"Little Women" Family: My Beautiful Ballerinas

Sunday, July 15, 2007

My Beautiful Ballerinas

Riana and Sariah have been dieing to take Ballet, since they could say the word. Finally, I put them into a class. They loved it!! It was so much fun watching them each week. One week, Tierra and Karina really wanted to dress up in their Ballet clothes too, so I let them. And it made for some pretty cute pictures!! :)

5 comments:

Joy said...: I keep hoping Anne will show some interst in dancing...right now she just likes dancing in our living room!; 7/15/07, 5:51 PM
Celestia said...: They look so pretty in their ballerina costumes. Oh man, finally they get to take a ballet class! I have been watching them do their ballerina dances at home for so many years. I love it! So cute.; 7/17/07, 8:16 AM
Elizabeth C said...: I LOVE THESE PICTURES! THEY ARE SOOOO STINKIN ADORABLE!! WHAT BEAUTIFUL BALLERINAS!; 7/17/07, 5:49 PM
Mollie said...: okay, i don't think pictures get any cuter than this! what dolls!; 7/18/07, 8:12 PM
sherrie said...: i like how your youngest just puts her hands on her head, almost like she's striking a pose. so cute. i remember doing dance when i was young and i loved it! this will be good memories for them, i'm sure.; 7/20/07, 1:00 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. :)