Co-op Valentine's Day Party

Last week we had our Valentine's day party at our Homeschool Co-op and I'm finally posting some pictures.

Our church's "theme" this year is "Relate" emphasising our realtionship with God and with others, so our party had the same theme.  And along those lines, each kid under 5th grade was paired up with a kid over fifth grade and they "realted" during the party by being partners in everything that happened.   

First off, there was a contest to see who could wear the most red and pink.

Here is Isabella and her partner.

Whole lot of pink going on.
Isabella and her partner were in the top 3 girl teams so the won a humongo hershy bar.
The teams each made a bag to put valentines cards in.  The bigger kids helped the little kids make their bags, so they had to work together and the bags were judged by the pastors for creativity, good use of supplies and team work.  Here is Sophia and her partner.
One of the games they played.  One partner put a dixie cup on their head and the other partner had a straw and a q-tip.  The straw was used as a blow gun to try to knock the cup off the head.  It was a very fun game, especially to watch!
Isabella and her partner making their bag.
A three legged race.  Very fun.

Sophia and her partner won 2nd place ( I think) for their bag.  Sophia got a McD's gift card and her partner got  a QT card.
It was a lot of fun for the girls (Alexander didn't want to go, he wanted to stay home with Papa.  He said "I like parties, when they are at MY house)

The leaders put a lot of work and thought into the party and it was a big hit.

Valentine's Day Book

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random pictures

It's been a little while since I've updated, and there's nothing major to report, so here for your viewing pleasure are some random pictures.

Sweet baby face...

Alexander's cute face and awesome eyes.
Whenever I lay Nikolas on his tummy to do his "baby pushups" Alexander lays with him and demonstrates what he's supposed to be doing.  Nikolas is watching intently, though he doesn't feel the need to copy.  Nikolas will sometimes lift his head and do the baby push ups, but he appears to not have the drive that the other kids had to be mobile.  He is already our latest roll-er as he has no interest in movement at this time.  He is content just to be held, thank you.

Notice Alexander's knuckle push ups.  He notices everything Faron does.
Brothers
Arianna's first try at scissors.  The girls got some scissors for Christmas that are all plastic and not sharp, but they cut paper, and paper alone, so they became Ari's.
We've been doing School upstairs these days as the basement tends to bum me out, I think it's the lack of sunlight.  Anyway, here are ALL the kids with their activities.  Xander and Ari feel the need to do school from time to time, a need that time will cure I'm sure.

I'm not sure how this started, but Ari just learned how to do the sticking fingers in the ears and wobbling them back and forth face.  Her little pixie face is just so cute when she does it.
Xander and Ari reading a book, after the ditched the school table.  These two are best buds, it is going to be interesting to see what their relationship is like as they get older.  RIght now it's the two of them together all the time, and Ari thinks Alexander is the best thing ever.