"Little Women" Family: Easter- Part 2

Friday, May 06, 2011

Easter- Part 2

Our cute little Easter bunnies!! :)

Our sweet baby, Calyssa!

Aurora and her green eggs!

Karina and her purple eggs!

Tierra and her pink eggs!

Sariah and her blue eggs!

Riana and her yellow eggs!

We had a wonderful Easter Sunday! We all woke up early that morning and each of the girls, in age order, came downstairs to find their color of eggs (a dozen each) and some of the extra hidden ones for everyone to find. (Some of Riana and Sariah's eggs were so hard to find that they had to wait until after church to finish looking... and one was even found days later.) Their special gift of the year was new Easter dresses. After church, we had a special dinner (Riana set the table all fancy!) And an Easter lesson by Riana. (Bummed that I didn't get a picture of that!)

Our 6 beautiful daughters!!!

Check out the bunny ears Rori is giving Calyssa in the first picture- how appropriate!! :)

And how cute that she thought of that all on her own! (I didn't even notice them until much later.)

And the last picture-- silly girls-- even Calyssa is silly!! :)

After we all changed out of our Sunday clothes, Grant helped the girls dye Easter eggs (and I got to clean up the mess. I actually didn't mind because I was so happy that he did all the prep work and helped them.) They had a lot of fun and made a pretty big mess... especially Rori! She loved it!! And her hair was pink/purple for days!! LOL! (Grant even dyed some more a couple of days later because he didn't think the Princess kit made bright enough eggs. And he wants to do it again and see if he can make them even brighter. I should've taken pictures of all of his experiments. LOL!) We had a really great Easter! :)

4 comments:

Karla Cheney said...: It's a great idea to give them all their own color. So much fun at Easter. I noticed Aurora's hair was pink when we went to school. Now I know why.; 5/8/11, 1:16 AM
Karla Cheney said...: They all look so pretty in their new dresses.; 5/8/11, 1:18 AM
Mike and Julina said...: I love the I <3 you written out in strawberries. So sweet!; 5/9/11, 5:18 PM
Anonymous said...: I love the idea of each kid getting one color of eggs... that is such a great idea to keep it fair between them, especially for the younger ones!; 8/11/11, 8:27 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. :)