Along with the different learning activities we do at our house, we are getting together with a friend every couple weeks for letter lessons and school fun. We try to learn two new letters each time, read corresponding books to whatever we are learning, do an art project or two and have lunch together. So this time we decided to do letters B and P. We did P so that we could "P"aint our "p"umpkins we got at the patch the previous week. Angelica wanted to paint EVERY inch of her pumpkin and Emma was not happy when we had to put the paints away....way too much fun. Then I picked up some frames at Michaels and foam stickers and let them decorate the frames with a "p"icture we took from the patch field trip. Again, Angel tries to cover every free space that there is.
The other letter we did was B mostly because it was Eddie's "B"irthday that day!! My friend has the Handwriting Without Tears manual and we use the worksheets from there, I am going to have to get...really great! Then we also practice making letters with Play-Dough and cardboard pieces. Angel is doing really well. Then the girls got to decorate cupcakes with icing and candy for Eddie's birthday and of course it was more tempting to eat the goodies along the way than to decorate. Really enjoying these lessons and fun to share with friends. Next week I think we are doing letters F for Fall and E. We swap houses each time so that each person prepares more for the crafts and hosts the lunch. 
Then it was Smoothie making time...an after dinner dessert the girls LOVE. We call them our little smoothie hogs...because they are supposed to share with their mama and papa but we don't end up getting very much!
