Wordless Wednesday

Countdown Day 4 ~Tissue Papered Candle Holders

We embellished our candle holders today with tissue paper and some watered down white glue. You can see the black stuff on the candle where I tried to light it. We didn't have a lighter in the house, so I tried to do it old school and light a piece of paper on the stove. OMG! The paper burst into flames and I just dropped it. Now I have a burnt spot to get rid on the white stove. Don't try that at home!

Countdown Day 3~Making Candles

We got our candle stuff from Michael's. The containers came from Dollar Tree.
Yasina pouring the wax. The children also glued the wicks to bottom of the star-shaped containers. Yasina grated up the scented wax we added to the regular stuff so our candles would smell good.
We only had enough wax to complete one candle. In this picture, it still was not set. I'll have a final picture tomorrow when we do part two of this project.

Montessori Monday: More Transfer Work

This work is creating a bead and pipe cleaner sculpture with the help of a toothbrush holder. Sana really, really liked this one. Threading the beads was a lot easier than I thought it would be for her. She caught right on. This idea was courtesy of The Montessori Journey.

Here she transferred feathers with a large pair of tweezers. Thanks again, The Montessori Journey.

Lastly, she worked with those "purty" marbles again and moving them with a spoon, one in each swan. This exercise was great for reinforcing one to one correspondence.

Our First Trip to the Symphony!

It was an excellent performance. The passion and love for music we witnessed from mere 14 year olds had me in tears. I loved it. Amir went to sleep at one point (LOL), but said he enjoyed it. Yasina, on the other hand, loved every minute. She was especially impressed with a young pianist. She's starting lessons soon!

Countdown Day 2 ~Star-shaped Pretzel Bites

As a tribute to our National, we made some star pretzel bites coated with cinnamon and brown sugar. Mmmmm!

Countdown Day 1 ~Field Trip to Schneph Farms

Where You Might Find Me This Weekend

Saturday is the first day of our 19 Days to Saviours' Day Countdown!!
We'll be taking a field trip to Shamrock Farms diary farm.


On Sunday, the twins and I will be attending a free community concert performed by the Phoenix Symphony and the Phoenix Youth Symphony.

Wordless Wednesday ~ I'm going through a black and white phase.

Monster Jam!

The public library sponsored an event showcasing monster trucks. We got in up close look
at two trucks and autographs from a couple professional drivers. There was face painting and slit walkers. A fire truck was there that the children got to climb all over. We enjoyed this really fun , free event.