A few random photos

Sometimes events happen and then we lose track of time...
It seems only yesterday that this workshop started...

 and now look how far it has come!  Jim and Clare have been working so hard!

And the children keep themselves busy while Jim and Clare are working...

With a little help from MD -- I mowed the lawn!

She has become quite the expert tree climber recently...

And swim lessons continue... the next session just started and everyone has been promoted - including this fella who has since stopped crying!

M&M are in there.. somewhere!  Sorry it's not a very good photo but it's hard to keep an eye on all 3!

We are busy... really busy these days!  Family portraits are turning out to be a blast!  The children spend the day outdoors while Daddy takes pictures of their friends and their families.  I am getting better at using MG's scooter now.  (haha!)  We've all learned the rules to Simon Says, Mother May I, Red Light Green Light, and a few other outdoor games.  Honestly, it's hard to play these games with only 4 participants, but we do our best!  Before they would play these games for the sake of playing and rules were disregarded - merely a basis for a sibling gathering/argument (however they saw fit!).  But now we are playing by the "rules" and learning not to cry when we are told to go back to the start!  Slowly...

More events are taking place -- Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Today... Last year!

(November 20, 2009)
Having a blast at Chuck E Cheese's!

A new favorite song

I LOVE this song!

While driving to pick up the boys the other day I heard this song on the radio.  I started humming it the rest of the day.  I finally memorized one line from the song and Google d it.  I love when I can Google anything!  So then I started singing it...

While editing a wedding video the other night, I decided that I would use this song in my next wedding day highlights.  If it turns out "okay," I might share my work!  :)

Tell me, doesn't this song make you feel so good?!!!  

"We may only have tonight...."

Gotta get back to work!

Tooth #8 - OUT!

For more than 2 weeks she wriggled and wriggled... see her tongue pushing it out?!

November 3, 2010

Then on Saturday night November 14, 2010, while I was reading to them she complained that she could taste blood.  So I encouraged her to wiggle more.  She's on this mission to lose her tooth a different way EACH time!  I rationed that she can't do this EVERY time... I reminded her that she has not wriggled one out by herself yet!  So, she tried harder and harder... and guess what happened?  It came out!  ALL BY HERSELF, she got it out!  It did not come out 1) while eating an apple, 2) Dr. Corcoran did not pull it out, 3) I did not pull it out with floss at Becky's house, 4) it did not fly out and then into the sink drain while I tried to pull a different one out with a piece of floss, 5) she did not hit a chair, 6) she did not swallow it while easting fish and chips in Hawaii, 7) eating corn at Clare's and there is one more way.. but I can't think of how that one came out...

So, Ta-da!  The next day, #8 is out!

You can't tell, huh?!  Well, it's out and she says she feels funny without it.  :)  Guess what E and MD are trying?  Well, MD more than E... they are wiggling their teeth too!  HAHA!!!!

Dragon Slayers' Academy

I remember mentioning that we are now reading a new chapter series.  This chapter book series is called Dragon Slayers' Academy by Kate McMullan.  Most chapter series books now a days do not require you to read in sequential order but we found book 1 and began with that.  When we finished, MD happened to pick up book #14 during our library visit (we go twice a week after he gets out of school to pass the time before we pick up MG).  They had a blast reading book #14 because it went in detail on how to speak Pig-Latin.!

You see, Wiglaf, the main character of the story in book #1 goes off to Dragon Slayers' Academy to become a somebody -- a hero.  His parents agree, hoping he will being gold to the family (because apparently, dragons have gold hidden in their caves and if you slaye one, you can keep the gold!). Wiglaf is a kind young boy, with 11 brothers who torment him, so he finds comfort in speaking to the family pig.  While heading to the school, Wiglaf and his pig, Daisy, run into a "not so wise" wizard, who puts a spell on Daisy and now she speaks Pig-Latin!

This is a great series!  We have decided to go back and read the books in order -- it's easier to keep track that way.  We've read 1-5 and looking for #6 still!  Just this weekend, we finished 7 and 8.  They are now interested in learning more about knights, castles, and dragons!  So Saturday morning, while daddy had to go into work (don't get me started!), we began building our castle... out of recycled materials!

More to come.....

Today... Last year!

Last year we visited Natural Bridges... and played at the beach!

Great memories...