Kindergarten Assessment

Here's a link to some Kindergarten assessment activities: http://homeschoolparent.blogspot.com/2008/12/kindergarten-assessments.html

Christmas Project Success!

We handed out our Christmas treats yesterday and today, and were met with bright smiles, warm hearts and lots of "Merry Christmas" wishes. It was amazing how a little kindness could start conversations between strangers who never would have taken the time to chat otherwise. G was a great little helper and really got into giving away treats. We started by giving one to his kung fu instructor and the kids in his kung fu class last night. Then we stopped by a friend's house and gave them some treats. We gave one to the grocery store clerk, auntie and the people in her office, and the girls at our apartment office. Then we went to Starbucks for some hot chocolate, and as we sat there I could see the idea come into G's mind..."I'm going to hand out goodies to everyone sitting here in Starbucks", and off he went with treats in hand, passing them around the store with a "Merry Christmas" and a smile. It was so much fun! We'll definitely be doing this again next year!

My First Sock

I wanted to try knitting some socks, and this is definitely the right time of year for it, so I decided to knit some socks for G. I've got one done so far and have learned a lot! I'm pretty excited about how it turned out. Now to try to make a match!

Gingerbread House

We made this gingerbread house today for Uncle Erik. We got the fun of putting it together, and Erik will get the calories. Everyone is happy! :-)

Our Christmas Project is Ready!

We did the last of our baking today and made our little goody bags. We will hand these out to the people we come in contact with in our community. Just a little homemade Christmas gift to share the love of God. We have attached a Christmas Bible verse to each package to remind people of the real meaning of Christmas. We're planning to give these out next week to our librarians, the grocery store clerk, the UPS man...anyone we come in contact with as we go about our day. We are praying that God will use us to touch the world around us.

Baked Item of the Day

Today we baked these Hershey Kiss Cookies:

More Crafts and Baking

Today G and I made these bookmarks for the special people in his life who love to read.

We also whipped up some Christmas fudge...mmm. Now the trick is to keep my fingers out of it so we'll have some to give away. :-)