My Panda Girl.

Finger painting pictures.

Our caterpillars have turned into butterflies! We gave our pom pom caterpillars wings today...

We made a blossom tree! (An old branch covered in sparkly things).

First thing this morning while the girls waited for their porridge they made some pom-pom caterpillars on wooden pegs. Panda Girl loved hers very much :)

Caterpillars made out of hearts and a dragonfly made by Monkey Girl.

Panda Girl had great fun playing with the rice today. She made me lots of '"ice cream" :)

I gave the girls lots of letters and they had to find and write their names. Monkey Girl found and stuck all her letters in a bizarre order but her name came out perfectly and she was very chuffed.

We made some fab curly butterfly headbands.  Monkey Girl wore hers all day. Panda Girl told me hers was blue. She also counted to ten today which I didn't realise she could do! (She can count in Swahili too!)

Insect words books.

After lunch we went to the library for some spring books (and about 35 bedtime books!)

This afternoon the girls planted the flower seeds they chose from our local garden centre.

To kickstart our new Spring project I took the girls to a Butterfly Park. We have never been before and they loved it!!

Butterfly watching.

Butterfly watching.

Watching the chipmunks.

Some activities to break up the day.

Panda Girl watching the waterfall.

Peas the girls are growing.

Spring books to get us started.

Easter window display

EASTER SUNDAY

Alleluia Alleluia let the holy anthem rise
And the choirs of heaven chant it
In the temple of the skies
Let the mountains skip with gladness
And the joyful valleys ring
With Hosannas in the highest
To our Saviour and our King

Alleluia Alleluia He endur'd the knotted whips
And the jering of the rabble
And the scorn of mocking lips
And the terrors of the gibbet
Upon wich He would be slain
But His death was only slumber
He is risen up again

Alleluia Alleluia like the sun from out the wave
He has risen up in triumph from
The darkness of the grave
He's the Splendour of the Nations
He's the lamp of endless day
He's the very Lord of Glory
Who is risen up today

Easter gifts all ready for Sunday.

Rest of the day's worksheets

'He is Risen!' cone baskets.

The stages of an egg (Panda Girl's one is top right:)

Palm Sunday donkeys

Easter egg trees.

Palm Sunday.

"Hosanna to the Son of David!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"

On Saturday Papa took the girls to the Safari Park. Old friends with some of the keepers, Papa got the children special access into the lemurs at feeding time!

Making Easter baskets.

Easter baskets. We are going to put mini chocolate eggs in them and hand them out to aunts and uncles on Easter Sunday!

Chick bookmarks.

Mummy had a Personal Training client to see so, seeing as Ally was here, she did a whole morning's work with the girls.... and here it is :)

Funtime at trampolining - last session before the Easter holidays. Somewhere under here Monkey Girl was apparently doing some front drops!

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; earth's joys grow dim; its glories pass away; change and decay in all around I see; O thou who changest not, abide with me.

I need thy presence every passing hour. What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power? Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.

I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless; ills have no weight, and tears not bitterness. Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide with me.

Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes; shine through the gloom and point me to the skies. Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

This morning we had another go of Easter Bingo and then, while Monkey Girl did some cognitive development work, Ballet Girl made Humpty Dumpty!

Panda Girl felt very important this morning as she had first go at painting an egg!

Ballet Girl painting her egg.

Monkey Girl's turn.

Monkey Girl showing Panda Girl how to do the Easter jigsaws.

Spot the children.... Ballet Girl and Monkey Girl played outside for about an hour and a half this afternoon. It was so windy. Ballet Girl flew her kite which she made a few months ago. She created it herself - paper kite with string tied and rolled onto a pencil. She unravels the string as the wind takes it.

Ballet Girl wrote and illustrated a beautiful Easter book about a chick leaving his egg. I love it!!

Ballet Girl and Monkey Girl made lovely rabbit bookmarks - a little less fiddly than yesterday's ones.

Easter activity books.

Ballet Girl's vocabulary for the week. Monkey Girl is doing well with them too and Panda Girl has somehow managed to recognise the word 'egg'...!

Rest of the day's work.

To finish off the day (and because Ally arrived to give me some moral support) the girls did some cooking. They made...

...chocolate peppermint cakes!

We started off bright and early this morning with a game of Easter bingo!

Panda Girl had great fun with counters and little dominoes.