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I love flowers ! I usually have quite a variety during the spring, summer and fall. This is my first flower to bloom this spring. Its a solid yellow Daffodil. 
On Friday morning bright and early (about 5 AM) my husband woke me up to see some beautiful Deer in our back yard. We sure did enjoy watching them for almost 1/2 hr. We would quietly walk from window to window to see what they were up to. They were snitching some of the cracked corn and seeds that fell from our bird feeder, then take a drink of water from our bird bath, then even walked across our patio and munched on some of the fallen crab apples. We watched until finally their ears perked up, they stretched their necks tall and gracefully jumped our chain link fence with inches to go. They then met up with several other deer who had been munching in our neighbors yard. 
The fifth graders had the theme of Early Colonies. My grandson chose Colonial Christmas. They all had to write a report and come up with some type of presentation. You can see some of the homemade gift ideas the candle for in the window and also wooden shoes that were filled with candy and fruit. (most of that and the Spiced Cider had already disappeared as samples.) He also had a dish of Chocolate Moose on display. Other subjects in his room were Colonial cloths, Food, schools , George Washington and more. Very interesting and made for a interesting and educational evening ! 
The LCMS School where my youngest daughter teaches first grade had a Cultural Fair. Each grade presented a different theme. The first graders chose farming. Each student was assigned or chose one item to make. There was a fence, a pond, ducks, cow, horse, tractor and field, and as you can see on the picture a barn, house, farmer, farmers wife, sheep pig and more. It definitely turned out nice. The children do this at home with their parents help. What a fun family activity. We love seeing all the class rooms and their wonderful ideas and presentations. 
The spring plants are peeking their heads out and that means SPRING! These are some Daffodil's and just a little to the upper left you can see some Tulips. The Green always reminds me of Eternity and Life. The New Life that we are promised in scripture, Gods Holy Word. Lent is upon us and soon it will be Easter when we celebrate and praise God for His wonderful plan of redemption through Christ's death and Resurrection. 
Our grandson turned 11 years old. The day before his birthday, a Friday, was stormy and a snow day from school. This was to be the day for him to bring treats for his class and celebrate his birthday. Since his mother was very sick for the next 4 days, I surprised our Grandson on Tuesday when school was once again in session. I baked cupcakes for the whole class but in the center was a large cupcake about twice the size of a regular cupcake. This one had 11 on it was special for him. You can tell from the picture he couldn't waite to chow down.