Circus at the Stertz House!

There's a circus going on at the Stertz House!



There will be...

Seals...


Zebras...


Birds of all sizes...


Giraffes...


and many more...

Your ring leader will be none other than....

Noah and his wife...


So park you cars...


Everyone's invited...


Old and Young alike...


COME JOIN THE FUN!

Why daddy doesn't work from home....

Can you blame him? :)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE STERTZ FAMILY

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Annika's "How To" on Turkey Cookies!

Annika wanted to share her first tutorial with you all! How to make Turkey Cookies!

Look at these fun little guys!


What you will need:



The "How To"


Getting ready to travel!



ENJOY!

Tune back in on Thanksgiving Day!

Peter and the Wolf

A near-by college orchestra was putting on a concert for little kids in which "Peter and The Wolf" was included. We have a CD at home with this music/story on it and Annika enjoys listening to it, so we thought we'd take her to the concert. She enjoyed it a lot.

Before the concert they had a "petting zoo" where kids could see and touch the different instruments. She was a bit hestitant to try the instruments (but the place was VERY crowded and there wasn't much room). Daddy was able to talk her into trying out the harp.


They also had a table where the kids could make a mask for one of the character, I was a bit surprised when Annika said she wanted to make a duck mask and not the cat mask. I have to say she makes a pretty cute little duck! :)


Donovan came with us also and had a fun time hanging out with daddy.

What's up with Annika

First off, Check out this face!

This is the face of a little girl who finally uses the potty on a regular basis and went all day yesterday without any accidents (this included a dry diaper in the morning when she woke up and at nap time...she took a 3 1/2 hour nap)!!

Annika LOVES music! She's been playing her "violin" (saran wrap roll and a stick) all around the house. It's amazing the imagination she has (the stick than turns into a gun to go "Hunty" with)! :) I love to watch her! We've also started playing the Carnival of the Animals for her (classical music with no words) she's able to tell us what animal most of the songs are trying to portray.
Here's a short video of her playing and singing!

Last but not least we started working on the letter "A" work sheets. She knows her alphabet for the most part but she has enjoyed trying to write it. Here's a worksheet she did today: She traced the dots for the most part all by herself.

Here she's showing off the dress that mommy made for her from an old large womens skirt!