It seems like we just put the Christmas tree away, and here it is already the end of the month! Well, for some people...they may HAVE just put the tree away! cough*Karly*cough
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Learning about the liver...
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...to this. (Much better!)
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Attended a mermaid birthday party. Modesty + January weather called for some creativity on my part!
They kind of crack me up. The costumes, not the girls.
A t-rex...
I was impressed by this triceratops...
A long-neck....can't even think of the real names anymore.
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Not sure what species this is, but it cost me an entire box of toothpicks!
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After--all is hidden.
The bathroom window BEFORE I saw this site: (thank you to my source!)
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More on that later.
We kicked it off with my birthday. Always a grand event.
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We went on a field trip with our homeschool group to the Health Museum.
Posing with some of our newest friends...
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Learning about the liver...
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Transformed the classroom from this:
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Attended a mermaid birthday party. Modesty + January weather called for some creativity on my part!
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We are very into dinosaurs around here. Yes, in a girl house!
I've sewed Chomper, Little Foot, and Spike so far. Three more to go. I'm sick of dinosaurs, by the way. But this little sweetie loves them.
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Not sure what species this is, but it cost me an entire box of toothpicks!
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Worked with base ten blocks...well, OK...they played with them actually. Sweetheart made this:
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Little Bit worked HARD on this. I was impressed.
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I also transformed some things around the house.
Before--under our bathroom sink. Pretty!
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The bathroom window after:
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Sweetheart's too-short jeans BEFORE:
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And now? Sassy capris! (thank you to my sister for helping me "think it out")![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWW8PnF_HTPkX6ApPJe33k1G7hEEYcqXBSBptTfgpb2n-uJR1JmlxPtF3Z2P_WHyeOf273NcuvGrNYhwiWP9RVx9EWZKVTS8urwk2xycDj5giY6hpeXgt_SfOKQfQFEnTzlJShpbw06GS/s320/Sewing+09+006.jpg)
February will bring this:
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February will bring this:
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I knew we had been busy, but man! And these are just the times I grabbed the camera! Hope you all had a great month too.