4th of July 2016

Halloween

There will be few separate posts about it.
Actual Halloween we spent at home. Out Club house did a great job this year! Different game stations, pumpkin decorations, food, photo booth etc.
In the evening we just walked around our neighborhood and girls had a lot of fun!

Barbie event

Last Sunday we went to the Mall of Georgia because they had this event going. It was a lot of fun for the kids. A lot of games and toys, singing, dancing and a live show.
Emily even got picked to sing one of the songs.

All total we spent there close to 3 hours! Girls didn't want to leave.

Chick-fil-A kids club

Starting September we joined Chick-fil-A kids club. They meet on the last Tuesday of each months. Each month is a different event. In September it was Hero day, in October will be Halloween. Kids do crafts, games and receive free kids meal. It was fun for them, definitely going back in October.  

Barnes and Noble with Ariel

Another week and story time at the book store.

K'Nex

K'Nex is the toy building system which can be put together by wide variety of pieces. This sets designed for kids ages 5-12. Both of my girls love it! It is still a little to hard and complicated for Ashley ( she is 4 1/2), but easy to put together for Emily. Sometimes she would follow the instructions and sometimes create something on her own. 

Barnes and Noble with Rapunzel

One of the Thursday's story time at the book store. Meet with the princess, make a craft, and listen to the story. Emily was so excited! At the end of each Princess story time they had a giveaway and Emily won! Big pop-up book and a coloring book. Thank you Barnes and Noble, we had a great time!

Home Depot

On the first Saturday of every month Home Depot organizing building event for the kids. We like it a lot, girls are enjoying building stuff there and playing with it at home later.
This is all completely free. Sometimes you get 1 item to build, sometimes 3. All depends on the day and time you come.
In this post I combined our visits for the past few months.
In April they made Flower pot with chalk board
                                                    
In May they made picture frames

Ocean in the bottle

Small kids project we did a while ago.
You will need a bottle, some rocks, small toys or anything you want to be in your "ocean". Water and oil. Food coloring.
We did 2 bottles - one with vegetable oil and one with baby oil.
With vegetable oil bubbles are a little yellow, but moving faster, but also more foamy.
With baby oil it made "ocean" brighter, no foam, but items don't float as much.
If you flip or shake the bottle, you will see how bubbles trying to go to the top almost immediately.

The Mall day

August 2015
We started with the Movie theater. Jeremy's first time there and he did great! He watched for a while and then fell asleep.

Homemade snow!

Last night we decided to do something fun and we made snow! Kids won't have much chances to play with it in Georgia at any time.
It was very easy to make
3 cups of baking soda
1/2 cup of conditioner
All mix together and done!

Barnes and Noble with Tinker Bell

Every week our Barnes and Noble story time is having a different theme. First one we ever went to was this one - Tinker Bell. First kids were listening to the story, then doing some crafts and finally meeting Tink!

Lanterns parade - Atlanta Beltline

This was our first time at the parade and we liked it a lot! Coming back next year for sure and making our own lanterns. 
Parade was on Atlanta Beltline. A lot of people, but there was plenty of room to watch and not get stepped on. 
My camera refused to take any pictures, everything was blurry and dark, so I had to use my phone which did pretty good job.

We parked by Ponce City Market and walked to the Beltline from there. 

Lanterns parade - Atlanta Beltline 2015 videos

Still working on the pictures. Didn't get much. My camera refused to focus on anything so I had to use my phone. 

But at least I was able to take two of this videos. It was a lot of fun!

Focus week 2 - math

We started with the multiplication table. First just some basic understanding that 3x3 will be the same as 3+3+3. Thank you to Pinterest where I found a lot of different work sheet and material how to learn it the best way.

Here is the best way to explain multiplication in a few different ways.

My loves

I just can't believe how big my baby is on this pictures. He looks more like a small toddler and not just a baby and especially not a preemie... Growing up way to fast

Ready for bed

                                           

Crayon covered seashells

Today we tried a new project and it was fun! First time we had some complications along the way, but got better at the end.

Focus week 1 - Science

Starting this year I decided to do even more work with Emily at home. Well, not just Emily, Ashley too, but mostly Emily. I have a book started already where I am planing different topics for different weeks. We will focus on 1-2 big things each week, sometimes maybe even for 2 weeks. As of right now its all going well, we did Science first week and now doing Math. But I will cover Science a little more.
Science week we split into 2 parts

1. Matter - this one she started at school and we continued at home. 
2. Stars and planets - we did camping on our backyard and it was perfect time to get out telescope out and learn some more about planets and stars. 

                                                                             

SCIENCE

Clearwater Beach, Fl - day 6 - Beach

Yes, beach every day, can't skip it! But Emily wasn't too happy that day - there was no waves, at all! So she couldn't ride her board, no matter how hard she tried. So it was time for just swimming and building a sand castle and water sliding! There was a giant water slide right on the beach so we went there. Ashley couldn't go, she was too short, but Emily went few times and loved it!