During the church service at Granny's church they had everyone come help decorate the big tree at the front. Lola had daddy help her reach up to the top for some of ornaments. What a sweet time of year.
Whohoo! A mall in the area has an indoor carousel! What a treat. The doll picked her favorite animal at the moment a bird. Such simple joy of riding around.
Well, the day has come my little ones for packing and boxes. For filling up the big Uhaul and pulling it away. Across the Appalachian at top speed. So if this programming thing doesn't work out the boys can always open a moving company:)
During the day while we sort through the list of rentals on hot pads, we're trying to keep some of the normal for the Doll. Luckily for homeschooling you can really set up school where ever you are, whether it's in line at the target, driving across country or at a hotel. And after all, we are suppose to keep track of the days so today counts:) Today she practiced her letters and did some reading and played with the play dough for quite a while. Plus the usual animal care ... lizard, cat, fish, crabs.....
We usual do some sort of Advent count down but since all of our usual things are in storage, we had to find a quick solution. This was on the internet and you color a picture and read a Bible story with each one. I added the chains, you could just make them into ornaments, but we don't have a tree yet. Moving at Christmas is a very hard thing to do.
Bonus! The aquarium had some lorikeets you could feed. But be warned, they are not very 'tame' and would much rather sit on the tree branch and have you tippy toe the cup up:) One even poked a hole in the bottom of the cup to get the juice all over the floor! Crazy birds. Very much a highlight for Lola since she is so into birds right now.
Since all of our stuff is now in storage Lola and mommy had a pancake breakfast date at the cracker barrel. The warm crackling fire was a bonus:)It's sure fun to play the peg game.
Remember how we started a science project about sunlight. Well, after a few months, our little spud only grew a short distance. I'm guessing the small sun exposure from the window was the reason. It only received sunlight a short period each day. The vines were suppose to grow toward the light and curve toward the opening at the opposite end. We'll try it again in the spring with more sunlight.
We've been to the aquarium many times and have tried to feed the sting rays but they always ran out of fish. So today we made sure to be there early to buy the sardines. Lola and I fed them and Aunt Nichie documented the occasion with a little phone video. IT was awesome. Their mouth felt like tooth brush bristles. Lola was excited but really very nervous, but she did it.
