Just Cute

Just some cute photos of the kids. Thought you all would like to see them! Especially you, Sariah!

Raistlin before he climbed out of the high chair onto the table and threw his food everywhere! And I laughed about it and thought of how cute he is because I am reading "A Joyful Mother of Children" right now:)

Cutie Belle eating granola! Miracles do happen!

New cute face he makes whenever he sees the camera on him

Beautiful and cute Maya

Someone cute loves puzzles

Cute kids out for a walk in cute part of  town with their cute Papa (not pictured)

Baba and Deda. Aren't they cute?

Watching all of the "pet" squirrels we feed every morning. Cute.

Cute Triplets!

A cute letter Maya wrote spontaneously to say thanks

Cute baby boy in the bath. He always sits like that in there with his toes pointed. Weird. But still cute.

Cute big sister reading to cute baby brother.He looks very comfortable.

Can you tell he is pleased as punch to be like the big kids? So cute!

 Cute baby Playing Hedbandz

This cute girl is getting so old!

Our cute new chore system that is working very well!

Cute letter Ksenia wrote to Baba and Deda:)

Just cute.

Now you have had a dose of cute for today! You are welcome!

Another Hogwarts Halloween

I'm a little late posting our Halloween photos, but here they are!

Hermione Granger, Susan Bones, Luna Lovegood and Raistlin

This girl has got the posing down!

See what I mean-love that funny Maya!

Beautiful Belle as Hermione-check out the scarves I made:)

Maya loves Hufflepuff!

Ksenia as Ravenclaw Luna Lovegood

Raistlin finally put on his Hedwig costume for five minutes! Yay!

 So, Ksenia got invited to a little Halloween party at Nora's, so I decided to let Belle and Maya have a "party" (Belle invited one friend and Maya invited two). They played some fun games, and had a scavenger hunt, then had some real food and carved pumpkins. They had a lot of fun, and felt really special! **Check out Maya's egg-free,  wheat-free, nut-free, dairy-free muffin on the string. Poor kid!

Donuts on a string

 

Scavenger Hunt hijinx! (That was for you Sariah)

 

Anyway, we had fun this year! It is nice that the girls have made such sweet friends here!

Thankful Tree

Here is this year's thankful tree! We had a lot of fun putting it up for FHE last week:) 

 I absolutely LOVE reading what the girls come up with every year:)

Clouds:)

Raistlin (he's on there at least twice)

My 'hole' family:)

Fred the fish

Mama's car?

Cute kids:)

I am so thankful for all that we have, especially all of our family. It's so fun to sit down and really think of all the little (and big) things we are thankful for!

School...

Look at how much these kids love homeschool!

Don't worry, she did cheer up a little later...

Seriously?

Well we spent about 5 hours raking and bagging leaves the other day to get the yard ready for winter. It was a lot of work, but really worth it to have the big yard and the beautiful trees!

 

Too bad it already looks like this again!!!!!

 

Oh, well, at least we had fun doing it!:)

 Isn't he just the cutest?

Best friends:)

Maybe we will wait til next week to rake again...

Art lessons

So, this year I had wanted to start giving the girls art lessons. And so we are! We are having a lot of fun with it! I do a lesson with Ksenia and her friend from church, Nora (she lives down the street), and I also do a lesson with Maya and Belle on another day. They are really enjoying learning basic technique right now, and we will soon be doing more involved projects. But for now, here is a peek at what they have done in the last couple of months!

Nora and Ksenia created a mixed media collage for Activity Days Talent Night

Maya's Lion

Belle's Lion

Nora and Ksenia working on a still life

Still Life by Ksenia

Still Life by Nora

Hard at work

Nora and Ksenia working on spooky fall trees

Finished projects!

Maya and Belle working on a still life

And their beautiful finished projects!

Abstract by Nora

Abstract by Ksenia-pretty awesome!

Anyway, I will post more as we do them--the girls are loving it, and want to share it with the whole family!:)