Valentine's Day Party!

Out last body class was on Valentine's day, so Adena planned an amazing party for the kids! I love it when we can get together and have some fun! As homeschoolers, sometimes it seems like they miss out on some of those little moments of fun that kids in school get....like a Valentines Day party! :) So we decorated and planned out a great lunch! Plus we had crafts, and games! It was everything wonderful like a party should be!!!! We started off with secret message hearts! The kids water painted to reveal the message! Then they got to decorate some bags to put their valentines in! They were super excited about that! Then we headed up for some lunch!!!! We had little pizza's with pepperoni hearts, strawberries and cucumber hearts, rice krispie treat hearts, mini brownies, and some amazing chocolates!!! It was super fun and the kids LOVED it!!!! After lunch, the kids played bingo using conversation heart for markers and they played it forever! I think that they had more fun with that then any other game they could have played! It worked for the older ones and the younger ones! Perfect! Here are some pictures of the fun!

We had a wonderful Valentine's Day and I hope that you did too! Stop back next week for our next Body Study Post! See you then!



Immaculate Conception and Cookies!

As Catholics, today is the feast of the Immaculate Conception, and so we decided to have a party for our homeschool group since most of celebrate this feast! We started the day off with a little bit about Mary and how God created her without sin from the start! He did this as a special grace for the mother of his son. Then we prayed together and headed down to the art studio for a craft!

Mrs. L arranged a really beautiful Christmas candle craft for each family to make! It was really simple and so pretty! We had some tall candles and we used Mod Podge to decoupaged the outside with blue tissue paper! We also had Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus to use around the outside edge of the candle, and some kids chose to sprinkle glitter on the outside edge! They all turned out so well and I love how very dedicated they all were in placing the paper just so! They all worked really hard to make their special candle to light on Christmas!

The little ones made a picture with glue and paper!

Here is LS picture.

Here is RM's picture

SL made this picture!

Here is a finished candle that one of the kids made! Aren't they pretty!

After our candles were all done, and drying, the kids had some cupcakes, while the moms exchanged some cookies! Yum! We all brought 2 dozen and everyone went home with several of each kind! Its always fun to taste everyone elses cookies and what they are like! There were some really yummy ones!

Cupcakes!!!!!

And Cookies!!!!

And Snow time fun!

The kids had a wonderful time crafting, snacking, and playing together! We moms had a good time talking! :) It is so wonderful to take the time to get together and take some time to relax! I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday preparations! Happy Schooling to you all!



Advent Jesse Tea!

Well today we had a little seasonal fun....Advent season that is! We really wanted to have a chance to remember what the Christmas season is all about! So Mrs. L found a really amazing tea party that was focused around the Jesse Tree. The Jesse tree is a way to remember the historical events that lead up to the birth of Christ. This tea party wasn't just tea and crumpets however, each food represented a different part of the Jesse Tree. We started off by reviewing the Jesse tree with a felt board version of it. Mrs.L did a great job telling the stories, and everyone there did a great job helping remember all the details!



After that we all sat down for tea! It looked (and tasted) amazing! Here are a few pictures of the food and what they represent (they aren't all in order)!

Here is the tea already to serve!

Jesse Tea, and the Apple for Adam and Eve.

Joseph's Coat of Many Colors

Noah's ark animals and rainbows

Stars for the descendants of Abraham

Bundles of Sticks for Abraham almost sacrificing his son

Burning Bush (Moses)

10 Commandments

Johna and the "whales"

Root of Jesse

Bread for the "City of Bread" for Bethlehem

Honey for St. John the baptist

Angles told Mary she would have a baby!

White cookies for the purity of Jesus and red for the sacrifice he would make!

Here are the older girls organizing the food in historical order!

Everyone thought the tea was amazing! Yum!



It really was a fun, special, and memorable way to start off the advent season!!!! Thanks so much to Mrs.L for planning and hosting this, and to everyone who came and helped make it special! Happy Advent!