Week of March 29 and April 5, 2015

Two weeks worth of pictures!  Easter week the kiddos did Easter crafts and learned about Jesus dying on the cross and rising after 3 days.  The kids were all fascinated by the story and we read it from different Bibles and books all throughout the week.

 

The kids used watercolors to paint on a paper and reveal a hidden pictures.

The kids all got to play with the guinea pigs who are adjusting very well to their new home.

The girls and I made an impromptu trip to the zoo.  It was a beautiful day and we went early enough to see a lot of the animals out and about that we don't usually get to see.

 The penguins were out and swimming where we could easily see them.

 The girls loved playing on the boat near the penguins and sea lions.

 We rode the train 3 times, it's one of our favorite things to do at the zoo.

 

 

 

We visited the rainforest building, which we haven't been into in awhile.

The girls had the most fun in the gem dig where they dug for their own gems to take home.

These little kiddos get along so well and love each other so much.

Katie worked on her writing using a sensory bag.  Audrey wants to be right there working alongside Katie so she got her own sensory bag, too.

 

We've enjoyed lots of outside time in this beautiful weather.  We've done a lot of planting both in the vegetable garden and in the flower gardens.

The piggies are becoming quite spoiled.  The girls love holding them and giving them carrots and grass.  The pigs run up to the side of the cage and squeal when they know they're getting treats.

 

Little Katie's hair is getting long enough to put into braids and ponytails.

The girls opened their Easter baskets from us on Saturday because we were going to Grandma's on Sunday and we wanted to do an Easter egg hunt in the nice weather the day before Easter Sunday.

 We painted Easter eggs on Saturday, too.

 Audrey was very intent on finding Easter eggs.  She didn't understand when we rehid the eggs so we could look for them again.  Katie enjoyed finding eggs but, she liked hiding them even better.  They rehid the eggs 4 or 5 times that afternoon.

Easter Sunday Audrey helped me make lemon bars to take to Grandma's.  We spent Easter afternoon at Grandma's house.

Last week the kids learned all about caterpillars.  The kids made caterpillars out of leftover Easter eggs and pipe cleaners.

We played in caterpillar sensory tubs filled with leaves, beans (dirt), flower pots, fake flowers and caterpillar figures.

All the kids helped me plant morning glories, sunflowers, pole beans and okra seeds.  Then they took the leftover seeds and planted them throughout the yard.  No telling where we will have vegetables come up.

Katie has heard The Very Hungry Caterpillar so many times she has it memorized.  She "read" the story to Knox, Brex and Audrey one morning last week.

We made caterpillars out of different colors of circles.

Then Katie and Knox wanted to make more caterpillars out of circle stickers.

Katie and Audrey practiced riding bikes.  Audrey is definitely more daring and didn't want to stop trying to ride.

The girls worked on several guinea pig toys sunday morning.  They used cardboard tubes, newspaper and boxes to make tunnels and toys for their piggies.