400/1000

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Kristen Page

400 books read!

Lilly’s Big Day
A Cache of Jewels
Spot Goes to the Beach
Snowsong Whistling
My Little Polar Bear
Old Bear
Fox on the Ice
The Best Yard Sale
Big Black Bear
The Day the Sheep Showed Up
One Fine Day
The Birdwatcher
1 Zany Zoo
My Lucky Day
Fred Stays with Me
Listen, Listen
The Boss Baby
Foxy
What’s that noise?
Fish Eyes: a Book You Can Count On
Moo Baa La La La
The Boss Baby
Dooby Dooby Moo
Doug Unplugged
Marley and the Kittens
Moon Rooster
Chowder
Roller Coaster
King of Another Country
Mamma will it Snow Tonight?
The Hero of Little Street
It’s Your First Day of School Annie Claire
Beady Bear
One, Two, Three
Perfect Piggies
Olivia Builds a Snowlady
Owl Babies
All You Need for a Snowman
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
Go to Sleep Daisy
Duck’s Truck
Sea Creatures
Bears
Have You Seen My Duckling?
All Aboard: A True Train Story
Me…Jane
Chowder
Fred Stays with Me
The Birdwatcher
My Lucky Day
What’s that Noise?
Foxy
Roller Coaster
Mama, will it Snow Tonight?
Doug Unplugged
Beady
The Boss Baby
Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy
Chickens aren’t the Only Ones
Jack and Rick
Just Clowning Around
Big Pig, Little Pig
Stars
And then it’s Spring
Pete’s a Pizza
My Friend is Sad
What is that? Said the Cat
Chalk
Rosie’s Walk
How to Catch a Star
Fox and Friends
Brownie Groundhog and the Wintry Surprise
Danny and the Dinosaur
Waddle
I Love Trains
Gallop
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
But Not the Hippopotamus
Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse
Giggle, Giggle, Quack
Where the Wild Things Are
Listen Buddy!
Waddle
Goodnight Gorilla
Curious George
Inside Freight Train
Moosetache
Raccoon on His Own
Chowder
It’s Your First Day of School Annie Claire
The Birdwatcher
Good night Gorilla
Waddle
Inside Freight Train
Moosetache
Bats at the Ballgame
Kenny and the Little Kickers
Shoo, Fly Guy
Fireman Small
One Fine Day

The Fox

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Kristen Page

The girl and I were driving along a forest preserve last week when 2 deer ran out to the edge of the road. We were both surprised to see the two lovely does. I suggested that the girl watch for other animals…like a fox. She replied:

[If I saw a fox] “I would be crying from all of my heart because I would be so happy!”

I personally think that “the fox says” This girl is really something special!

The Christmas Gift

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Kristen Page

Mommy! I got science for Christmas!!!

The field microscope is a big hit (I can’t lie, I’m thrilled!) Aunt A finds the coolest gifts!

We explored everything with the microscope:

I saw a green bug. I think it’s a grasshopper

I’m not sure she could actually see anything like this:

I see really dark stuff

Can you believe we found a pansy in December?

I see little teeny hairs!

With this experiment, we have confirmed that the girl’s dad is superman!

I see Amos’ bones

I guess x-Ray vision is hereditary!

The realization…

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Kristen Page

Recently, the girl and I had a very interesting conversation…

I was working and she was playing with her pile of toy animals. She brought an animal to me and asked

“Is this a mammal?”

yes!

“I knew it. Bats are mammals. They have hair and milk.”

Mommy gets back to work…then another animal appears….

“This is a mammal too.”

Yes! and this is where the milk comes from (I thought that she was holding a cow…and that I was pointing to an udder…it was a bull! So, when I corrected my mistake, she grabbed a cow and the following turn in the conversation occurred.

“This is where the milk comes from?”

yes!

“Boys don’t have milk?”

right!

“daddy didn’t have milk?”

no, only mommy had milk. Boy mammals don’t make milk.

The girl got very quiet, and then her eyes grew huge and she realized….

“DOES THIS HAPPEN TO EVERYBODY?”

Bumblebee

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Kristen Page

look mommy, when I put my finger in the flower, I get brown on it!

Mommy replies “that’s pollen!”

The girl squeals with delight

I’m a bumblebee!!!

And what a cute bumblebee she is!!

Reading!

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Kristen Page

Someone has discovered reading! She’s so happy !!!

Reading (this is a link…click to watch the girl read)

The scientist

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Kristen Page

The girl came home with homework this week. Of course I was very happy to see that it was science! The girl was supposed to set up an ant picnic and then see which food the ants liked the best. The girl chose:
Mac and cheese
Chicken meatball
Apple
Watermelon

She “predicted” that ants would “like all of the food the same”

I couldn’t resist, so I gave her a notebook for her field entries!

She drew her set-up and then recorded what she learned.

We tried the experiment in a few places, but results were similar in every location. The ants weren’t interested (only 1 ant visited watermelon), but the flies were frequent visitors to the meatball and the apples!

I think my heart may burst with joy that the girl enjoyed her experiment!

4 year old preschool

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Kristen Page

The girl went back to school today!

I asked her what she wants to be when she grows up. She started with fire lady, then considered a career as a babysitter. Ultimately she’s committed to staying a kid! I know she’ll always be my little girl! I hope she remembers…

The daring girl learns some outdoor skills

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Kristen Page

The girl loves being outdoors and learning about plants and animals. This mom is so happy that her girl is interested in all things that fly, creep, crawl, and hop.

We had a terrific outdoor weekend with friends and family.

This girl isn’t afraid of any challenge. We had the opportunity to go to a crossfire ministry sporting event. This ministry provides opportunities for young people to learn outdoor sports like fishing and archery. She was determined to try to shoot a bow.

She could be a pretty good shot in a year or two!
Fishing was her real passion (and talent). Here is her first fish!

With a little coaching and encouragement, the girl was fishing in no time! She was casting…

…and reeling them in…

She even learned to safely handle the fish (a grown up removed the hook)

This was a catch and release event!

Everyone had a great time and caught a lot of fish!

The fish were great, but the swing was amazing!!!

This was the perfect celebration of summer !

So many colors

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Kristen Page

If I had to describe Peru with one word, it would have to be VIVID! (Amazing comes to mind, but vivid is probably more descriptive). Moyobamba is so colorful! It is known as the city of Orchids, but I think it should be the city of colors…because, as you will see, the birds really add a lot to the scenery! Here are some of my favorite colors from my trip.

This macaw was a permanent resident at Tingana – one hour by car + one hour by boat from Moyobamba.