American Girl class: Caroline Week 3

American Girl class: Caroline Week 3

After we discussed the book, Surprise for Caroline (book 3 in the series), we began our craft. We also discussed ice skating and hoop races.

So far in our class, we've made 6 kinds of dolls-- clothespin, corn husk, yarn, bean, paper, and nesting dolls. This week we added a new one! The craft this week was handkerchief dolls. I found the directions to make them here.

They turned out really cute! I told the girls NOT to draw a face on it with markers. If they wanted, at home they could stitch eyes and mouth on the doll.

 My daughter with her doll and the new handkerchief doll!

 For snack we had boiled cornmeal with maple syrup, I found the directions here.

 Since we didn't have time for int-tying last week, we did some knot-tying this week. I gave the girls two twelve-inch pieces of natural cord. I used this book for help, and an iPhone app called Knots 3D. We tied a figure-eight knot, also called a Flemish knot. We also tried the Carrick bend, which looked like two fish intertwined. We also tried the clove hitch, which is considered to be an "essential" knot. The app videos were very helpful, and I also drew them on my white board.

 The 2:00 class working on their dolls...

 Waiting to be hot glued...

 So thankful for the mom volunteers that helped with the glue guns for the lace and ribbon rose!

 Eating snack... the liked the syrup added to the top!

 Waiting and tying knots...

 Playing with their dolls together...

They were a hit-- so pretty!


1 Chronicles 22:15-16
You have many workers: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as those skilled in every kind of work in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.”

1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”;

2 Corinthians 12:16
Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!

Wordless Wednesday: Super Bowl party!

 This past Sunday, in our support of the Broncos, we hosted a Super Bowl party at our home. We had family here and had lots of delicious food and lots of fun! Family, food, football and fun!

Here are a few pictures of our event and food...

 Chips, crackers, popcorn, plates and napkins... (Sorry it's blurry!)

 Queso dip, spinach artichoke dip, spam, chipotle ranch dip, tomato herb dip, veggies and hummus. We also had spicy chicken wing in a crock pot. YUM!

 Watching the game...

 Game on big and little screens...

Peyton Manning and his team were out-played by the Seahawks! Even though the outcome wasn't in our favor, we still enjoyed watching and supporting them. The commercials were fun too-- we loved the Tim Tebow commercial and the Muppets commercial for Toyota.

Did you watch the SuperBowl? Did you host or attend a party? We had waaaaayyy too much food, but it was all so delicious!



Joshua 8:5
I and all those with me will advance on the city, and when the men come out against us, as they did before, we will flee from them.

Judges 7:2
The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has saved me.’

Psalm 55:18
He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.

School time fun!

School time fun!
This year in school we are studying Rome to the Reformation with My Father's World. We have enjoyed lots of projects this year, learning about arches, castles, and much more.

In the Roman unit, we built an arch out of pudding and jello boxes. Daddy helped the kids build this by trimming the boxes on one side, so they would be a wedge for the Roman arch. Here is what it looked like (we taped it together with masking tape...)

 In the next unit of the year, we talked a lot about English and European history, including the Crusades, knights and castles. There was a "Make A Castle" kit included with our curriculum this year. Daddy helped the kids make this one evening and they have been enjoying it ever since. They learned a lot about reading, following directions, cutting and gluing precisely. (Perfect job for my first-born husband!)

 It's been a fun year so far in history! We look forward to more cool projects to come!

Acts 17:25-27

And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.

Joshua 23:3
You yourselves have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the Lord your God who fought for you.

Psalm 98:2
The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations.