Christmas science

Aurora and I made a crystal tree a few weeks ago. It was cool to see. We used bluing, ammonia, and table salt. It took a few days to grow. Here are some pictures.

These last two were taken the day after the other pictures. Once it got strated it reall took off.

Christmas Tree

This year we decided to cut down our own tree at a lot just down the road from us. It was fun and Aurora got a baby tree to take home. Here are some pictures from that night.

Jay and Aurora when we first got there.

Aurora with the tree we picked.

Helping Daddy cut the tree.Pushing the tree to the car.

The baby tree.

Here is the finished tree.

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Aurora's Solo

Aurora is singing a solo in the primary program next Sunday. I took a video of her part while they were practicing in the primary room today.

Halloween

Aurora went trick or treating with her cousin Luke. She got a ton of candy.

Carving Pumpkins and decorating cookies

Last Monday we carved pumpkins and decorated Halloween cookies for Family Home Evening. Aurora really hated cleaning the "guts" out of her pumpkin. She picked a white one this year. I let her draw the face and then I carved it out for her.

Halloween at the Wild Animal Park

On the 24th we went to the Wild Animal Park for their Halloween thing. It was OK. They had a few crafts and some trick or treating and some carnival games. Aurora liked it. Here are a few pictures from it. There was a bridge that led over to the games and they had a "troll" under it that scared Aurora at first, because she did not know he was there.

Yesterday Aurora and I went to the zoo for a little bit. Here are two cute picture I took of her.
This one she was trying to smell the flower.

This is a mother peacock and her three babies that came up to Aurora. All four of them came right un to her.


I let her take the camera and take what ever pictures she wanted to take. Some of them are reall good. It is funny to see what she took pictures of. I put them into a slideshow for anyone who wants to see them.

I could not get the slideshow to post on here so here is the link to it:

http://www.slide.com/r/IBVpFU31zT_d9QWkWez3TA7ilafifCGT?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

Sewing

I decided to make myself an apron. I think it turned out OK. I was off on the measurements and it is kind of big, but it will work. The hand towel is removable and I can change it to match the season. I think I like it.

What post would not be complete without a picture or two of Aurora. My mom made her this shawl and I added a snap on it so it will stay closed. I love it and so does Aurora. It is so soft and cuddly.

"Running" through sprinklers

Twice a week the gardener waters the lawn with a homemade sprinkler system. One of those days is Wednesday. Every Wednesday we go to church for a play group and on the way home Aurora asked to "run" through the sprinklers. She walks up to them and squats in the middle until she is soaking wet. It is funny to watch and she loves it. Here are some pictures of her "running" through the sprinklers

Walking home.

Hair

Aurora's hair is finally long enough to braid. It is still pretty thin, but she loves to have it braided. She also likes to have pigtails and a ponytail using my hair ties. Here are some pictures of her hair styles.