Fishing For Books

C's school has been celebrating books this week! Today they all got to fish for books. Each student got to take the book home with them and keep it.

Here is some pics I got of C.

Casting....

The catch...

Reading his book...

The Tiny Seed...by Eric Carle

Have a blessed day!

Singing and glamour!

K has on mommy's sunglasses! Isn't she a cutie?

Tueday night, C's class had a performance after the PTA meeting! They sang some very neat songs and C did such a fabulous job!!!

Have a blessed day!!!

Spring Fling

C's school had a carnival this past Friday night. Our family went and enjoyed it!

This is Connor going throught the inflatable obstacle course:

Now, it's E's turn: Ready, set, go.....

uh oh! She got out at this point! This was not her favorite part!

K and mommy doing the cake walk together!

A fun time was had by all!

Have a blessed day!

Bug Collecting

Well....it has been a long, long time since updating this blog! Here goes...

About a week ago, C came home from church with a collection of lady bugs in an old playdough container. We poked some holes in the top and added some grass and there they sat! I meant to stop by and get a clear bug container to put them in so he could view them, but just didn't get around to it. So, today while at the dollar store, I spotted these bug containers and picked him one up. I, of course, knew I would be in trouble if I didn't get the two girls one, as well, so a purple and pink one were quickly added to his blue one.

After I picked him up from school, I handed them out and they proceeded to collect grass and leaves to feed the lady bugs and then went on a bug hunt to capture for their collections! I'm not sure anyone has found any other bugs yet, which means we may be collecting more lady bugs at church. (There were tons on that Wednesday night! Hopefully some are still there.)

Here are few pics of them with their bug collections and one of Kara bug hunting!

It is hilarious that K is hunting bugs as they scare her to death! She did get a kick out of seeing the lady bugs in C's container, though!

Have a blessed day!!!

Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Birthday-- A packed trip!

We had a great Thanksgiving with my family in Arkansas! It is really neat to watch the interaction with our kiddos and family that they don't see that often. Especially how they play with their cousins. They all played so good together.

This is a pic of K playing with her baby dolls in the pack-n-play. She stayed in it for 30 - 45 minutes at a time. She put the babies to bed and then layed down with them and then played some more with them. It was too cute!

E was on a kick to fix peoples hair during the day on Thursday. She went around with a water bottle and brush asking each person if she could fix their hair. There were very few brave souls that allowed this. My brother, Uncle B, was one who did. Of course, the two that did allow it, had worn a baseball cap, and could put it back on after the styling was complete! My Uncle R also offered to let E fix his hair, but when he took off his cap, she declined, as their was very, very little to "fix".

E weilding her brush to her Uncle B's hair.


E spraying Uncle Bo with the water bottle. (This is her great uncle, my uncle! Can you believe you have the title of great uncle?)


We also celebrated C's birthday while we were in Arkansas. I like to do this with my side of the family, so that they can see him open his presents, at least every other year.

This is C with his "I can play" guitar. He plugs it into the TV and rock it!

We also celebrated Christmas with my parents and the cousins. E received some fingernail polish and lip gloss as one of her presents. On Friday night, she found some willing participants who let her paint their nails-- my uncle did make sure that it could be gotten off later.

Uncle Bo getting his manicure!

Aunt B getting her nails done!

Before we left Saturday morning, C & E had me taking pics of them with everyone that was there so that they could have it to look back on. Here is one I snapped with five of the six grandkids. (All except the youngest.)

We had a great Thanksgiving, a safe trip, a wonderful Christmas, a good Birthday party and tons of fun! We also fit family pictures in there on Friday morning. And some shopping too. An eventful and packed trip, wouldn't you say?!

Have a blessed day!

Turkeys, turkey trot, and more

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I am going to attempt to catch up on some blogging.

This is a pic of C with a homework project for school. His assignment was to use the copied turkey they sent home and decorate it with whatever materials they chose. They "dressed" the turkey. Then, they hung them on the wall at school. It was a family project that all could contribute help.

Here is a pic of E at her Academy Kid's feast. I got to run over to her table for a few minutes after I got Pre-K settled with their feast. The kiddos were so cute dressed up in Native American Indian and pilgrim outfits.

Tuesday afternoon, at C's school, they had a Turkey Trot Race. Parents and family were welcome to come and watch their child run the race. It was fun to see him run the race.

C crossing the finish line. K and I crossed the finish line with him. His daddy ran beside him for some of the race around the course.

E at her Thanksgiving feast at Barn School. I wasn't able to attend this feast, but left my camera for another parent to snap a few pics for me.

E dressed as a Native Indian.

When we picked E up, I snapped this pic with E and C dressed as Pilgrims.

Have a blessed day!

A Friend's b-day party

Today, we went to a friend's birthday party. The kids got to pet and feed the animals at the petting zoo, enjoy the bouncehouse, play on the playground (including the gigantic sandbox), and do all of the regualar b-day party things! They enjoyed themselves so much! We are actually going to have C's sixth birthday party there, too!!! And that is in under a month, so I need to get busy on those invitations!!!

Hay ride time:

K in sand box. She stayed in here most of the time.

C in sand box. The playground has lots of really neat metal toys on it. They are the old fashioned kind-- so sturdy and the kids love them. (The petting zoo will be open to the public shortly and available for rent for b-day parties or other events. If you are interested, let me know and I'll give you the contact info :))

Have a blessed day!