It's warm again :-(

Well our cold front didn't last too long. It was in the low 70's yesterday. So since the boys earned a prize in the treasure basket - silly string - they got to go outside and spray each other.

This ended up being way more fun for Alex since he could physically push the button to get the string out. Tony and Aliana were afraid of the texture that the string had.

So I played with Alex and sprayed him.

Thanksgiving Holiday

We had a great dinner just the 5 of us. I prepped all day the day before so all that was left to do was cook everything on Thanksgiving (I will definitely do this next year).

There has to be a fire on Thanksgiving even if it's not cold enough.

After prepping, cooking, planning and serving -- not one child ate anything. Ugh!
The food was great though.

After dinner we went on a holiday walk.  It ended up being really cold...a brisk 50 drg.  The kids thought this was so much fun; to walk/run in the dark with blankets.

Next, putting up the Christmas tree.

Aliana wanted to help daddy open up the top of the tree.  After the boys saw this they had to help as well.

 

Minute Messages Updated

God is mindful of you

Homeschool Adventures has been updated

Working on The Milky Way

Our Private Time

Alex and I had a great day together all by ourselves.  While everyone was napping with Noni, we went on a bike ride and stopped off at the park to climbing trees.  These were taken with my cell.

 

We had a great time together.  It's rare to get to have one-on-one time with a child when there are other siblings.  This was special.

Crazy Play

Jumping high in the front yard.

Mark got a wild hair to pick me up and run around the backyard, which triggered "my turn-my turn" from everyone.

What is jogging?

Tony was trying to understand what jogging was after seeing someone exercising in the street.  So Noni did a demonstration while having Aliana follow.  I'm not sure if you can hear her breathing, but as she got closer to the camera she was panting while trying to get her arms in sync. We laughed so hard after replaying the video.

Dinner Helper

Aliana is always involved in helping out with dinner. This night she aided us in prepping the pizzas, which were sooo good.

Can't resist a lick.

A walk to the Pirate Park

The boys call this the Pirate Park because they grab sticks and fight the pirates (trees) to protect Noni and myself.

They each attacked a tree and then moved on to more.

Aliana is just watching the boys and their imaginations.

Busy Morning

The kids, my mom and myself had an incredibly busy week while she visited us. This day we had dentist appointments, library time with a FABULOUS story/music leader and then lunch (all from 9-12:30).

Tony getting his computer time in.

Aliana loves moving the frogs in the sand with magnets.

Alex is in the bath tub with strangers (girls!) ;-P

 

On our way to a cafe for lunch.

Beautiful downtown Round Rock.

Everyone waiting patiently for their lunch to arrive while reading books.
I think Tony found something in his book that he wasn't too sure about.

Discussing what Alex had ordered and what he really wanted.  AAAA lessons!

Thanksgiving art project

Tony came home from preschool with 2 Thanksgiving art projects.
He eats on this placement at ever meal. He did a good job!
(The turkey is made out of his hand print, feathers are the whole fingers and the pumpkins are his finger prints---it's a keeper).

Bubble Baby

She loves her bathes and absolutely loves to get as much of her body under water as she can. She stays like this through the whole tub time and wiggles around like a worm to make waves then fight them as they go over her face. It's really cute. She just might be a good swimmer early on. We'll find out this summer.

No feet

He's trying to think of different ways to do tricks that coincide with his bravery.  Right now it's going down the neighbors steep driveway with no feet.
 

Minute Messages Updated

Minute Message: What is your reason for giving?

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Sorry for a delay in updating pictures; I just went to post tons of photos and accidentally deleted them right from the camera instead .  Oh I was so upset; I was moving too fast.    I'll just have to focus on taking more. Sorry!

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Alex is doing fabulous!!  Check him out!  He's even trying to do tricks; he's all boy.

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Writing, Reading & Spelling. 

 Check out what Alex accomplished today during school time.

I am very proud of what he did; he is too!

Nature Treasure Hunt

This was part of our art project that we had to lead up to. So first was the map; they had to look at their map to find their 5 treasures to make their nature art. Next, they had to go and find leaves, twings and acorns.

Checking the map for any more instructions.

 

Constructing the nature art.
 
Can you tell what they are making?
Twigs for the trunk; Different types of leaves for the top of the tree and acorns among the leaves with an evergreen bush at the bottom.

They were so happy they made God's nature art that they started asking God what He thought about their hard work.  It was really cute to hear the dialogue both boys had with God.