Vince loves the velvet vest best

Now that the school year is nearing it's end, I get to focus on organizing all the stuff we've accumulated.

So far my method of storage has included throwing everything into a drawer...  this might take awhile.


Meanwhile, we learned the letter "V" this week and made Vatican City Flags!

 Maria's flag design 

Gluing on flag poles 

 And look, two hands!

Clifford photographing! 

The face Maria makes for her brother. 

I gave the kids a chance to write their own "V"s on the whiteboard.

I also, gave Clifford a chance to draw all over himself...

You wouldn't like him when he's angry. 

After some soap and water, we did a craft with some velvet ribbon scraps. 

Velvet!

Now, on to "W".... and organizing, or napping. 

U betcha

This past week was pretty awesome. 

I celebrated the 6th anniversary of my 21st birthday! 

Geekface got me an awesome new storage cabinet for our school room. So, I can keep art supplies nearby without fear of art supplies being everywhere. 

And it's magnetic!

We also had an impromptu birthday party. The best kind, everyone got presents! 

Yum!  

We learned the letter "U" this week and did an "Upper room" craft of Jesus and his disciples in the upper room at passover for the last supper. I don't know if the kids made the connection between the letter and the craft... but they had fun making it. 

Maria coloring some disciples 

 Coloring, like a boss. 

 Clifford did most of the gluing. 

We also did an "under" project this week. We lightly taped "U"s onto construction paper and then painted over them. 

Then, we peeled off the "U"s we taped on to reveal the letter U under the paint! 

Surprise! It's a "U". 

Tracks!

Another week happened. 

"T" week. 
 
T is for tired momma in the third trimester.

During the parts of the week I didn't zone out for, we did some preschool. We kept it simple. We got the markers and some popsicle sticks out...

... and made triangles for the Trinity (ignore the sheep). The kids loved this.

Some, maybe loved it a bit too much... 

Trinity!!! 

We start our preschool days with a prayer and to help the kids remember which hand to do the sign of the cross with Clifford puts little cross stickers on everybody's right hand. 

Sometimes he takes some liberties, and stickers end up other places as well...

Maria, playing with trucks (and the sheep).

When we're not homeschooling Maria enjoys playing with trucks. So I thought I'd incorporate that in a craft project for "T" week.

First, we picked out paper and cut out our letter T's. Then, we glued them on the paper we picked out (stay with me, it gets better)

Then, I got some toy cars and trucks and tractors out and paint (yes paint) and we rolled the tires in the paint and made tracks!

 Maria making tracks! 

Somehow, we managed to have fun this week and now it's time for a nap... it's time for a nap, right?

Something good...

I loved our saints project for "S" week!  I cut out clouds and the kids picked out saints they wanted to glue on them.

 

They got to practice their cutting and gluing skills. Emily made her own smaller version with crayons and tape... and one saint, apparently that's all she wanted. Lucky Saint Gregory.

Emily takes her saints seriously.

They turned out beautifully! 

 Maria's saint project! 

 Clifford's saint project! 

Emily's saint project! 

We did a coloring worksheet about seasons...

Maria and Clifford helped make a paper mache sun and then painted it.

and then they painted the table

"S" week was a success.

Only 7 letters left until summer vacation... which will likely be just in time for geeklet #4 to make his appearance. Good timing (I hope).