Week 3

Week 3 was the Letter Ll, the number 3, and Triangles. We actually didn't cover very many extra concepts this week because we didn't get school done everyday.

Hudson loves school and he can sort the colors! If he doesn't eat them first!

Cutting lines. Bristol is still doing big lines but Vienna graduated to skinnier lines. I was worried this would cause some tension because Bristol thinks she is just as big as Vienna. Luckily, she didn't seem bothered by Vienna doing smaller lines. Maybe I can start doing more things targeted to them specifically!

Working on triangles this week. Bristol's favorite shape because they have 3 sides and 3 corners and she is 3! Vienna begged to get a shape with four sides next week!

Finding triangles in the house

Drawing Triangles:

We also worked on sight words. When they know a word they get to punch it and put it on their ring. They love getting words! It is so hard for me to wait to punch them until they really know them. 

I was so excited to show Paul the words they knew the first day we did this.
He of course pointed out that one was "I" and the other was "a".
Leave it to him to be down to earth about it! :)

We also played the watermelon counting game. I put seeds on the top watermelon slice and the girls count them and then put a matching number on their slice. We did it with a timer to help them work faster. So fun!

Letter L

It was bound to happen eventually. Not only am I posting this a week late but we had a long week with school and we missed two days. We still finished our letter book crafts and our number and shape worksheets. We just skipped a lot of our extra concepts. Here is what we did for the Letter L.

Here are our Letter L sound pictures:

L is for Lizard:

V made a heart lizard - hard to see from the picture but she didn't want
a boy lizard so she added hearts.

We made hand print lambs for our craft. The girl's loved that their white crayon worked really good  on black paper and loved gluing on their cotton balls. These decorated the girl's magnet board for over a week - always a good sign!

Bristol's lamb

Vienna's lamb

We had to let the lamb's dry overnight which meant the picture didn't get taken until several days later - in case you were wondering why the girl's changed clothes mid craft. 

We also made punch letters again this week. It worked so much better because I knew how to make the page better.

B punching her Ls

V punching her Ls. Bristol testing to see if the pins really would poke her or
not - I am sure you can guess what happened next

Our shadow Lls! :) They worked!

Maybe not working hard but definitely playing hard! These are animals - Bristol is a bear and Vienna is a puppy...kind of! 

When school interferes with nap time!

Doesn't she do a great pathetic face? :)

The girl's also finished their  5 worksheets to practice writing their letters. They both thought writing Ll was SO EASY. Bristol said it was because she was "just really smart!"

Puppet Show

One of our favorite activities is making puppets. I love it because it can keep my girls busy and happy for a couple of hours and I love watching what they come up with. This week Vienna made a "beautiful girl" and Bristol made a "scary monster"

The great thing about making puppets is you can ALWAYS add more STUFF! The longer they worked on these puppets the crazier they got.

Bristol's Monster puppet finally finished - she loved
using the glue stick so she kept gluing on little pieces
of paper

 

Personally, I think V's "beautiful girl" turned into more of
a monster look the longer she worked on it. She was
really into glue dots this time thus the odd assortment
of eyes and "diamond" on the dress



All three!



Our go-to silly faces

I am still working on the concept of a puppet show with them. Right now all we do is bow and ask everyone to clap - so they adore the fanfare of idea anyway!

All dressed up

When the girls were little I used to have them in matching clothes a lot! I used to swear that if I had twins I wouldn't match them but some how it was okay to match them since they are a year apart - don't expect the reasoning to make sense because it won't! As they get bigger though, the matching outfits aren't as common. Mostly because B can wear V's hand-me-down clothes and so I just buy new things for V. While we were in California we went shopping at some outlet malls and Grandma Holly bought the girls some new matching dresses! When we got home the girls were thrilled about the new dresses but I think the most exciting thing was that they were the same!!

Their famous silly faces!

Even their shoes match! Bristol finally grew out of her Sunday Shoes and so she got to wear, according to Vienna - big girl shoes! 

California Girls - 2

Aunt Allie Graduated!! I still can't believe this! When I first dating Paul, his family still lived nearby and we were able to see them frequently. Me and my roommate invited Allie to come and have a girl's night with us - we had ice cream, watched a movie, painted our nails and we fell in love with Paul's adorable little sister (She is still adorable - by the way). I remember one time helping Allie and some of her friends make up a dance (so glad that isn't on video anywhere....). Now Allie is coming to start school and once again we will be living close to each other again!! YAY!! Hopefully I can pry her away from all of her cool friends and the cute boys to come spend some time with me! 


The girls also adore Allie - they woke up every morning asking where Allie was and went to bed every night asking if Allie could please sleep in their room. Allie is a great aunt, sister, and friend!! 

 


At the graduation Allie was sitting directly in front of us. The girls cheered and clapped for her the entire time - especially Bristol. Allie also hosted a special tea party for the girls - since we have been home I have been asked to do a tea party "just like Allie's" at least a million times!

Allie also colored pictures with the girls and she is a way better artist than I am. Vienna told me today that I didn't draw a picture right and I needed to do it like Allie..

I included both of these because I couldn't get Bristol to look at the camera when everyone else was - she is two....

California Girls - 1

We just got home from California and visiting Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Allie. We had a great time!! I really wish we lived closer to our family! By the end of the trip the girls (and Mom) were getting tired and worn out but it was still a great visit. I am still holding out for a big move to Colorado :).


The girls got to help Grandpa wash the car! They loved 'helping' and Dad and Grandpa actually got the car washed faster than I anticipated they would with so many little hands involved.

Bristol spent most of her time getting her rag wet in the bucket
and trying to get all of the bubbles out of the bucket as fast as
she could.

Vienna washed the car - and the sidewalk

A rare moment when both girls were actually washing the car !!

How lucky are we to have such a great Grandpa?!? The
girls loved spending time with him.

Marshall Islands

My beautiful, baby sister is serving a mission in the Marshall Islands and she told me about Guams in letter several weeks back. They are equivalent to our 'housecoats' except that women in the Marshall Islands have no qualms wearing them where ever they go. I couldn't resist the idea of cute Marshallese pajamas for the girls and this was the result!

Me and the girls think that these look more like dresses than pajamas so we decided that in the US they're dresses! 

Don't you love the piles of clothes around their feet...laundry day! :)

As cute as the girls are, I confess the adult version isn't quite as stunning - definitely more 'housecoat' than dress - I will not be going out in public in mine... :)

We love our link to Kaytlin! The Girls want to wear their "Island" dresses as often as I let them!!