I am hosting a big crowd next week for Thanksgiving and wanted my kids to help me make a centerpiece. Armed with a pumpkin, construction paper, and a few other supplies, this is what we came up with. Each of my five children made two construction ...
Pumpkin Carving Children’s Story
We don't get into Halloween too much, especially not the scary aspects of it. This year we didn't even dress up. However, yesterday afternoon my kids and I carved pumpkins. We had a lot of fun. I let the kids use special kid-safe knives, but if ...
H is for Halloween
Today was our Halloween party. While I am not a fan of so many aspects of Halloween, I am happy to have fun with costumes and pumpkins. So, that is the kind of morning we had. Here are the highlights of our morning. We read the book Pumpkin ...
G is for Goat
Today was our last day of preschool for the week because Friday is a day off for our local schools. So, I am taking the day off as well. While it will be nice to have a day off I found it tough to get everything covered that I wanted this week. ...
Gourds and Pumpkins
A few weeks ago we took a trip to our local market to buy some gourds and pumpkins. My children love picking out what we will purchase. This year I told my older two children that we would be spending a certain amount of money and they had to help me ...