November 4-6
One day and counting until Aunty Karyn gets here. What to do what to do??? Well not only is Aunty Karyn visiting and fall here to stay BUT it is also the month of American Thanksgiving so it was surely time to be… Thankful!
It was time to look at our Australia unit thanks to Little Passports. I got some books from the library and hunted down a few printables. I have a blog entry just with our resources from that short mini unit HERE. They even included a fun scratch card craft.
We drew up some “what if” stories about what sort of amazing and impossible adventures we could get up to with Aunty Karyn if we could do ANYTHING we could. Of course we photocopied the twins and took pictures of the littles to be able to give the originals to Karyn.
With visit imminent it was simply time to get the house under control, tidy up and do our regular homeschooling bits and go to bed with the knowledge that by the afternoon on the 5th we will be up the EIGHT people in the house!!
Talk about excitement when we got Karyn home! Baba and I went to the airport to collect her. Her flights was delayed (of course) but we managed to meet up quite easily. Thus begins a week of fun with Aunty Karyn and a time of low school work levels but high levels of fun! I love how we all congregate around our electronics… here the girls were watching My Little Pony.
This quickly morphed into EVERYONE watching Aunty Karyn’s iPad!
Our first FULL day with Aunty Karyn started with stories and reading in the livingroom.
Then running out (for the kids) to enjoy the very first and VERY minor snow fall.
Trinity had special time with her God Mommy and got her hair braided.
And in the afternoon there was time for boardgames!
That evening we had a rather major Echo milestone – her very first big girl bed!!!! Of course she came out MULTIPLE times that night but definitely a success!!!
Trinity’s old bed
A handmedown from cousin Zachary!
Of course the girls had to end their day with some Aunty Karyn time…
And we still have DAYS to go!!!!