4 Months!!

Four months ago, little Caleb (we use "little" very loosely) came to live with us. Since then, his precious smile has greeted us every morning. His jabbering and giggling has filled any shred of silence Jordyn happened to leave between bouts of singing, laughing, and yelling. He has slept little and eaten much. He has made a very full life even more full. He has caused, what we thought to be full, hearts to swell and overflow with compassion, excitement, and peace. We love him so very much. It is hard to believe that 120 days have passed since he came, and yet it is hard to believe that this has only been our reality for a mere 120 days. We are seeing the truth in the saying "with children, the days are long, but the years are short". In short, our lives are so much more taxing and joyous because of our little man and we are loving every minute of it!!

"Lord, thank you for him for he is a priceless and special gift. Oh please allow us the enjoy him to fullness that you would have."

A few days old.

1 month old.

2 months old.

3 months old.



4 months old. "Little Brother?"



 

Alvin likes these three. He says they look like they could be screen shots from an old, poorly made Kung Fu film. I don't see it. I just smile and nod...

 

 In His great love,

A&C

Doc McStuffins Fun!!

If you haven't ever watched Doc McStuffins you should! We do not have cable so we would not have known about it, except that it is everywhere. We have enjoyed the DVD I got her for Christmas.This gave me the idea to set up a Doc McStuffins theme in the school room. It was perfect timing really. I say it is perfect timing because she had pinkeye and we had to administer EYEDROPS. She pretended she was our patient, and we were her doctor. We sang the "time for your checkup song" all the time. She was soooo excited (not about the eyedrops though). I found the pintables on my favorite blog I follow. (1plus1plus1equals1.com)

THE SET UP



Coloring book, Doctor Bag, Big Book of BOO BOOs, Sensory Bin, Magnetic Characters, binder with activities, animals as patients.

A CLOSER LOOK

HER SENSORY BIN

pom poms were the medicine, check out her Doc. McStuffins fruit snacks

I TRIED TO CAPTURE HER REACTION, this is the pic. I snapped.

HER FIRST PATIENTS

HEADS AND TAILS ACTIVITY

Dr. JORDYN is  looking over her doctor notes.

We fixed her hair like Doc. McStuffins

SENSORY BIN IN ACTION

COUNTING CHARACTERS

ROLL AND GRAPH

THE WAITING ROOM

DOC. IN ACTION, using her stethoscope

Winter FUN

It's January!!!
For the month of January we are enjoying many activities. Check out our pictures of crafts, winter themed baths, playdoh fun, water coloring, winter window art, and sensory bin fun. We did so many wintery things except play in REAL SNOW....Where is all the snow we were projected to get?  Oh well, Alvin's calendar for school has him getting out before the end of May, if there is no snow... WOOOHOO!

WINTER THEME

Snowmen, Snowflakes, Penquins, and Snow!

 

 

She is showing me her penquin baggie.

 

Adding Button Shapes to our Snowman

 

Feeding our Penquins "FISH"

 

BATHTIME WITH DADDA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adding the water to the page we colored with our water color crayons. So cool.

 

 

Do you want to hug a snowman?
Jordyn did.

 

 

 

 

 

The penquin on the left poops candy. It was perfect timing with potty training Jordyn.

 

The eyes are a little crazy.

We placed a large piece of contact paper on the window.
The is our set up for the Winter Art.

 

This was great for gross motor. She had to stand up and sit
down many times in order to place the items high on the window.

WINTER ART
By Jordyn Grace Elliott

Sensory Bin! The Styrofoam falls just like snow!

I love books that point to God.
And even if they don't, directly, we always reference His work in everything.

 

Do you want to build a snowman?
Jordyn did!

Our "Snowflakes in Shapes" Book

I hot glued the snowflakes onto the cardstock

 

Our Snowmen (Jordyn's on the left, Mine on the right, )
After she found the straws it turned into acupuncture snowmen!
 

Sorting Gems
Blue, White, Clear