tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123642662024-03-07T20:43:35.231-07:00Pocket full of PoesiesPoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672295858347241015noreply@blogger.comBlogger986125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12364266.post-76754795719758366672014-08-05T08:25:00.001-07:002014-08-05T08:25:08.300-07:00E! turns 4!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy birthday to E! Mr. Personality is 4 years old!<br />GPa and GMa were already in Wyoming when his bday arrived, and we met up with them a week later - so they sent a cowboy hat to get E! ready for the trip. Yee haw!</div>
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E! loves pirates. So he also received a gold spyglass, treasure map and other pirate equipment. </div>
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Playing pirates ... :) </div>
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That evening, we met Grandma and Papa at a nearby golf course for a pirate party! <br />At the end of each hole were pirate instructions and prizes. </div>
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Aaaaaarrrrrrgggg!</div>
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There were sword fights, plank walks, pirates booty and more ... intense!</div>
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And at the end of the course, X marked the treasure spot on a cooler filled with popsicles - which was the perfect treat on a sunny summer day. </div>
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We adore E! He brings smiles and giggles to our family. He makes friends quickly and with everyone. He is impressively smart, and has no problem keeping up with the group. We're so thankful Heavenly Father sent him to our family!</div>
<br />Jeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09445679119017945912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12364266.post-91335074735931397512014-06-25T15:14:00.000-07:002014-06-25T15:14:00.492-07:00Ballerinas 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our ballerinas are wrapping up their first year in pink tippy toe slippers. <br />They've each blossomed in different ways, and it's been a positive experience.</div>
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They're so sweet ... they just melt me. </div>
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Are we still doing school this summer? I get that question a lot ... <br />and the answer is yes and no. It's pretty light school, but learning is a way of life - so we can't just wipe it away. It's just less structured, and we're spending more time playing in the sun with friends (which is learning in a different way) or getting projects accomplished (more learning). <br /><br />Plus, we'll do a bit of formal education here and there too. Here are some pages from their nature books, for example:</div>
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This is Lil Sis' page about different shapes of leaves and the life cycle of a frog (above). </div>
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Here's Big Sis' frog life cycle page (above). </div>
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Even E!'s pages are purposeful. He had me help label some of his work on this page. </div>
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I'm also slightly obsessed with birds lately. This bird game entertains and teaches, and it helped us identify the gorgeous American Kestrel who ate our darling house sparrows and their babies. (boo!). </div>
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We finished up our history book ... oh how much I learned about history! <br />I now have a special place in my heart for ancient Rome ... hopefully the littles do too. <br />We had to keep these four powerful leaders straight, so we made up this sheet to refer to. </div>
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<br />Jeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09445679119017945912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12364266.post-70311372265632703642014-06-21T14:56:00.001-07:002014-06-21T14:56:10.078-07:00Lil Sis is SIX!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It happened a month ago: Lil Sis turned sweet six years old! </div>
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We started the morning with a few presents and cards.<br />I love this sister snap shot. They're best friends. </div>
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Her big present for this "Frozen-ish" birthday? <br />Her own snow cone machine!</div>
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After a few hours at the swimming pool, the grandparents came over for the party. <br />She had a cupcake pinata ... <br /></div>
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All the kiddos enjoyed giving it a good whack. </div>
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And Papa wore the top as a hat. :) </div>
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Here's Gpa and E! playing a balance the panda game that GG and Joe Joe gave. </div>
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And here's the birthday girl with her beloved snowcone. <br /><br />When asked to name one of her talents, Lil Sis said she's good at stopping fights. <br />She's our peacemaker and snuggler. She loves backrubs, sugar, dancing, singing, and acting. <br />Her favorite color is pink, and her favorite animals are pandas. <br />She loves her family - especially her cousins - and she's a wonderful reader. <br />And now she's SIX! <br /></div>
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I spy with my little eye, something small but mighty, earthy but educated, and chipper as a songbird .... <br /><br />Yes, it's our Gnomes in nature. And it was time for new nature notebooks.</div>
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We've been seeing such amazing things in this Northwest spring - we simply must record and report them!<br />Like look at that diligent snail atop dew decorated leaves - or the balanced trillium in full bloom!</div>
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This week we went to the Tualatin Wildlife Refuge and met a wonderful Gardner's Group, who let us tag along and learn from an onsite naturalist. Big Sis got right up to the front of the group - and soon Lil Sis joined her. We found out fascinating things, like: </div>
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To celebrate the end of tax season, Alex and I scheduled a weekend getaway at Skamania Lodge. <br />We first went on a beautiful hike to Falls Creek Falls ... gorgeous!</div>
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I loved this big, unplugged tree - bare roots dangling. </div>
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To give an idea on size, here's Alex standing in front of those dangling roots. Crazy huh!? <br />Even big trees fall.</div>
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For about an hour, Alex and I tried to recreate the winning trick put that scored us tickets to the all-you-can-eat seafood buffet (delish!!) that we enjoyed at the Lodge. A few months ago he won a putting contest with an amazing shot .... so amazing, he couldn't duplicate. I'm thankful I could reap the benefits of his luck! </div>
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While GMa was caring for GPa, we had the chance to snatch up Cozy for her first sleepover! </div>
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She panted and pranced throughout the adventure - I think that's her version of the happy dance.</div>
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On a Monday morn, we met GMa at the hospital while GPa had a bronch to get biopsies of his lungs ... we brought our school books, packed breakfast and lunch and planned for a day (we had an inkling) ... good thing too, because a few hours later he was admitted to the hospital ... and stayed there all week. </div>
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Since this was the week before Easter, the children filled plastic eggs with cheerful messages and treats. <br />We had fun checking on those eggs from time to time. <br />We sure worried about GPa's health and the insurance fiasco (long story), <br />but the oft quoted saying rang true, </div>
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<br />Bottom line is: <br />We love the wild ride, <br />because we love GPA!</div>
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And we're screaming with joy that he's home, healthier and happy! WHOO HOO! </div>
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Big Sis had her first Daddy/Daughter Dance with the Activity Girls group from our church. It was a 50s theme - they hoola hooped, did the twist and joined in a bubble blowing contest. Most of all, they made a fun memory. So cute!</div>
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Looking through my phone and found this gem. Many a princess for our pink prince pirate to pick from. Ha. They look simply divine. </div>
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We're studying ancient China right now - and I was seriously floored by how much these girls loved the ancient calligraphy characters. We learned the seven main strokes, and then about 5 or 6 characters - and they could spot them and write them without a second thought. Learning comes so naturally to them - I love it! I wish I knew more so I could teach them more!</div>
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Towards the end of Big Sis' writings, she did her best to tell the birth story of Jesus. She wrote the characters for woman, man, horse (we don't know donkey) then house. :) Can you see it? </div>
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I had no idea that they stomped on dirt until it was so compact it became as hard as concrete! Four feet of dirt to four inches of wall. Wow! </div>
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After the wall was constructed {and mom wasn't feeling well that day, so she fell asleep sitting up on the couch while the kids got it set up}, they added characters to represent the Mongols attacking the Chinese. </div>
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And had a photo shoot .... soooo many pictures like this on my camera! ha. </div>
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E! is starting to want his own projects in school. Here he is counting pirate jewels and putting the right number in the cups. He's a whiz at counting, but doesn't know his numbers written down yet - so that's what we'll work on for now. </div>
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After studying ancient Greece, we moved onto ancient Rome. <br />We learned about the gladiators and the armor of God, we dreamed of walking on the Appian Way, and compared their political system to Athens and Sparta, and we got hands on with a few projects. </div>
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This is our aqueduct .. but ours carried marbles instead of water. <br />It stayed in our living room for several days, until the wrapping paper rolls and tape weren't working well together anymore. I thought it was interesting to learn about the gradual grade used, the arches and just how far the Romans could get their water to travel. </div>
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This is our standard. When the Roman armies would come into a new land, they'd raise their standard high to announce their forthcoming. We did some research and made our own standard - topped with a Poe Gnome holding a CTR shield and the sword of truth. The three decorated golden plates represent the three kiddos. We also read scriptures about raising a standard - and they made much more sense! :) </div>
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First we took a paper and modge podged a collage of tissue paper. <br />While that dried, we used watercolors to paint the backgound. <br />The next day we cut out triangles from the modge podged paper, and pasted them onto our background.</div>
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Mom does art projects alongside the kiddos, <br />but this time Lil Sis wanted to snap a photo to prove it. :) </div>
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I've gotten so behind on blogging! <br />Here are some random photos I found on my camera ... <br />like the two centaur drawings from our Greek studies. </div>
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There are 17 species of penguins, and my trio each selected one to study more in-depth. <br />Big picked Emperor, Lil picked Little and E! chose Macaroni ... </div>
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They recorded information after reading about each kind ... and then brought out the tape measurer to make life-sized penguins. </div>
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The birds were busy eating that day because they knew something we didn't - the weather was changing. Snow! In Oregon, that's pretty rare. The kids were in heaven. We went to GMa's and GPa's to get snowed in for a few days, then came home to more fresh snow to play in.</div>
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Alex is in the middle of tax season, so playing with Daddy is especially awesome right now. <br />He knows how to "check in" at home and really play with the munchkins. <br />Here he is playing a Minute to Win It game - blowing air out of the balloon to knock over the cups. </div>
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The girls were in a ballet of Alice in Wonderland. Big Sis danced as a carnation, and Lil Sis was a ladybug. The ballet was beautiful and quite a production. I think Lil Sis enjoyed her first time on stage! Big Sis has performed before, and she loves it too. </div>
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Dad baptized Big Sis in January 2014 (sorry I'm so late at blogging!). Big Sis felt excited, a little nervous and totally ready to make the baptismal covenants. She told me the water was freezing cold, but she felt warm inside after she got out. I loved watching her twinkle toes kick in the water as Alex immersed her and her little braids. </div>
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<br />So many family members made the journey to support Big Sis in her decision to be baptized. </div>
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Here's a few close ups of the board ... <br />the one above compares the power of the Holy Ghost with the Gift of the Holy Ghost. </div>
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Here's a comparison between Christ's baptism and her baptism. <br />Plus,we used her artwork as the cover of her baptismal program. </div>
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So many showered her with love and support! The baptismal room was packed to the back -it brought me to tears when leading her favorite song:</div>
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"I like to look for rainbows whenever there is rain, and ponder on the beauty of an earth made clean again ... I want my life to be as clean as earth right after rain. I want to be the best I can, and live with God again. I know when I am baptized, my wrongs are washed away. And I can be forgiven and improve myself each day. I want my life to be as clean as earth right after rain. I want to be the best I can, and live with God again." </div>
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For Big Sis' birthday she got tickets to see Beauty and the Beast at the Newmark Theatre. It was awesome! Unfortunately, my GPS took me to the hills so we were running a few minutes late - but we saw 99 percent of it ... AND we had FRONT ROW tickets! So fun!</div>
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<br />Jeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09445679119017945912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12364266.post-54494243734758541582014-01-12T03:30:00.000-07:002014-01-12T03:30:00.935-07:00Merry Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Grandma and Papa Poe took the Poe cousins on the Polar Express train. Here's Santa checking in with the littles to see what they'd like for Christmas ...</div>
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As well as dress up clothes! And E! got a trumpet!</div>
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We went over to the Poe's for a traditional Christmas dinner - delicious! </div>
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And Aunt Jesse made these crazy hats for the kiddos! Makes me want to roar just looking at 'em! </div>
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We had a "Cozy" Christmas Eve at GPa and GMa's house. <br />It was fun to share in the pup's first Christmas. </div>
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GPa and GMa picked out perfect gifts for them ... legos!</div>
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I need to put up the video I have of the family playing the chimes to "Jingle Bells" - it's hilarious because the dog joins in and tugs her potty bells back and forth too. She's quite the musician!</div>
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Amidst the Christmas season, we continued our schooling - including a unit on ancient Greeks. <br />These lovely entertainers would like to sing you a song on their lyres. </div>
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The lyres took a long time to create - and broke way too easily! <br />Oh well, learning is in the process ... right?</div>
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They tried keeping the Greek history timeline straight with this Popsicle game. <br />(the Minoans came first .. then a volcano exploded and covered their island ... and so forth).</div>
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<br />We thoroughly enjoyed a few summaries of famous Greek mythology.<br />Homer's Trojan horse and Odysseus were the favorites. So we painted our own illustrations.</div>
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Here's Big Sis' cyclops.</div>
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Here's E!'s cyclops (I love how his artwork is coming to life lately!).</div>
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Here's Big Sis' Trojan Horse. </div>
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And I participated too ...</div>
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Plus the trio memorized a poem (not a Greek one ... a Christmas one) and performed it during their Greek show off day. Dad worked from home that day, so he was privileged to a lyre song, poetry reading and exclusive showing to the fresh artwork. :) </div>
<br />Jeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09445679119017945912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12364266.post-55640359209430053382014-01-08T16:50:00.000-07:002014-01-08T16:50:00.043-07:00The true Christmas spirit.<div style="text-align: center;">
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GPa and GMa's ward had an AMAZING Christmas party - in Bethlehem! <br />We dressed up as if we were headed to Bethlehem to pay our taxes during the time of Christ's birth. The cultural hall had transformed into that busy city, with bakeries food stands and hot items being sold - like gold, frankincense and myrrh. It was a memorable activity, filled with the Spirit. <br />
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After the activity, anytime a church talk or video mentioned Bethlehem, E! would shout, "I've been there!" It all seemed so real to my little ones. Especially the Roman soldiers at the gate - E! got quite worked up about paying the right amount of taxes. </div>
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