Weekend Birthday Celebrations

4th Birthday Celebrations with family

 

pumpkin patch and birthday lunch

I can't believe Tuesday I will have a four year old! Here's how our boy wanted to spend his day. "At nani and papa's house" He wanted a birthday cake (chocolate of course). We took the boys to the pumpkin patch down there and then had a little birthday lunch at my parents' house after. It was a fun weekend spent with family! Happy Birthday Caleb Lincoln. We love you so.

 

Let the picture overload begin....

 (those eyes.)

 (I loved this moment. C was all about hanging out with uncle Cameron; running and helping him pick pumpkins. They were having some fun moments together)

 (my sister and her boy)

 pretend tractor ride

 oh luke. :)

 my sisters and my cousin :) girl time for me!

 such a happy boy this weekend.

 couldn't help myself  with this picture (I married one pretty incredible and good lookn' guy! I mean...I think this picture says it all...and i'm probably going to embarrass him with it :))

cousins (dominic is seriously such a sweet 10 year old boy in his interactions with caleb and lucas. He threw the balloon low enough for caleb to reach it and kept putting a protective hand on lucas' shoulder to make sure he wouldn't go down/fall down the stairs)

 all week caleb's been singing the birthday song to himself; "happy birthday dear caleb Lincoln. happy birthday to you!!""" yep. exactly like that.

 gluten free chocolate cake. I think the only part that really mattered was the chocolate part.

 slight plane obsession happening right now. ever since my trip on a plane and seeing the plane movie the boys have been all about planes. all about them.

 sound effects and motions. the whole bit.

It was a great weekend and the car ride home was quick and smooth. Two sleepy boys after a full weekend with family.

Excited for more family time happening in the next couple weeks with Oregon family!

Happy Weekend :)

Letter D

Letter D and continuing with fall theme

 

The boys enjoyed a lot of magnet play this week. (I love how their play evolves into different things; with objects such as magnets for example)

 Tracing is something C's more interested in now; he enjoys going back and coloring in the lines though, kinda interesting but it's all about exploration.

 We did some sensory play with acorns, fall leaves, and a salt tray

 I picked up more fall/pumpkin/leaves/etc. books at the library this week to continue with our fall theme. It's so fun reading new books together :)

 counting

 We tried different ways of counting this week. (magnets were used a lot)

 Letter D wrap: poke page, counting, drawing, D dots, magnetic D page, counting/graphing page, upper case/ lower case/ sorting, size sort, patterns, D art, cutting, tracing,)

 (once again, more coloring in the dotted lines after he traces them.) Each week I'm noticing longer endurance for completing the letter activities for C; and both boys continue to be really enthusiastic  with the letter we work on each week; I think their most favorite part though is the singing; my lil future choir boys.

I'm using confessions of a homeschooler prek letter of the week curriculum     and have found some great sensory/art/play invitations from fantastic fun and learning     and my nearest and dearest .