Zebra - Animal of the Week

This week we are studying Zebras! 
Download this week's Animal of the Week pages here.

Here are some books we are going to check out:

• Appaloosa Zebra by Jessie Haas
• Lots and lots of zebra stripes: patterns in nature by Stephen R. Swinburne
• Zella, Zack, and Zodiac by Bill Peet

Enjoy!

Pinterest Party TIME!

My friends and I love a good Pinterest Party! This Friday we are getting together for a Fall Themed Pinterest Party!

Picture: No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
from afamilyfeast.com

What's a Pinterest Party? You might be asking. We try to pick 2 or 3 projects (depending on how lengthy they are) and we get all the necessary items and craft away. We also have food we find on Pinterest. We try to only include things we see on Pinterest.  Typically we only include food items we've seen on Pinterest, but haven't tried. And yes, we've had duds and failures....but that's part of the fun. 
This week I'm in charge of the food. Here's the menu:

• Pumpkin Smoothies
• Baked Apples
• Apple Nachos
• Carmel Pumpkin Cheesecake Dip
• Pumpkin Ice Cream
• No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
• Chocolate Pumpkin Truffles
• Pumpkin Ravioli

See the links to these yummy recipes on my Fall/Halloween Board on Pinterest.  I've prepped by making the Pumpkin Ice Cream (takes good so far...just needs to freeze), No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake (cheated and tried it and it was de-lish), and Chocolate Pumpkin Truffles.  I'll make everything else tomorrow. Can't wait to try ALL of them!

Animal of the Week - Ducks/Swans/Geese

This week we are studying a few "birdies"! We'll look at Ducks, Swans, and Geese since they are sort of similar and usually together. We'll look at the similarities and differences. 

We have lots of Geese in our neck of the woods. They have starting to migrate finally, but they are quite a nuisance in the spring. Our town finally got a Geese crossing sign right down from our subdivision  to help with all the Geese that try to cross the four lane road. I've been stopped many times. You have to honk because they sometimes just won't move.  Ask my daughter about the time the Geese pooped on us during our walk, too. HAHAHA  Lets just say, if you see Geese get up and fly....RUN FOR IT!


Print the Duck/Geese/Swan Animal of the Week here.

We'll look for these books this week:

• Duck & Good Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills
• Grady the Goose by Denise Brenna-Nelson
• 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Erin Carle
• Just Ducks! by Nicola Davies
• The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen