First Day of School

We’re finally back!! We got a little busy at the end of August with a 10 day trip to Disney World. When we got back from our trip I was making our final preparations for school to start, and just ran out of time for blogging.  Anyway, we started school last week- our first day was on Thursday.  Here are some pictures from our first day:

Hailey all ready and excited to start her first day of 2nd grade.

Hunter all ready for tot school.

Posing with her lunch box.

Going back inside to start our day 🙂

Hunter and Hailey

The backpacks

Hailey at her desk, ready to work.

Hunter at his desk, ready to work.

Hailey working in her calendar notebook.

Hunter with his calendar notebook.

Hunter “working” while I was working with Hailey.

Hailey doing a first day of school paper.

Hunter doing his first day of school paper.

We had a great first day!  When Rich got home from work we went out to dinner to celebrate the start of school.  It’s going to be a fun year 🙂

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Bee Crafty Kids- Cute Scarecrow

Welcome back to the Bee Crafty Kids link up that I am co-hosting with To The Moon and Back,  Look! We’re Learning and Monster’s Ed Homeschooling Academy.

We have been really busy this week and didn’t have time for a new craft.  So, I’m sharing an older craft with you that I think turned out super cute.

Here’s what you’ll need:
scrapbook paper for his shirt
construction paper for his face, his buttons, his nose and the crows
part of a cardboard box for his hat and stake (we colored the stake black)
The green stuff for the grass is actually a few pieces cut off of a cheerleading pom-pom. (Although you could just use tissue paper).
His hair is a few little pieces I took off of the top of some Indian corn.

Glue everything together.

Adorable scarecrow

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Poppins Book Nook- Fairy Tale Theme

The theme for the Poppins Book Book this month was fairy tales, which is a perfect theme for us!  The only problem was- which book to pick!  Before we could decide on a book, we had to find out exactly what a makes a book a fairy tale.

I drew this lovely castle… I thought I was doing a pretty good job drawing it, but while I was working on it Hailey said, “Are you sure you don’t want to just print one?  I don’t want you to embarrass yourself on the internet.”  She did admit I did a pretty good job once it was done though.  She colored it in after I finished drawing it.

Then we went over what makes a story a fairy tale.  Once we knew what needed to be in a book to have it be considered a fairy tale she decided she wanted to read Cinderella.

Hailey did a great job reading “Cinderella” to Hunter.

Then we decided to make Cinderella’s carriage.  Hailey and Hunter painted a pumpkin blue.

Then Hailey added some glitter.

Our finished Cinderella Carriage.

Then Hailey wrote her own fairy tale.

Posing with her favorite page in her book.

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Bee Crafty Kids- Acorn Craft

Welcome back to the Bee Crafty Kids link up that I am co-hosting with To The Moon and Back,  Look! We’re Learning and Monster’s Ed Homeschooling Academy.

We have been so busy all week getting ready to go on vacation that we ran out of time to do a craft.  So, I’m sharing an old one with you.  With fall right around the corner I thought it would be fun to share a fall activity.

Here is a simple and cute acorn craft:

First you’ll need to paint a brown piece of paper with a darker shade of brown.

Once the paint dries, rip apart the paper. Also, rip apart a piece of regular brown paper.

Glue the lighter colored brown paper to the top of the acorn and the brown paper that was painted to the bottom of the acorn.

The finished acorn.

Now it’s your turn! Link up and share what you and your kids have been busy making. Grab a button so others can join in the crafting fun too 🙂

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~Enter the direct link to one or more of your own posts that showcase a craft or hands on activity for children.

~A link back with the above button is appreciated, but not required

~Try to at least comment on one or two of the other blogs that took the time to share and join!

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