Claire's art work:
It's no surprise she named her gingerbread man, Farty. It's not just boys who are sent into giggles over bodily functions.
Foxes, black leopards and dogs have been a huge love of Claire's all year. She is a huge animal lover and talks about them constantly. Most of the things she talks about doing when she's older are animal related and I'm so happy that we learn so much about different animals together.
We received multiple post cards which was always exciting for the girls. I don't even have them all pictured. Grandpa Dan sent quite a few from different countries around the world, Mimi sent some fun ones from Idaho, Claire got one from Michigan from another homeschooling family, a Disneyland one from Nina and another one from a friend who was visiting family in South Africa.
She really likes drawing many pictures of our family. I love finding them around the house.
Claire absolutely loved learning about the northern lights in her Explorer's class. She has watched many videos of them and asks sometimes if we will be able to see them where we live. It's one of those things that I know will stick with her for a long time or maybe forever. I'd love to have a family vacation one year to take the girls north to see them some day!
Daddy took Claire to Monster Jam and we got to meet a monster truck driver at Chick-fil-a when they were in town. They had a blast and Kellyn says she wants to go next year too.
Kellyn also received postcards from Grandpa, Mimi, Nina and friends!
Kellyn's art work:
I remember the day Kellyn made this leaf. It was back in the fall and she kept putting on so much food coloring that I thought the leaf would rip apart. It turned out so beautiful and with lots of gold glitter on it also. I had it hung up for the longest time and I'm so happy it didn't rip.
Kellyn draws on so many pieces of paper. SO MANY! She has hundreds of papers around the house that she is always drawing funny people, houses and now letters.
I forgot I had bought a Kiwi Crate kit on clearance at Target one day. I happened to see them and though we could try it. I've always thought the actual subscription is a bit expensive but it's honestly so worth it. The quality of the supplies and all of the extras inside the kits are really great. We had a full week of fun with the space theme. There are stories, recipes and other activities inside of the booklets. The girls made planet mobiles that hang from the ceiling in their room.
She's our artsy girl!
Kellyn has picked up on writing letters completely on her own. I can't remember when she started writing them but she covers pages with letters. She writes them mostly backward and I just love watching her write. She just figured out how to write the letter W yesterday, she was so proud and even knew what letter it was. Some she knows and others she doesn't recognize yet. She's also been asking a lot about letter sounds and is understanding them so quickly. I feel she will be a quick learner when it comes to reading.
If I posted every single piece of paper and art work it would never end! It's so fun to be able to look through their papers and remember when we did certain things together and it brings back a lot of fun memories. I really feel so incredibly grateful for the opportunity to follow their interests and dreams right along with them every single day.
