Christmas Party

We enjoyed dinner and a visit with Santa at Mike's work Christmas party. The kids had fun with the props at the photo booth and making crafts.

We decorated our gingerbread train

Thanksgiving Feast

Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast

The kindergarteners made butter, sang songs and ate a sampling of Thanksgiving foods.  Marcus really loved to sing and was the loudest one when he knew the words.

Natalya's 7th Birthday!

Our cute Natalya turned 7 and celebrated with a strawberry shortcake party. Natalya and her friends had fun playing games, having a picnic while watching a show and eating cake!

The kids ran relay races to make pretend pies using colored ping pong balls, popped strawberry balloons and went on a strawberry hunt.

Birthday lunch at school

Strawberry hunt bags and jello play dough

Our Berry Cafe

Making Pies

Popping Strawberries

Birthday Girl and her cake

Natalya is our fun girl who loves friends and her family.  She is a great swimmer and enjoys ice skating and playing basketball. She loves her blanket and her kindle. She loves going to PEP and learning new things and sharing her new knowledge with others. She is learning Spanish as well as German and continues to improve her piano skills.

 Natalya's Favorite

Food: Crepes

Toys: Barbies & Ponies

Color: Yellow

Movie: Tom & Jerry Cartoons

Day: Monday, it was the day I was born on

Activity: Crafts

Place: Blacksburg, VA

Vacation: Bahamas

Treat: Candy

Best Day: My Birthday 

Wants to be a mom when she grows up

I wish I could be safe the rest of my life

Family Pictures 2015

Family Pictures 2015

Halloween

 Parties, ice skating, carving pumpkins and trick-or-treating are just a few of the fun activities we did this halloween.  

Shark, Cat, Elsa, Vampire

Ice Skating

All 4 kids are taking ice skating lessons. Marcus & Erik are in the same class and are doing really well. Erik continues to purposely fall so his teacher will pick him up and Marcus is getting really fast. Natalya continues to improve and will advance up to the next class next session.  Raquel truly loves to ice skate and enjoys her lessons and teacher.

Kindergarten Fun & Dance

Marcus' kindergarten class learned about community helpers this week.  A couple of doctors, a baker and a mom came to their class to talk about their work. At the end of the week the kids were visited by the York County Fire and Rescue squad.  They were able to learn all about what fire fighters do and explore the fire trucks.

Natalya loves to dance and was able to take a class at the YMCA. On the last day parents were able to come in and watch and see all the kids learned.

Pirate Party!

Marcus had a pirate birthday party. The kids had fun learning to become pirates. First, they learned to follow the captain by play captain says and earning a bandana. Next, they earned an eye patch playing pin the patch on the pirate. They also decorating treasure chests, popped cannon ball balloons and hunted for lost treasure.