Christmas Party!

God's Greatest Gift

Chocolate-Dipped Christmas Pretzel Sticks!

Christmas Light Chalk Drawings!

Handprint Christmas Wreaths!

Christmas Trees!

We have been busy getting our classroom all decorated for Christmas! Last week we worked on our Christmas trees.

The first step was to paint the trees.

The second step was to paint the ornaments.

  

Finally we were able to finish our project by gluing the ornaments on our trees.

Our Christmas trees are now all over the room, making our classroom look quite festive!

Thanksgiving Party

We started off the day with a "Turkey Hunt" at school, and then rode on the bus to Mrs. Hammett's house for our Thanksgiving party.

We played a fun game called "Turkey, Turkey, Who's Got the Turkey?" Everyone had to sit in a circle and pass around some leaves and a turkey. The person in the middle had to guess who had the turkey!

 

Miss Follett read about the First Thanksgiving, and then we made Thanksgiving story bracelets. {Each bead stands for a different part of the Thanksgiving story.}

Getting ready to add the beads to our Thanksgiving story bracelets.

Miss Follett & Robby playing Thanksgiving picture dominoes

We decorated cupcakes to look like turkeys!

Our Thankful Tree

We started November with our Thankful Tree looking like this...

After being thankful for:

family, friends, sisters, toys, Mommy & Daddy (2x), animals, trains, decorations, food, my baby puppy, Alexa & Lydia, ice cream, the months of the year (especially July), trains & freight cars, pajamas, swings, bunnies, baby puppy & chickens, oatmeal, kittens, roads, games, water, trees, my elephant, toothbrush, leaves, clothes, numbers, letters, and candy

This is what our Thankful Tree looks like!

Handprint Turkeys

Roadside America & Alayna's House

Last Wednesday we went to Roadside America Miniature Village. We got to see miniature trains, cars, trolleys, little towns, forests, mountains, airplanes and much more! The best part is seeing the night time program where the "sun" goes down and all the lights in the villages come on. "God Bless America" is played during that time. Also as is tradition, we had to get a picture with "Ma and Pa" who are nearby. After we were done there, we went to my sister's house for lunch and some play time with her cats and new puppy, Harvey. It was a fun-filled day!

Making Pumpkin Cupcakes

Cream cheese icing -mmmmm!

Fall Activities

Pumpkin, Leaf and Turkey Cookie Cutter Paint Stamping :-)

Leaf Rubbing

Leaf Outline Sponge Painting

Captain Nemo's Aquarium & Park

Last Friday we went on a field trip to Captain Nemo's Aquarium store. We got to see a bunch of fish in various aquarium tanks, some turtles, a snake and even a small shark! After that we went to Chick-fil-a for lunch and then finished our trip with a stop at a nearby park.

 

  

Baking Cookies!

Today we made caramel stuffed apple cider cookies. {Yes, they taste as good as they sound!}

My kiddos did a great job following directions which helped make the experience both fun & enjoyable!

A Visit to the Fire Station

Yesterday we visited our local fire station. We learned about fire safety and much more!

We saw a fireman get dressed up in all his gear.

We got to explore an ambulance (Let's hope this is the only time Robby is on that stretcher!)

We learned about the different fire trucks and what they carry.

We even got to use a fire hose!!!!

We had fun climbing through a fire truck!