Sunday, March 26, 2017

Spring Break Fun!

Our Spring Break was off to a wonderful start as Kieryn, Ronan, and I went to open gymnastics Friday morning and out to eat lunch at Pizza Hut... but things changed when the Kia began making funny noises on our drive to Seneca...Grandpa and Grandma Haug had agreed to watch the kids for the weekend so we could work on landscaping and outside needs of the house. The Kia broke down about 30 minutes outside of Manhattan. Due to our warranty, it had to be towed back to Junction City so a dealership could do the repairs. We felt lucky that we didn't go off the road! Luckily my parents met us, picked up the kids and brought me a vehicle. We are still waiting to get clearance for repairs on the Kia....



The Kia breaking down didn't hinder any of the fun that the kids had on the farm! They had a blast helping Grandpa with chores and exploring at the creek!


They got so spoiled!


The kids even brought home a surprise! We are hatching eggs for Grandpa! Hope it goes well!


Kieryn has had a fun time over her spring break! She's been pretending with her doll, Ronan, her cousins, and her friends...



She's even helped Daddy with some landscaping!


Here are some of the changes to the front.... BEFORE..


AFTER... we changed mulch color, painted the front door, and added some cedar touches!



Steven had become a very good wood craftsman... he made this lantern!


Changed out the mailbox, post, and mulch...







We added carriage hardware to the garage doors, a house sign, and changed all the outside light fixtures!

Steven made our new house sign too!! He's just amazing!


We continue to work on landscaping... Kieryn enjoys helping!


On Saturday the kids got to jump in a few puddles!




Hope to soon be planting these guys in our garden! Fingers crossed!


Until next time!

Monday, March 20, 2017

Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy Spring!

I finished the crochet winter gear for the kids' friends just in time for spring...



We did St. Patrick's day activities this week...





Then we made green muffins!


Ronan felt like drumming...


On Tuesday Ronan an Micah practiced putting shamrocks in order...



Then we tried to throw "gold" (pennies) into the pot!



Kieryn wanted to drum on Wednesday...


On Friday the Kia broke down on our way to Seneca. Luckily everything worked out and the Kia is in the shop getting fixed!


The kids got to spend the weekend on the farm with Grandpa and Grandma while Steven and I worked to do spring cleaning in all our flower beds!


Great week! Have a great start to spring!!

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Very vibrant letter V!

On Monday of letter V week, Kieryn wanted to participate... so we watched a short video on volcanoes and then made our own using play dough. The kids loved watching it erupt (baking soda and vinegar with food coloring).




Ronan practiced the V sound and did a v letter search.


On Tuesday Micah and Ronan were VERY silly! They wanted to sing silly ABC's, and make very funny faces...



We then matched V/v using a vulture named Vinnie who like only "big V" violets and another vulture named Vera who only liked "small v" violets. The boys like this. Then we counted and compared how many each vulture had in their vat!


Later that day we had a picnic at the park and had fun playing volleyball. 



On Wednesday Ronan was at Janell's. They did name practice and cutting/tracing practice.



They even played outside with Ronan's favorite... Bubbles!


On Thursday we talked about vegetables. We did a number match and number tracing...



Then we did counting, simple addition, a few letters, and shapes with carrots! Ronan couldn't get enough of this!!




On Friday the kids played pretend. They got out all their animals and pretended to be veterinarians!




Then Kieryn wanted to play teacher and made a letter V search game for Ronan.



What a fun week with letter V! 
Until next time...