tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41301270470984585382024-03-13T05:52:19.196-07:00Another Day.......Another day in the life of me!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-83464799514407617132009-01-02T03:08:00.000-08:002009-01-02T03:17:03.539-08:00New HaircutBelated Merry Christmas to everyone. I have some Christmas posts to catch up on, but first I thought I would post some pics of Liana's new hair cut.<br /><br />She has very thick hair and hates having it brushed and put up every day, so it was time for a change. Here are the before and after photos.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7hpefKSKgia8NnLi89IZOaKaTfmidA2b8GEA4HTmactlpm9etUCjwMkgrwWx_HE-W51lAXm8EgJ_y8CPt_jBlhQYqh-MjOukt_kWuIBovZ0tIkJ-ZLOqDxJH1EO2-efJJ5KQAdHsa38/s1600-h/IMG_0046.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7hpefKSKgia8NnLi89IZOaKaTfmidA2b8GEA4HTmactlpm9etUCjwMkgrwWx_HE-W51lAXm8EgJ_y8CPt_jBlhQYqh-MjOukt_kWuIBovZ0tIkJ-ZLOqDxJH1EO2-efJJ5KQAdHsa38/s320/IMG_0046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286653476944045058" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpwxQPYvLmlNmEvpkMEnZjR2h9OhAEdACg75-MnNdokoqpdlFQnyGJK4rkRK7QIPB-mOCuGlpW4D7_x9LWgjfsq9wvZkiF_6pzLQztL9yW8qk5rK26YX_ZT9jQ855LjQsXhDAgaUYySo/s1600-h/PICT0056+(2).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpwxQPYvLmlNmEvpkMEnZjR2h9OhAEdACg75-MnNdokoqpdlFQnyGJK4rkRK7QIPB-mOCuGlpW4D7_x9LWgjfsq9wvZkiF_6pzLQztL9yW8qk5rK26YX_ZT9jQ855LjQsXhDAgaUYySo/s320/PICT0056+(2).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286653485971410466" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-40059904858211233562008-12-14T04:37:00.000-08:002008-12-14T05:22:28.924-08:00End of Year Ballet DemoOn Saturday was Liana's last day of ballet for the year. That means I get 6 weeks of not having to try and tie the silly ribbons on her ballet shoes that I cut too short..sigh..I hate tying ballet shoes!!!!!<br /><br />Anyway, that aside we got have a once a term look at what she actually does for half and hour every Saturday morning. <br /><br />The photos are not so great as the sun was shining in through the window behind her but you still get the idea, and just you Mum, because you couldn't come, I've included some video footage.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz5UlgyJXw5bV___TpIy_McvqgBwtd2VsRqN_ivjiUQk80Slb6Q6D-RU53kOpg5mdvkXYxraPcSxGisBATKAA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwFQogObOsVphKaQfddaonPL9JbEX69uImXmCTOZ4e6exbN80KcZqW9ANfDZ2upvjGDU2eau39wfJFmdsBS_w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Y6eyr8N3KsygGvnjjtBzFjoMC02J5xDRJRRzGG4hUVDKnEcp3xuXqvW7Tj8jqRiyQVrB48c7TFy2YkJHKf2ITxPx2JZ6NeuQLHieCRSYq1y-XMbjuSen1PdWbO4183doDbgdeTmAtr4/s1600-h/PICT0041.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Y6eyr8N3KsygGvnjjtBzFjoMC02J5xDRJRRzGG4hUVDKnEcp3xuXqvW7Tj8jqRiyQVrB48c7TFy2YkJHKf2ITxPx2JZ6NeuQLHieCRSYq1y-XMbjuSen1PdWbO4183doDbgdeTmAtr4/s320/PICT0041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279633031900316978" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUlR0M-CF7HpD8GO41cLIva_sxhEL1mAZhN-2NDtSAI_-cDw6N9rVkyFnAv-i-xtLR6ZwAvyveMWQEb1_x1wLNWhyqL6wX7SGGW-gyYJF4y7ceX0qrKfe2NF26ewDTx-8nWXDxkShNG4/s1600-h/PICT0040.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUlR0M-CF7HpD8GO41cLIva_sxhEL1mAZhN-2NDtSAI_-cDw6N9rVkyFnAv-i-xtLR6ZwAvyveMWQEb1_x1wLNWhyqL6wX7SGGW-gyYJF4y7ceX0qrKfe2NF26ewDTx-8nWXDxkShNG4/s320/PICT0040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279633029262976818" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjyBnTLpWyahKNEHQVgHSy9BkfAidNCxv8WoGE10JlF3XvdPkUoa3r_Q9N7eOTUiAvKDRDCc5U5R-OEcbi0g51Ptir9fco_kKQRhXrHrrIYjPH_fdauSmgOg0OfFY31VLYjtKXmIU5ZE/s1600-h/PICT0038.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjyBnTLpWyahKNEHQVgHSy9BkfAidNCxv8WoGE10JlF3XvdPkUoa3r_Q9N7eOTUiAvKDRDCc5U5R-OEcbi0g51Ptir9fco_kKQRhXrHrrIYjPH_fdauSmgOg0OfFY31VLYjtKXmIU5ZE/s320/PICT0038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279633022187064066" border="0"></a><br /><br /><br />So now we just have our Caroling excursion on Wednesday and our Kindy party Thursday and we are done with all activities until swimming lessons in January - YAY!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-11331781278925771542008-12-10T19:49:00.000-08:002008-12-10T22:59:40.016-08:00Tot School<a href="http://lapbooksbycarisa.homestead.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Tot School" src="http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/carisahinson/Tot-School.gif"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So I haven't posted a tot school post for a while and this one is quite late, but we are still going strong. We have been doing lots this week between Christmas activities, montessori activities and cooking we have plenty of pictures to show!<br /><br /><br />We have done plenty of building with the big blocks from the resource centre.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbw5LHXmVMwj1qI3PVw7LR-mFSJqHNtqy5K1OwK4IURGc0qdGsz3L4URej1zObmvxLiyaeDIxPGuJ7vVw3zzITkS7sibMNt0FoHLIcFdLWd3ylN2fF5LYzRgMBQqaVHMoLcvNfms1mjMs/s1600-h/PICT0007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbw5LHXmVMwj1qI3PVw7LR-mFSJqHNtqy5K1OwK4IURGc0qdGsz3L4URej1zObmvxLiyaeDIxPGuJ7vVw3zzITkS7sibMNt0FoHLIcFdLWd3ylN2fF5LYzRgMBQqaVHMoLcvNfms1mjMs/s320/PICT0007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278377271872431474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSxrvT5ktMTnhqS1nGRjgEDDvtc6Bm-Zrl3NzJFC5FmmNjqO96_roJRd3WFqZRCBTqLWwnQU88vvUq-G-MtgUVEfVroy_4f30WxwyR1LelowCarvsfIZIM_vr8qAo2gPS0rNFMDBsgHM/s1600-h/PICT0008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSxrvT5ktMTnhqS1nGRjgEDDvtc6Bm-Zrl3NzJFC5FmmNjqO96_roJRd3WFqZRCBTqLWwnQU88vvUq-G-MtgUVEfVroy_4f30WxwyR1LelowCarvsfIZIM_vr8qAo2gPS0rNFMDBsgHM/s320/PICT0008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278377278974331906" /></a><br /><br />MAking Christmas stockings<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPG9rNmfQnlLXvnZJF8fPjPgxy0dmwEJ8yiylGtyWY8vwJoEdh5By3T9I7iiXhZ6UDKsitFAx3nxx-k8kNShTdJ9G-Ujp_mmSNah-2S8QGB0vbJClYVqnretrRmWIz-_oOv8FZB7iQ3IE/s1600-h/PICT0009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPG9rNmfQnlLXvnZJF8fPjPgxy0dmwEJ8yiylGtyWY8vwJoEdh5By3T9I7iiXhZ6UDKsitFAx3nxx-k8kNShTdJ9G-Ujp_mmSNah-2S8QGB0vbJClYVqnretrRmWIz-_oOv8FZB7iQ3IE/s320/PICT0009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278377285776935602" /></a><br /><br />Nativity sets<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0pizG28E9Gc0pPc04BjiPE5B3HQwQteA8Nz_7OnNpMHhX6Kdq3m3SYxV-9v3O3cJ9tGEyXXQQ_zSlyA14HxKeBBH2p_eceTO8rRiGtAT8Exo19iqG-h6BFS7sGkrVkoJsTAM94dVqVk/s1600-h/PICT0011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0pizG28E9Gc0pPc04BjiPE5B3HQwQteA8Nz_7OnNpMHhX6Kdq3m3SYxV-9v3O3cJ9tGEyXXQQ_zSlyA14HxKeBBH2p_eceTO8rRiGtAT8Exo19iqG-h6BFS7sGkrVkoJsTAM94dVqVk/s320/PICT0011.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278377291703119154" /></a><br /><br />I have seen this bead bouquet activity on several sites and just had to try it. Both kids pick this one several times a day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonSBIBxl_iNHLU7b-Hr5gkJhnBijXemnI2_e6i42SEmGhyphenhyphenAaj-Tq92mLzZ9wLSavdmKLrifIFCoUw06DvAulQz_WNH-2tkpbCD362aD66zdo3DId6P_K18Xnb-a955NUEHuZ0CF9IVXg/s1600-h/PICT0018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonSBIBxl_iNHLU7b-Hr5gkJhnBijXemnI2_e6i42SEmGhyphenhyphenAaj-Tq92mLzZ9wLSavdmKLrifIFCoUw06DvAulQz_WNH-2tkpbCD362aD66zdo3DId6P_K18Xnb-a955NUEHuZ0CF9IVXg/s320/PICT0018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278377300812883970" /></a><br /><br /><br />Lacing is still popular, although Liam still thinks he just threads one hole and then he is done!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZHT6PAaVBNw48iM-Dr7d240dJryXh9nny3dDFM1OWzYncESnxMKPy3PopSBS7R8oQJWGjBX0Oz1IBYBiw5oyCUJdOiMaEFUsgTl6O376imbuk7VZdEikvmU4MBGaQIlwCRWCDEoVBVA/s1600-h/PICT0020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZHT6PAaVBNw48iM-Dr7d240dJryXh9nny3dDFM1OWzYncESnxMKPy3PopSBS7R8oQJWGjBX0Oz1IBYBiw5oyCUJdOiMaEFUsgTl6O376imbuk7VZdEikvmU4MBGaQIlwCRWCDEoVBVA/s320/PICT0020.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278390024115925250" /></a><br /><br />I introduce colouring mixing with the eye dropper this week. Liana really enjoyed making and discovering new colours. Liam enjoyed dumping all of the colours into one cup.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EOZ56SE5_0CRx4_jegCbATpxsJA9rl52Q4-iOj08B3BBaAwDS46ZEQUAZKklKqjcjU7BtY7Acv6z10ZUjfazVhLGbLd0tvTJ8uCRRUmDHKMBGTVGn7z6T3JRLI5XsBBb2aO4M7GzNFA/s1600-h/PICT0023.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EOZ56SE5_0CRx4_jegCbATpxsJA9rl52Q4-iOj08B3BBaAwDS46ZEQUAZKklKqjcjU7BtY7Acv6z10ZUjfazVhLGbLd0tvTJ8uCRRUmDHKMBGTVGn7z6T3JRLI5XsBBb2aO4M7GzNFA/s320/PICT0023.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278390025702850066" /></a><br /><br />Cooking is always a favourite.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyo22ih-yMmvrx8yqRaLgaElB4bf3elueiFe9LOdnbcU9q0CTEv73uEjfsFCxhxvd6CHgZ-Fo_XLik-U_LznK8JuOOfwKbCGJPsJcim6OvcoKi7H3m68qo72mtHC6-9Gl3wMDPl9RC-KA/s1600-h/PICT0026.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyo22ih-yMmvrx8yqRaLgaElB4bf3elueiFe9LOdnbcU9q0CTEv73uEjfsFCxhxvd6CHgZ-Fo_XLik-U_LznK8JuOOfwKbCGJPsJcim6OvcoKi7H3m68qo72mtHC6-9Gl3wMDPl9RC-KA/s320/PICT0026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278390037732289378" /></a><br /><br />And lastly, playing on the bouncy castle. We don't have any nice flat grassy area big enough at this new place to set it up outside, but the lounge room with its high ceilings works perfectly.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRkHuHCgGT4ZTnSuy5vOiqHW7UDmxb9hcufCSTfG6qLHfYGsERuCrwHCzoDhCjrgQTkHVit4SGv5RfG8FXBIqkkKxKUFFQyBF9LuAn2Vd6OG7M1d6Ib3gjBY0Is3e2XVEH99k184PyOI/s1600-h/PICT0036.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRkHuHCgGT4ZTnSuy5vOiqHW7UDmxb9hcufCSTfG6qLHfYGsERuCrwHCzoDhCjrgQTkHVit4SGv5RfG8FXBIqkkKxKUFFQyBF9LuAn2Vd6OG7M1d6Ib3gjBY0Is3e2XVEH99k184PyOI/s320/PICT0036.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278390044755181730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xnjslqlkHTYs30ZbEflGS_M-WozYsuVP6pF_IsHfEnrD8pjV0D4NyOr5RSl27yj-U4CkBkVas0f0mCtLgrbqVbhje5Q9AeDXQREEpfxowKh2eto2ySvqTmQ5jJcQ057dZqXZS7QCfaU/s1600-h/PICT0034.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xnjslqlkHTYs30ZbEflGS_M-WozYsuVP6pF_IsHfEnrD8pjV0D4NyOr5RSl27yj-U4CkBkVas0f0mCtLgrbqVbhje5Q9AeDXQREEpfxowKh2eto2ySvqTmQ5jJcQ057dZqXZS7QCfaU/s320/PICT0034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278391145048470418" /></a><br /><br /><br />For more tot school posts check <a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2008/12/tot-school-still-in-nc.html">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-70360800236518700872008-11-24T02:37:00.000-08:002008-12-10T23:00:08.993-08:00BallerinaWell we are nearly finished our first term of ballet and Liana still loves it. Unfortunately, her wonderful teacher, Miss Mel is leaving at the end of the year.<br /><br />Liana had her first performance at the local arts festival the other week. I think she did great especially considering she only had two lessons to learn the dance in!! <br /><br />Here are some photos of the big day. Liana is the second from the right with the purple wings!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCHUcuJrn-9jPB9FoXBFw1LoXSwG-TS9OyDNOcO59OyeqejGrAQLtwO-nQEO4Qsrr_b5ZH_j8PhV2xwpmo9JBsuMCZMr9uROzn3G_tFvlgKTtj50_TtC7F7wTrXhKJ2aj1HwuvbhzsYc/s1600-h/PICT0167.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCHUcuJrn-9jPB9FoXBFw1LoXSwG-TS9OyDNOcO59OyeqejGrAQLtwO-nQEO4Qsrr_b5ZH_j8PhV2xwpmo9JBsuMCZMr9uROzn3G_tFvlgKTtj50_TtC7F7wTrXhKJ2aj1HwuvbhzsYc/s320/PICT0167.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272173355094707698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFY5iTd8pcdbnl2GBrkRtrA_9AEyNY3yEuoKUgKpiADf3PnINkEKrbZZsI7HiaGogFlGVEx-3RJcoTu4Z0qyau8LZI0x2xpdBJhsOYKKs8j487DXdvu9u2eSz8RiQIyv5T1kmNROL8qp4/s1600-h/PICT0166.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFY5iTd8pcdbnl2GBrkRtrA_9AEyNY3yEuoKUgKpiADf3PnINkEKrbZZsI7HiaGogFlGVEx-3RJcoTu4Z0qyau8LZI0x2xpdBJhsOYKKs8j487DXdvu9u2eSz8RiQIyv5T1kmNROL8qp4/s320/PICT0166.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272173345541508210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjy5YLU4PdpOd8FX9YVl6prCbD2z6bzxqhhmLd1xYRqZwUbVhGvNSWEKKFMJbxb7KmCDIgQd7Od6N-rF48w7sTth5eAfcLDcFoJa670KMBrggQis6zDWg2mmZEJHAVlczizNT6b_gaiXs/s1600-h/PICT0165.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjy5YLU4PdpOd8FX9YVl6prCbD2z6bzxqhhmLd1xYRqZwUbVhGvNSWEKKFMJbxb7KmCDIgQd7Od6N-rF48w7sTth5eAfcLDcFoJa670KMBrggQis6zDWg2mmZEJHAVlczizNT6b_gaiXs/s320/PICT0165.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272173340729742258" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-65797630872061125682008-11-22T02:31:00.000-08:002008-11-22T02:39:33.470-08:00What Happens When You Leave a 2 Year Old Alone for 5 minutes?...he paints himself of course!!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lMg-t0Jl974cPJsITWl0io1A1GUgO5YfaXiJm6_QX5TpfsB-m5BOR29ZteaUpNAHi0nVL4-lAvIBPOJ_nBAipOiog0GFoCkYdmVBelAq1C6BMdYNB0j5VAcOw6iKHZiqXRtnOp_x5Yk/s1600-h/PICT0173.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lMg-t0Jl974cPJsITWl0io1A1GUgO5YfaXiJm6_QX5TpfsB-m5BOR29ZteaUpNAHi0nVL4-lAvIBPOJ_nBAipOiog0GFoCkYdmVBelAq1C6BMdYNB0j5VAcOw6iKHZiqXRtnOp_x5Yk/s320/PICT0173.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271429211667225330" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtGoqTq0Cw67qNPxynMYTBu3hfK1UyP4zKDDLWpFxVE8orgAerywmKDrBseMyxJnV7lii7wrhha5bNQyGDT9zgBtTPNyK3AxJbgw6FbKMya68oUSHGlHBeOmvLVyhSMGEoW6LX2Povko/s1600-h/PICT0174.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtGoqTq0Cw67qNPxynMYTBu3hfK1UyP4zKDDLWpFxVE8orgAerywmKDrBseMyxJnV7lii7wrhha5bNQyGDT9zgBtTPNyK3AxJbgw6FbKMya68oUSHGlHBeOmvLVyhSMGEoW6LX2Povko/s320/PICT0174.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271429217858743922" /></a><br />We had just had a bath and put our p.j's on. I was sitting down brushing his sister's hair and thought he was playing in the games room. No, he decided to grab a chair, open the craft cupboard, get the yellow paint our and paint his tummy. What else would you do????<br /><br />Thankfully, it was only himself he painted. He thought it was very funny until he realised he would have to have a shower to get clean.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-29316578208032481962008-11-16T22:28:00.000-08:002008-11-16T22:48:02.807-08:00We Must Be Doing Something Right!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EUIyGaN-B5h2F7m1PK2fqlSiUHTNMz0g-C0S9qYe1T6Pza4k7SJKXK6pn8Hx0XlrFudR-DkCQ5QisGI6R10cdGZHkJyQGhZsplJGxF6z2QIbTEMS2H-FyUEu6MfI-9A_qffR7o0BGlo/s1600-h/PICT0216.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EUIyGaN-B5h2F7m1PK2fqlSiUHTNMz0g-C0S9qYe1T6Pza4k7SJKXK6pn8Hx0XlrFudR-DkCQ5QisGI6R10cdGZHkJyQGhZsplJGxF6z2QIbTEMS2H-FyUEu6MfI-9A_qffR7o0BGlo/s320/PICT0216.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269510894960007426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmdF62bM4aHE0PwHbM4_7aXbmdFZ0FD18XOxA6lAgaiCMnNh6ETSqDgF1A7IRK5C9Wu6XBpWxjMwdEtirb2WRrAdUlAmvpqaYdiPHeAV7hKp3M01oHJIapFhtdrl_QKAicprYNJ6oBw0/s1600-h/PICT0215.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmdF62bM4aHE0PwHbM4_7aXbmdFZ0FD18XOxA6lAgaiCMnNh6ETSqDgF1A7IRK5C9Wu6XBpWxjMwdEtirb2WRrAdUlAmvpqaYdiPHeAV7hKp3M01oHJIapFhtdrl_QKAicprYNJ6oBw0/s320/PICT0215.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269510881407168546" /></a><br /><br />You have to love a picture of a little one falling asleep with a book in their hands.<br /><br /><br />Notice the nice ripped off piece of wallpaper in the background...hmmmmm......Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-28946561499523049182008-11-11T00:50:00.000-08:002008-11-11T01:03:05.465-08:00You Know it's Time for New Dress-ups When........your little boy wants to dress up and he can only choose between being a ballerina, a princess or a fairy!!!!<br /><br />In my defence, up until this week he has had absolutely no interest in playing dress-ups. However, suddenly he has decided that it is fun. So today we had ballerina Liam complete with ballet shoes and then Fairy Liam.<br /><br />He dressed himself in the fairy outfit and ran out all excited to announce to me, "Look Mummy, I booful!" How could you not love that?<br /><br />So, any suggestions for easy to make, cheap boys dressups??<br /><br />So here are some photos of my booful boy and his big sister. I must say I do question his choice of accessories. I don't know if a wrench and drill really work with choice of clothing!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBFZF8-xNKYjlUnl3jWnwvS7JIDYaYCFU0i34Da5UELyDQ2E-nVZRxZakk5DXinsCoTBpDkWddipvfC-v0i-Q-2kbiaHk9USZpSvvmQ76ClDDWLGcA0eVCCr9C7sdS2Ex2-cn5y4Hmcw/s1600-h/PICT0214.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBFZF8-xNKYjlUnl3jWnwvS7JIDYaYCFU0i34Da5UELyDQ2E-nVZRxZakk5DXinsCoTBpDkWddipvfC-v0i-Q-2kbiaHk9USZpSvvmQ76ClDDWLGcA0eVCCr9C7sdS2Ex2-cn5y4Hmcw/s320/PICT0214.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267322474040994514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15fcOZvyauZ_tiPsnPEPX8IQpX1bslot_SU_yXXGW_o4EqH1W_n0pef_LXtlxIzwyGSgqnq7DFwIgcuItGvuNMuOd0zU4YmMlfwGEGM1MED7uiNr5krpBYB4Ue9E-hmBePiyYukbnGmE/s1600-h/PICT0212.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15fcOZvyauZ_tiPsnPEPX8IQpX1bslot_SU_yXXGW_o4EqH1W_n0pef_LXtlxIzwyGSgqnq7DFwIgcuItGvuNMuOd0zU4YmMlfwGEGM1MED7uiNr5krpBYB4Ue9E-hmBePiyYukbnGmE/s320/PICT0212.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267322467471448194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMpQw_SPNVtVA07sFKKMxT1u5jpuE5d1TrKI31QnKUE7qzgO4J9uM6WZA3c-8DlhG8PWPh-4Lj2rXSN7gvz2X92OmIjrVeYyTP6NoNx_jUnCQMbEUedlwEX5dDbIsS0R2prQXDRMUbeI/s1600-h/PICT0208.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMpQw_SPNVtVA07sFKKMxT1u5jpuE5d1TrKI31QnKUE7qzgO4J9uM6WZA3c-8DlhG8PWPh-4Lj2rXSN7gvz2X92OmIjrVeYyTP6NoNx_jUnCQMbEUedlwEX5dDbIsS0R2prQXDRMUbeI/s320/PICT0208.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267322460883102290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRoA1waBn50KkZYNKkTEa_BwGTH4UwvUi7ZQ0-88FByV8iCrLcL1pfOncP1xFJWphU3j0gIYnHqaOrkHRIWVZ504jZmjU_2mEUgwpIVe3nyRjzLz5Nu45A1TkaDzKWWuIMwhJvOvX-2M/s1600-h/PICT0207.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRoA1waBn50KkZYNKkTEa_BwGTH4UwvUi7ZQ0-88FByV8iCrLcL1pfOncP1xFJWphU3j0gIYnHqaOrkHRIWVZ504jZmjU_2mEUgwpIVe3nyRjzLz5Nu45A1TkaDzKWWuIMwhJvOvX-2M/s320/PICT0207.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267322446977973618" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-298481309950198872008-11-03T02:39:00.000-08:002008-11-03T03:04:54.744-08:00Our First Montessori-ish DayI say Montessori-ish because we are by no means true montessori sttyle. what I have done is taken the bits of this philosophy and many of the activities and changed other bits and pieces to meet our needs. Today was our first day using this new structure and I must say it was a success!!! <br /><br />Because of all the new activities today was a lot of me demonstrating an activity to Liana then one to Liam, then back to Liana, the.....well you get the idea but both of the children worked really well on their activities and even Liam soon learned the idea of having to complete his activity, pack it up and put it away before moving on to another.<br /><br />The good thing about the kids wanting to just do each activity one after another was that I could see what worked, what didn't and what I needed to change. I had to alter a few activities on the spot becasue they were either too easy or way too hard and I learned that flour is not a good option for the letter tracing tray. I quickly changed that to rice!<br /><br />I forgot about the camera until about half way through, but as they worked on their activities for 1.5 hours I still got a few good shots. Liana worked solid this whole time and I had to make her stop for lunch. Liam worked on and off stopping to go and play with his trains every now and then and then coming back for more.<br /><br />So I officially call today a success and am looking forward to tomorrow. Here are a few photos of some of our activities today.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP37dOaV4ZVX124eepxCGqQq8KVKr34ROMJ_dPWMwOXI30TVm6Uoq3DSJcoGbiRfE1u3L5Oge3rV5czlbyLQWrkSsxoL1AfWPFPHjnuXduNHQhxfIUhfH9vsxFuc1dpoLvRAP_T3Tk894/s1600-h/PICT0185.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP37dOaV4ZVX124eepxCGqQq8KVKr34ROMJ_dPWMwOXI30TVm6Uoq3DSJcoGbiRfE1u3L5Oge3rV5czlbyLQWrkSsxoL1AfWPFPHjnuXduNHQhxfIUhfH9vsxFuc1dpoLvRAP_T3Tk894/s320/PICT0185.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264383197123140930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmFWBWKyvT31K833ZK7nOukwu23gsT78pD9cHs1tOL1L6ZUwlspaHW9b_RtyFgJQDDDpVLrUutvdPwLb5xybZ3sDziXQx8ri8MKqoPZjl1VqQ51iQ6ypwY0vNLHvrhAZCdC06QvS6kbc/s1600-h/PICT0183.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmFWBWKyvT31K833ZK7nOukwu23gsT78pD9cHs1tOL1L6ZUwlspaHW9b_RtyFgJQDDDpVLrUutvdPwLb5xybZ3sDziXQx8ri8MKqoPZjl1VqQ51iQ6ypwY0vNLHvrhAZCdC06QvS6kbc/s320/PICT0183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264383195461090322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYoYiHwkNSaVEkSJrb125WZLTeazGDzPsor3DPrZmkRaBeHG_aX7Nqema1CmMooKT8TisPdSCj4rJQ5dR01m2-Oqnke-lJwsWQjbZ2I1WOaVPCTH1UCaRCzHLzeouMAT3-3EdgQ7AChk/s1600-h/PICT0181.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYoYiHwkNSaVEkSJrb125WZLTeazGDzPsor3DPrZmkRaBeHG_aX7Nqema1CmMooKT8TisPdSCj4rJQ5dR01m2-Oqnke-lJwsWQjbZ2I1WOaVPCTH1UCaRCzHLzeouMAT3-3EdgQ7AChk/s320/PICT0181.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264383194996882946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGXtA6MUQM-kuuwZO1eXcAeq4qJsBWjlWJH2HWhVVn3-KpgEcZkuHho2px5QN8pua-U93LmW2iz_oglRbqEBzBKNkmEAEj1ZMwPPysUaBtOe69GEDpVCBHXUHDxmKroG5kVWaaq0NV_o/s1600-h/PICT0178.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGXtA6MUQM-kuuwZO1eXcAeq4qJsBWjlWJH2HWhVVn3-KpgEcZkuHho2px5QN8pua-U93LmW2iz_oglRbqEBzBKNkmEAEj1ZMwPPysUaBtOe69GEDpVCBHXUHDxmKroG5kVWaaq0NV_o/s320/PICT0178.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264383179770966706" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXt4TKvn3j8M5lh-cYJ3G4ntSCq4UwYkFOhsv6vLbu4ii3qwDLuEUmm7dpBee8H6b0lREF-wprWUOzrbZg21BnXgsuz3YrjqsDY2-BdFciOJ8GdvL0xzj_2oW2O3CAcQxyqw8bKuZhHg/s1600-h/PICT0176.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXt4TKvn3j8M5lh-cYJ3G4ntSCq4UwYkFOhsv6vLbu4ii3qwDLuEUmm7dpBee8H6b0lREF-wprWUOzrbZg21BnXgsuz3YrjqsDY2-BdFciOJ8GdvL0xzj_2oW2O3CAcQxyqw8bKuZhHg/s320/PICT0176.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264383176954129218" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-64091692418330265052008-11-02T19:59:00.000-08:002008-11-03T03:05:42.663-08:00Tot School<a href="http://lapbooksbycarisa.homestead.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Tot School" src="http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/carisahinson/Tot-School.gif"/></a><br /><br />Our theme for Tot School last week was red. We went on a scavenger hunt around the house to collect as many red things as we could find. Picked out all the red blocks, made red jelly and ate red sausages, tomatoes and strawberries for lunch. We made a "What is Red?" mini book that Liam loved and carried around and read to everyone all week. We also did a red collage and of course painted with red!! I kept forgetting to take photos so only have a few to share this week.<br /><br />Making a red collage....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5d8y24L7zED4sy8pyJqce9ZeQhiT2V_BnRXZp0mERd1kH3KZyElArXB1ovsrZs6OqjoAV9IIE5IqEEOw5bRpRJMuS5p_q5DtmZ8nQefh0d1K2Gn9QRzluQ_w-z-YUs3M24iYtFGkwFX4/s1600-h/PICT0149.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5d8y24L7zED4sy8pyJqce9ZeQhiT2V_BnRXZp0mERd1kH3KZyElArXB1ovsrZs6OqjoAV9IIE5IqEEOw5bRpRJMuS5p_q5DtmZ8nQefh0d1K2Gn9QRzluQ_w-z-YUs3M24iYtFGkwFX4/s320/PICT0149.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264277541918857714" /></a><br /><br />Our red painting started like this....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2_JOiaB4-uqPzPBLqBEjPS0ckndrwZ_hBt8cRJH3HXHLiTbDcNpcRHBqtrnKt6100ZiXga-Ez1shzUGaBrFMp1WSJj_3CJTYzZD7KGkebkOEzos4cq91CLc-l3hyphenhyphenOrBHogHNtDzlDfQ/s1600-h/PICT0139.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2_JOiaB4-uqPzPBLqBEjPS0ckndrwZ_hBt8cRJH3HXHLiTbDcNpcRHBqtrnKt6100ZiXga-Ez1shzUGaBrFMp1WSJj_3CJTYzZD7KGkebkOEzos4cq91CLc-l3hyphenhyphenOrBHogHNtDzlDfQ/s320/PICT0139.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264279273736233906" /></a><br /><br />Then moved to this......<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5hOQdIMz0aDeXVmFXgxEviSvAsKh6XtU2y0so1CLuS3Zaa-o5JQzGtOX2ttOXDxxFWPFKbKBJz-2CKUF0qRAvPhTCknztfDmHmpKJpZdsfRIZr-RR6sMEISJVSP48polRfv1a8wPSRc/s1600-h/PICT0141.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5hOQdIMz0aDeXVmFXgxEviSvAsKh6XtU2y0so1CLuS3Zaa-o5JQzGtOX2ttOXDxxFWPFKbKBJz-2CKUF0qRAvPhTCknztfDmHmpKJpZdsfRIZr-RR6sMEISJVSP48polRfv1a8wPSRc/s320/PICT0141.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264279272890022530" /></a><br /><br />Then this....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bEKWtu5q2-OPe7A1rGhhiYqqYMWi6M-_RWqFLwCfPQHkelDBcEA5wTN9e5sC1nUt7D_9TCYylPeFUwDFIqyNAeD8ZsNKn8gLbQAebdQugLSU83f704KzUm9tHQp4nURW3twPK5cwzOY/s1600-h/PICT0142.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bEKWtu5q2-OPe7A1rGhhiYqqYMWi6M-_RWqFLwCfPQHkelDBcEA5wTN9e5sC1nUt7D_9TCYylPeFUwDFIqyNAeD8ZsNKn8gLbQAebdQugLSU83f704KzUm9tHQp4nURW3twPK5cwzOY/s320/PICT0142.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264279280893128530" /></a><br /><br />And finally, this!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEtfIckQ4uVrj7AoIwWqMLRX701hYvU88t4y2ATN_fzQK6951VfwaDgjhVoMjKXLIY24PdnCc3eKFusFwbB_OTvTzngn6WHsMoYKjFrwqfRsSrVsAI3nZE1EA9nZVVJgj8QbH-M-lu0M/s1600-h/PICT0143.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEtfIckQ4uVrj7AoIwWqMLRX701hYvU88t4y2ATN_fzQK6951VfwaDgjhVoMjKXLIY24PdnCc3eKFusFwbB_OTvTzngn6WHsMoYKjFrwqfRsSrVsAI3nZE1EA9nZVVJgj8QbH-M-lu0M/s320/PICT0143.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264279287537539298" /></a><br /><br /><br />Check <a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2008/11/tot-school.html">here</a> to see what others have done for Tot School this week.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-30688638095051808442008-10-28T03:32:00.000-07:002008-10-28T03:54:14.902-07:00MontessoriSo after much thought and lots of googling and reading, I have found that I am heading back towards the place I began my homeschool journey - Montesorri. I have decided to change my plan and head away from the classical road and back towards a lot of the Montessori ideas and activities. I am slowly converting our games room and making and printing off all the materials I saved back when I first decided to homeschool 2+ years ago. <br /><br />Tonight the kids spotted one of the activities I was preparing and were busting to have a go, so I let them at it! They played with it for over 30 mins before I insisted the have a shower and go to bed. You can see the response I got from Liam at this suggestion. I think this activity is going to be a winner.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oxsISwscUlgihG4z0wIRziEpPms6qN4OO91pqM_85fzSoLtxtIxfNvJASAooxmW55OGRvxoJ5Lu_Ci4aqF_4BXEglgDbBM4jSfzBNCESBP2DYZWmjJUFihU64k0ccjE5MMpamJtKMnI/s1600-h/PICT0156.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oxsISwscUlgihG4z0wIRziEpPms6qN4OO91pqM_85fzSoLtxtIxfNvJASAooxmW55OGRvxoJ5Lu_Ci4aqF_4BXEglgDbBM4jSfzBNCESBP2DYZWmjJUFihU64k0ccjE5MMpamJtKMnI/s320/PICT0156.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262154226365956258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEr4qLg_ZYtdOQ4X0v9-mzwHfMJxdvaTGoEfPr_cxV8W6aLVcvi45hSnTHceaCRoRjJZ4LkFT0_k_P3stLoAUizuCkwA7hpCeeJ8t-ORN2MGecZSI4-NiD_iGV11VZ_EG9sN4lcuNve4/s1600-h/PICT0153.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEr4qLg_ZYtdOQ4X0v9-mzwHfMJxdvaTGoEfPr_cxV8W6aLVcvi45hSnTHceaCRoRjJZ4LkFT0_k_P3stLoAUizuCkwA7hpCeeJ8t-ORN2MGecZSI4-NiD_iGV11VZ_EG9sN4lcuNve4/s320/PICT0153.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262154221286944642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDu0upJJWGh3WP3tt2JnGnLUHEN6YV8HTSKmKqJtRPXzAGrnyT9Rx0WBb6hyphenhyphenSigybCvQYV5nU2kd6DOWtLhUqB7hz2tyFtNpy2c8Y3572gZSU0wBMqxo8RVbB7aGW1mUKDP4dG4JGhWbY/s1600-h/PICT0157.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDu0upJJWGh3WP3tt2JnGnLUHEN6YV8HTSKmKqJtRPXzAGrnyT9Rx0WBb6hyphenhyphenSigybCvQYV5nU2kd6DOWtLhUqB7hz2tyFtNpy2c8Y3572gZSU0wBMqxo8RVbB7aGW1mUKDP4dG4JGhWbY/s320/PICT0157.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262154231871221682" /></a><br />The idea is to use the tongs to place a marble in each section of the ice cube tray. We then moved onto 2 in each. It is amazing how many times they wanted to repeat this. Great for fine motor, hand eye co-ordination and 1 to 1 correspondence.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-24181731462066116862008-10-15T04:18:00.000-07:002008-10-15T04:27:59.433-07:00The Mosquitos are HereWell,there are definitely some parts of spring I don't like - and mosquitos are one of them!! They are here in full force already. I have a feeling we are going to have a plague of them around hereby summer.....sigh.<br /><br />I wouldn't mind so much except that poor Liana is so sensitive to them and for some reason she has very tasty blood! If you see a mosquito land on her you can literally watch as she swells up in a couple of minutes.<br /><br />Last night a mozzie must have made its way into her room. She was wearing long p.js so I guess the only place left was her face. This is what she looked like 24 hours later and after several doses of antihistamine......<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHtcpe880vvvtC8w5cLBQ2GeikHUviIL9QtVL34VlAwi5VTnodaZ5bx-vxaH4CO1zMgvvpEtd59uoDBNoHUWB943ACvZD3c7kZf5UEVKbuYha5B2s5EgtSWBltoFRMhXM3tJntxvEgCY/s1600-h/PICT0135.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHtcpe880vvvtC8w5cLBQ2GeikHUviIL9QtVL34VlAwi5VTnodaZ5bx-vxaH4CO1zMgvvpEtd59uoDBNoHUWB943ACvZD3c7kZf5UEVKbuYha5B2s5EgtSWBltoFRMhXM3tJntxvEgCY/s320/PICT0135.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257340607963746146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjeIM_EITGkqr95EAhshw-8f1A1z2K0ZngvPer0_8l1gbFptbqPwDzdUo2U-LKSSVGYcQnAltCMLA7aB7XJ8b16fdnXjhBmJXyIfStZhUhICwy8gLFPqXtcH4Z4pbaWFN8YNTKAhiJnY/s1600-h/PICT0136.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjeIM_EITGkqr95EAhshw-8f1A1z2K0ZngvPer0_8l1gbFptbqPwDzdUo2U-LKSSVGYcQnAltCMLA7aB7XJ8b16fdnXjhBmJXyIfStZhUhICwy8gLFPqXtcH4Z4pbaWFN8YNTKAhiJnY/s320/PICT0136.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257340617697929138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFA1l21l6LC3uBxX_kxVK7DqNy2kIoucMTjC3VIel9PffTNA-ezUkWtuXOtfj2zGu17Y-7VlLM6EytuLs1GTGnohWjlCWhBCGqLMyxDmdIUeh-OgNkAi22n0NsOUKxZOHGqB9oQm3FJpo/s1600-h/PICT0137.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFA1l21l6LC3uBxX_kxVK7DqNy2kIoucMTjC3VIel9PffTNA-ezUkWtuXOtfj2zGu17Y-7VlLM6EytuLs1GTGnohWjlCWhBCGqLMyxDmdIUeh-OgNkAi22n0NsOUKxZOHGqB9oQm3FJpo/s320/PICT0137.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257340619862143154" /></a><br /><br />So today I went and bought a mosquito net canopy for her room. Not that it will help when she is outside. I wonder if I can keep her in her room until summer is over???????Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-419504344218757672008-10-07T03:32:00.000-07:002008-10-07T03:40:25.356-07:00Nature on Our DoorstepI love living in the hills. It is so different to where we were before. The kids are loving it and we don't need to go any further than our own yard for our nature studies!!<br /><br />This is what Paul found when he opened the front door yesterday....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMIMBHBhGyUIQMWFgBGEdKNY_DsQBKC54UED0DkZNEonamm-5tQ18IvqMUzjJHIeMpSm6ITLAU3beQvT8avKnYGqGpdmRYE42PI1wEsFUhmFdRtajceAltA1n4Yi1aoIFuSojQTzh1qo/s1600-h/PICT0128.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMIMBHBhGyUIQMWFgBGEdKNY_DsQBKC54UED0DkZNEonamm-5tQ18IvqMUzjJHIeMpSm6ITLAU3beQvT8avKnYGqGpdmRYE42PI1wEsFUhmFdRtajceAltA1n4Yi1aoIFuSojQTzh1qo/s320/PICT0128.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254358892309894834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYERGTaw21z5OuY6EnF5CC89Tzv-992PQ5apHOpTdJ1_gnNzHucpZHsZfiwQdE34sUuBKkX-Cq_83LHra0JNSM_qqV9mfFOOJzSjf8VXIGklEZ4MOJ0oTfEVNYkWv1A4dtEf92K9L-ZA/s1600-h/PICT0129.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYERGTaw21z5OuY6EnF5CC89Tzv-992PQ5apHOpTdJ1_gnNzHucpZHsZfiwQdE34sUuBKkX-Cq_83LHra0JNSM_qqV9mfFOOJzSjf8VXIGklEZ4MOJ0oTfEVNYkWv1A4dtEf92K9L-ZA/s320/PICT0129.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254358898052622034" /></a><br /><br />and then the dog discovered another in the back yard. We have nicknamed them Bob - short for Bobtails. Creative I know, but hey, it works.<br /><br />Then today we opened the front door again to find our newest friend. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSi5ylXK9cjjIIHLGTpynjkNhN8Nyf5qDNycXV6_wMC9nM61m4_YEHQ2I8lb_F_tah8RLvhIHTq_lxLzdiTCCbxZ6uNONg5RvqylVdR6UyVAIEJusrBMg43CZNJdPtkNcW_Y2oWuXuIr8/s1600-h/PICT0130.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSi5ylXK9cjjIIHLGTpynjkNhN8Nyf5qDNycXV6_wMC9nM61m4_YEHQ2I8lb_F_tah8RLvhIHTq_lxLzdiTCCbxZ6uNONg5RvqylVdR6UyVAIEJusrBMg43CZNJdPtkNcW_Y2oWuXuIr8/s320/PICT0130.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254359836634091634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqb4mjIRsDOGAi5ZhXQXxM11k_gpGfSKmr3Wn7l-q6YT3UfudAr-8zOnRR4j9yraU-7vUSgebt5AqcF3TBI-DnGubB0IrEvQqy8P0n1gr0CKyQ7jwmmN_0PEKip0Kobp14s9FF4wj-NM/s1600-h/PICT0131.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqb4mjIRsDOGAi5ZhXQXxM11k_gpGfSKmr3Wn7l-q6YT3UfudAr-8zOnRR4j9yraU-7vUSgebt5AqcF3TBI-DnGubB0IrEvQqy8P0n1gr0CKyQ7jwmmN_0PEKip0Kobp14s9FF4wj-NM/s320/PICT0131.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254359845198555138" /></a><br /><br />This little one who we have nicknamed Maggie has been hanging around for a while (well, we think it is the same one) but we fed her today and she kept coming back all day for more. She is not timid at all, even taking food right out of my hand and almost following me inside! We will leave some mince out for her tomorrow and see if she returns.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-31046697181482545652008-10-05T22:27:00.000-07:002008-10-05T22:51:48.574-07:00Tot School<a href="http://lapbooksbycarisa.homestead.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Tot School" src="http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/carisahinson/Tot-School.gif"/></a><br /><br />This week it is school holidays so all our normal activities like ballet, latin etc are on break instead we have had swimming lessons every morning at 8:20am - what was I thinking!!!!!!!<br /><br />Needless, to say we spend the rest of the day with tired kids and tired mum so we haven't done a whole lot of planned learning. There has still been plenty of things going on though.<br /><br />I made Liam his first tot book from <a href="http://lapbooksbycarisa.homestead.com/ThomasTotBook.html">here</a> he carried it around with him everywhere for the first couple of days and shows it to everyone he sees. I think it is safe to say he likes it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8f9edLmxy6rpvcwsHMW6P73q6C2qIpcxIrV0UqAJ5jsJ-bydOepaxyPOGpqmnL-2_UZ96bqbY86U2frCreG227Q6bYfkPFHVHBLUgBQ9jYJW77SU7wyFlrcOyZUCw4Sc0Tr01QtDoBg/s1600-h/PICT0117.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8f9edLmxy6rpvcwsHMW6P73q6C2qIpcxIrV0UqAJ5jsJ-bydOepaxyPOGpqmnL-2_UZ96bqbY86U2frCreG227Q6bYfkPFHVHBLUgBQ9jYJW77SU7wyFlrcOyZUCw4Sc0Tr01QtDoBg/s320/PICT0117.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253911248300643602" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfoflAWs4cx-aEFhthv4UURdM9C721KZQdobBA1l_85Z0NnQBDE8cdVdWLZT1VrSjkGdHyQBN86XUSTpV4siTUQ0Syms9t6GNKtxRXg6koQsPnO66evgwn2Rec3zgnCpoP5myLTQgXS10/s1600-h/PICT0116.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfoflAWs4cx-aEFhthv4UURdM9C721KZQdobBA1l_85Z0NnQBDE8cdVdWLZT1VrSjkGdHyQBN86XUSTpV4siTUQ0Syms9t6GNKtxRXg6koQsPnO66evgwn2Rec3zgnCpoP5myLTQgXS10/s320/PICT0116.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253911251174605506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-a-l5i8FlvdZkKZCWu6VpxW8i8-nAeXr-vyNHXWnDjgnhO4dH8qZB_QKmTRBtuAK-ImvKw8n3bgZRHTsCadqIBHQ4TmQA42gUbM-6nNiq94dUUA6pWGB3C_x9L8DbtilFOpA-Pzr-ps/s1600-h/PICT0115.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-a-l5i8FlvdZkKZCWu6VpxW8i8-nAeXr-vyNHXWnDjgnhO4dH8qZB_QKmTRBtuAK-ImvKw8n3bgZRHTsCadqIBHQ4TmQA42gUbM-6nNiq94dUUA6pWGB3C_x9L8DbtilFOpA-Pzr-ps/s320/PICT0115.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253911255675377010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhq_U-W2vc4dItHCU9oPJ9gMarIkGFuJAgmxIvBmV-xsdi3SOrvYT_3xWJyH_lgEJxMwOrjY-lzD12e1AJsKAZrOFiX5h8k5JxL-_MeFzZdmWkpoIwV4SSlCmmXVN92WUES5ikfZ6384/s1600-h/PICT0114.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhq_U-W2vc4dItHCU9oPJ9gMarIkGFuJAgmxIvBmV-xsdi3SOrvYT_3xWJyH_lgEJxMwOrjY-lzD12e1AJsKAZrOFiX5h8k5JxL-_MeFzZdmWkpoIwV4SSlCmmXVN92WUES5ikfZ6384/s320/PICT0114.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253911261596397522" /></a><br /><br /><br />We have also done lots of playing with playdoh using the new mats I printed and laminated. Here the kids are making faces for their people.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpcL0QXZ2p-1VrUgvTtrar79njG6_QbYqDbcZ9zWBUk0gym99XuOzmxEQlJ_O-R7pjAKNZ3CMyqe2x5vtOc-ERvzqifSbvaH2R-bPbpQinisIU1MuUbzcOFcEHzbzeVYZ_63aima5k1o/s1600-h/PICT0121.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpcL0QXZ2p-1VrUgvTtrar79njG6_QbYqDbcZ9zWBUk0gym99XuOzmxEQlJ_O-R7pjAKNZ3CMyqe2x5vtOc-ERvzqifSbvaH2R-bPbpQinisIU1MuUbzcOFcEHzbzeVYZ_63aima5k1o/s320/PICT0121.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253912486934199586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsvvu1TO0MPPx5CY4tSTZ_fJ4e6JHLLP1JI59tWsJO6Rc94xYsNH3kKosA9e8RRgTwkvPMnbjtgH-V4sQc3hyphenhyphenlQrsHzcFxZXIMaYvXmYelqHFZnH3uX3qvBUsmOoZ8tHHzRLbe_nEPWw/s1600-h/PICT0123.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsvvu1TO0MPPx5CY4tSTZ_fJ4e6JHLLP1JI59tWsJO6Rc94xYsNH3kKosA9e8RRgTwkvPMnbjtgH-V4sQc3hyphenhyphenlQrsHzcFxZXIMaYvXmYelqHFZnH3uX3qvBUsmOoZ8tHHzRLbe_nEPWw/s320/PICT0123.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253912493057395298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qZHlSEWPg7X-GWErnmy2aTcBtTxK3R2kcVM_HDeqIbu_b2JPgkpw3NgJH29HaCLsgEtSsSBfVMTByneZapqnTBs0Wnlo9t1cpUk4WPpWCPevP4HYvZ1b4imH-JjxOOGsUHxdMnz8Ff0/s1600-h/PICT0124.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qZHlSEWPg7X-GWErnmy2aTcBtTxK3R2kcVM_HDeqIbu_b2JPgkpw3NgJH29HaCLsgEtSsSBfVMTByneZapqnTBs0Wnlo9t1cpUk4WPpWCPevP4HYvZ1b4imH-JjxOOGsUHxdMnz8Ff0/s320/PICT0124.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253912496469844578" /></a><br /><br />To check out what others are doing for tot school, click <a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-73842033996422716492008-10-05T02:14:00.001-07:002008-10-05T02:24:19.892-07:00Liana-isms!Everyday I look at my little girl and realise she is not so little anymore. She will be 5 in January - how did that happen?? The baby toys have gone, the nappies are now a distant memory she is reading and writing and coming out with information that I don't even know. Then every now and then she will say one of those cute little words that she hasn't quite gotten the hang of and I resist the urge to correct her and just enjoy those last few baby things.<br /><br />Here are some of the few remaining Liana-isms that I hope stay for a while longer!!<br />poofrints - footprints<br />squashed lemons - lemon squash<br />badulk - adult<br />rainbrella - umbrella<br /><br />I know there are more but can't remember them now. I will add them as I remember or hear them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-51479373596030074772008-09-28T23:04:00.000-07:002008-09-28T23:35:50.075-07:00Tot School<a href="http://lapbooksbycarisa.homestead.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Tot School" src="http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/carisahinson/Tot-School.gif"/></a><br /><br />It's that time of week again. We did sooooo much this week that I didn't have time to get photos of everything, but we had a great time. We went to the zoo, which was a bit disappointing as we went to check out the Australian animals and the reptile house, fairy penguins and several others were closed for renovations...sigh...Never mind we'll just have to go back another day.<br /><br />We also visited Kalamunda History Village. All the photos for that are in the post below.<br /><br />Our theme for Tot school this week was combined with Liana's Five in a Row book - Katy no Pocket. So we did all things kangaroo!!<br /><br />We learned how far kangaroos can jump and then tried to see if we could jump that far.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXEZVRkF7zA2aCDht3RDGzu1w-ABVs36QvyR3PiFA8EPua-iwTplSyIibHaycPE5ZpaRaeVYmFaB-i2g1IS2ZH5rhdSiRbZy43JSr-XGnxlmL6sZbamfu8QTVzvK95sivZ8uzdD1IqnCA/s1600-h/PICT0059.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXEZVRkF7zA2aCDht3RDGzu1w-ABVs36QvyR3PiFA8EPua-iwTplSyIibHaycPE5ZpaRaeVYmFaB-i2g1IS2ZH5rhdSiRbZy43JSr-XGnxlmL6sZbamfu8QTVzvK95sivZ8uzdD1IqnCA/s320/PICT0059.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251322781140196370" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmEZTFdWl-3dsh2Xw8ND-BcDn-eXwQ2kZVdDnx5yn3Zi5Z3AGpHvcYUXp3kYpl_maS2bhItDglz_CUPaUODwa7_tyWb3zwf28xsDrHtkleEDwJEybVXbAO7LBlIM8JA252VdBbJkvUGY/s1600-h/PICT0057.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmEZTFdWl-3dsh2Xw8ND-BcDn-eXwQ2kZVdDnx5yn3Zi5Z3AGpHvcYUXp3kYpl_maS2bhItDglz_CUPaUODwa7_tyWb3zwf28xsDrHtkleEDwJEybVXbAO7LBlIM8JA252VdBbJkvUGY/s320/PICT0057.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251322784940300194" /></a><br />We tried carrying around all our baby animals in our pockets just like Katy did!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL25eKxJszk-rJ9osOV_vERbSONLFYwXc0Fy0Be69gEQjC6cK-ZLovrYbVKSnFUxvEdWBO27QpNVg0RtRQZSvm_bjSlFZRuCjaYfPPc4SLSmMOGq8ZZmJr6BUmdguFbcXvKuP68Ml4Glc/s1600-h/PICT0061.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL25eKxJszk-rJ9osOV_vERbSONLFYwXc0Fy0Be69gEQjC6cK-ZLovrYbVKSnFUxvEdWBO27QpNVg0RtRQZSvm_bjSlFZRuCjaYfPPc4SLSmMOGq8ZZmJr6BUmdguFbcXvKuP68Ml4Glc/s320/PICT0061.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251323897046941554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8A-OvmpDCI339iL2Qjuxr-TVB9XnJzU5VCbonKDndG65B3k4hEQBDisY0TTCPlFJBGWMxtFuyjXsim-ZgPYQ3OqNl7x0TZhBiOkwjYbLUqKuvVqAc9Dt2GlcmVr4TzKiAUlQWCj_Vjjs/s1600-h/PICT0062.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8A-OvmpDCI339iL2Qjuxr-TVB9XnJzU5VCbonKDndG65B3k4hEQBDisY0TTCPlFJBGWMxtFuyjXsim-ZgPYQ3OqNl7x0TZhBiOkwjYbLUqKuvVqAc9Dt2GlcmVr4TzKiAUlQWCj_Vjjs/s320/PICT0062.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251323905444387570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmBw2dgmRrPVZZWInGlfdoCdPD1gbpeBsvRFpbMPe-fq92qmbwBJV-ncaj6UeRREuzdIj9hMoC4P2AeG8-v-tBGgBv3xfiqNCFDdkOpl6WWNQd7X2Ojdns5QnZiU-ZlP1P7BD5WYAQWA/s1600-h/PICT0063.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmBw2dgmRrPVZZWInGlfdoCdPD1gbpeBsvRFpbMPe-fq92qmbwBJV-ncaj6UeRREuzdIj9hMoC4P2AeG8-v-tBGgBv3xfiqNCFDdkOpl6WWNQd7X2Ojdns5QnZiU-ZlP1P7BD5WYAQWA/s320/PICT0063.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251323913278839810" /></a><br /><br />We did some kangaroo crafts. Although Liam was more interested in how high he could stack his crayons.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcuQjfk1H-nSZ2JZC_JGfbOs1Nr2YfT3CZix0cN-hjVQk8TVcNZSRayAlFPN1JXqgQO9ZsLwN8rNFdKi2KNRVj7S4_DpMUYw-NlHGMU51JpAyqIK3Fdl94-hlLvz0pY0VcuT5V5GTn__g/s1600-h/PICT0069.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcuQjfk1H-nSZ2JZC_JGfbOs1Nr2YfT3CZix0cN-hjVQk8TVcNZSRayAlFPN1JXqgQO9ZsLwN8rNFdKi2KNRVj7S4_DpMUYw-NlHGMU51JpAyqIK3Fdl94-hlLvz0pY0VcuT5V5GTn__g/s320/PICT0069.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251325135845832834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPrNzyMvGa9hzJi25t2TvK5EKObD7UEDM6oPGuD2xM3ri1z7B2MltlFBLbBwoZX3imQwQbdDNMeVXyjwXndsdu5qBiPh62WwQxMh1lFC4EcUdtQKYHsfitt1FQJsmOM8fSCuNMT90wuo/s1600-h/PICT0067.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPrNzyMvGa9hzJi25t2TvK5EKObD7UEDM6oPGuD2xM3ri1z7B2MltlFBLbBwoZX3imQwQbdDNMeVXyjwXndsdu5qBiPh62WwQxMh1lFC4EcUdtQKYHsfitt1FQJsmOM8fSCuNMT90wuo/s320/PICT0067.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251325142877939794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiQfKmi5TzmVyp77jHoUjUbDHkh0-avLY-Bdx30q_p7fV0ZCGBxG6D5tY2G2zuDp3ouMXP3jkzyr7GvYhF6e1VmsrZtYDcReMKTQO55_EvdpB2a0ow16MoMX78ErQ8u-afy1MADV5yr0/s1600-h/PICT0068.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiQfKmi5TzmVyp77jHoUjUbDHkh0-avLY-Bdx30q_p7fV0ZCGBxG6D5tY2G2zuDp3ouMXP3jkzyr7GvYhF6e1VmsrZtYDcReMKTQO55_EvdpB2a0ow16MoMX78ErQ8u-afy1MADV5yr0/s320/PICT0068.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251325145576568114" /></a><br /><br />We played some games with the tool cards from the story. We named them, matched them, hid them and then carried them around for the rest of the day. Liam likes his tools even when they are just pictures!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4snKSL_wH7KPZIjWgdGFSd4KV1dQHKeqgr5mOltrcMS000SuNdQ5XkFI2O9jPifDj_H4ju_2roQaYtUGePhlZZ3RBdhjX7gx-GJ86pCevPp8C6dt7w8s77OXb_x6UnfbH3syaGnnFZY/s1600-h/PICT0070.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4snKSL_wH7KPZIjWgdGFSd4KV1dQHKeqgr5mOltrcMS000SuNdQ5XkFI2O9jPifDj_H4ju_2roQaYtUGePhlZZ3RBdhjX7gx-GJ86pCevPp8C6dt7w8s77OXb_x6UnfbH3syaGnnFZY/s320/PICT0070.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251326642683421666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxwLEpmqEwdGIi8PsOHu0BUuxhd8ary4O1UWZucYWvjhKlnZMEO-Rn7ddqMJBhjPB_k6t_83XGjEmNZyEpkn2MO7E0pPd0GhwLXNtmLFaAHB8F8b1VjW-DjTPXX4inYqhyXp4otoLvJc/s1600-h/PICT0071.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxwLEpmqEwdGIi8PsOHu0BUuxhd8ary4O1UWZucYWvjhKlnZMEO-Rn7ddqMJBhjPB_k6t_83XGjEmNZyEpkn2MO7E0pPd0GhwLXNtmLFaAHB8F8b1VjW-DjTPXX4inYqhyXp4otoLvJc/s320/PICT0071.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251326651731214930" /></a><br /><br />And then our little chef cooked us dinner....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5baQas1uxBPI9t36lTdOrww0RVtZyIr0h8o7cNOjqBlKQn4ZCxhd5ws9N5YghocIy3j9kIhW9gBVtDGzd7QjUc3QijlAwsNwsVr5RIKR1hDWVHU5fN7xpWB110ydAMR_a922GXNaG3GM/s1600-h/PICT0064.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5baQas1uxBPI9t36lTdOrww0RVtZyIr0h8o7cNOjqBlKQn4ZCxhd5ws9N5YghocIy3j9kIhW9gBVtDGzd7QjUc3QijlAwsNwsVr5RIKR1hDWVHU5fN7xpWB110ydAMR_a922GXNaG3GM/s320/PICT0064.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251327657990520114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5kdC5zNBuJhUmFpW6a_pxaneLAHWkRn0d04RkilZ6uNooU88di8bUD3w3ycBLH9pU4uPxRCQCs4qwW3rUVh8PWaBkSon72T4FKJeRg7WGxgsFLdzElWaeAETF5LoVs2JadJ81Ct9y-8/s1600-h/PICT0065.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5kdC5zNBuJhUmFpW6a_pxaneLAHWkRn0d04RkilZ6uNooU88di8bUD3w3ycBLH9pU4uPxRCQCs4qwW3rUVh8PWaBkSon72T4FKJeRg7WGxgsFLdzElWaeAETF5LoVs2JadJ81Ct9y-8/s320/PICT0065.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251327664014490226" /></a><br /><br />To see what others have done this week for Tot School, check <a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-50015935315874559162008-09-26T06:40:00.000-07:002008-09-26T07:31:53.996-07:00Kalamunda History Village<div><embed src="http://widget-38.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=2522015791338751544&site=widget-38.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2522015791338751544&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-38.slide.com/p1/2522015791338751544/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2522015791338751544&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-38.slide.com/p2/2522015791338751544/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2522015791338751544&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-38.slide.com/p4/2522015791338751544/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><br />Yesterday we went to Kalamunda History Village with our homeschool kindy group. It rained the entire time we were there but it was such a great day. I can't wait to go back on a dry day so we can stay and do some more exploring. I barely saw Liana while we were there because she adopted our tour guide and her umbrella and stuck to her like glue the whole time!! Even Liam enjoyed it because there was an old steam train and some tools and tractors - what more could a boy want?.<br /><br />Here are some of the higlights of the day:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgoklMrAMqLzFMAAu3gl0V-jPYed0LmqxjxvYFjBeQjPpS1BigXrll2pdTkHXUfgKcioFBy6iWy_q3ZEMw8FON6iA75Bpa9nzKpbV-IZDnUTlcyLv-7N-7hFnu1WjNf5MpHhsAxgXmLE/s1600-h/PICT0077.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgoklMrAMqLzFMAAu3gl0V-jPYed0LmqxjxvYFjBeQjPpS1BigXrll2pdTkHXUfgKcioFBy6iWy_q3ZEMw8FON6iA75Bpa9nzKpbV-IZDnUTlcyLv-7N-7hFnu1WjNf5MpHhsAxgXmLE/s320/PICT0077.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250327410260606034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmu8qjUqbDqMSc8cwahIGh7lAEDLJyNL7RqGRrT-FmjnrU_zHdvkYqdrjE5TPkgjo4OiNhgI2L7fcl6VqH23SK_1JoywIwj4gnhjgd5dA84h7Eh9r8yTI1FKITCwOvLUlUbRLNNGitsA/s1600-h/PICT0074.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSV0dIBJ7-6i0fh7RmE0djE8THRXaavxSSCEV9LmUSCJKoD1kjzfWZlExPy4XuVZ_IF2DFD7kkDgzy-mxL2WUMrDwaw4s_QsS_T9ajuwdD9Kmj5odLZxTsQhdQBiYoWFC14QK1Pp2W1bg/s320/PICT0075.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250327422784122562" /></a><br />Handwashing, wringing and ironing the clothes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XpktCfBduhec2wmezTBMvZwuF22PBf8tg7KaTAaf_KG7UYCDjYRQZC4kbSnX9FMbG_enp3JiFOK4Cf3tX6LxVh5BDDi6gti3paOBdycz7w_S-Oz_-NFGHkF_DZpQOUDhY5ZeUwVxoko/s1600-h/PICT0080.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XpktCfBduhec2wmezTBMvZwuF22PBf8tg7KaTAaf_KG7UYCDjYRQZC4kbSnX9FMbG_enp3JiFOK4Cf3tX6LxVh5BDDi6gti3paOBdycz7w_S-Oz_-NFGHkF_DZpQOUDhY5ZeUwVxoko/s320/PICT0080.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250328057594782242" /></a><br />Stencilling labels for fruit boxes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmi1q_dH-ldPdPJxZsM3NFM8Qj66l2Z-3eb0FnhPVScvEWzzJGnIACvWfg0pAeA0KFr8jUdNqhWl_CnvZszgB35MNhfLjwQH9munpaf2_S6GEv5xT0nn6yWJ3fYDNQX77VwHRSw54j_o/s1600-h/PICT0081.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcydBANpKrPkGS_D2HMfJVt5d6ixW2MtnN9iQs6OjMyQijZeutwpMI6-bputsVnBMQqoSLWV8jR9IxjRVn8UjTtLzKoozPgaONi7EaTmYc1zLMq7BsWjbk0rfyuNT8vKqIgad7LHqwxIk/s320/PICT0107.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250334980231573970" /></a><br />Playing some "olden days" games<br /><br /><br /><br />And Liam's all time favourite........<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqW2Md7ZR2kfOoy0bnf3_QJR2fE6A3dwWMuJFg6UoOM1te2-ArWIZ9Z7s41d1uiiOLN5qG55Hy2nLB2OdUk66OZo275yBfgWGYahbGL173V1wkof1bswahs1QJgrO21ZIxbLybaB2VXDw/s1600-h/PICT0095.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqW2Md7ZR2kfOoy0bnf3_QJR2fE6A3dwWMuJFg6UoOM1te2-ArWIZ9Z7s41d1uiiOLN5qG55Hy2nLB2OdUk66OZo275yBfgWGYahbGL173V1wkof1bswahs1QJgrO21ZIxbLybaB2VXDw/s320/PICT0095.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250336241691080866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWsg-vIGNMyH6aT3pF8HpBlulJoz1_DgVCA57j4y1jbqkn-7gtY8cq6uSSUgzJX1T-vEOJ1_cWh5SCX3cIwsYl3vQiIMR2IS3WQ89KWXyB6aUyDV9A4bS8BfLRBH_Nbq2967am3Po-IM/s1600-h/PICT0097.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWsg-vIGNMyH6aT3pF8HpBlulJoz1_DgVCA57j4y1jbqkn-7gtY8cq6uSSUgzJX1T-vEOJ1_cWh5SCX3cIwsYl3vQiIMR2IS3WQ89KWXyB6aUyDV9A4bS8BfLRBH_Nbq2967am3Po-IM/s320/PICT0097.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250336251367391074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHB8-1s_9L4go1lt7d6duBG8c_JCKMun4qLxi4dHiPr8SdTqPmmWC5ka6jKK9EU4Xec-cOldbyzBDXpz8aktuqtKgLvsGn3l5Ijii3RL5I8CjyPUzMH407ilTHHP0bRGypqqByQZc_cg/s1600-h/PICT0099.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHB8-1s_9L4go1lt7d6duBG8c_JCKMun4qLxi4dHiPr8SdTqPmmWC5ka6jKK9EU4Xec-cOldbyzBDXpz8aktuqtKgLvsGn3l5Ijii3RL5I8CjyPUzMH407ilTHHP0bRGypqqByQZc_cg/s320/PICT0099.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250336258888618226" /></a><br />The old steam train. <br /><br />At this point it was pouring with rain and the train was not undercover, but there was no way Liam was going to miss out on driving the train, after all, he had been waiting all morning!! I had to stand in the rain to get these photos and by the time I managed to drag the kids off we were all soaking wet. Needless to say, at that point we headed home!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-73399861055087197392008-09-22T05:13:00.000-07:002008-09-22T17:14:06.614-07:00TOT SCHOOL<a href="http://lapbooksbycarisa.homestead.com/TotSchool.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Tot School" src="http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/carisahinson/Tot-School.gif"/></a><br /><br />This week our theme was Humpty Dumpty. Apart from singing the nursery rhyme waaaay too many times we also acted it our with our plastic eggs and block walls. We cooked eggs for breakfast with toast soldiers, looked at different animals that come out of eggs and did some Humpty crafts.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOumgbQL60OYMj1GbEmRiXgQx_OGmyM5pJKdbedCN50iJH1PRsaVtHZlP_nUZWhWNa8sge1AIoTCmG9Zxlr9sneP1keJc4qXhRXRBm5GMgiFHZdXWKy8sDPwNJ6540d7tmGgzk9fQJOoM/s1600-h/PICT0028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOumgbQL60OYMj1GbEmRiXgQx_OGmyM5pJKdbedCN50iJH1PRsaVtHZlP_nUZWhWNa8sge1AIoTCmG9Zxlr9sneP1keJc4qXhRXRBm5GMgiFHZdXWKy8sDPwNJ6540d7tmGgzk9fQJOoM/s320/PICT0028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248819156758208418" /></a><br /><br />We also did some cooking..........<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsXlHrAfx3BNhe-4uzVmEYS_9odo4IvIq97Bg4hUOA9JTxdsP-tcrMrG3VE_Jm4nG8a2EIMFpDuLC1JjqgPCJkVdg7hqwx3_PnM_hf-cTUQYe7GXiBgfWTSWt_SQ29R2x2ALUalgXPRU/s1600-h/PICT0025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsXlHrAfx3BNhe-4uzVmEYS_9odo4IvIq97Bg4hUOA9JTxdsP-tcrMrG3VE_Jm4nG8a2EIMFpDuLC1JjqgPCJkVdg7hqwx3_PnM_hf-cTUQYe7GXiBgfWTSWt_SQ29R2x2ALUalgXPRU/s320/PICT0025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248820219347498834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIGUxxZ6Hlv6xWu7TooZtiknIA-4ZqD7EMLVia1jUk-wNndxxQpJoriQIJD9fMmNv_oGnSc5J-s9t7iKqRJoA12EFUAJ7WC9-9IEeSRod9hXF1OPxNnkYNvYVqT50uHKaASf9vc5wCAs/s1600-h/PICT0027.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIGUxxZ6Hlv6xWu7TooZtiknIA-4ZqD7EMLVia1jUk-wNndxxQpJoriQIJD9fMmNv_oGnSc5J-s9t7iKqRJoA12EFUAJ7WC9-9IEeSRod9hXF1OPxNnkYNvYVqT50uHKaASf9vc5wCAs/s320/PICT0027.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248820224317282802" /></a><br /><br />......and played with the playdoh. Liana decided to make Jesus on the cross and then proceeded to tell us that we couldn't "smoosh"it but had to keep it forever and ever and Liam, well he's still trying to see if he can get away with eating the stuff, sigh.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8E2XYAgzP0Q9feqrBoGID6itUDtflj1xuplh1A6jgyFImhRiPnoGb3xtSyWStxLd6mg5ry3nUF28J5fOh73wR88t1WOLIAOwbCY0WTQ62hJ3alTbOTxrVWk4Mw51_CbQVGujsFMxJKcA/s1600-h/PICT0049.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8E2XYAgzP0Q9feqrBoGID6itUDtflj1xuplh1A6jgyFImhRiPnoGb3xtSyWStxLd6mg5ry3nUF28J5fOh73wR88t1WOLIAOwbCY0WTQ62hJ3alTbOTxrVWk4Mw51_CbQVGujsFMxJKcA/s320/PICT0049.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248822339439402050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFkBQS9fEsijonCUV64QrfdGrTPW_1KIT1RxFbE-f1DCtbhVo2uXg0-sS4CJ-TXbzFv-JaWo8Q-O3rC9bPggXLY9YG5DqZaa67sNd8YlEH4fjcgbgKYEcLbdjXjcMmJdXUg5OthmtJ2w/s1600-h/PICT0054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFkBQS9fEsijonCUV64QrfdGrTPW_1KIT1RxFbE-f1DCtbhVo2uXg0-sS4CJ-TXbzFv-JaWo8Q-O3rC9bPggXLY9YG5DqZaa67sNd8YlEH4fjcgbgKYEcLbdjXjcMmJdXUg5OthmtJ2w/s320/PICT0054.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248822344109601666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_fuYxpy-x0Bw480jka5K5T6loDIaAPWZktyozkd0t-vstCMhKyg1ISRC7jfRV3xtK2rvF_3C_sSrQmnPZVkajH3MOexK9umgN0OpftVdNverxTz9DkC2VjYCK8i6ZYwnClRzeNmg5es/s1600-h/PICT0052.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_fuYxpy-x0Bw480jka5K5T6loDIaAPWZktyozkd0t-vstCMhKyg1ISRC7jfRV3xtK2rvF_3C_sSrQmnPZVkajH3MOexK9umgN0OpftVdNverxTz9DkC2VjYCK8i6ZYwnClRzeNmg5es/s320/PICT0052.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248822348302880482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6R0TNF-sVWBU-gQcxgRqQG92qAbB4CGFLbQ6qNHZ-aCb_TiLlgIFZuiFbMPTX6GrjHe7De0gX_lVI6HA_qPZ_PCsDmcMl8gOTgLupTPh_pa4-_XQIbqRhptDToszq9Mbq1S65icUDWLQ/s1600-h/PICT0053.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6R0TNF-sVWBU-gQcxgRqQG92qAbB4CGFLbQ6qNHZ-aCb_TiLlgIFZuiFbMPTX6GrjHe7De0gX_lVI6HA_qPZ_PCsDmcMl8gOTgLupTPh_pa4-_XQIbqRhptDToszq9Mbq1S65icUDWLQ/s320/PICT0053.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248822351472519410" /></a><br /><br />To see what others have done for Tot School this week, click <a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2008/09/tot-school-florida-style.html">here</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-68493742424359331152008-09-18T22:35:00.000-07:002008-09-19T00:30:54.730-07:00Our Week With PingThese last 2 weeks we have been reading The Story About Ping for our FIAR book. This is such a cute story and we had so much fun. <br /><br />We made our own Wise Eyed boat for our family of rubber ducks, played with ducks and boats in our sensory tub, went to the lake to look for Ping and then had a picnic with the swans instead and painted with the feathers we found there.<br /><br />We also learned about China because that is where Ping lived. We found out what our name was in Chinese and how to write it, tried to copy the numbers 1-10 in Chinese, found China on the map and coloured in a Chinese flag. This weekend we are going to try our some chopsticks when we have Chinese for Grandad's birthday.<br /><br />Here is a look at some of the fun things we did this week!<br /><br /><p style="visibility:visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widget-cc.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" height="320" width="426" style="width:426px;height:320px"><param name="movie" value="http://widget-cc.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="salign" value="l" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/> <param name="flashvars" value="cy=ms&il=1&channel=2666130979413915596&site=widget-cc.slide.com"/></object><p style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=2666130979413915596&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-cc.slide.com/p1/2666130979413915596/ms_t062_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=2666130979413915596&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-cc.slide.com/p2/2666130979413915596/ms_t062_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=2666130979413915596&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-cc.slide.com/p4/2666130979413915596/ms_t062_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-29374912055965192742008-09-15T03:20:00.000-07:002008-09-19T00:28:51.573-07:00TOT SCHOOLOur theme for Tot School this week was ducks. Liana and I were reading Ping for our FIAR book so it tied in perfectly. Unfortunately we were too busy to get many photos. By the time I thought about it we were on to something else. So what did we do....<br /><br />WEll, we hatched ducks out of plastic eggs, glued feathers onto duck pictures, learned about the letter d. Sang and acted out duck rhymes and songs, had rubber ducks and water for our sensory table, painted with feathers and went for a trip to a duck pond to find some ducks.<br /><br />Here are some photos of our feather painting and trip to the lake.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Bfc14AHH4Ywp3DeMCZRHKvOB7bYRzekwOr2VkJJuKBaSj_AoYc3l_aLEugWBcGx-E88L-z1kMsvlPnAoKzGwRAH7oQCGvaBKd5_h_HBRREmHVw30FauCXC_19wF25OXh27yCKUBGy5A/s1600-h/PICT0278.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Bfc14AHH4Ywp3DeMCZRHKvOB7bYRzekwOr2VkJJuKBaSj_AoYc3l_aLEugWBcGx-E88L-z1kMsvlPnAoKzGwRAH7oQCGvaBKd5_h_HBRREmHVw30FauCXC_19wF25OXh27yCKUBGy5A/s320/PICT0278.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246194587094591618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIRTWty78NJCyt3ARLOFVEHS3BtTs-J_tCoymZjUjoW-4JfVnH0qB8EfyKMVVRPtY8sJok6swoikypGkSPMmR5NeSud8drtlydVq3PnIEwOEDqjXF9p8_-03kxxg_G6JHC34uR09lHhc/s1600-h/PICT0283.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIRTWty78NJCyt3ARLOFVEHS3BtTs-J_tCoymZjUjoW-4JfVnH0qB8EfyKMVVRPtY8sJok6swoikypGkSPMmR5NeSud8drtlydVq3PnIEwOEDqjXF9p8_-03kxxg_G6JHC34uR09lHhc/s320/PICT0283.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246194596505105154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKWX2Q1EdWiAc1_8uGUkzd5HddbnmscQ2PnzugAbjuSHVwmvVhXaWb9v6K9ilcDL68NbyEajqOMST025z6IcFYpD9oi059UwtR02V9FEQJajaQBtIa9IwvHargU_N7dQYPgpuhurv64U/s1600-h/PICT0288.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKWX2Q1EdWiAc1_8uGUkzd5HddbnmscQ2PnzugAbjuSHVwmvVhXaWb9v6K9ilcDL68NbyEajqOMST025z6IcFYpD9oi059UwtR02V9FEQJajaQBtIa9IwvHargU_N7dQYPgpuhurv64U/s320/PICT0288.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246194600274940482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHuPpJnVhjQvNP-VofexXGfzZ8K9QhWNqvK3dlfui_fN6MGbzqPzq9OZO7sJ2MGjWlaMbfNfHNsGvjtqCbE3ICXGW9GfIw6PvrHYr_J-pDFEiX393eoD28E4ClAtRizF0zWSSbsR8iPw/s1600-h/PICT0293.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHuPpJnVhjQvNP-VofexXGfzZ8K9QhWNqvK3dlfui_fN6MGbzqPzq9OZO7sJ2MGjWlaMbfNfHNsGvjtqCbE3ICXGW9GfIw6PvrHYr_J-pDFEiX393eoD28E4ClAtRizF0zWSSbsR8iPw/s320/PICT0293.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246194606364476802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqEGhpXC7-fHE__1eWO7x-Eg7cnOJ7YVtp0NxXV7QpOAvzlm8gpIN9IH6FwuuuzAfkqtnXfeN8ePxUtLG2NTCum_G7ctjvItbP6wJg2wNw2BPMC4oHt1Ije-RxNgRu4dB0xcmBbv26Zw/s1600-h/PICT0311.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqEGhpXC7-fHE__1eWO7x-Eg7cnOJ7YVtp0NxXV7QpOAvzlm8gpIN9IH6FwuuuzAfkqtnXfeN8ePxUtLG2NTCum_G7ctjvItbP6wJg2wNw2BPMC4oHt1Ije-RxNgRu4dB0xcmBbv26Zw/s320/PICT0311.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246194609926489202" /></a><br /><br />Click <a href="http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/search/label/Tot%20School">here</a> to see what other people have done for tot school this week.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-24512057070770083022008-09-11T21:24:00.000-07:002008-09-19T00:29:31.310-07:00Little BallerinaSo, Liana has been desperate to start ballet for the last 6 months. No idea where she got this obsession from. We have never talked about or watched any ballet. Anyway, the dress ups were no longer enough, it had to be "real ballet". So last week she had her first class and absolutely loved it. I'm still undecided if this is a good or bad thing!!!!!. Her first words when she came out of the class were, "I looooove Miss Mel, can we do this every day?" and all week, "Is it Saturday today, Mama?"<br /><br />So $140 later here she is in all her pink glory, minus the ribbons on the shoes that I am yet to sew on!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfmNnXLBX4fXwQpLxFXf-oBjUTjYLzFrYXlSASSCpBSSANEvSsHeis7VnJv0u-_96aASvXP-Of_NN0jksfKM_0_YxHEIdu2GW7GMzIAWdRGnnKmiShHxpPr2dzyeL1TiqS4AwkhGHuUw/s1600-h/PICT0266.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfmNnXLBX4fXwQpLxFXf-oBjUTjYLzFrYXlSASSCpBSSANEvSsHeis7VnJv0u-_96aASvXP-Of_NN0jksfKM_0_YxHEIdu2GW7GMzIAWdRGnnKmiShHxpPr2dzyeL1TiqS4AwkhGHuUw/s320/PICT0266.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244988766668912722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRwj4EmfUUCY99rqg-pVmPznyedfz4CnzRKECn1kqQD7y2SDwpAgT3ivv9lIcVAXLWmFNRN8bB3ciW-zjhb5w0CzckDOPw_vMSfj4EMN2E6EvFAZt8VrGjJ7wmVGMqZQLfIlADChRSSo/s1600-h/PICT0269.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRwj4EmfUUCY99rqg-pVmPznyedfz4CnzRKECn1kqQD7y2SDwpAgT3ivv9lIcVAXLWmFNRN8bB3ciW-zjhb5w0CzckDOPw_vMSfj4EMN2E6EvFAZt8VrGjJ7wmVGMqZQLfIlADChRSSo/s320/PICT0269.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244988777020990386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnr4_BpFj16vKdtEgShGcDOLUj_G2owN1Lpy7x5voeN4vQJfjiP6AEFKzDAxsuqoTOdOk9DSpIfFh3dpfOHZXO7TBHLtETMql0V2ITJjDTIHCOPwyyWhMe9TJLrwHgTkrakm5stYu0hc/s1600-h/PICT0270.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnr4_BpFj16vKdtEgShGcDOLUj_G2owN1Lpy7x5voeN4vQJfjiP6AEFKzDAxsuqoTOdOk9DSpIfFh3dpfOHZXO7TBHLtETMql0V2ITJjDTIHCOPwyyWhMe9TJLrwHgTkrakm5stYu0hc/s320/PICT0270.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244988783817735074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKecuatrtKHRUg1HMo_ERbyzw72BGSc3sudqABfBaUFTaNiRlMTQw7raTtqPhQ6CBhF3hYkseztKfjteldI5CtsoGhHpLprfQ_XAoxy4qOOQ6NlzNsj-ZiPKOyIAR9oT1ayDhC_UV5r0/s1600-h/PICT0268.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKecuatrtKHRUg1HMo_ERbyzw72BGSc3sudqABfBaUFTaNiRlMTQw7raTtqPhQ6CBhF3hYkseztKfjteldI5CtsoGhHpLprfQ_XAoxy4qOOQ6NlzNsj-ZiPKOyIAR9oT1ayDhC_UV5r0/s320/PICT0268.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244988790320531282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_JlkBDE6F5QtliOz96D9jvp2iGtZ3-EwGGHsWQPoxgzl0-aZwI2O_e-lPGTNBwJh8g_a7Sn4pWHLJAx4_771ybqAK4Y4cplDyupplti5m5IzcFdlD_CED7Fcnzg6cthPBo9oEKtv1vE/s1600-h/PICT0267.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_JlkBDE6F5QtliOz96D9jvp2iGtZ3-EwGGHsWQPoxgzl0-aZwI2O_e-lPGTNBwJh8g_a7Sn4pWHLJAx4_771ybqAK4Y4cplDyupplti5m5IzcFdlD_CED7Fcnzg6cthPBo9oEKtv1vE/s320/PICT0267.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244988797048829314" /></a><br /><br />OOPS!!!! Can't figure out to turn them around, but you get the general idea!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-61688372315715011442008-09-09T22:21:00.001-07:002008-09-19T00:29:47.662-07:00WORDLESS WEDNESDAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhuED6NVeg1SS20l6XUF6qF91pKSltEhcjuojW0Ca4bcPu8C3s-5sea7jn5aqcUQ2xR0dKaQjt8ScpDDBRv1lrLE5DIipokGtUrqwu-FH5YePUJgn-S_Uaym3WowpVBwENudmHloTits/s1600-h/IMG_0407.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhuED6NVeg1SS20l6XUF6qF91pKSltEhcjuojW0Ca4bcPu8C3s-5sea7jn5aqcUQ2xR0dKaQjt8ScpDDBRv1lrLE5DIipokGtUrqwu-FH5YePUJgn-S_Uaym3WowpVBwENudmHloTits/s400/IMG_0407.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244259267649111042" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-20023961072070238502008-09-09T21:51:00.000-07:002008-09-09T22:02:21.166-07:00I'm Back!!Not that I ever really went away. I have had heaps to blog about, but I just hate blogging without photos to go with it. Unfortunately, the cord to download my pics from the camera died and then got lost hence, no posts. But, hubby has promised to pick up a card reader on his way home form work tonight so I can blog to my hearts content. Be prepared for an onslaught of photos!!!!<br /><br />So, what is new you ask?? Well here is a preview.....Liana had her first solo violin recital where she played Twinkle Twinkle. We have video footage to download cause I know you all are dying to hear a 4 year old play Twinkle on her violin!!! She also started ballet and has been very busy creating some great lapbooks with our FIAR books.<br /><br />We have started Totschool with Liam. Click <a href="http://lapbooksbycarisa.homestead.com/TotSchool.html">here</a> to find out more. This week we have been learning about ducks. He has also started having violin lessons with Liana's teacher. He's not quite ready for a real violin yet, although he thinks he is, so for now he has to be happy with the cardboard one!!<br /><br />We have moved house. We are gradually moving up into the hills. We are on a 1/2 acre bush block across the road from National Park. The kids call the backyard their forest. We've had roos in the front garden and possums in the tree. The house needs a lot of work but the setting is beautiful.<br /><br />So that is a brief update. Stay tuned for many, many, photos!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-12620070720282960572008-07-09T02:44:00.000-07:002008-09-19T00:31:17.034-07:00Nature JournalsOur homeschooling tends to be a mix of classical and Charlotte Mason Styles. One element that I have been trying to incorporate regularly is our nature journal. Liana loves going on nature walks and collecting things to put in her nature journal. I am trying to be more consistent with this and do it once a week. At the moment it is more sporadic!<br /><br />Here are some of Liana's journal entries from this year. She chooses what to put in her journal and then attempts to draw it or make a rubbing. All these drawing are her own work. Occasionally I will help her with something she is really stuck on. Then I ask her what she would like me to write about her find. This is normally along the lines of "It is beautiful. It is precious. I love it." We are slowly working on actually getting a description or some information about the topic, but for now I write whatever she may say!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMWshfZYCrLR_zb2smuz59mKLQSwpjqG9RgyiPcrErOTPAsI35nVAmtmnH8-PtBx3q5hnYW-bq8r2BQ0MNcTT689Y_ZXd24UYbnKoDLLyy_4Y-JGU7DonNuy75JKJU9hotICdng16Buc/s1600-h/PICT0223.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMWshfZYCrLR_zb2smuz59mKLQSwpjqG9RgyiPcrErOTPAsI35nVAmtmnH8-PtBx3q5hnYW-bq8r2BQ0MNcTT689Y_ZXd24UYbnKoDLLyy_4Y-JGU7DonNuy75JKJU9hotICdng16Buc/s400/PICT0223.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220952248789371986" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NUa5L0PFdVc1kANSNdkRVWWmkQaGXZcZb1sGpgX7IiEpQ2LoNB1lItKMzRoOOYKannWYfSrQSQ8fsbWVBNAq33RlMHA-asJvg_YeprpPqh-NwYFVgDUvewkfCXGZdp0Pg3Z8MoHd8fM/s1600-h/PICT0220.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NUa5L0PFdVc1kANSNdkRVWWmkQaGXZcZb1sGpgX7IiEpQ2LoNB1lItKMzRoOOYKannWYfSrQSQ8fsbWVBNAq33RlMHA-asJvg_YeprpPqh-NwYFVgDUvewkfCXGZdp0Pg3Z8MoHd8fM/s400/PICT0220.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220952254584382242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdx1jSR8Nen18oBBOItxby6GOLtxRLfwl16gjr7ksLL5kPemf22UvwbWWQSUoGcvV9hLFnIOsCkK96uAl2fw8hLYgoGMfNZaMrZHJP7FBUQkxWBgSeJCvXqKwiMVmgrmKj4BDyVDi_zA/s1600-h/PICT0218.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdx1jSR8Nen18oBBOItxby6GOLtxRLfwl16gjr7ksLL5kPemf22UvwbWWQSUoGcvV9hLFnIOsCkK96uAl2fw8hLYgoGMfNZaMrZHJP7FBUQkxWBgSeJCvXqKwiMVmgrmKj4BDyVDi_zA/s400/PICT0218.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220952255420778546" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBzS8vb4Vf2Lk2qe7ezgCEsnZY_4bLdSqgRoLLO5mne5inasay9cybWNUo7TrjA4nU9OKYcjIWSQ9HE-kn-TNy-BgzBk9EVElaFxwivfMNsNEzaIrZyvjwL7hBmBfGM4cx10b3nmYZ4Y/s1600-h/PICT0217.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBzS8vb4Vf2Lk2qe7ezgCEsnZY_4bLdSqgRoLLO5mne5inasay9cybWNUo7TrjA4nU9OKYcjIWSQ9HE-kn-TNy-BgzBk9EVElaFxwivfMNsNEzaIrZyvjwL7hBmBfGM4cx10b3nmYZ4Y/s400/PICT0217.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220952267162000498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_QLSiIj6KgB3ahyphenhyphenPNA2SpON61NYtoHnToNH0Al_caeEJ68VtfKympzmUQKBcuVJPZjo2M1w87aA-kL6D7H5jwCelsNKCJfxyx6kwvPSsgMGzlvhtywquq3gzsB0u-vHRpEB4yHx4c0E/s1600-h/PICT0216.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_QLSiIj6KgB3ahyphenhyphenPNA2SpON61NYtoHnToNH0Al_caeEJ68VtfKympzmUQKBcuVJPZjo2M1w87aA-kL6D7H5jwCelsNKCJfxyx6kwvPSsgMGzlvhtywquq3gzsB0u-vHRpEB4yHx4c0E/s400/PICT0216.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220952276330354690" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-91819273593142671192008-06-29T19:58:00.000-07:002008-09-19T00:31:23.209-07:00Best FriendsWell, it has been a while since I posted on this blog but htere is nothing like cute photos to inspire me back into blogging!<br /><br />Liam and Jack have been best buddies since the day we brought Jack home. I quite often find them cuddled up together on the lounge and more than once have had to kick Jack off his bed at night!<br /><br />Liam must really love Jack because he doesn't share his blankie with anyone but was quite happy to use it as a blanket to keep Jack warm the other day<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIG798weBAoI6v9b3YXc_YtMW1pkVW52OtiqrA3bASZerULx5YS-ohx8ULMRV_RE4ocOOgBuTXTL09hUY-xo-M8uAzFbLyCgwMlF8_Hd0PhbMo1APw_By_xcJByzCVgGVCm8v8OkvDSt0/s1600-h/PICT0203.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIG798weBAoI6v9b3YXc_YtMW1pkVW52OtiqrA3bASZerULx5YS-ohx8ULMRV_RE4ocOOgBuTXTL09hUY-xo-M8uAzFbLyCgwMlF8_Hd0PhbMo1APw_By_xcJByzCVgGVCm8v8OkvDSt0/s400/PICT0203.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217504869898624162" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130127047098458538.post-69072389544912848542008-05-10T07:08:00.000-07:002008-09-19T00:31:28.206-07:00Looking for a Reason to Homeschool??<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wN7QfjIcVvA&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wN7QfjIcVvA&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1