February 28

Between Kat spending the night with Mamaw, and Jonathan coming over for the day, we did 0 schoolwork yesterday. We are going to work on it this weekend while Clay is working on the flip house. Gotta love the flexibility of homeschooling!   
 

 

 We had ice cream and watched "the Odd Life of Timothy Green". It was a cute movie.

Here are some pictures from AWANA at church last night: 

 Kat with her buddies

 Elliott's Honeybees class getting ready for a snack.

 Julia's class watching a movie (she is sitting near the back in the blue shirt).

 Elliott came home with this cute little craft. I love how he is squinting. So cute!

February 27

Here are some more pictures from Monday afternoon. After we got home from our field trip and the little ones napped, we played outside and enjoyed some fresh air. It's a good thing we did too, because it rained ALL day yesterday. And I mean ALL day.

Mamaw Pat took the girls to gymnastics yesterday and then took Kat home to spend the night. Clay worked late, so it was just me and the other three kiddos for the evening. It's funny how much quieter it is in the house when you take away one child. It doesn't really even matter which child it is.

 Wagon is at max capacity.

 Look who is big enough to reach the pedals on the Big Wheel!

Lucy is enjoying being outside and walking (not stuck sitting in a stroller).

 "Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?"

 We brought out the snow cone maker for dessert Monday night. It had been so long since we used it that the kids didn't even remember it (Kat got it for her 3rd birthday and that was the first and last time it had been used). It's alot of work for very little shaved ice. But the kids enjoyed it.

Matthew came to play with us yesterday morning. Elliott was sad when he left.

February 26

We had a field trip with a local homeschool group at the Kentucky Derby Museum yesterday. The girls had a class called "Math at the Derby" and we toured the museum.

 

 

 Someday Elliott might be big enough to wear jockey clothes!

 

 

 

February 25

We attended a Maple Syrup Festival yesterday in Southern Indiana with Peggy. I highly recommend you attend this next weekend. We had cool, but beautiful weather. We all had a great time and enjoyed the fresh air. They demonstrated how Native Americans, pioneers, and present day people get sap from trees.

 Proof that I was there - well, most of me was. :P

 This is where the sap is put after it is drained from the trees and before it is boiled and turned into syrup.

 

The kids sampled the sap

 Alpacas

 

 In the kids area, pretending to tap maple trees

 

 

Julia helped Lucy through the hay maze.

 

 

It's Laura, Mary, and Carrie! Doesn't Lucy look so grown up in this picture?  :(

 After the kids completed a scavenger hunt, they were treated to some maple cotton candy. Peggy also treated us to some maple candy - yum!

Using a cross-cut saw

 

  A homemade wood Merry-Go-Round

 

 

 This pictures is really cute, but won't upload correctly, so you will just have to turn your head sideways.

February 24

After Kat's basketball game, Clay went over to the other house to work all day. Julia and Kat gave a tea party and I moved furniture around in the living room. Not sure if I like it or not, but at least I got some cleaning done behind the couch and piano, which hadn't been done in several years.

 

 Julia created a new sandwich with butter and bananas. It was, ummm.... interesting. Julia gave hers to Lucy if that tells you anything.

 

This all started because I hung the kids pictures on the wall (those four pictures that are above the piano. They didn't look right above the big, long couch, so I had to move the couch, which meant I had to move the piano. This summer I plan to send Clay and the kids away for a weekend so I can paint the hallway, living room, and hopefully remove that lovely (read: butt ugly) white iron scrollwork between the living room and entry.

February 23

Superhero baby to the rescue!

The only picture I got of all six kids yesterday... they don't sit still for long!

After Jonathan and Matthew left, I dropped Julia, Elliott, and Kat off for a playdate with my friend Michelle's kids. Forgot to get a picture - doh! Last night I got a much-needed "Mommy's Night Out" - woot!

It looks like Gus is trying to say something. Wonder what that could be...

The Tooth Fairy made a visit to our house last night. I love the big gappy smile - it sure beats the snaggletooth look she's been sporting for weeks!

February 22

We had our second co-op yesterday. Everyone's back in the routine of things and it went smoothly.

 

 The kids playing at the Lego table after lunch

 Drawing class (Kat's the second from the right)

 

We made patriotic cupcakes for our cookie/cupcake decorating class to celebrate President's Day. We also watched a cute movie called, "So You Want to be President?".


Last night Jonathan and Matthew spent the night with us so Joe and Tracy could have a night off parent duty. Elliott enjoyed having more boys in the house.