Decorating theTable for Christmas

November 22

What a great day....Wish we could've had family here for the holidays but it was still a wonderful day.  Filled with Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce and of course
PIE!!!! 

Thanksgiving is Tony's holiday.....not really because of the food (although he does love the food) but because Thanksgiving day is the "OFFICIAL" opening day of the ORDEAL.  Otherwise known as Duck Hunting Season.  Several years ago I named this season the ORDEAL because that's exactly what it is.  A huge ordeal consisting of several months (prior to season) planning.  How many decoys do we need?  Buy waders, blinds, bullets, building blinds, and on.....and on.... and on..... I'm sure you get the picture.

If you haven't ever watched the show before... check out "Duck Dynasty" it says it all.....

My favorite Thanksgiving tradition you ask?  Black Friday?  NOT IN THIS LIFETIME......
My favorite tradition is pulling out all the Christmas decorations and decorating. 

First order of business.  Out with the old decorations, in with the new ones.  Decorate the table for Christmas

Here's a picture of my table now.

Oreo Turkeys

Thursday is Thanksgiving  and tomorrow is the last day of the school week for Harley.
In honor of the holiday I am going to take the kids a special treat to school tomorrow.

Oreo turkeys....

Here's what I used to make them.

Each one is made out of

2 oreos
2 white chocolate chips
6 pieces of candy corn
1 reese's pb cup
1 malted milk ball
chocolate frosting
red gel
(I forgot the yellow frosting but it can be used for feet, you could also use another piece of cany corn for a nose)

I am going to put them on top of a cupcake so they have plenty to enjoy.

Setting the table for Thanksgiving.

Sorry I didn't get this posted last night there are just not enough hours in the day sometimes.

One of my favorite parts of the holidays is decorating and now that I have a formal dining room set I HAVE TO decorate it.  Not that I mind....

Happy Birthday Aimee

Another Fall tradition is for my good friend Aimee's birthday.  Her birthday was Friday and I was so busy I didn't get her gift made in time to give it to her on time, but I know she won't mind (since it's her favorite cheesecake). 

Chocolate/Peanut Butter/White Chocolate Cheesecake.......mmmmmmm..  I've made her one for the last 4 years and I hope she loves this years just as much as the past.....

I will be taking it to her tomorrow.....

Scarecrow gift bag

I love all things FALL....the cool weather, crisp clean air, the beautful colors, the pumpkins the scarecrows at the pumpkin patch, and the craft projects that you can do to celebrate the season are endless.

Here is one that we did with Harley's class for their Fall party last week.

You will need the following supplies to get started.

1 brown paper gift bag
1 sheet of each of colored foam (Yellow, Brown, Orange, Blue)
2 eyes
foam glue

If you would like the template for foam pieces send me a msg. on my email and I will send you the template via email.  My email address is a_daniels31@hotmail.com

Here's the final results

Supplies needed:

 

Step 1: Glue Hair on to bag.

 

Step 2: Glue Hat to the bag (over top of hair)

 

Step 3: Glue Blue hat band on to hat

 

Step 4: Glue Orange center to the center of the yellow flower

 

Step 5: Glue flower to hat band

 

Step 6: Glue blue scarf to bottom edge of bag.

 



 

Step 7: Glue scarf bow and knot on to left edge of scarf

 

Step 8: Glue on eyes and nose and with a black sharpie marker draw a mouth to give it character.

Have fun.........

Holiday Inspirations

Starting tomorrow (November 10th) there will only be 46 days until Christmas, I will be posting a new crafty/inspirational idea as I cmplete a new one.  Ideas that will be sure to entertain and/or inspire you during he holiday season.  I will start with Thanksgiving ideas then move on to Christmas. 

These will all be crafts and ideas that I try out myself or do with the girls.

I'm really looking forward to the fun that can be had by all...

Here are some sneak peek ideas that you can look forward to....

End of 1st Quarter of Homeschool

Well, well, well..... I can't believe it's already been 9 weeks.  But alas, we have come to the end of the first quarter..... YAY!!!

Molly is really enjoying homeschool life and is learning lots.

We start our days with calendar, weather and days of the week.




 











This semester we polished up on letters and their sounds.  She learned this in preschool but we started with review.  She is doing great with her phonics and writing.  She flies through all her school work like she's been doing it for a a lot longer....We have our routine down pretty good.  Monday and Thursday are our school days. (In Kindergarten it's alot easier to get done.)  We work on Writing, Phonics, Reading, Math and Spanish.  Wednesday is Gymnastics, Kids Choir and AWANA(this is where she works on her bible verses). 

In Spanish she learned numbers 1-10, "Me llamo Molly", Hola, Adios, the colors (blanco, cafe, negro, morado, verde, azul, amarillo, naranja, rojo), and shapes (triangulo, circulo, estrella, ovalo, rectangulo, cuadrado and rhombo). ** She struggles with Cuadrado and Rhombo but gets them with hints.**

In Gymnastics she finally got her backbend standup and moved up to the next level (she is now on the Young Intermediate level).  She has a meet coming up soon and is hoping for another trophy. 

In AWANA she has learned (1John 4:14, Psalm 147:5, Acts 16:31, 1Cor. 15:3-4, James 2:10, John 20:31, Psalm 118:1, John 4:19, Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:31, Romans 3:23, Col. 1:3, John 7:17, 1 Peter 1:25, John 14:6, and the 1st 17 books of the New Testament (Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Phillipians, Colossians, 1st and 2nd Thesolonians, 1st and 2nd Timothy and Titus).

In Math we progressed through numbers, adding, time and. pennies

In Reading we read 5 books that taught short and long vowel sounds.  She is doing really well with her reading.  She's not reading novels yet but she can read basic words by sounding them out.  We do struggle with her desire to read though.  Not like her mother, I read all the time when I was little but we'll get there.....

So most of you will find this boring but it's a part of our life so I'll share it.