13/14 Week 14 Day 1

What a busy weekend we had! Somehow we managed to attend the choir practice, go shopping, celebrate Saara's 6th birthday, hang up Christmas lights, have a play date, go to church, and watch the whole Christmas Parade in a very cold weather. Just to mention a few things we did. What a blessed time!

Somehow we managed to squeeze 11 children into a small booth at Saara's birthday party.

He is here! Watching the annual Christmas Parade has become a tradition in our family. We even have 'our spot' by the road.

The school day was long but very productive, especially in the science section. 
Saara learned about the air resistance and why birds have the shape they do and why they spread out their wings when they come down to landing. Two years ago, we made our first home-made parachutes. We have been making them ever since. Today, Saara tied her Piglet to the parachute threads and together with some other things we made, we learned about the objects moving through air. 
Andrew read and watched a video about ostriches. Surprisingly, he still remembers visiting an ostrich farm in Estonia a few years ago. Andrew was very excited to get his hands on the craft for birds (not ostriches) I had prepared for them: making bird feeders. We could not hang them out today because it was drizzling all day long. But there's always a tomorrow.

Tomorrow will also bring to an end Saara's ballet class. At least until January. She, together with her classmates, will give parents a pretty little performance. I can not wait!

Here comes Piglet the Paratrooper!

Those are some pretty big birds.

Andrew smearing peanut butter onto a toilet paper roll.

And then you roll it in the bird food.

Our little Christmas presents for the wild birds.

LA. Word scramble. Practicing the words with the 'l' blend.