"Little Women" Family: The Making of the Gingerbread House

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

The Making of the Gingerbread House

Okay, I am such a perfectionist that I wanted to make a Gingerbread House by scratch every year but instead it never happened. So last year, when I had a one month old baby, my husband brought home a $10 kit from Costco. At first, I wasn't happy about it. However, it was so easy and just as fun, so we decided to do that again this year. PS- Can you tell I was a little bored, waiting for the house to be put together??

5 comments:

sherrie said...: sariah has such great hair! is that a natural curl?; 12/20/06, 11:11 AM
christine said...: I loved making gingerbread houses when I was a kid--It looks like they went to great lengths to be very organized about the whole process!; 12/20/06, 11:33 AM
Elizabeth C said...: I love all of your new posts girl!! So fun to be apart of your lives!! I will comment more when I have some time!!; 12/23/06, 6:31 PM
Elizabeth C said...: How fun! I love these pictures of you guys making the gingerbread houses. We made one a couple of days ago, and I had to keep on reminding myself that it was just for fun, and it didn't have to be PERFECT (Ethan kept on dumping the candy on!). It was a lot of fun, once I relaxed and let my 2-year old son use his creativity.; 12/25/06, 1:32 PM
Anonymous said...: Your girls are so gorgeous! Happy New Year!!; 1/2/07, 9:44 PM

My Favorite Part of The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 17:21-24

"21 And when (Jesus) had said these words, he wept, and the multitude bare record of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them.

22 And when he had done this he wept again;

23 And he spake unto the multitude, and said unto them: Behold your little ones.

24 And as they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens open, and they saw angels descending out of heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those little ones about, and they were encircled about with fire; and the angels did minister unto them."

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/17

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Our homeschool program!!

My style of homeschooling is "public school at home." We began homeschooling on our own, the 1st year. Then we were enrolled in the Washington Virtual Academy (WAVA) for 3 years. Now we are enrolled in ORLA. Our girls are taking several classes at an Elementary School that is no longer used for a typical Elementary School. Instead 450 homeschooling students (K-12) take classes there with certified teachers (you choose which ones and how many) but you do have to be at the school with them until they are 12 (in another room with toys for the younger kids) or sign them out to a friend. Then you fill in the rest at home. For example, my girls take Music, Art, P.E., and Science at the school 2 days a week and then I teach them Math, Language, and History at home, on the other 3 days. The school also pays for an additional $300 a year of curriculum (like the Math, Lang, Hist.) We do have to keep up with a certain number of hours per week. We also have a "home room teacher" that helps us with everything, like deciding what extra things to do at home and making sure we don't miss anything. We are really enjoying this program-- it truly is the best of both worlds! If you have any questions, email me. :)