Weekly Wrap-Up: Pigs & Gingerbread
Friday, December 17, 2010 at 11:03AM
It's been a relaxing week at our house....we have needed the chance to not worry about anything! We've continued with math and reading as usual. The kids have enjoyed reading different versions of The Nutcracker, and our favorite music this week is "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson. We have been learning about the instrumentation and talking about how instruments can evoke certain feelings and moods in a piece of music.
Thursday we headed to Atlanta to ride The Pink Pig at Macy's. It's been a tradition here since the 1950s. We had a wonderful time! We went with some good friends of ours.... Miss B didn't want to have her picture taken with Priscilla the Pig!
Here are my two sweet children getting ready to ride the pig.... even though it was a cold, rainy day we had a great time!
And of course we headed into the mall afterwards and enjoyed some California Pizza Kitchen. What a special treat!
Today we have a friend staying with us... he is a good buddy of GMan's, so we wanted to do a fun activity with him. We read about the history of gingerbread, colored our own Gingerbread Glyphs (check out the link for great Gingerbread Math activities!), then decorated Gingerbread men with icing, chocolate chips, and candies.
The sun is out and I can hear the basketballs bouncing outside - the boys are getting some energy out and having lots of fun! Later we have a couple of homemade goodies to deliver and then I think I have to face the inevitable -- cleaning bathrooms! Well, the WHOLE day can't be perfect now, can it?
I'm looking forward to Miss B's piano recital tomorrow afternoon - I'll be sure to post some video when it's over.
Reader Comments (7)
I've never heard of the pink pig. I bet the kids loved it! Looks like so much fun!! Love your fun craft with the kids. Thanks for sharing! :D I'm headed to do some cleaning myself :( lol Thanks for linking up to Mommy Madness! Thanks for following me! I'm your newest follower.
Hope you have a Blessed Christmas!
Jennifer
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Beautiful Gingerbread man! Great decorating! (I wish there was a California Pizza Kitchen around here!)
Jessy
http://oursideofthemtn.blogspot.com
It looks like you guys had a great week! I've never heard of the pink pig before. I haven't made a trip to Atlanta with the kids yet, although I was there last month for a genealogy conference. It's a long drive from Savannah! We're hoping to go to the aquarium there before we move in June though.
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Cute post! Never heard of the pink pig but gingerbread...love gingerbread here...
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Have a huge post with all kinds of neat ideas for arts and crafts, recipes, family traditions, freebies, discounts, and giveaways to go with the theme Around the world in December. Great info. for homeschool families, as we also homeschool. Put tons of time putting such a comprehensive list together so hope that you and your blog readers will want to come by for a look around, too. Have a happy weekend,
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Sounds like a great week! We're ready for some relaxing days too.
Janet W
http://homeschoolblogger.com/wdworkman/
I've never heard of the pink pig, either. Holidays are all about the traditions!
Samantha