Our Family of Flowers

The Drum Lady Video 2

hyattkids — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:00:07 +0000

Yep, that is my little ones playing along with the Drum Lady at our local "Story Faire". The kids had such a great time.

The Drum Lady

hyattkids — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:47:46 +0000

My kiddo's playing along with the Drum Lady : )

My Alternate Site

hyattkids — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:07:21 +0000

To see the Blessed Family of Flowers latest adventures visit-

www.blessedfamilyofflowers.wordpress.com

The Butterfly Pavilion

hyattkids — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:03:08 +0000

Valentine Tea Party

hyattkids — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:31:07 +0000

Kailey getting ready for her first tea party

Kiersè excited about her first tea party- Valentine Tea Party none the less

My girls and me

Everyone having a good time

Kailey

Kiersè

Kiersten and Kailey's Girl Scout troop writing their pen pals in Indiana.

Kiersten

Pet Store Field Trip

hyattkids — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:24:16 +0000

Emma

Kiersten

Steven

Emma

Kailey and Steven

Fuzzies

hyattkids — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:52:32 +0000

I went to the store and bought the materials needed to make this pipe- I also put a washer in the mount piece, so no fuzzies slip through and choke the user. The fuzzies get loaded into the pipe and then they are blown out.

Emma taking her first run with the blowing of the fuzzies

Big Brother, Steven blowing the fuzzies at Emma

Steven and Emma loading the pipe

Awe, my little Emma : )

This is soooo fun Mom!

Emma reloading so she can shoot them at Steven

Colors, Colors, Colors everywhere

hyattkids — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:38:41 +0000

Matching Colors for Recognition- I went to a local home supply store and picked up paint color samples, (2 of each sample), so Emma could work on her color recognition. She basically played it like a memory game, so she received lessons in both memorization practice and color sorting and recognition.

Emma started with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple

Then we added brown, black, pink, and grey

Then we added the varying shades of each color

Steven enjoying his afternoon snack with a special friend

hyattkids — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:37:03 +0000

I came downstairs and found Steven had made his Teddy Bear and himself a afternoon snack. He loves his Teddy very much (if you cannot tell from the picture Teddy is very worn). In fact, Steven will not go to sleep at night unless Teddy is by his side. I of course had to run and get my camera before asking him what he was doing : ) What an imagination my little boy has.

The Anticipation is growing

hyattkids — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:32:56 +0000

The presents are all under the tree except the ones that arrive on Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning the kids will find one very special gift under the tree for each of them wrapped in gold paper, which is the one Santa delivers on Christmas Eve. Tonight is our traditional cookie baking night. We bake cookies for Santa, which of course we enjoy too. The reindeers will get their treat too- we bake Reindeer granola and spread it on the lawn (mixed with glitter, so the reindeer can see it from the sky).

My Little Boy turns 8

hyattkids — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:00:31 +0000

Today is my little man's birthday. We spent a portion of this afternoon making his cake. He asked for a Vanilla Football cake with chip icing. I think we did a pretty good job.

Birthday Time

hyattkids — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:51:39 +0000

Kiersten's Birthday Cake

Kiersten and her friend celebrating Kiersten's 10th Birthday

Kiersten helped make her birthday cake from scratch with Mommy. This is a tradition with each of my children. Only the Birthday child gets to help with the cake. We make the cake from scratch (even the frosting) and the Birthday child and I decorate it to their liking.

Sorting and Color Recognition

hyattkids — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:47:31 +0000

Emma sorting buttons into the proper color coded container. She had a blast doing this and asked to do it over and over again. She even cleaned up after she was done.

My Little Girl is a Young Lady

hyattkids — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:36:19 +0000

This Sunday is Kiersten's 10th birthday. It is hard to realize how much she has grown in the last 10 years. When she was born she was barely 6 pounds and now she is a young lady- wipe a tear : (

She is becoming a beautiful person

This was Kiersten at age 5. The picture next to it is me (her mommy) when I was 5- see any similarities?

Well this year, Kiersten decided she would like a sleepover/ birthday party (yeah me : ) I told her she can have a few friends over. The night will be filled with giggles, games, and lots of snacking : )
I figure we can order pizza, play twister, have a movie night, and just have F-U-N. Though I am sure she will be swooshing me out of the room (she is getting older and not wanting Mommy to participate in friend time). We are still planning the activities and I understand she is her own person, and declaring that she needs more independence, so I will help her come up with a list of things that SHE and her friends can reference if they need something to do.

This is how we raise our children- to be their own person and to be an independent, self-thinking individual BUT once they start to declare their independence - it is tough to let them go.

So, to Kiersten- Don't grow up too fast and I promise to always be your "Mommy" : )

Better Late than Never

hyattkids — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:16:36 +0000

I have the kids curriculum all in order with what we have been working on this year (2007) and what we will be working on this coming year (until June 2008). I made a new page on my site for each child, so I can reference them as needed. Of course we can detour off course every now and then and we will readjust as we move along our path of education : 0

Mood :Accomplished happy Music :Jake Johnson Jake Johnson