Friday, May 28, 2010

Kickin'

The kids enjoyed another year of spring soccer with the Holy Family Home Educators soccer league. This was Gracie's first year and she had a lot of fun learning the basics and playing the fun games.Beedle and Gus played with the next older bracket. Gus had a great time running, kicking and scoring, while Beedle had more fun just observing from the field. All of them made new friends and did their best to stay joyful. They gave glory to God through their play and sportsmanship. We look forward to the next sporting season!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Food & Entertainment

Cindy always does such a great job of making learning fun.....and tasty! When she is teaching, especially religion, she finds delightful ways to help the kids remember what she's teaching, and, at the same time, satisfy their cravings for creativity and good food. Here are a few of her recent projects over the last month...

Cindy taught about the story of Creation....
They made octopus cupcakes with lolipops and gummy worms...
She mde them fruit trees for an afternoon snack...
And my favorite, owl cupcakes...She does such a great job inspiring creativity.

Monday, May 10, 2010

By Gracie's Eye

Here are random pics Gracie took with the camera in our yard...
We are proud of our little photographer!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Cinco De Mayo!

Los Ardoins came over tonight to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with us. Senora Cindy did a bueno job of decorating with sombrero platters, maracas and a Mexican blanket. We had tacos and tortillia soup to get our bellies festive. As evening approached we let los ninos & la nina entertain themselves with a Mexican celebration tradition--the pinata. We hung it from the basketball goal and los ninos & la nina took a swing at it. We did our best to keep the others away from the glancing blows of a blindfolded child violently swinging a baseball bat. Everyone got a chance to take a few whacks at it. The last one to go, Gus, delivered the final shot. Ole! Candy for everyone!