November Preschool Lesson Plans

November lesson plans through Thanksgiving are now ready!  Click on this link if you are interested in using anything!

Our schedule is so busy that I am falling a little behind so we are playing catch-up with letters and numbers this month.  W has started reading more on his own and it is really fun to watch!  

We all did the spider activity this weekend...so much fun!

W taking his first spelling test...learning word families like -at, -an, -ad....

Fun times painting...

Happy November!

Halloween 2018

Halloween 2018 is here...where does the time go???  So, I really thought that last year would be my last year for a theme with the kids, BUT they all decided that they liked a theme...I WAS SO EXCITED!!!!!  Here is our 2018 Halloween Costume reveal...

STAR WARS!  MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!

Han Solo, Princess Leia, Storm Trooper, Kylo Ren

W is 5 YEARS OLD!!!!!!

Our third son is FIVE years old!!  I can't quite wrap my head around the fact that he is a whole hand!  It seems like yesterday that my husband was driving 90 mph to get me to the hospital...and we almost didn't make it!  W has always been fast- to love, to learn, and to go after what he wants!  He loves to put together puzzles, play with his Paw Patrol toys, put together Lego sets that belong to his older brothers (and he can do it!), and ride his scooter fast!  The best thing is when he comes up to me and says, "You are the best mommy ever!"  It warms my heart...and I'm so glad that he was born in October so I get that extra year with him!

Last week, we took a ride on our golf cart and stopped to take some pictures...I think they turned out pretty good.  I love photography and wish I had more time to practice!

Happy birthday W!!!  We love you more than anything...

Apple Picking!!!

One of the fall activities that I missed the most when living in Texas was apple picking!  When we lived in Virginia, we always went to Carter's Mountain in Charlottesville and enjoyed a fun day of apple picking and eating apple cider donuts!  It took me over a year, but we finally made it to go apple picking last weekend in Georgia!

We decided to take off on Sunday morning and head to Ellijay in the northern part of Georgia.  It was still a pretty hot day, but a bit cooler in the mountains.  We went to B.J. Reece Orchards after I researched about the area and the different options.  The biggest draw for me - apple cider donuts!  

We started off our day eating those delicious donuts and having apple cider slushies!  The kids thought they were amazing and J and I enjoyed having a bite!

The line was long to get into the orchards and to purchase your wrist bands and tickets.  They had different package deals, but we ended up paying for admission ($5 each), $14 for two bags of apples, and then paid for tickets for pony rides, apple cannons, and the cow train.  We did not do the zip line, but B has already asked to go back next year so we can do it!

The big boys ended up doing the apple cannons as the littles were not interested.  They had a blast!

Picking the perfect apples with Daddy!

Each of the kids enjoyed a pony ride (even though B and M said it wasn't as big as the horse that he got to ride in Texas).

Silly kids...they love these things!

The cow train was a favorite for the littles...the tractor actually took them around in a zig-zag pattern and J and I got to sit and wait for them.  First time ever that we didn't have to go with a child...very strange feeling for us!  We partnered up a big and a little and told the bigs to take care of them!

And we ended with picking apples...the littles said that you pull and twist!  Then, we got back on the wagon ride that took us to the apple orchards and went back to the parking lot to go home.  It was a really fabulous day and we enjoyed it immensely!  I would highly recommend going to this orchard - it was a perfect day trip for us and great memories!

October Preschool Lesson Plans!

Woohoo!  October is here and my preschool lessons are all planned for my sweet W and K!  You can download them here if you are interested!

I ended up planning too much for August/September so we just finished up everything this past week.  My lessons start this week with some cute fall projects!  

Last month, our favorite was probably the Pop Rocks experiment- I touched on our five senses and then we had so much fun learning what the Pop Rocks did in each type of liquid including water, vinegar, oil, corn syrup and a baking soda paste.  They loved hearing the pops and then getting to try some Pop Rocks after the experiment!  I even had extra help from the bigs to make sure the littles knew all about their five senses.

Happy Fall!