Toe Dancin

For the last several months, whenever a show or movie ends and the music starts the credits rolling...Emma jumps up and starts swaying and dancing. She does this dance where she points her toes side to side....so cute!! Silly sweet Emma.

School Trip to Zoo

For our Z week, we decided it would be fun to go to the zoo. We have season passes to Point Defiance Zoo so that is where we went. We had PERFECT weather and a great time. All the animals were awake and active so that always makes it more fun. The kids do love the Kid Zone and never want to leave, hopefully we will have many more trips there this summer!!

Getting more daring and making mama more nervous!

She loves to slide Sweet Sisters

Emma would feed the goats all day long if I let her or had enough quarters

Enjoying first trip to the Zoo

Another favorite...although not happy that we now have to pay to ride...ridiculous, we are filing a complaint!

They wanted to ride on the sleigh together

Preschool Day - E & Z

Shortly after Easter, we had a preschool day so we decided to do the letters E & Z. We still LOVE the Handwriting Without Tears program and worksheets, teaches great letter formation and fun ways to learn the technique.

During Holy Week I had wanted to make Resurrection Eggs, but did nto get to it. So we decided to make them here. THEY ARE AWESOME. The kids decorated the boxes and then filled the numbered eggs as we talked about the Easter Story. It was so amazing to see what they knew and understood. I used the list on the link above...but you could make more eggs for different symbols...next year might do it for two dozen since these were such a hit. I found all the items just around the house and did not have to go buy anything!! Angelica has been doing it almost every day since, will have to get a video soon. Kids love the tangible, hands on ways they can tell stories and it sticks with them longer.

We made the delicious Resurrection Rolls for a snack and to show the Empty tomb....they really enjoyed making these by themselves and thought it was very funny that Jesus was a marshmallow and how we rolled Him up! We will definitely be making these again!

To practice Z - I gave them graham crackers with peanut butter on them and they had to make the letter with pretzel sticks and chocolate chips...then they got to eat them of course!!

And what better way to celebrate Easter and the letter E but with an Egg hunt!!

For the letter Z we went on a trip to the ZOO! Pics to follow...

Loving the Easter Duck? Bunny?

The older girls have had a blast playing the crazy Easter Bunny-Duck for Michaela. Michaela stares at it, tries to grab it and gets so excited keeps throwing herself backwards.