Title, Caption

Playing With Blocks

 Little Pig

 Big Bad Wolf

 

Dinner

 Yum!

 I'm too sleepy

 

The Flag

 Thankful to be free

 

Green Smoothie

Made it, Drank it, Liked it!

 

The Parade

Doesn't get better than this.

Life it good!



Some People have Playgrounds...

But we have 4 wheelers.  They are perfect for playing "Rapunzel".  They took turns yelling "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair."  And then the one at the top would flick her hair and tilt her head, and the one at the bottom would scale the truck to get up (all the way pretending to climb the other's hair).  It was a riot.

 It's also a good place to eat well deserved cookies.  These cookies were well earned.

Happy Playing!  (p.s. Noelle dressed herself.)

A little of This... A litte of That

This is what you get when you mix Dorothy an Glenda:

 This is how we torture Princess Ariel Barbie at our house:

 It's time for Thanksgiving crafts at our house.  This is how they make turkeys:  (this year I let them do all the work.  It's amazing how well they followed directions without having me show them)

 This is Oliver, squared!

 This is what a princess cowgirl looks like (that's Brandon's saddle):

 This is where to find Noelle if she has been missing for too long (doing Su Do Ku in the bathroom):

 And finally, this is what it looks like when you teach 3 children about their civic duties (even if the person you voted for lost... sigh):

Halloween (finally)

A week ago we celebrated Halloween.  That means I'm a week behind on life.  But, alas, I'm getting there.  Here is a run down of our celebration.

It started in the library, with a pair of scissors.

 Then it was time to trick or treat inside the library!

 I love that they do this in our library!  It's so much fun.  And the kids come home with crafts to do!  (In place of candy!)

After crafting at the house, it was dinner and then out the door to trick or treat.

 This year the MCC Red Mountain Campus had free trick or treating, so that's where we went.  It was fun, quick and easy.  We saw some friends there too!

When we got home, Oliver though the candy was all for him.  Sorry Buddy!

 The candy is really for the Great Pumpkin!  We they all wrote their notes.

 Then picked a few to keep as their own and gave the rest to the Great Pumpkin.

 In the morning, they found that the Great Pumpkin had left sand toys!  Everyone was happy!

There you have it!  Happy Halloween!

Learnin' Club Halloween "Party"

In preparation for Halloween, We had a party at the park!  It was so much fun.  And the weather has been so perfect lately, we couldn't do better.  Here are some pictures of my kids waiting for the rest of the group.  They were having fun!

When we were all together and had a chance to play on the play ground, we played a few games.  The first game was a build a jack-o-lantern game.  It was so fun, we had to play it 3 times.

The last game as a mummy "costume" contest.  Here is my little mummy.  She won the funniest mummy.

Ms. Mary won scariest mummy...  I'm sure you can see why.

Ms. Ava won best mummy.

It was so much fun!  My kids played the build a jack-o-lantern game all week.

Carvin' Pumpkins

Monday Night, family night, was the perfect time to carve pumpkins!  We started by drawing the faces on our pumpkins.  Melanie wanted a pumpkin that was sad and (according to her) crying for no reason.  (I told her that pumpkin must have been a girl then).  Noelle wanted a happy pumpkin.

Next, dad carved them with his electric saw.

Isn't he cute?

Noelle thought it was a little loud, but there were no tears like last year.

Then it was time to pull the bad stuff out...

Melanie wasn't too sure of this...

So, Brandon pulled some out and flung it at her.  As you can tell, I was a mean mom and laughed really hard and took a picture.  I think, some day, she will laugh as well.

 After that, Oliver and Noelle gave it a "go".

In the end, it was mom and dad that got the seeds out.  We decided to save a bunch of them and we will plant them in our garden.  I think it will be fun.

It was a fun Family Home Evening... and family tradition.  Perhaps next year will be a tearless carve.