September 2014

Crazy garden! Sweet potatoes & beans on the left, strawberries on the right, cucumber tunnel back right, and corn, beans & squash back left (the "3 sisters" - Josie & Ben planted this bed & tended it.

Cousin GJ gearing up for 6th grade football with Uncle S & Aunt T

The haircut.  Wah.

Me on the map geography activity...

Started big, w/ the world, then N. America, then the U.S. then our state, neighborhood, house & Tweeters - all stacked by size & 3 hole punched for review.

My girls enjoying one of the last lake days!

My boys 4-wheelin'

The many faces of Jam

New skeleton guy to put together - with squishy parts!!

Papa J & Tweeters found this monster caterpillar in the road!

Violin at the park :0)  It was picture day for the big concert!

Squishing grapes to make juice, yummy & tart

Had a wee bit o' rain - where's the beach??!

Beginnings of learning to read music....almost looks like decimal street from Math U See!

Yes, we are slightly obsessed.

And yes, we do have a Clearplay filter - otherwise we would NOT be able to watch & be obsessed with this show.  Waiting for season 4 to come out in February is SO hard....no spoilers on season 4 or 5 please!!

Jam at Countryside - building houses for the fuzzy caterpillars w/ his pals

Tweeters enjoying the muddy creek at Countryside

Heritage Festival w/ Gma L - one of the 2 houses that Gpa L restored this summer!  SO cool!

Jam was obsessed with the bone grinder at the general store

We brought home a mermaid...

A stilt walker....

...and a tiger!!

Field trip with homeschool group to a dairy farm - this is the cow carousel!

out of order, candle dipping at Heritage Festival

back to dairy farm - lots of baby goats! 

Uncle S, Aunt T, M, G & N

July, finally!

Love those bachelor buttons

A bit of 1st grade work...Tweeters is working on cursive this year!

Inspired by the Art Faire in June, both littles wanted to do one of their own!

Jam painted w/ cars

Starry Night (see book on left?) impressions

And we framed the ones that were for sale & hung them in front of the house!  Tweeters made like $9 over the weekend, but Jam didn't want to sell his ;0)

Water color

The always awesome fireworks display, right outside our front door over the lake!  See Jam's ear protection?  Just like big bro....

Some friends bought an extra child's kayak & Tweeters LOVES borrowing it!

Cutie cowboy

And he loves doing dishes!  Yes, he is wearing his sister's smock....

Cleaning our art table w/ shaving cream!

Flash has been working in the gardens of a man who sells at the farmer's markets - and he brings home so much yummy produce!

Here we are stuffing our faces w/ those yellow tomatoes!

Yeah, she just ate a jalepeno out of our garden...

We're a bit weird.

But sometimes we look normal.

Panera for lunch....she stuffed the mac & cheese into the bread?!

Gma & Gpa J are building a house nearby, and we visited this fantastic dirt pile every day!  Sometimes w/ big trucks & diggers, but often just the dirt.

Thank goodness for playclothes!

And a flashback to Honey Bunches & Flash on a dirt pile next door when they were little!!  They are the ones in the middle.

And one more flashback to HB & Flash just because they are so darn cute.  Jam can wear the suit now, so weird!

I took a last minute train trip to Chicago to meet HB - she had been in Michigan for like 6 weeks & I was missing her!

No shoes?

Cousin GJ came to swim one day - such a big boy now!

Gpa J reading w/ Jam

Learning about circuits w/ a jr. snap circuit set - Tweeters can read the diagrams & put them together!

Jam turned 4 this year!  We counted down the last week by popping a balloon each day & eating the candies inside ;0)

Lotsa Picasso Tile love - of course the Cars cars moved in

Ahh, this is the life....we spend almost every day at the lake....

A shorty tightrope, great for balance esp. since the trampoline is dead!

Painting peg people on a rainy day....Flash & Papa J were in N. Dakota building an earthship house for a week, and HB was still in Michigan

Here's Paul, from the Jesus Storybook Bible

Painting princesses

Jam's birthday betta - no name still.  See those adorable curly locks??  They are all cut off now but they are so cute!

Happy Birthday to "Charlie", too!  He & Jam share the same bday :0)  He made an awesome cake to match his awesome shield, and came over for dinner w/ me, the littles & Gma & Gpa J.  Such a sweetie boy, love him like one of my own!

A prek playday at the beach - finally some GIRLS to play with!

Traveled a short distance to spend the day at an LDS community - so fun!  Like a mini-Williamsburg, Va.

Making rope - and we got to take it home!

HB & the kitten she brought home from Michigan.  Just what we need, right?

September coming soon!