Our first year with a Pretend tree

I'm trying to remember why Troy and I went with a fake tree this year. Neither one of us had ever had a fake tree growing up, or as a couple. I think we talked about the mess and price and decided if a good deal comes along........ Well, Lowes had a great sale on Black Friday weekend, so we have a pretend tree as Livia likes to call it. (Get it, not real, but pretend, ha ha)

It was nice, they all were excited and helpful.

It was George's turn to place the Angel on the tree.

We had to put our tree in the Porch (in-closed, but not insulated!) to keep it safe from a certain someone.....

Because she is THAT fast!

We VALUE Math skills.... ha ha, get it?

To reenforce couting by 2's, 5's, and 10's we started learning about money. Recognizing what coins are what, their worth, and counting different money amounts. This is still at a very early age, but it helped us work on grouping and counting.

Play doh dinos

Learning about dinosaurs was a fun week. There were LOTS of books in the library for us to check out, and of course we had to make our own dinosaurs. They could be any color because who here can really tell us what colors the dinosaurs where?

Rat Tail Removal

My kids have hair growth issues until they are well over 2 yrs old. None of them got the traditional "first haircut on your first birthday" for lack of hair. Ginnie is 15 months here and all that is growing was a rat tail! No one really noticed it since it curled right up, but if you pulled it down, or in the bath it went down her neck! It was either chop it off, or get her a cutoff flannel shirt and some holey jeans and call her Joe Dirt.

Before

After

Always a project to do

Troy was finishing up some house project (Yay!!!), so of course the kids wanted to help.

So he gave each kid a piece of scrap wood with a nail half driven in. They were banging away for quite a while!

a little excited

Can you tell what they are all excited about?

Pizza Delivery! ha ha

Math!

Do you remember those little plastic discs? The kids love them! We have been using them to see addition/subtraction concepts and in learning to count in 2's, 5's, and 10's. Well, George mostly makes little towers and shapes with his handful, but it keeps him busy while I teach Liv.