The Victory Test

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Books in a box countdown to Christmas Day 8

Today's book was "Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?" by Eric Carle. It's a good book for younger children as it has a lot of repetition which is great for learning. So far the girls are loving their books in a box countdown to Christmas, they remind me every night! Also the emptier the box gets the closer to Christmas we are.

Monday, December 7, 2015

Books in a box countdown to Christmas Day 7

Today we had 2 books, "My Little Pony-Pony Tales pt. 1" & "Cock-a-Moo-Moo" by Juliet Dallas-Conte. Jaden loves the MLP comic books so today was a special day for her, she was ecstatic when she unwrapped it. Cock-a-moo-moo was really cute, it was about a rooster that forgot how to crow. The other animals made fun of him until one day the fox came and the rooster alerted them becoming the hero, in the end he finds "his" voice.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Books in a box countdown to Christmas Day 6

Today's book was "The Colors of Us" by Karen Katz it's about an artists' positive perspective on skin color and how even though people come in different colors they are still beautiful. Being a mixed race family we can see the great value of having this book. It will help little ones to better understand diversity in all of the different races, I would recommend this book for everyone regardless of color. It will be a staple book in our home which we hope that our children will pass down to theirs someday.

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Who needs an elf on the shelf when I have the cutest elf of them all ; )

Home Depot Free Kids Workshops

For today's craft we visited the Home depot for one of their free kids workshops. Victory and I made the funny face stackers which is recommended for ages 5-12, but together we were able to complete the project. My 8 year old did have some difficulty doing her's so prepare to assist. Upon completion you're supposed to receive an apron (of course they ran out), certificate and cool pin. Hopefully next time they will have the aprons so we can put the pins on it.

Check here to see if they have one in your area: http://workshops.homedepot.com/workshops/kids-workshops.

Here are some pics:

Books in a box countdown to Christmas Day 5

We had 2 books today, "That's When I'm Happy" by Beth Shosan & "Freda Stop's a Bully" by Stuart J. Murphy. They were both very good, however the bullying one really hit home with my 8 year old daughter who has gone through it at school. The book spoke about the steps you should take if you are bullied, it had illustrations and easy to read words. I definitely recommend this book to your children whether or not they been bullied. This book will be one that we that we keep handy and read often.

Here are some pages from "Freda Stops a Bully"

Friday, December 4, 2015

Sock Snowmen

Today we decided to make our very own sock snowmen. Instead of using socks I used a undershirt my husband had for over 4 years and still had never worn. There are 5 members in my family so I prepared five "sock" tubes, below you see some illustrations on how I did it. It's much easier to just use socks but I didn't have any white ones laying around and didn't feel like running to the dollar store either. We used glue guns because they dry the quickest but you can try craft glue.

Finished Product:

Instructions:

If you have a sewing machine use it as it will make it much easier,

it took me about 20 minutes to sew all 5 tube "socks".

I personally used pillow stuffing I already had.

You can also just cut off the access after tying off the head and use fabric or baby socks to make the hat. Use buttons and embellishments to decorate your snowman. We used a permanent marker to make our faces and the kids drew on their snowmen also.

Once finished we named them, lol.