Doesn’t Ladybug look cute? 
I know I am a bit biased, but still…
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October 29, 2009
Featuring Apple Cheeks!
October 27, 2009
Raising Rock Stars ~ The Pumpkin Patch Parable
Bible Focus…The Pumpkin Patch Parable
We had fun talking about Halloween again, and what it means for our family as Christians. I made the boys a coloring book based on the book, The Pumpkin Patch Parable, to help illustrate the meaning of the story for them.
First, Daddy read them the book (Ladybug was napping)…
Then we headed to the table where I told them the story again using the coloring pages I created for them. We all colored them together as we talked all about the meaning. Even my Dad joined us!
I also had Pac Man make a Memory Cross to illustrate the story, he did a great job!
It was a fun night, and we are all looking forward to bringing the lesson we learned to life when we select and carve our REAL pumpkins this week!
Weekly Bible Verse…
Songs for Saplings ~ Ee
We work on our verse every day during calendar time, and we also listen to the entire Songs for Saplings CD during recess at least 1-2 days per week!
Resources used this week:
- Pumpkin Patch Parable Coloring Book (this links to the new website, I disabled the main navigation since the rest of the site is still under construction…you can get to the Halloween page though!) There are 2 options for the clean the yuckies page…one has a photo of Pac Man and the other is generic! Feel free to use either!
- Christian Halloween Books (from our theme bookstore)
- Bible Memory Verse, Ee
- Songs for Saplings CD
- More Pumpkin Patch Parable ideas from Totally Tots
October 25, 2009
Tot School ~ Life School
~Krash is currently 41.5 months old~
To say it was an off week would be an understatement! I had planned on having a normal week of school but decided by Tuesday to take a week off. One of our *children in Christ* got married yesterday. This is a young man who we met over 5 years ago while he was still in college. He grew up in the neighborhood we serve and soon after moving here he became a part of our family. My husband was the best man in the wedding and we did a lot to help prepare and to love on them during this time. It was a joyous occasion, and also one that took us completely out of normal routine last week during the final push to wedding day! So, Tot school went on hold, but Life School was in full force!
Theme ~ Dinosaurs!
We did have one day and just 2 pictures of actual Tot School, from our Dino Stuff!
Here K is matching up the dinos to the ABCs. This activity is for the episode called “One Smart Dinosaur” where the conductor sings the dinosaur ABCS. I copied the entire song and made little cards to go with it, both boys love it!
Here he is working on 1-10, and also patterning…
Life School…
Nanee sent the boys an ant farm (oooh goody ~ I hate ants)…
Krash has a chore he loves (and I love it too), he takes the cloth diapers off the clothesline for me now!
Camping in the basement..
Krash, Krashing….and loving it!
Sharing with brother… (oooh my heart is melting, so glad I caught this on camera for proof!)
Mommy’s Favorite…
A little taxi service with the Plasma Car! (don’t forget to enter to win one! Winner will be chosen later tonight!)
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If you have a tot (approximately ages 12-47 months) at home, join in the fun and share what you’re doing with your tot! Here’s how to get started if you’re new… If you’ve never read this: Go HERE 1st for more details- please do!!! Then if you have any ideas you’d like to share, link up your exact post to MckLinky (if you have questions about how to do that, let me know in a comment or email-links to homepages will automatically be deleted).
When you add your name(blog name) to MckLinky will you put your tot’s age (in months) after it, like this: 1+1+1=1 (41 mos)? I think this will help new readers a lot as they look for ideas for their specific aged tot!
If you are NEW will you please leave a comment letting us all know so we can be sure to visit you?
Also, if you have not commented on my “Tot School List” post, please do ASAP so I can get the official list updated! Also ~ there was a great suggestion for us all to add our tot’s bday month/year to the list. If you would like to do that, I would be glad to add it to those of you who comment there (yes again…sorry). Just put your blog name and then the age like this (6/06). 
October 23, 2009
Tot School List
I am working on the new website and am almost done with the Tot School page. This is my current list of all blogs that participate in Tot School (although I have not added any new ones in about 3 weeks). I will be doing some serious editing to this list, SO I need you to leave a comment …
- if your blog IS on this list and you are still participating in Tot School. Just say (or copy this), I AM on the list and I am still doing Tot School, the name of my blog is:
- if your blog IS NOT listed and you ARE doing Tot School, please comment telling me that and give me a link to either your homepage OR your labeled Tot School posts (that is preferred). My blog is not listed and I do Tot School, here is my link:
- if your blog is on this list and you are NO longer doing Tot School. We have moved on from Tot School, my blog is listed as:
- if your blog is on this list and I have something wrong (spelling, name, link, etc.). Tell me what corrections need to be made in your comment!
I will be removing ALL blogs who do not comment here on this post, as a way of updating the list (as I know some of the blogs are old and no longer participate in Tot School), unless I know for sure that you are still a fairly regular participant!
October 23, 2009
Top 5 Friday ~ Mom’s Wish List
I am not a big participator 
in weekly carnivals/memes, due to lack of time, however I found a VERY simple one I like, that would give me a good Friday post for ya! (since I don’t have another one and usually don’t on Friday’s)! This may be the only Friday I join in, but we’ll see…you never know what a new week will bring.
I love short, to the point blog posts sometimes, and I also love knowing what other moms love, that is why I am joining in with Christy from Superheroes and Princesses with her new Top Five Friday’s!
This week she’s sharing her Mommy Wishes ~ I have a few of those too. No needs, just wishes!
My Top 5 Mommy Wishes…
- My husband home more (a little less busy). He hasn’t been home a lot lately due to a hectic ministry schedule right now. I miss him, so do the kids, and he misses us. I LOVE it when Daddy is home!! This is my #1 wish for so many reasons-the help, the joy, the fun, and much more! We LOVE Daddy!
- A bathroom. As missionaries, we live in the inner city in a VERY old row home. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE our house-it is really cool and I feel very blessed. There are however, a few quirks about it that I dream of changing! One is the bathroom. We all (2 parents and 3 kids) share one tiny bathroom.
We lived in a brand new typical suburban family home right before we moved here over 5 years ago and it had an awesome master bath-like most new homes do nowadays. I miss my master bath so much. We have a dream of saving $ and building a master bath onto our bedroom…we’ll see! - Shelves. I love shelves, I want lots of them, I want them all to match and look pretty. I never can have enough shelves. Currently I am trying to convince my husband that I need just 1 more bookshelf for our school book storage…we’ll see!
- Less Stuff. I want a week or 2 to go through every area of my entire home and get RID of stuff. I have been doing this and we have decreased our amount of life-baggage significantly over the past 2 years or so. But, I am desperate to have the time to completely finish and know that every drawer and box has been gone through.
- A Big Desk. I want one of those fancy wrap around the corner desks with incredible storage (something like this-although I could never afford to shop at Pottery barn!). I want shelves up the wall, big drawers with little storage compartments. I work on an Ikea desk, that is in the middle of my “closet.” It is fine, I am blessed to have it, I just wish I could have a Mommy-office that ROCKS!
Wanna share your Top 5 Mommy Wishes (or anything else that you love right now)? Head on over and join up!
