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| Kent with Joris |
Kent read The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum and made a posterboard character with cloth clothing.
Katy read A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff and made a paper doll character.
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| Katy with Dina |
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| Kaomi as Kate |
Showing posts with label Kaomi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kaomi. Show all posts
Friday, September 16, 2016
Historical Fiction Reading Projects
Today the kids presented life-sized characters from the books they have been reading.
Kent read The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum and made a posterboard character with cloth clothing.
Katy read A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff and made a paper doll character.
Kaomi read Pioneer Cat by William H. Hooks and made a mask for her to become her character.
Kent read The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum and made a posterboard character with cloth clothing.
Katy read A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff and made a paper doll character.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
CSB Shape 'n' Race
This past weekend was Kent's Christian Service shape and race event.
Kent did almost all of the work and assembly on his car, waiting until the last minute and putting it all together and painting it the afternoon it was due. He named it "The Green Toothy Monster." Jeff helped the girls build a race car for the Powder Puff run. Katy worked on the design and painting and Kaomi helped with the wheels. Katy painted it red and blue with white stars. Felicity didn't like it, so she didn't want to participate. Jeff designed and built a Ford Bronco for Clark and Quinn to enter in the open class event. He spray painted it yellow and I added the detail work with sharpie markers and Clark's input.
They all worked hard. Kent's race had many entries and his car struggled to make it down the track. Jeff thought he had some glue on the wheels. Katy's and Kaomi's car did well, she came home with 2 red ribbons. Clark's and Quinn's had only three entries in their race and they got three blue ribbons and the trophy. Clark was beaming with excitement.
I guess I only got a picture of Clark and his car and ribbons this year.
Kent did almost all of the work and assembly on his car, waiting until the last minute and putting it all together and painting it the afternoon it was due. He named it "The Green Toothy Monster." Jeff helped the girls build a race car for the Powder Puff run. Katy worked on the design and painting and Kaomi helped with the wheels. Katy painted it red and blue with white stars. Felicity didn't like it, so she didn't want to participate. Jeff designed and built a Ford Bronco for Clark and Quinn to enter in the open class event. He spray painted it yellow and I added the detail work with sharpie markers and Clark's input.
They all worked hard. Kent's race had many entries and his car struggled to make it down the track. Jeff thought he had some glue on the wheels. Katy's and Kaomi's car did well, she came home with 2 red ribbons. Clark's and Quinn's had only three entries in their race and they got three blue ribbons and the trophy. Clark was beaming with excitement.
I guess I only got a picture of Clark and his car and ribbons this year.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
2-23 to 2-25 Sleet/Snow Pictures
2/23 - Freezing Rain and Sleet
2/25 - Snow
Kent was out in it too, but he came in before I took the picture.
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| Sledding down a neighbors driveway with friends |
2-24 Day after freezing rain/Sleet
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| Kent and his small fort |
2/25 - Snow
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Making a Meal for Science
We have been learning about plants in science and how we eat different parts of the plants. Last weeks science lab was to plan a menu or salad from six different parts of plants. Kent, Katy, and Kaomi each choose two different parts of plants to represent. I added an extra seed (pinto beans) to make sure our meal would be enough for everyone at lunch. Here is the menu that I came up with after everyone gave me their choices and we verified that we had it on hand.
Here is how it looked served up at lunch.
I forgot to put the sunflower seeds on the first couple of plates. I put them next to the cauliflower.
Here is how it looked served up at lunch.
I forgot to put the sunflower seeds on the first couple of plates. I put them next to the cauliflower.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Kaomi's Birthday -2014
She turned 7 this week. We took her to pick out a bicycle for her birthday on Labor Day.
She had a bagel with strawberry cream cheese for breakfast. Then we went outside so she could try riding her bike again. We had a Frozen themed day. We made snowmen while listening to the song "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" Later we designed sparkly/icy necklaces with iridescent and glitter pony beads. In the afternoon, I got the doll clothes out for their 18" dolls and the girls had fun picking out new outfits and accessories for their dolls to wear. Then we had a snack of pink princess goldfish crackers.
After dinner, we had ice cream cake. She wanted a strawberry cake, but I couldn't find good strawberry ice cream. It was vanilla ice cream with strawberry filling. Kaomi said it was good.
After she opened her presents from her brothers and sisters we went to the playground. Grammy came by while we were there to wish Kaomi "Happy Birthday". She left a present for Kaomi at the house. It was a pink cowboy hat that she was very excited to receive.
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| Special Place Setting |
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| Happy 7th Birthday! |
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| Snowmen! |
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Family Picture - 2014
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Behind the Scenes During School
I heard lots of playing and giggling from Lissie and Clark one morning, but they weren't fighting, so it was a little while before I checked on them. They were "going camping".
While I was teaching math to one child, Kaomi who was waiting her turn with me styled my hair. I guess that is how to do two things at the same time.
Monday, April 7, 2014
My Life is Full - Part 2
In part one I talked about how my three youngest children fill my life. This time I'm going to share how the older three children also fill my life full. They don't do all the fun little things that my littlest ones do, but there are plenty of fulfilling times that they add to my life in their own ways.
Kaomi - My quiet six year old keeps me guessing. I often don't know what she is thinking. She tends to be quiet and often doesn't speak up when she needs something. She enjoys reading, which she used to struggle with. She dislikes copywork so much that she will just sit and do it very slowly. She likes to sit next to me when I am reading and she likes to have her back rubbed. She likes to play dollhouse and set up scenes for me to look at. She also likes to play pretend and help in the kitchen. She likes babies, too. She likes to try to get out of doing her chores by doing them very slowly or not doing them and hoping we don't notice. She likes horses and got a chance to ride one a couple weeks ago and hopes she will get to do it again soon.
Katy - My competitive eight year old thinks like I do. I understand her and can tell what she is thinking sometimes. She likes help make lunch on the weekends. She often fixes something for everyone to eat if she is given the chance. Her independent streak shows when she wants to know how to do something, but as soon as she is shown she wants to do it by herself. She enjoys embroidering and wants to learn how to sew. She loves to help with Quinn and carry him around. She likes horses and likes to read books about horses and really enjoyed getting to ride one a couple weeks ago with Kaomi and is looking forward to riding again.
Kent - My reluctant nine (almost ten) year old is beginning to show interest in doing things that show he is maturing. He likes to help Jeff grill. He thrives with structure for his day. He struggles with change, but we work together to try and help him accept and adjust to it. He tells every little detail about something he wants to talk about. He likes to throw his football. He enjoys visiting with our elderly neighbor. I enjoy looking at his Lego designs from vehicles to sets for an action scene. His ability to do a good job on his chores is improving and when he wants to do a good job there is little for me to have him finish. He likes to go to CSB each week and is disappointed if something prevents him from getting to attend. Kent also reads a lot. Recently, he finished reading The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings series by J.R. Tolkien.
Next time I'll finish up with other things that fill my life in Part 3.
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Kaomi - My quiet six year old keeps me guessing. I often don't know what she is thinking. She tends to be quiet and often doesn't speak up when she needs something. She enjoys reading, which she used to struggle with. She dislikes copywork so much that she will just sit and do it very slowly. She likes to sit next to me when I am reading and she likes to have her back rubbed. She likes to play dollhouse and set up scenes for me to look at. She also likes to play pretend and help in the kitchen. She likes babies, too. She likes to try to get out of doing her chores by doing them very slowly or not doing them and hoping we don't notice. She likes horses and got a chance to ride one a couple weeks ago and hopes she will get to do it again soon.
Katy - My competitive eight year old thinks like I do. I understand her and can tell what she is thinking sometimes. She likes help make lunch on the weekends. She often fixes something for everyone to eat if she is given the chance. Her independent streak shows when she wants to know how to do something, but as soon as she is shown she wants to do it by herself. She enjoys embroidering and wants to learn how to sew. She loves to help with Quinn and carry him around. She likes horses and likes to read books about horses and really enjoyed getting to ride one a couple weeks ago with Kaomi and is looking forward to riding again.
Kent - My reluctant nine (almost ten) year old is beginning to show interest in doing things that show he is maturing. He likes to help Jeff grill. He thrives with structure for his day. He struggles with change, but we work together to try and help him accept and adjust to it. He tells every little detail about something he wants to talk about. He likes to throw his football. He enjoys visiting with our elderly neighbor. I enjoy looking at his Lego designs from vehicles to sets for an action scene. His ability to do a good job on his chores is improving and when he wants to do a good job there is little for me to have him finish. He likes to go to CSB each week and is disappointed if something prevents him from getting to attend. Kent also reads a lot. Recently, he finished reading The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings series by J.R. Tolkien.
Next time I'll finish up with other things that fill my life in Part 3.
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Friday, March 7, 2014
A Day at the Races
This entry to my blog is written by Jeff (my wonderful husband).
This past Saturday we ran our Shape-N-Race event (aka pinewood derby) for the Christian Service Brigade at Denton Bible Church. In CSB Shape-N-Race, we have 7 divisions, with three award categories and one overall trophy for each division. Each division represents one of the age groups in Brigade plus one for the sisters of the boys and one for the dads. The divisions are Tadpoles (pre-K - K), Treeclimbers (1st - 2nd), Builders (3rd - 4th), Sentinels (5th - 6th), Battalion (7th and up), Powder Puff (girls division), and Open Class (Dads and other family members). The award categories include design, craftsmanship, and speed. Design ranks cars based on the overall concept, looking for uniqueness and ingenuity. Craftsmanship grades the car on how thoroughly the design is executed, looking for good construction, fit, and finish. Speed is determined by the track. Our family entrants to the race had a very successful run Saturday with trophy finishes in all three divisions entered.
First we had Kent in the Builders division, who raced an orange and blue car dubbed 'the Bronco. His car took second place in the design category, first in the craftsmanship category, and first in speed. I should point out that the design was entirely thought up, sketched, and marked by Kent. I did the cutting, as I am not yet comfortable with him using the power tools. He sanded, painted, polished everything, and I helped him install the axles, since it is a bit tricky to get them set straight. At check in, he decided he wanted to add some more graphite to his wheels so I showed him how, and went about other things. He added graphite on his own and checked his car in. I am telling you all of this just to say how proud I am that Kent put the effort in to producing a winning entry. Yeah the paint job was a bit sloppy, and the car could have been sanded more, but the car was at least 90% his work, and he won the overall trophy definitively. I had no expectations for that outcome and am still amazed.
The second surprise of the day was Felicity's entry. She just wanted a pink car, so I showed her some different designs and this was what she picked. Her class is allowed to weigh up to 32 ounces, but her car was around 8 ounces (if I remember correctly). She ended up first place in the design category, and first place in speed. Two blue ribbons were enough to win the trophy. Again, not the expected result...partly because she was competing against her sisters:
Katy is the resident artist in our household, so she came up with the idea of a duck car all on her own. She basically told me how she wanted to put it together, and I helped build it. She did all of the painting on her own including color choices. Her car ended up earning a third place ribbon for speed. I guess that duck had quite the doggy paddle skills, especially since it was the lightest car we entered.
I expected Kaomi's VW Van to be fastest, because it was the heaviest of the girls cars at just under one pound. It's obviously not only about weight, because her car wasn't the fastest. She knew right from the start what she wanted to make, and we did have fun shaping and painting the car together. She did get a third place ribbon for craftsmanship and she also placed fourth in speed, but there’s no ribbon for that.
Clarky had a football car. I suggested the idea, but since it was football season at the time, he really liked the idea at the time. Since I was working with poplar hardwood, it was fairly challenging to make the football shape. I had to borrow a belt sander from my dad in order to get it done. Clark helped with some of the painting and Su did the rest. It turned out well enough to earn Clark second place ribbons for both design and craftsmanship.
Lastly, I had been thinking of making a replica of our family van for an entry into the open class race for myself. A few weeks ago, I found myself basically finished with all the other cars and I had a really nice Texas Saturday with temperatures in the upper 60s. Since I didn’t need to work on the other cars, i decided to rough out my van concept. I had it done and even detail shaping done that afternoon, so i was even able to finish the van in the next couple weeks before the race. I carefully painted it to match the full size version as much as possible, and added weight to get it to 22 ounces. My van was awarded first place for craftsmanship. I have a friend that always enters a school bus in the race and every year, so my goal was to beat his bus. Unfortunately, his 32 ounce bus was still just fast enough to edge me out, so I ended up getting second place in speed. It was really close though, with the bus winning most heats by less than two-tenths of a second. My first and second place finishes were just enough to edge Clarky’s football out for the overall win and the trophy.
So, we entered a total of 6 cars, and we walked away with eleven ribbons, and three division trophies. Not ever going to be able to top this one!
This past Saturday we ran our Shape-N-Race event (aka pinewood derby) for the Christian Service Brigade at Denton Bible Church. In CSB Shape-N-Race, we have 7 divisions, with three award categories and one overall trophy for each division. Each division represents one of the age groups in Brigade plus one for the sisters of the boys and one for the dads. The divisions are Tadpoles (pre-K - K), Treeclimbers (1st - 2nd), Builders (3rd - 4th), Sentinels (5th - 6th), Battalion (7th and up), Powder Puff (girls division), and Open Class (Dads and other family members). The award categories include design, craftsmanship, and speed. Design ranks cars based on the overall concept, looking for uniqueness and ingenuity. Craftsmanship grades the car on how thoroughly the design is executed, looking for good construction, fit, and finish. Speed is determined by the track. Our family entrants to the race had a very successful run Saturday with trophy finishes in all three divisions entered.
First we had Kent in the Builders division, who raced an orange and blue car dubbed 'the Bronco. His car took second place in the design category, first in the craftsmanship category, and first in speed. I should point out that the design was entirely thought up, sketched, and marked by Kent. I did the cutting, as I am not yet comfortable with him using the power tools. He sanded, painted, polished everything, and I helped him install the axles, since it is a bit tricky to get them set straight. At check in, he decided he wanted to add some more graphite to his wheels so I showed him how, and went about other things. He added graphite on his own and checked his car in. I am telling you all of this just to say how proud I am that Kent put the effort in to producing a winning entry. Yeah the paint job was a bit sloppy, and the car could have been sanded more, but the car was at least 90% his work, and he won the overall trophy definitively. I had no expectations for that outcome and am still amazed.
The second surprise of the day was Felicity's entry. She just wanted a pink car, so I showed her some different designs and this was what she picked. Her class is allowed to weigh up to 32 ounces, but her car was around 8 ounces (if I remember correctly). She ended up first place in the design category, and first place in speed. Two blue ribbons were enough to win the trophy. Again, not the expected result...partly because she was competing against her sisters:
Katy is the resident artist in our household, so she came up with the idea of a duck car all on her own. She basically told me how she wanted to put it together, and I helped build it. She did all of the painting on her own including color choices. Her car ended up earning a third place ribbon for speed. I guess that duck had quite the doggy paddle skills, especially since it was the lightest car we entered.
I expected Kaomi's VW Van to be fastest, because it was the heaviest of the girls cars at just under one pound. It's obviously not only about weight, because her car wasn't the fastest. She knew right from the start what she wanted to make, and we did have fun shaping and painting the car together. She did get a third place ribbon for craftsmanship and she also placed fourth in speed, but there’s no ribbon for that.
Clarky had a football car. I suggested the idea, but since it was football season at the time, he really liked the idea at the time. Since I was working with poplar hardwood, it was fairly challenging to make the football shape. I had to borrow a belt sander from my dad in order to get it done. Clark helped with some of the painting and Su did the rest. It turned out well enough to earn Clark second place ribbons for both design and craftsmanship.
Lastly, I had been thinking of making a replica of our family van for an entry into the open class race for myself. A few weeks ago, I found myself basically finished with all the other cars and I had a really nice Texas Saturday with temperatures in the upper 60s. Since I didn’t need to work on the other cars, i decided to rough out my van concept. I had it done and even detail shaping done that afternoon, so i was even able to finish the van in the next couple weeks before the race. I carefully painted it to match the full size version as much as possible, and added weight to get it to 22 ounces. My van was awarded first place for craftsmanship. I have a friend that always enters a school bus in the race and every year, so my goal was to beat his bus. Unfortunately, his 32 ounce bus was still just fast enough to edge me out, so I ended up getting second place in speed. It was really close though, with the bus winning most heats by less than two-tenths of a second. My first and second place finishes were just enough to edge Clarky’s football out for the overall win and the trophy.
So, we entered a total of 6 cars, and we walked away with eleven ribbons, and three division trophies. Not ever going to be able to top this one!
Friday, February 21, 2014
Monday, December 23, 2013
Knowing My Children - Kaomi 2013
How old are you? "six"
What is your favorite subject in school? "reading"
What do you like about it? "I like to read interesting stories."
What is your least favorite thing about school? "Math" Why? "cause it's way too hard for me"
How come you do it really easy then? "Well, I don't know."
What is your favorite color? "blue"
What is the last book you read for fun? "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
What is your favorite food? "birthday cake"
What is something you like to do? "play with Quinky"
What is your favorite article of clothing? "all skirts"
What is something you do not like? "having to work"
What do you like to do with Daddy? "play games with him"
What do you like to do with Mommy? "read a book"
What do you like to do with your siblings? "play games"
Do you like hugs or kisses? "kisses"
What is something you are thankful for? "my family"
Is there anything else you want me to know about you? "I like to read and eat and color."
What do you want to be when you grow up? "a cowgirl"
What do you want for Christmas? "a rocking horse"
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Ice Storm Pictures 1
These pictures are from last Friday. I enjoyed seeing the delighted faces of my children as we played outside. We went out while Quinn was napping, so I could enjoy being out, too. I didn't even hear anyone say they were cold until they had been out there for a while. Thanks to some ski pants that Aunt Rebekah sent with Mimi and Pa back in April, Kent and Katy got to have the experience of sliding down the ice. We also couldn't resist getting some kind of sled to use on the ice, so we tried out my laundry baskets.
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| Kaomi holding sleet |
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| Felicity with an icicle |
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| Christmas lights Friday night. |
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
November Skirts
I made November skirts for Katy and Kaomi today. So we had an impromptu photo shoot...
And because I think my girls are beautiful...
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| Kaomi's November Skirt |
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| Katy's November Skirt |
And because I think my girls are beautiful...
Saturday, October 26, 2013
More Pictures from Katy's Birthday
Finding out that her present from Daddy and Mommy was a trip to the American Girl Store and she could pick out a doll. We went to the American Girl Store the day after her birthday and invited Aunt Cathy, Johannah, and Samarah to go with us. Kent and Clark got to stay home with Uncle Ben and play with Zach.
Here's the pictures of the boys. This one of Kent and Quinn was from Katy's birthday when she was opening her presents. Kent hadn't wanted his picture taken all day, but waiting for this was worth it.
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| Kent and Quinn |
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