{naming plant parts 09}

Some people may not know that we homeschool our children. This is a pretty normal picture of us during the day. We just happened to be studying plants at this time. Yesterday we went out and got some flowers and leaves and studied the different parts. We also put some celery with the leaves still on in some food coloring and woke up with blue-leaved celery.

Love that shirtless S is watching J and eating a PB&J. Yep, that's totally normal here!

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{state fair 2009}

I woke up to my middle guy asking me "Is today tomorrow?!?" He knew we were going to the fair 'tomorrow'! The kids, especially J, worked really hard on reading their books to get some free rides and then we were off to the Arizona State Fair. It turned out to be 96* today. Today is November 3rd! Where did that heat come from? We had a great time anyway.

The kids on the roller coaster...








Favorite Parts of the Day


Scott - funnel cake topped with powered sugar, strawberries, and whipped cream

J- the giant slide

S- the merry-go-round

T- the pirate ship kiddie ride

me - I loved the moment we were all on the ferris wheel together. The kids were wide-eyed and trusting. At this moment, we were at the very top, and Scott leaned over and gave me a little kiss. That was my favorite part of the day.

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{remembering halloween 2009}

I am going to add a new section to my blog featuring different pictures with days and times of my family. It will feature one picture and I will put little memories underneath. Hopefully I will keep this up and make a book out of it for the kids eventually.

Today's picture just happens to be about Halloween:

totally blurry - totally my kids walking in to the church festival!




First of all, the kids have had their costumes picked out for a long time - probably back to the beginning of summer.

J - invented the flap on his ghost costume. I had no idea what he was meaning until he showed me with the scissors.

S - found his policeman hat at a Goodwill a couple months ago. The FBI badge was made by J and he has his daddy's flashlight on his belt.

T - was soooo excited to Strawberry Shortcake! (her favorite in the world right now!) I went all through the drama of going to make her outfit until my bright husband told me to look for a red/white striped shirt which I bought at Walmart for $8! Score! Her hat was from the dollar store and spraypainted pink with a striped ribbon and strawberry button.

We played at the festival at church all night winning tickets, jumping in the bounce house, and eating lots of sweets!

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