Window Crayons and Marker Fun

On Wednesday the boys tried out some new art supplies that Hubby and I purchased Tuesday evening after dinner. It is the first time I have seen these products. Crayola Window Crayons and Crayola Window Markers. You can draw with the Window crayons on glass surfaces such as windows and picture frames. When the crayon wears down a bit you can twist the bottom of it for more crayon. The crayons

L is for LadyBug (Part 1)

This past week we officially started homeschooling my youngest son Turtle, age 3. He has been observing me homeschool his older brother and enjoys doing art with us. We have done some things such toddler activities and preschool science with him. I felt it was time for him to begin Homeschool Preschool or "TOT school" at home four days a week for now.

Rather than start at the beginning with the

Craft shopping for our Letter of the Week

Today, my family and I went to purchase some craft supplies. We are doing our letter of the the week (Letter L) and the boys I wanted to make some ladybug and lollipop crafts. I am also restocking on some supplies for our art center.We went to Hobby Lobby with our printed coupon for 40% off. They had 30% off the foam sheets and tempera paint. The boys helped pick out the materials to make our

Our Summer plans, what are yours?

Summer is coming and with that many homeschooolers like myself have the option of taking a summer break along with our public school counterparts or continue homeschooling year round with some short breaks in between.

We homeschool year round with my oldest son, age 9 and we are just starting Homeschool Preschool with my youngest, age 3 1/2 years. I want to cover some stuff this summer with him.

Thank you for this Award

My good friend Clemencia at Storytime and More has bestowed upon me an award. The Award is called Premio Dardos which means "prize darts" in Italian. The award is given in recognition of culteral. ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing.The Rules:Accept the award by posting it on your blog along with the name of the person that has granted

Max and Ruby Paper (Dolls) Figures

My three year old son Turtle loves the Max and Ruby book series by Rosemary Wells. He enjoys watching the show on Nick Jr. He often sits in my lap while I read to his favorite book "Bunny Money." I wanted to make him some things of Max and Ruby he could play with so when I saw my friend Clemencia at Storytime and More post sometime back about Paper Dolls in February, I thought I could make Paper

The Butterfly Project

Photos from the Houston Holocaust Museum
This April 21st is Holocaust Remembrance Day and while many of you including myself only know of the Holocaust from books, film or from stories told by Holocaust Survivors ... but there are people like my parents (who are well into their 70s) know of it as children who heard of it as current news in their lifetime.

Even if you are not Jewish (I am not) .