Valentine Party

Yesterday we went to a Valentine party with our homeschool group. The kids exchanged valentines, played games, ate lunch together, made valentines for some nursing home residents, decorated cookies, and played at the playground.

Here are the kids decorating their cookies: 

Playing Bingo: 

Colin won the guess how many hearts are in the jar contest. There were 270 and he guessed 251. He got to keep the jar of candy and got a prize of pencils and scissors.  

Here are the girls on a scavenger hunt: 

 The girls love getting valentines. They have gone through their bag over and over looking at them all.

North Charleston Fire Museum and Education Center

This is a really nice museum. They have many antique firetrucks and displays showing gear firefighters wear now along with what was worn in the past.

 

A model of a house shows hazards that can be found in a home and the damage they can do if there is a fire.

The kids loved getting a chance to drive a fire truck on an emergency call. They showed the images on the windshield so it was really like driving down the street. There was also a vibrating feel to the seats so it felt like you were moving.  

There is a small playground that includes a pole the kids can slide down.

 

There was also a 20 minutes show on Charleston history and the history of fire departments.

This was a really good field trip because it reinforced all the things we'd read about during the week. All the interactive displays made it fun for the kids. As we were leaving, they were each given a fire hat.

 

Fire Safety Study

Last week, we spent some time working on fire safety. We read a lot of books on how to prevent fires, safety precautions to take at home, how to escape if there is a fire, firefighters, their gear, and firetrucks.

Here are the notebook pages:

Small books: firemen (listed things a firefighter uses), our meeting spot, how and when to call 911, knowing your address in emergency, 4 steps to fire safety, smoke detector, questions about getting out, and stop, drop, and roll. The pamphlet is from the fire museum we visited. I'm planning to let the kids choose pictures from the museum trip to add to that page also.

Monster Truck Show

Colin loves monster trucks. For one of his birthday gifts, we got tickets to go see a show. The girls really enjoyed it too.

This dragon thing picked the car up and ripped it apart. Molly said it was the best part.

I think these dirtbikes were Colin's favorite part. It's hard to see them in my pics though. When they would jump, they were right where they blended in with the crowd. I missed getting a picture when one of them went upside down.

Colin is 10!

Yesterday was Colin's 10th birthday. I just can't believe he's already 10. Every time one of them has a birthday, I'm just shocked that they are really this old. Ten seems like such a big number.



Chad took the day off work and we all had a fun day together. First, we went to a fire museum. I'll post about that later since it also went along with our school. Then we let Colin choose where to go for lunch. After that, we went to Chuck E. Cheese's to let the kids play games. 



 



Then we went home for presents, dinner, and cake.





Colin made a Lego Mario for a decoration.



Colin was very worried about his cake and kept checking on me to make sure it was going to look like Mario. I used a Diego cake pan so he was afraid it would look like Diego.

Disney World Trip (part 2)

Some of my favorite pictures from our trip.

 

















 While Molly was posing for the pic, the birds starting saying, "Mine, mine, mine." She loves that part.

 Caleigh getting ready to push the button to spray water on people on a ride.

 Molly trying to push my foot down because we weren't going fast enough.

 

 

 

 

 





 Molly happy she got pixie dust.

 Colin after his haircut.