Princess Karis

This week we focused on the letter J and on recognizing numbers.

We loved making Jello J's for a snack,

and listening to Jazz music while we ate!

 We made a floor "clock" and practiced recognizing the

numbers by stepping from number to number as we counted.

Going with the J theme, we talked about the different

layers of a jungle and made a picture to help us remember.

The top layer is the really tall trees where monkeys roam...

Right below that is the Understory which is smaller trees and big ferns.

There is less sunlight here, and Toucans live at this level.

At the forest floor, hardly any sunlight gets here because all the taller trees block the sun, so a lot of fungi and moss grows.

This is also where a whole lot of insects live.

We counted pennies...

 Later, Malachi counted pennies in cups

and matched number cards to the correct cup.

We tried to learn how to do jumping jacks the right way,

but it takes a whole lot of coordination!

We try to count to 100 everyday, but it is usually

hard to focus on counting.  Mom discovered that using a

number chart to count is very effective!

We didn't have a geography lesson this week, but one evening I went into the living room and discovered Superman and Princess Purple climbing the Rocky Mountains, like the mountain goats we talked about last week.

Asher's "school week" consisted of painting...

 ... a horse book...

... gluing...

... and story time with Karis.

 

We enjoyed our new number puzzles (got to love hand-me-downs)!

To end our week, we made silly, colorful,  Jack-o-Lanterns.

We know it is not Fall anymore, but they do start with J.

The kids glued assorted pieces of black paper onto their pumpkins.

The finished products:

Most of our week was spent at Mam-maw and Pap-paw's, where we had an early birthday party for Karis.

Here the kids are helping make the goody bags for our party guests.

At the party, we made pizzas...

made necklaces...

and painted our nails.

 

Here the princess is enjoying some Kool-Aid.

The princess and her Princess Cake...

Mommy and her little princess...

We praise God for giving us Karis and are thankful that we have been blessed with her these three years.

Only by God's grace, have we made it through another week!