Fire Station Field Trip

Today we got to visit the fire station! The firemen were so nice and great with the kids

Jesse had fun!

They showed us how high the ladder can go on the ladder truck

random ladder truck picture

Then we got to go inside the station

...learning about the different equipment on the truck, this is to pull ceilings down

they showed us how they dress up for the fire

and told the kids if they ever see this, don't be scared, which was good because I think my kids would run from someone that looked like this, now they no to run to them, not from them

the inside of the pumper truck

Jaws of life

and everyone got cool fire chief hats

and got to see the inside of the truck, we didn't go in it though because it hadn't been cleaned out yet and the firemen said it was too dirty inside for the kids.

There was a great turnout of homeschoolers today

..they even let us see their kitchen

and slid down the firepole for us

another kitchen shot

...and the kids near the fire truck with their firehats LOL so cute!

Strange occurances

...well not really strange, I went to Bible study on Wednesday morning I dropped the kids off with schoolwork

at Memere's house. I really didn't expect much of it to get done and to my surprise when I got home it was ALL done! Joyfully! ??? hmmmm...maybe Memere should do their work with them more often?

MEXICO

For the next couple of weeks we will be studying Mexico.

We will also be reading Christian Heroes, Cameron Townsend. I love these books and highly recommend them! I thought they would be over my kids heads, but they are really holding their attention nicely.

Today, after studying the geography of Mexico and learning all about desert ecosystems we made Mexican clay sun masks. Super fun, and messy, but mostly fun.

Jesse deep in thought and hard at work.

yes she is wearing her Pj's. This is after all the Busy Bee Academy for Children who like to wear Pj's all day!

Sun face coming along nicely

all finished! This one is mine LOLOL...I like to play too..and I may or may not have also been in my PJ's, but I'm not saying

Jesse, Sun face? Porcupine? Tomato having a bad hair day? Whatever, he had fun

Jadyn's of course, you can tell because of the bow in the sun's hair.

.and Jesse made a car for his dinosaur domo, I especially like the multicolored wheels. More fun tomorrow!!

Long Overdue Update

Well we have had such a fun summer that I haven't had a minute to update the old blog..We've been having playdates with friends.

...and had some very exciting news! Sydney and Bindi became parents over the summer, unfortunately only 2 eggs hatched and we lost one of the babies.

Jadyn's baby sparkle did not make it, but Jesse's baby peeper has been being handfed by me and looks like she is going to pull through! Jadyn was very sad, but memere took her to the pet store and bought her a new baby to make her feel better, she's not ready to come home yet but when she does we will post pictures of her.

This is peeper at 3 days old, she is a month old now and has lots of feathers

She was so tiny I didn't think she would make, but it looks like she will!

We have started our new curriculum for this school year, My Father's World exploring countries and cultures and we are having SO much fun. The books are great and the kids are really into it. I hope your homeschool year is as going as well as ours!

ROMANS 8:26

Romans 8:26 "In the same way the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans." This verse encourages me today, sometimes I just don't know what to pray. Somedays I'm actually so angry that I can't find the words to pray and my prayers come out as wordless groans. How wonderful it is that the Spirit intercedes for me and God hears me anyway!

I don't think that there is anything worse for a mother than to see your baby suffer. You would take all the pain in a heartbeat if only you could. Where would I be without prayer? I need to be strong for him, I'm so grateful that while I hold him, the ONE who created him is holding me, because without HIM I couldn't be strong enough.

Iced Coffee Concentrate

I just found the most amazing recipe for iced coffee!! This is the reason why I am sitting on my computer at midnight writing this blog post. I just drank an entire glass of this amazing iced coffee. Well, I had to try it right....anyway I got this recipe from Pioneer Woman Cooks and it is amazing. It takes a long time, but it's SO WORTH IT... First take a pound of ground coffee, the richer and darker the better, but any coffee will do. I used cheap price rite brand just because it's all I had in the house. Then you want to add 2 GALLONS of water to the coffee grounds, that's A LOT of water so be sure that you have a GINORMOUS bowl, pitcher or bucket to hold it all while the coffee steeps.

Then wait and wait and wait until the coffee steeps, at least 8 hours or overnight, after that strain it through a cheescloth into whatever you want to store it in and then refridgerate until frigid

Ok here comes the good part, grab a glass and FILL it with ice, as much as you can fit in there

Then fill the glass with coffee concentrate until about a half full. Then take 3 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk, make sure it's not evaporated, it's not the same and will not work, and mix it into your coffee (YUM)

Then add half and half until it's as light as you want it, and sugar if you need it

YUMMY....now mix it all about

stick in a straw, or two, and enjoy!!!

NOW you don't have to spend all your money at this place.....

Or that place.......

Have a great, coffee filled summer!!

Hot Air Balloons

Today we had Hot Air Balloon storytime and craft We read How to make an Apple Pie and see the world. A really cute book.

The kids though so too

Then off to the tables to make our own Hot Air Balloons

Everyone was so creative in their designs

So colorful

with a little help from parents as well

Jesse's finished Hot Air Balloon

.....and Jadyn's

Be sure to check back and see what we are up to next!