Don't eat the paint...

I had to post the conversation that I had with Penelope about the paint on her face.
The conversation explains why I have very few brain cells left at the end of each day:)

While pumpkin painting I look over and see Penelope licking her paint brush.
"Penelope, Mommy said no eating the paint". Penelope eagerly responds, "Okay mommy". I look over at Penelope again and see her face all blue. I say "Penelope you are eating the paint again. Mommy said no eating the paint." She replies "I not eaten the paint mommy." Finally I say "Penelope why is your face all blue?" she looks at me a little puzzled and smiles "Because I eaten the paint mommy."

Penelope was so proud to pick her pumpkin out by herself.
Here is Penelope painting her pumpkin before she started eating it!
Emma painted a pretty pumpkin with lots of Polk-a-dots. I couldn't tell the pumpkin was originally orange by the time she was done painting it.
Noah painted a Star Wars pumpkin. Darth Vader on one side and Luke Skywalker on the other.

Hide-and-go-seek

These pictures are of my little guys playing hide and go seek. We can spend hours doing this activity. Four things always happen during hide and go seek.

-Noah always hides in the hamper first, and I always pretend like I don't know he is there.

-Penelope follows Emma wherever she goes.

-Emma always leads them under all the beds and then moves to the closets.

-This is the only time Penelope is quiet other then when she is sleeping:)

This might be cheesy.......

This is a picture of my lovely fall mum enjoying a drink of water mixed with lots of vitamins from ricotta cheese.

It's a good thing that we don't have to do some silly dance to the god that sends down rain. Thankfully we can trust God's provision and hopefully he will send more rain soon. Here is how we have been watering our plants as an alternative to scooping up our bath water. My kids are helping out too. When we finish a milk jug, juice container, canned good even something as small as a yougart container we fill it up with water to rinse it out, then pour it on the plants. Then we drop it off in the recycling bin. It has been a fun activity for the kids to be involved in. Just an idea:)

Box Sledding

Here we are enjoying the hill next to our house. The kids new favorite past time. This box works great for the little ones. All the neighbors come over and you can hear the shouts of glee from inside the house as they fly down the hill. We love box sledding during the day, and at night Daddy joins us, we turn on the flood lights and we go at it some more! Such fun!

Say Cheese!

Hurray we had a nice cool fall day! I was so excited to dig these outfits out of the back of their closet. I love fall weather. We played outside all day.

These are my two girls being silly. I took about 20 pictures and this was the best one. How photogenic don't you think?

Digging for Pirate Treasure

This was SOOOOO much fun. Last night Noah helped me put the girls to bed and I let him stay up and use one of our Usborne Kid Kits. It came with a book that we read about pirates and when we were done he got to use his tools to break open a rock, build a treasure chest and dig out the "booty". Noah took close to an hour with this project. His expressions were great. He kept saying " I really can't believe I am digging for real pirate treasure mom, this is the coolest ever"! I love seeing my children joyful over simple things. It is so great to be apart of their lives. If you have a little digger at home, you should try this. It is a blast.

I Found My Thumb!

Luke is 10 weeks old. We are so excited that he has found his thumb. I was becoming weary of the all night pacifier search! The blanket he is holding is one that I had made for Noah. You would laugh if you saw it in person. It was the first blanket I tried to make on my own. Noah never used it. I found it stuffed in a box in his closet and pulled it out for Luke. I had one just like it when I was little. I sucked my thumb until I was eight. I still have my "majic blanky". Don't worry I don't sleep with it anymore:)

Thanks Billie and Sara for the helpful tips. He is so happy now!!!

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN!

This past week was my neighbor Cindy's birthday. Cindy is a good friend and wonderful neighbor. My other four neighbors and myself took her out to California Dreamin to celebrate her birthday. This is a tradition. We decided to do something extra fun and dress up 80's style. Mary and I hit the local Good Will and found great stuff! We also pulled from each others closets. We met early and put on hair and makeup as we jammed out to some of the greatest songs from the eighty's. Cindy had a blast and we all enjoyed the laughs. Thanks guys for being great neighbors. You guys are a lot of fun!!!!

Baby Dedication

This past Sunday was baby dedication Sunday. We had Emma, Luke and Penelope dedicated. We are so thankful for our children. We are also so very thankful to be apart of such a great church family.