The annual photo

Whenever my best bud Jenny comes to visit each spring we get a pic of the kids.  My they are growing fast!  xoxo

 

crochet baby sets

In all of my spare time I have crocheted some really cute baby sets.  The boots are to die for!

I'm going to have to find the patterns and post them later because I'm having trouble finding them at this second!

 

Georgia O'Keeffe mimic art

We did a study of the artist Georgia O'Keeffe.  Here is one of Josie's mock art pastel pictures.

One of Emmy's

...another of Emmy's

One of Margie's.  Her favorite color by the way is brown!

Ascension of the Lord craft

You can't see it very well but we made a really nice Ascension of the Lord craft.  It is a cotton covered cardboard cloud strung up with yarn and a picture I printed from online.

Emeline lost a tooth

Emeline lost her first tooth last week.  What a traumatic experience that was!  It had been really hanging for a couple of days and dad said (in the Subway parking lot) let me see how wiggly your tooth is.  He barely touched it and it was out.  Boy was she mad at daddy.  She wouldn't open her mouth and talk or anything fearing that she "looked rediculous"!  Now whenever someone asks her when she lost it she replies "the day we went to Subway".  Something she will never forget. 

diorama of the Garden of Gethsemane

Josie made a really cool Jesus in the Garden diorama.  

This idea came from Catholic Inspired.  It is really pretty.

The Last Supper Craft

Emeline and Margie's the Last Supper craft. 

They were so proud of themselves.

Best Buds

Our Apollo.  He has been a great pup!

Margie and Apollo continue to be best buds.  The wrestling matches are about 50/50 now.  Margie can still give him a run for his money.  That's going to change soon!

He just keeps coming back for more!

Margie is 4!!!

Their is my 4 year old,  Miss Margie Sue!

 

counting to 100

Whew this ended up being a lot bigger of a project than I imagined.  Now the trick will be to try to keep Margie from eating the glued on Cheerios!

the trap

Here is our trap.  Emeline is VERY upset about this leprechaun thing.  She has been watching her back and clinging to mine!

 

leprechaun mischief

Well I have always hoped a leprechaun would come to play some pranks on us and finally one decided to pay us a visit.  Yesterday he turned our milk green!  You know what that means....a leprechaun trap is due to be made!

Fat Tuesday

 

Hope you all had a great Fat Tuesday.  In celebration I made Mardi Gras pancakes!

Puffy snowmen

Well we have been on a short expedition to the Arctic/Antarctica to learn about polar animals and one of the first things we did when we got there was to build a snowman!  I mixed equal parts shaving cream and glue.

The girls dobbed the mixture onto paper to make a puffy snowman.

 

Margie's

 

Emmy's

 

Josie's

Emmy's Soccer

Well my little Emeline finished up her soccer recently.  What a little demon she is on the field!  Margie was her biggest cheerleader.  "Be aggrefidge Emmy."  That was her number one cheer!

I'm having trouble getting any pictures on here.  I have to figure it out and I will get back to posting soon!  xoox

Apollo

Well Apollo is fitting in nicely.  Margie is definitely his best bud.

These were taken in mid-December.

He has been so much fun and is learning quickly!

The Clayton Christmas Parade

My girls got to be shepherds in the Clayton Christmas Parade this year.

I whipped the costumes up in a few days and bundled them up.  They were petty warm and comfy.

We got a call the next day and they took first place in the children's division.  Whoo hoo!  I must admit they were darn cute!

raffia dolls

Emmy and I are reading the Little House books.  Laura has a corn-husk doll and we decided to try to make one.  My mom made one with me and it hung around for a LONG time but unfortunately it is gone now.  I specifically remember soaking the husks and using a needle to rip pieces for hair.  It was fun.  I didn't have any corn-husk but I did have raffia paper and directions so we took a morning and made a raffia paper doll.  It looks very similar to corn-husk.  Emmy LOVES it and has barely put it down!

Patriot's Pen winner

 

Georgia was one of the areas winners for the Patriot's Pen essay writing contest this past weekend.  It is really funny...she had me read it and all the while I was saying to myself this stinks!  I was telling the story to some dear friends of ours and a very wise man told me you know she will NEVER live up to your standards because you are her mother.  Yep!