McEntire Times

Shaggy BEFORE pictures

We were productive one day during Christmas break - well for a couple hours anyway - and took ALL our games out of the game cupboards and organized, sorted, put instructions and missing pieces back, etc.  Some games met their demise and some were slated for Goodwill, but MOST of them headed back to the cupboards.  We LOVE games in this house and play them a lot! The kids had to help with the whole process in hopes that they would keep the cupboards clean for at least a week.

Kirra had Wood Shop class the last 9 weeks of the first semester and really loved it.  I think she liked Home Ec the first nine weeks just a little more - but that was due to a fabulous teacher.  Kirra loves art and loves to create and in wood shop she was able to create and then paint.  The top picture shows a Santa decoration I have that goes over the frame of a door.  

Kirra took it down, took it to wood shop with her and created one of her own! 

  

Pretty impressive and quite adorable!  She traced and cut each piece out of wood and then came home and painted him.  He will have a spot of honor over a doorway in our house next Christmas!

Each year for Christmas we try to create hand-made cards for the kids' teachers.  

This year we used potatoes as stencils and made some very cute snowmen!