Phone Purge Friday...er...Sunday

So, yeah. I'm a little behind. Ooops! Here are the pics from this past week.

First off... last Saturday was THINKING DAY!!!

All ready for thinking day. Each of the girlscout groups had a state. The Daisies in Ryanne's troop had Georgia so she's wearing "red" (okay, it's more burgundy) and black and we write "Bull Dogs" on her little cheeks. hehe!

She walked around and visited the different tables. They got to put a souvenir from each state into their paper bags.

The Daisies who went from Ryanne's troop.

The Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors who went from Ryanne's troop. The other groups in the troop had Hawaii and Alaska.

Collin got a new microscope. It was free -- a hand-me-down -- but he absolutely LOVES it!!! :)

I just thought this was funny. He had to write an equivalent fraction (not simplified but equivalent) so he decided to have fun with it. 10,000/20,000 = 2/4. hehe!

I'm already planning for 2014-2015 school year. Like my new planner look?

Picture day!!! Ryanne did a few poses for the camera. This is her Jazz number costume. Ignore the shoes. She doesn't wear her ballet or jazz shoes outside.

Their cousin spent the day with us. She's in the same virtual school as them and a kindergartner with Ryanne so when school was over, they had a water bottle fight. hehe!

They came back in completely soaked -- dripping with water. It was so crazy how wet they could get with a spray bottle. ;)

 Ryanne and I singing and cooking in the kitchen. I had show tunes going on through the headphones and Ryanne decided to join in the fun. :) Yes, this is how I cook. Sometimes it's show tunes and sometimes it's an audio book. ;)

Ryanne was given a dollhouse by a friend who was moving. This is the "before" picture. We're putting it together though so we'll post the "after" picture in a few months once it's finally finished. So many little details to it. I'm excited. Paul is putting together the windows and doors (and the walls and stuff) and I'm doing the shingles and the painting. Yay!

So, the kids only have school Tues, Wed, and Thurs and then they're all done. However, we have tons going on next weekend so we had an end of the year party on Friday. We ordered pizza, watched Hook and then went to sleep in the tent at 10pm. The kids loved getting to stay up late and sleeping in the tent. They decided they wanted to do it a second night. So, Saturday night they both went out there. I told them I couldn't sleep out there again. I wanted a real bed. At 10:20 Ryanne wanted to sleep in her bed. She claims her brother was too loud but I really think she was just scared. So, Collin slept the whole night in the tent all by himself. He loved it. The tent is now down though so the kids are back in regular beds tonight. :)

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This is just the easiest way for me to update people on my life so... here we go. :)

Happy Mother's Day to me!! :) Paul and I decided to invest in a laser printer. I print a lot. Especially with all the school stuff going on around here. Ink is so expensive that I had already given up on buying colored ink so that isn't a big sacrifice for us. I LOVE THIS THING!!! It prints so quickly and the toner is supposed to last forever!!! WOOT!!! So excited about it. (I love Paul's facial expression in this. He is looking at me like, "seriously? You're taking a picture?" LOL!

We also got a punching bag for Collin and Paul.

My Mother's Day treasures. ;)

The kids made me pizza for dinner... left is a heart and right is a smiley face.

So, on Mother's Day I am always fussed any time I try to clean. However, if I don't clean then I have to clean double on Monday. So, I stayed up until midnight so I could clean after everyone else was in bed. LOL! It makes for a better Monday morning that way. ;)

I have recommitted to the 21 Day Fix. I did three rounds of it then quit for 3 weeks and was informed I am a happier person when on it so I'm back on it. LOL!

This was a math dot game. She had to color in the dots depending on the number and make her own shape.

Monday was the kids last day of Homeschool Monday. They were so sad but they'll do it again next year. Ryanne loved that she was finally able to participate in it. :)

Water fight with Nana!!!

The teacher I am working with uses "blue tickets". She says to use anything like this and give it to the kids when they are listening well or something. At the end of the week they do a drawing with their blue tickets. The winner gets a homework pass or pencil or whatever. So... I made these. This way the kids don't beg me for more GoNoodle videos or fight over who gets to choose them. haha! They know exactly how many they can choose. They can even save them for another day if they'd like to. They love these things! :)

I have been getting weed bouquets on a daily basis. I'm enjoying them now because tomorrow the lawn is getting mowed!

Collin is learning fractions. Look! It's another activity I created.

I didn't create this compound word activity but I did get it for free from teachers pay teachers. LOVE!!!

Crazy creations with the kiddy puzzles at the library by Collin. It was a rainy day so this is what they did after getting their books instead of playing in the park. ;)

Domino math.

I am very proud of this. To increase reading fluency, I have recorded myself reading books. The camera is facing the words and my finger follows along. I also get the pictures in there between pages. The kids are then supposed to watch the video and read it with me, following along with their finger or marker (if on a touchscreen). Then, I made a book where the kids can flip through and see the book covers, a brief description of the story, and the reading level of the book in both AR and Lexile. There is also a qr code the kids can scan and it takes them right to the book recording. I am loving this. It's great when I need to work with the other child. It would work for a center or all kinds of things. LOVE!!!

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I got one of these for K-1 grade and one for 2-3 grade. Basically, it's supposed to help prevent the "Summer Slide". I'm also working on a program to help with it as well. This book will happen two days/week. They're just worksheets and flash cards to help students remember things they learned. We have 11 weeks for summer vacation! YAY!!

This is a very popular book series in the classroom I'm working in so I ordered one of the books so I could read it. Perhaps Collin or Ryanne will as well but, yes, I ordered this and I'm currently reading it. LOL! ;)

Ryanne's ballet costume. Isn't she cute? They will be dancing to We Are The Champions by Queen.

You can tell Ryanne's tights have been through a lot this year. She has new ones for the recital but she can't wear them until AFTER the recital. ;) This is her jazz costume. They're dancing to Vogue by Madonna. Below is her routine but you have to come to the recital to see it from the front. I think Ryanne is pretty good but I'm her mom so I don't know much my opinion counts. 

The other day, this app was on sale -- FREE!!! It's Hooked on Phonics Classroom Edition and it's normally $49.99. I was so stoked I got it for free. YAY!! I barely made it. I didn't hear about it until about an hour before the sale was over but I got it and that's all that matters. ;)

 Ryanne is showing off a new kit I made her. Counting up to 30! She can count it but she gets the numbers mixed up so this has her actually writing them. I laminated the strips so she just writes in dry erase marker so I can wipe them off and she can reuse them.

 Horse shoes!! The Wolves played horseshoes after they passed off a few things in their meeting. ;)

Today I had 6 kids doing school in my house. Lots of computers and students scattered on all the flat surfaces available throughout my home. :) It was tons of fun though! Then we watched Frozen and the older ones (2nd grade +) played a game of Scrabble before heading out to the library.

One of our favorite days at the library is the Lego Club. This was the creation my kids came up with. We (meaning the grown ups) made it into the room in time for "sharing time" before picking up the kids. This is when the kids explain what they created. It was so interesting watching my son just jump right in willingly and explain what was going on. haha! Apparently public speaking is not a problem for him. ;)

 Library park -- so how many kids can you fit on this thing? haha!!!

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New excitement from the discovery of GoNoodle (blogpost coming on it).

Flowers from my husband, just because. ;)

This is the armoire I have my eye on at Goodwill. It may sell soon or may have already sold but I LOVE it! :)

Me trying on pants that are 3 sizes smaller than what I wore at the beginning of Feb!! They weren't comfortable but they buttoned. That's exciting!!! :)

Paul built me a book shelf to go behind my couch. no one can even tell it's there! :)

I taught did a math activity in the classroom I'm working on. I talk about it in a future post. :)

We started our Week of Easter celebration we do every year.

This is part of the activity I did with my class I'm working in. Like I said... details to come.

Collin and I like to play basketball after cub scouts.

A fun shirt I found at Goodwill.

 For spring break we had a day with the cousins! :)

Cousins having fun at the park.

Another shot of them... it's hard to tell but there are 7 kids on here. :)

My youngest niece carrying a bag of puppy. She just looked so cute!

 After the park we went to the bowling alley only to discover they weren't open yet so we went to the museum instead.

 I have lots of pictures of dolls b/c my toddler niece wanted pictures of all of them. haha!

This is a shot of the inside of the dollhouse. It was very detailed. Loved it! I was trying to get my phone through the windows. haha!

Circus room!

In case you can't see it the sign in the clown's lap says, "Please don't touch me and I won't touch you!" hehe! It was a creepy clown.

The kids play room. They were able to play with in here. So fun!

This is blurry b/c the kids wouldn't stay still and I was using my camera phone which isn't that great. There are 8 kiddos here.  

The girls in the school room.

The boys in the school room.

Refrigerator Perry

This was hilarious! My sister and I had to explain how this phone worked. The kids thought it was horrible how long it took to dial someone.

They really thought this was crazy.

There is a small town outside our city that was moved so they could build a nuclear plant on the site. This was a sign they posted. So sad...

Old fire truck.

Going through the arch to the buildings in the back.

The outhouse. They even had a bowl of corn cobs out there. ;)

cellar

school house!

Ryanne got a new maxi skirt!