Last day of B week

I can't believe today is already Friday! B week flew by.  Here is what we did on our last day of B week:


As always we practiced writing our B.  I would say he had greatly improved since Monday

My son then did a B maze to help get the bee to his beehive

We then built a building with blocks

Painting a balloon

And the highlight of our day: baking buttermilk biscuits!

My son was so proud ad I let him make them all by himself

hope to see you all back next week for C week.  My son is already asking what we are doing and is convinced we don't need to take the weekend off :)

B week, Blue, Brown and Black

B week continues and once again we all had a lot of fun!


Today we made a black,

 blue,

 and brown bear.

My son did the top three and my daughter did the bottom one

Band-aids on the letter B

lastly, we sorted m&ms he kids could eat every color except blue and brown; mommy got to eat those colors because I am the b, b, boss :)

B week, Day 3

Today was one of my favorite days of preschool so far.  The day was full of B activities.


Today my children got up from their quiet time to find a bunch of butterflies! With a net in hand and the magic word, b, b, butterfly my children caught them all (with a little help from Matt)

 We used painters tape to tape the strings to the ceiling so it quickly and easily came off when swooped at with the net.

My son then practiced writing his B (left handed)

 (right handed)

 We then had sticker time! Bees, butterflies and flowers

As if the stickers were not fun enough, we then glued b, b, buttons onto the letter B!

We then talked about bodies and how they too started with the letter B, so we decorated a couple of bodies and...

pinned the bodies on my sister's head, Brianne

My kids had so much fun pinning the body on Brianne Brown.

It looked like so much fun, I played along as well :)

Although cheesy, I felt clever at the alliteration poem I wrote.  When I said the word banana, my son had to raise his banana in the air and when I said the work bird, he had to make the bird tweet

We then placed our bananas on the tree we had from last week

 

Usually preschool lasts about an hour, but today we had close to an hour and a half worth of fun B activities.  We finished the day by having the special surprise of going to the b, b, beach (Cherry Creek Reservoir)  I hope I am not driving everyone crazy with all the preschool posts, but this is my focus and I feel amazing as I magnify my talents and watch my kids learn and magnify theirs.  Life is good and we are all so thankful for preschool!

B week, bee day

Today as we learn the letter B, out focus is on bees!

A always we start by writing the letter B

Our first activity of the day was to get the Bees home to their B

 We then made a bee out of the letter B

A short little review of last week

We then made our own beehives by gluing honeycomb onto a beehive and then of course adding our own bees.  My children loved this activity as I had him say b, b, B as he placed each bee.

B week, day one, bubble day

A whole new week means a whole new letter.  Dorian was excited to do preschool again after taking the weekend off. Here is what we did today:

 First we practiced writing the letter B...I am so excited to see how it improves over a weeks time

 Then we did art with bubbles

 Bear shaped (if you use your imagination) treats

 A huge bubble ball

 we then bounced on the ball to break the bubbles!

 bubble time in the sun

 then to finish it off we did a blue bubble bath!

Bee day tomorrow, which I am personally, very excited for. Offer still stands, if anyone in the local area is interested, we would love to have you over for preschool!

My latest Ah Ha moment while reading my scriptures

So, for those of you who read my blog and are not LDS, here is a little background.  We believe that we are eternal beings in the sense that God created and gave an image to our spirits (and bodies) but that are intelligence was not created but always present (ie, eternal) and we believe that our time here on earth is a probationary state where we are given hardships and obstacles to try our faith and allow us to choose and come to God of our own volition through the covenants we make here on earth and the patience and endurance in keeping the covenants and commandments we made with God.  We believe that after we are resurrected we will be judged by our own works and put in a degree of glory where we will be the most comfortable.  We believe there are three degrees of glory and outer darkness (hell). We believe that if one reaches the highest degree of glory (an opportunity given to every individual) then they have met their birthright as God's children and available to inherit the blessings of their father in becoming like him, Gods and Goddesses of their own accord, bound by the same laws of truth, charity, justice, etc that God follows.

Well here was my ah ha moment that as somewhat humbling as well.  I was thinking what it would be like to live again with my Heavenly Father and with my brother, Jesus Christ and how I would feel eternally indebted to my Lord for his sacrifice in being a mediator for me to return home to my Father.  Being of a carnal (and therefore selfish mindset) I was thinking how my Lord would always hold a higher realm of respect and blessings as he accomplished here on earth what no one else could, but that lead me to question what I know about Eternal glory.  If I am to be considered an equal to my Lord and Father, then I will be an equal.  Meaning while I can still be respectful, reverent and praising of the sacrifice and love given to me, I in turn will be an equal with extreme divinity.  This lead to the thought that it didn't seem fair someone like Jesus Christ who endured more during this earth life than any other person ever had to endure would be considered my equal when what I have gone through, while difficult, is nothing in comparison to the trials and sacrifice he endured.  Then this thought came to me of the parable of the servants given talents.  One man received 1, another 2, and the last 5.  We are given the responsibility of a load based on what we are capable of handling.  The more capable we are, the more responsibility we are given (as seen in the parable with the servant who was given 5 talents, then that of the 1 who squandered his), but look at the servant who was given 2.  Just as the 5 was doubled, so did the servant with 2 double his. 

Here is my Ah-Ha moment.  likening this parable to me: Jesus was the servant with 5 talents, taking on the responsibility he could carry, and while I carry 2 and not 5, I am still just as diligent in trying to make my master happy by increasing what he has given me rather than  squander it as the 1 did.  This all goes full circle for me as I think back to all the learning I have received on the love God bestows on each of us.  He entire purpose of sending us to earth, allowing us the opportunity to grow is to the end, live with him again.  He is our Father and we his children and has set up the church in a way that we may all operate to the best of our ability, carrying  and magnifying the talents we are given to not only get ourselves to our divine birthright, but to help our fellow brothers and sisters (humanity) in achieving that very goal with us. 

This truth that I stumbled upon exemplifies the very essence of God's love.  God is never the one to tempt us, our carnal bodies pull us to temptation, God grants us spiritual gifts and guidance to overcome these temptations.  Only love and God, and when we are judged it is based on our own works rather than the wrath of an angry God.  He is bound by justice to hold us to our choices, but has also given us he own son to act as the law of mercy in allowing us to atone of our sins through the perfected sacrifice our Lord gave to us.

I love my church, in that I know who I am and why I am here.  I love my church as I know I am an eternal being as I strive daily to reach that potential.  I love my church as I am given an opportunity to be forgiven for my many mistakes and sins as I am no where near a perfect person.  I love my church as I know the God I worship is a kind, loving Father who desires my presence in living with him as we work together as a unit in and through God to be restored to our natural and divine birthright.