"Little Women" Family: Christmas Morning

Friday, January 03, 2014

Christmas Morning

1) A little message from Santa in a new book... "Santa in Washington."
2) The girls coming down on Christmas morning.

3-5) Aurora and Calyssa were very excited about all their presents and stockings. Calyssa loved all her "tangy!!" (candy) And Aurora was excited about the watermelon toothpaste!

6-8) Tierra and Karina with their presents and stockings. (We tried something new this year. Santa never wraps our presents but this year each girl left a special blanket to cover their presents so that all the girls could watch each other, instead of letting youngest to oldest come down. We all thought it worked well.) Karina absolutely loved her bacon lipgloss. Tierra's favorite gift was a new dress for her American Doll.

9-11) Riana and Sariah with their presents and stockings. Sariah loved the Frozen coloring book. Riana loved her new Paris charm bracelet. All three sets of sisters received "Sisters Forever" necklaces. All the redheads received the pink half and the blondes received the purple half. Here Riana and Sariah are putting their necklaces together.

Here are the gifts for everyone- Calyssa especially loved the Little People princess castle, which her princess Little People fit on and it makes them sing and speak. I especially loved the Thomas Kinkade special princess puzzles.

Even the American Dolls had a visit from Santa on Christmas morning.

Complete with a mini box of Mike and Ikes (Riana printed it off and folded it into the real shape) and a mini bag of M&Ms with real mini M&Ms inside!

Also a mini shampoo, mini bottle of Hershey's syrup, mini toothbrushes, mini Etch-A-Sketch, mini bag of Lindor truffles (which Sariah made tiny ones to go inside for them.) The girls made many very creative gifts for their dolls- posters for their walls, new shoes, etc.

Thanks to these super creative girls, the American Dolls had a wonderful Christmas too! They are going to make wonderful Mommies someday! :)

Every year, the girls switch names and pick something out for their "Secret Pal" and then reveal who they have on Christmas Day. Here Tia and Nina are switching gifts. I love this picture of them!!

Nana and Yiya had each other. They were very pleased with their gifts.

Rori and Callie were so fun to watch open their gifts! They were SO excited to get Ana and Elsa dolls!! It was adorable how much they loved their new dolls!!

Special gifts for Mommy and Daddy, made with lots of love :)

The last present... for all the girls to share, from Mommy and Daddy... the traditional book, "Charlie Brown's Christmas" complete with an adorable stuffed Snoopy and Charlie Brown.

Playing with their new toys on their new table. :)

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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

To learn more about The Book of Mormon or to get a free copy: http://www.mormon.org/book-of-mormon/

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. :)