Pumpkin patch

Today we worked on our own pumpkin patch with real pumpkins. I split the paper in half one for the boys and one for the girls
I cut small pumpkins in half and we use them as stamps. We all had a blast.
Kids hard at work.

Happy Columbus Day

Happy Columbus Day everybody. My kids know everything about that dude who came on three ships (that is how Nate describes Christopher Columbus).We were busy with school even through it was a holiday. I am trying to save up some days off for the future.

2nd Tooth Fairy Visit

Sam lost his second tooth today. Well actually I took him to the dentist since it was not coming loose very well and we could see the second one coming in already. Anyway the dentist pulled that one out and told me that by next summer we'll need to see the orthodontist. Great I guess you start young right. By the time we will be done paying for our adoption we will start paying for our kids wires :)

On the other hand I have been catching up with art work at home with my kids. You would think with my experience and all the stuff I have at home we do much more but it seem that we always run out of time by the time we are done with school. My goal is to focus more often on art in the future so you will hopefully see more. The biggest shock was Emma who did the best job and was the most interested in the whole project. It must be a girl thing.

Artists on Monday

We did not make it to the beach today. That was the original plan but we got rained out. Actually we didn't even make it to the beach. I knew the rain was coming from my personal weather station (my husband). So we stayed home and tried to do some stuff around the house. I worked on many pictures that needed to be edited back from the spring. Fil's parents and his brother spent some time in Costa Rica and I got all the pictures to play with. They got some really nice ones and I will post some of them eventually.

Since it was raining we dug into my basket to find projects we could do on a rainy days. The boys picked painting and you can see the results. I did help Nate a little (Let's just say I was trying to save his picture). These are the times when the artistic side of me comes out and wants to do it for the kids. But I was good and let them do it their own way and I picked up the pieces at the end. This one is Nate's and my picture of the day.

And here is Sam's. He did his on his own all the way.

Well and here is the greatest artist of them all. Actually she was very good the whole time. She just watched the boys and me to see what we were up to.

Also I have been checking the Waal's blog a few times a day. They are in Ethiopia right now and they are posting numerous posts every day, including pictures and short video clips from their trip. I am very impressed and a little bit scared since they raised the blogging bar so high for us.