dress from Grandma Chris. She gets a dress every Christmas. It was about choosing the right.

When it was her turn to speak, she answered the question "I choose the right when..." and she said "I choose the right when I listen to my mom."  That's right little Meggie.  Mom will always help you choose the right.

Turkey in the Straw

Pocohantus

T'was the night before Christmas

Turkey Catchers

Puff the Magic Dragon

Part 2

Thanksgiving that almost wasn't.

Thanksgiving Song

Over the River and Thru the Woods

It's the Mayflower Charlie Brown

Sleepy Time Squirrel

Turkey Jerky

William Bradford

Turkey

Disney Halloween Night

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Have your Mom or Dad start a pattern and you keep the pattern going.

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Have Mom or Dad tell say a word and you say a word that starts with the same beginning sound.

A Haunting we will go.

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Practice writing the letter Dd with a stick in the dirt, sidewalk chalk or finger paints.

Trick or Treat

The Witch's Cat

Candy Corn Foot Print Craft

Ben and Jerry's Halloween Fun

Spooktacular Treats
http://www.benjerry.com/halloween

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Practice telling Mom and Dad your phone number and address. 

Witch Hazel's Vanity

Educational Online Game

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Items that don't belong.

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Read a book with Mom or Dad and see if you can see upper and lowecase letters in print.

Grinch's Halloween Night

Monster Numbers Games
Scholastic Game

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Practice tying your shoes.

Donald's Halloween Scare

ABC Find the Letter Game
Halloween Printable Worksheets

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Go on a letter hunt.

Garfield Halloween Night

Find the Differences

Pumpkin Head Harvey

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Have Mom or Dad say a word and then you say a word that rhymes.

Spookiest Pumpkin

Halloween Matching Game

Fun Halloween Educational Games
Match Frankenstien Head

Boo to you

October Book Of The Month - Pumpkin Feels Lonely

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Recite your favorite nursery rhyme to someone.

Stella and Sam - Autumn is so Awesome

Easy Leaf Craft
Numbers 1-10

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Read a book with Mom or Dad and find words that rhyme.

Five Little Pumpkins

Trendy Pumpkins

Pumpkin Book

PDF Early Reader Pumpkin Book
Favorite Pumpkin Song
  
Here's a pumpkin who is happy.                         Here's a pumpkin who cries.

 
Here's a pumpkin who's sleepy.        Here's a pumpkin who sighs.

  
Here's a pumpkin who's angry.                        Here's a pumpkin who's sad.

   
Here's a pumpkin who is noisy.            Here's a glad pumpkin.

Go on a nature walk and gather items.  Then take them home and sort them into similar things.  Makes a collections.

How to Draw an Easy Cartoon Skull for Halloween Step by Step Lesson for Kids « How to Draw Step by Step Drawing Tutorials

How to Draw an Easy Cartoon Skull for Halloween Step by Step Lesson for Kids « How to Draw Step by Step Drawing Tutorials

Bats in the Belfry

Bat Drawing Game
You can use these as flash cards.
Make Egg Carton Bats

Phonics Sounds

Going Batty

Early Reader Bat Mini Book
Online Story STELLALUNA

               

  Bats come in many colors.             Bats sleep hanging upside down  

       



Bats usually sleep in large groups in caves.

        

Bats have small eyes and big ears.             Bats are mammals that fly.

My Sheperd Will Supply My Need

Great Grandma Louder

Megan's Great Grandma Louder passed away a week ago today.  She was a great woman.  She knew her saviors love for her and had a testimony of his power and grace.  If there is something needing done, she did it.  She had a saying "If you feel sad go to work.  If you feel mad go to work.  If you have a problem go to work."  When we serve others we show love.  Heavenly Father and Jesus want us to serve each other.  If we go to work and do the things we know we should we will find happiness.  There is only one way to find out if you can do something.  That is to try.  I going to work you can learn and do so many great things.  You have a great capacity to love.  You inherited that from your mom and generations before you.  Remember who you are and what you can become.

Sight Words

Read these with your child and they will be able to read them to you.  I am still working on sight words with Megan.  We tried to get  "a, away, and, can, the, in" today.  We made a little progress.
1 Sight Words

Great link for File Folder Games

The Prayer

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Using a string, shoelace or piece of yarn, form the numbers 0-9.

Echo the Bat Story

Online Bat Story

Online Jigsaw Puzzle

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Write 5 words that start with the letter Cc.

Christopher Columbus

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Learn your birthdate and where you were born.  Tell someone.

1492 He Sailed the Ocean Blue

Christopher Columbus Song
When Columbus and other explorers set out in their travels, they gathered flowers and other plants they found.  So can you.  Slip a flower or leaf into the pages of a guide book.  Keep it in a place where it will be pressed flat.  It takes about 10 days for most flowers and plants to dry.  You can later glue them into a scrapbook using ordinary liquid glue.
Columbus Maze Printable

Nature Book

Catch the falling Leaves

The Lord gives us prophets to show us the way.

Lehi Warns the people

Animated Hero Classics - Christopher Columbus

Donald Duck - Fire Chief

Mickey Mouse Color Cartoon - Mickey's Fire Brigade (1935)

Ouf "Feild Trip" Today

Travis called this morning and wanted us to bring him some doughnuts at work for the guys.  I convinced Megan that we were going on a feild trip.  She said "like at school Mom?"  "Yes, like at school.  It will just be me you and Chloe though."  We raced to get dressed and headed out the door.  Did the errands we needed to bring Lehi Bakery doughnuts and Mt. Dew to the job site.  We did all this and got to Payson from our house in an hour and a half.  I thought that was mighty good.
Then I tried to find a place to buy apples.  There are all those orchards down there.  I had Megan thinking we were lost.  Chloe had been asleep for most of this time and didn't have any notions to the going ons.  We did finally pull up to a huge barn that had a sign on the outside.  Howards Fruit Farm in big letters and a number.  I called the number and the lady took us inside their storage.  It was a giant fridge with piles and piles of apples in boxes.  It was the highlight of they day.

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With Mom or Dad, estimate how many steps it is from one room to the other.

elmo counts firefighters

If your happy and you know it.

Sparky Says: Join My Fire Safety Club Video

Parent Teacher Night

Seems so sureal to go to a parent teacher conference.  I guess I am still in denial.  I was able to go with Travis and Megan showed us where her desk was.  She wrote her name for us and showed us her cubby.  Stuff like that.  Miss Andrus said that Megan is a tough girl and likes to play with the boys.  I guess she was punching the other kids in her class.  Not like a nose bleed punch, but a punch to the arm to say hi I guess.
Gees, I don't know where she gets that from?
Miss Andrus had a talk with her and Megan said she didn't know why she did it.  I thought she would be a little more well rounded.  She has been in the "system" since she was a baby ie. daycare and preschool.  She hasn't done it since they talked.  She also said how good she is to get right to work.  That made me really happy.  I have been working on that one since the day she was born. RIGHT.
The book fair was in the library.  Right after I picked her up today I said we could go over.  We walked in and the only thing Megan could think about was the little table at the entrance with all the kids junk.  Pencils with fuzzy tops, erasers, funny bouncy ball that kind of stuff.  Chloe was way more interested in the books.  It wasn't like I didn't try to steer her in the right direction, after all it is a book fair.  She has a one track mind when it comes to stuff like that.  We ended up getting a fuzzy coin purse and she was completely satisfied.  It was a $1.50.  I did pick up a book to read and a sticker book.  She didn't even seem to notice.  She makes me laugh.

P.I. Plug's Home Safety Video

Phonics Song

Smokey the bear

Smokey the Bear Games

How does your pumpkin grow?

Emergent Reader Book
Printable Life Cycle of Pumpkin

Fire Safety Month

Fire can be helpful When handled with care. But fire and children Do not make a pair! So don't play with matches Or anything hot. Adults may use fire, But children should not! ~Pauline C. Peck

Spot the fire hazard Game
Fire Safety Booklet