HOMES

Recently the kiddos here learned how to draw a house scene that they can build on/from. We have practiced their addresses over time. I suggest starting with the town name then the street and then the house number. Depending on the street name you can often use some consistent hand gesture ... like Fox Chase Lane... we swung our arms back and forth with each syllable/word. We have a large marker board we all practiced our house on shape by shape. Additionally we drew grass, a tree, a flower, and a street. Each of the kids practiced more on their own little boards then onto a sheet of paper.
They were SO proud of themselves! The next day we used pieces of foamies from the DOLLAR STORE and they glued their home scenes together.

Easter 2008

I slowly recovered from my stomach flu in time for a few Easter moments. Sunday School with the 2 year olds was lively as always then we got to attend the third service together. We ran to Walker for an Easter celebration in the factory cafeteria. We missed many of the cousins this year!
Kira got to ride on Cousin Kyle's skateboard and hasn't stopped talking about it! She was so pleased she got to play with her cousin Travis and had a blast! An EGG HUNT was set up by the Rattle family for Trav and Kira... it meant so much that they went to such lengths to make their day special! Later, Grandma and Grandpa Saunders stopped by with some more Easter surprises.

Kira is looking forward to more and more JESUS PARTIES... such fun and generosity seem to surround JESUS days! I shared the story of the Jesus' last days with her and she was so concerned about Jesus getting hurt and dying. Kira kept retelling me the the story. She is so thankful He "woke up" and was ALIVE again!! Jesus went up to Heaven where HE waits for her. If you ask her where Jesus is... she'll say in her heart and in Heaven. She names everyone she can think of... making sure they are going to be in Heaven with her and Jesus!