Kindergarten - Day 78 and Day 79

Day 78 - Friday, December 12

We started our day off with a trip to our local airport. Even Santa was hanging out in his private jet!

In this picture the boys are drooling over the airplanes that are for sale. Your piggy bank ain't big enough, Hunter, sorry!

This is a model of a P-47 Thunderbolt, which is the airplane my Grandpa Loyd flew in WWII.

Showing us how the firefighters would handle an aircraft fire:

Buckling down for school:

And spending the afternoon wrapping presents. To Bri, From Hunter. I thought this was so sweet!

A few of our favorite library books this week:

Day 79 - Monday, December 15

We spent part of our morning crafting headbands. Aunt Juju gave Brianna a headband kit last year and we never finished all of them, so we pulled them out! Even Hunter made one.

Still doing advent devotions: learning the reason behind Christmas parades, gingerbread, nutcrackers, and learning about traditions around the world.

Using snowflake manipulatives to solve word problems:

 Some of our favorite library books:

Bri's latest read:

A Stitch in Crime (Review)

This review is for the book "A Stitch in Crime" by Cathy Elliott. This is another book in the Quilts of Love series. I enjoy this series because they all have the same theme of quilting, but they are all written by different authors in many different genres. This is the first one I have read which is a suspense and romance theme.

In this novel, Thea James has volunteered to co-chair her town's first quilt show. Unfortunately, from the very beginning, things begin to go wrong. People are getting hurt, antiques are being stolen, and several people in the community are acting rather odd. Thea doesn't exactly want to play detective, but agrees to at the request of one of her dearest friends. Fortunately, everything comes together in the end and the mystery is solved without anything too incredibly harsh happening.

This was a good story and I enjoyed it. There were a couple of times that I felt like the characters had a background in another story that I hadn't read. I also felt that the storyline with Thea and her friend Renee was thrown in there for extra fluff and was unnecessary. I did still enjoy the book, though.

Thank you to Litfuse Publicity for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

Live: Your Life With Christ (Review)

This review is for the study "Live: Your Life With Christ" by Rebecca Manley Pippert. A DVD is provided which is used in conjunction with the book. This is the first part of a Live-Grow-Know series.

This is one of the best Bible studies I have seen. It is really broken down for new believers, or to strengthen the beliefs of mature Christians. In this study questions are answered in a way that you are really learning apologetics. You will be much more confident with the truth of Jesus dying and being resurrected, and who He claimed to be. This study pulls together scripture so you can feel confident in your beliefs.

There are five chapters. Each contains the historical background of what you will be discussing, the scripture and discussion questions, how to apply this learning to your life, how it applies to following Jesus, true life stories that are applicable, how to pray over this particular section, and then a section for deeper reflection. The DVD shares true stories from other believers around the world as well as Rebecca Manley Pippert herself discussing the most important parts of the book.

I really enjoyed this. The DVD was not dull, nor was the book. They both kept my attention and got me excited. I was especially excited to share some of my findings from the book with our youth group at church. I think this would be a great study to do over a few weeks with other believers or even those who are curious about Christianity but just not there yet.

Thank you to Cross Focused Reviews for a copy of the book and DVD in exchange for my honest review.