My Baby is a Gremlin!

This is Aivry when someone takes something she had....

This is Aivry when she grabs it back...

Snapshot

A Beautiful girl doing schoolwork...

Oooops.... she caught me!

Happy 8 Months AIVRY!

Yesterday, we spent Aivry's 8 month Birthday at my Grandmother's. (and then drove 6 hours home) I couldn't help myself and dressed Aivry up. So... FOUR more months and my baby girl is a YEAR old! Ahhhhhhh  Where is the time going????

So... Aivry...

Weighs about 20 lbs.

Is wearing mostly 9 months but some 12 months.

NO teeth yet but still drooling and chewing like crazy.

Refuses to crawl... she screams if she's on her stomach.... instead she scoots on her bottom.

She loves to stand ALL the time.

Has started the letting go while standing thing but is still too unstable to not fall.

Has a temper.... screams with rage when she doesn't get her way.  (Heeeeeelp!)

Sticks her tongue out all the time like a dog.

Makes this baby jaguar sound when upset.

Food is her best friend.

She naps at 6pm. Wakes, eats, gets a bath and is back to bed by 9 pm. Sleeps all night until around 6 am. Gets a bottle. Sleeps until 9 am. (Such a GOOD girl!)

Favorite toys are little people, her shape sorter, board books and stacking blocks.

She is actually quite picky with toys... she has favorites within sets of things. For example: she has a set of squirty bath animals. In this set she likes only 2 or 3 and will ignore the rest. 

Speaking of bath... she LOVES baths.. always has... she's a water baby. 

Her best buddy is Grandma (Carol).

She adores her sisters and is happiest when in the middle of their fun.

Although above is true she has no problem yelling at Aidan or Ainsley when displeased.

She demands attention from people and will NOT let you get away with ignoring her.. especially if she hasn't seen you in a while. 

Likes to play peekaboo. Grins every time!

Her biggest LOVE is 'Raff. 

When she is tired or going to sleep, she covers and strokes her face with 'Raff.

She loves being read to... actually seems to listen to and look at the pages. 

She doesn't like us to sing to her and will put her hands over our mouths to stop us. 

She seems to find pleasure with HIGH PITCH sounds.

Does not like strangers. She cries if they touch her, talk to her, smile at her or look in her general direction. 

Happy Halloween!!

Halloween this year was in N.C. 

We had a Mummy Princess
Elsa  (like everyone else on the planet!)
Alice from Wonderland
Katniss
Jason
and  Aivry was a Cabbage Patch Kid.

Russell stayed home to hand out the candy.

Motivated Mommy Mondays

I started a Facebook group called Motivated Mommies....

                     on Mondays we meet at a park

 to get exercise and let the kids play....

Or in AIVRY's case.... 

      explore the Autumn leaves...

Another New Beginning

 I've

                       started 

my                           

Home Preschool Class!  

It's only for 2 hours and I have only 1 student
  (my friend's kiddo)  but I'm going to use this time
 to tweek how the class works and use 
sweet Jaelyn as a guinea pig before I add more.  

It's a Girl's World!

A little Change UP

I obviously have issues with keeping up with blogging... mostly because I use Facebook for pictures and updates. MindWeaving is NO MORE. I've exported all of the posts into this one so that I have ONE blog now. 

Maybe I can keep up with one. 

We'll see.

Darn that Facebook!!

HI!

Character Lessons with the Advent Calendar

I love the Advent Calendars but am not a fan of the girls eating sweets everyday. I'm also trying to focus the family on being SELFLESS and less materialistic so toys don't really work either. So, I had an idea!!  I found a free template to write your own fortune cookies and decided that every morning, as we count down the days... we'll open the doors and read the slips. That will become our focus of the day. The slips don't say a lot but its for us to discuss and talk about and practice. Also, if I wish to take it a step more.. I can always print out stories and worksheets/coloring pages that go along with the word of the day. 

My Daisy Kaper Chart!

* NO, not EVERY post will be about Girl Scouts!  :-) *

It's not perfect but it works! (Need a petal near the stem)

 The girls picked either a butterfly, a bee or a ladybug from a template I made on the computer. They colored them and I glued a photo of the girls for the face. The bugs and the petals have velcro dots to attach them so that they are easy to move around. 

                The middle of the flower is the "leader helper" spot.

Girl Scout Promise!

The 10 laws!

I bought "grass" from Michaels and then hot glued
each piece to the board.


Want my template for the bugs?  Click HERE

Now how can anyone say "NO" to her?

Beach Clean Up

My Favorite part of Girl Scouts?  Service Projects! It was raining today and so very few people showed for this Beach Clean Up.  The park rangers admitted to being disappointed when they saw our crew of 5 to 8 year olds. But the girls worked for over TWO HOURS nonstop and cleaned up the entire area. I was SO proud of the girls and very pleased to hear the praise and surprise from the Ranger's. "We'll be inviting the Girl Scouts again in the future for sure." they said. What a way to represent! 

Messy Job! 

Yay! Another Badge! 

There were literally THOUSANDS of cigarette butts that they picked up. We're thinking of making it our TAKE ACTION project.

Girl Scouts!

The girls finally started Girl Scouts and they and I are LOVING it. I decided to put Aidan in Brownies and Ainsley in Daisies. (They don't care what grade level Aidan is in since she's homeschooled.) I am the co-leader of Ainsley's Daisy troop and the helper Mom for Aidan's troop and except for my propensity to overextend myself...  I think I'm going to love this year! 

 Their 1st service project was to participate in the Tunnels for Towers run in downtown Savannah.

First Field Trip

For our 1st school field trip we went to the Planetarium with the homeschooling group!

Watching a show about the planets.

Using their bodies to show the distance from the sun.

Safely looking at the sun.