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Five Smiths Standing: A China Plate for Butterfly
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Sunday, October 6, 2013. A China Plate for Butterfly. And now it was Butterfly's turn. Like I desired with Butterfly's sister before her, I wanted to celebrate the completion of a devotional book we worked through together, Growing Little Women for Younger Girls,. By Donna J. Miller and Christine Yount. In a sense, the event was intended to mark a graduation from little girl to young lady. Our first activity was to make living herb wreaths. Gentle Passages: Guiding Your Daughter Into Womanhood,. We also ...
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Five Smiths Standing: December 2012
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Sunday, December 23, 2012. From Germany, we travelled to Africa, spending two weeks in the beautiful Kenya, culminating in, what else but a feast. I did not have high hopes for African food, but it was, to my surprise, delicious, Butterfly's favorite so far. We decorated the table with country cards from a geography card game;the flag of Kenya; a book; a photo of one of our adored Compassion kids, Roy, who is Kenyan; and a couple of African animal figurines. By mixing peas and corn into mashed potatoes, ...
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Five Smiths Standing: A China Plate for Lizard
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Sunday, October 23, 2011. A China Plate for Lizard. When my children were small and I would look into the future and imagine them as pre-teens and teens, you may have noticed me shudder a little. I've never been particularly comfortable interacting with young people that age, even when I was that age myself! So it has been a surprising joy to find myself embracing and cherishing this time as my older two children (and their friends) begin the process of leaving behind their childhood days. Invited us to ...
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Five Smiths Standing: February 2013
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Monday, February 25, 2013. See how Ellisa has grown! Elissa when we began sponsorship. 65279;We learned many things about India during our "stay." India is about one-third the size of the United States, with approximately four times the population (there are more than a billion Indians). This has earned India the claim to having the second largest population of any country (China has the largest) and one out of about every six of the world's people lives in India! Rajesh, Lester and Siddarth. Solomon bro...
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Five Smiths Standing: September 2012
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Friday, September 28, 2012. These yarn paintings, created by Lizard and Butterfly. Were inspired by the beautiful yarn creations of the Huichol Indians of the Pacific coast of Mexico. To find out more about this art. We finished our fiesta by watching our favorite dancing dog video, a dog dancing the merengue. Next week, we head north, crossing the border as we enter Canada! Tuesday, September 18, 2012. God Bless the U.S.A. While I gave him spelling words this morning, Historian baked this apple pie.
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Five Smiths Standing: October 2012
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012. God Bless Brazil and Norway! To conclude our trip to Brazil, Historian cooked the country's national dish , feijoada. Our anaconda has been found slithering in bushes, climbing in trees, hiding in MY bed sheets, lurking on porch steps and hovering over sleeping teenagers. Who knows where he will turn up next? Today, we finished up our trip to Norway. Worn by the Lapps (Sami) people of northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. For dinner, Historian made lefse. After ...
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Five Smiths Standing: March 2013
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Sunday, March 24, 2013. The photos from our Russia celebration are few, but we didn't want to skip sharing about the largest country in the world. Russia, in its vastness, spans two continents: Europe and Asia, with Russia's Ural Mountains marking the division between the two. It is so large, it is nearly twice the size of the second largest country: Canada. By Dahpne Spragett, Paternoster Lifestyle Publishing, 2001.). Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Sesame broccoli called for just four ingredients: broccoli,...
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Five Smiths Standing: May 2012
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Saturday, May 19, 2012. Final Adventures in Australia. It's hard to believe it has been nearly four months since Lizard's and my trip to Australia. It's even harder to believe that I haven't, until now, written my final installment. Here we go. Wednesday, January 25. Can you see the ray? Big Brother sharing his love for all things in nature with his Little Brother. A mob of wallabies. We couldn't take photos of the penguins, but here you can see the beach side viewing area. Thursday, January 26. We enjoy...
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Five Smiths Standing: June 2012
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012. National Spelling Bee: A Photo Essay (Part 1 of 2). Historian smiles as he spells "symmetrical" correctly and wins the Richmond Times-Dispatch Spelling Bee. Historian congratulates another speller at the Richmond Times-Dispatch Spelling Bee. Historian thanks God for allowing him to win the RTD Bee. Orientation for the National Spelling Bee is over and Historian has his "gear," including this Spellebrity messenger bag. Amazed by the fireworks (yes, this is posed). Watching Historian...
