"Little Women" Family: Christmas Fun

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Christmas Fun

Here is some of the fun times we had this December:

1) Decorating the Christmas Tree

2) We had about 18 inches of snow!!! That is unheard of around here! We tried to enjoy it while it lasted. The girls and a neighbor friend built a snowman. The girls and I built a snowfort. And we had a family snowball fight-- boys vs girls. (It pays to have all daughters--LOL!!)

3) We made sugar cookies again. However, I cheated this year and used frozen cookie dough, that I bought from a fundraiser. Riana had the wonderful idea of spelling out "For Santa" and all the girls helped decorate those cookies. They turned out so cute. On Christmas Day, I also made rocky road (the easiest Christmas candy) and almond roca (my favorite!!! which I'm still trying to perfect)
4) Karina reading a story to her baby sister Rori

Rocky Road

Take 1 package of chocolate chips and 1 cup of peanut butter and melt in microwave for 2-3 minutes, stirring after each minute. Fold in 3 cups mini- marshmellows and 1/4 cup chopped nuts. Spoon into a greased 9" sq. pan. Chill until firm and cut into squares.

Almond Roca

Butter a 9 X 13 pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup chopped almonds. Melt 1 cup butter in pan on stove at medium heat. Add 1 cup sugar, 3 T. water, and 1 T. light corn syrup. Cook to 290' (not 300'!) You may need to turn up the stove a bit. Pour the hot mixture over nuts. Add 1 cup of chocolate chips across top. When melted, spread around. Let cool. Break into pieces.

1 comment:

Steph said...: Sugar Cookies with Frosting are my absolute favorite! YUM.; 12/30/08, 11:25 PM

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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. :)