Happy Birthday

My big boy turned the big age of three. We celebrated with family and friends. Fun was had by all. The day started out with blue Cheerios for breakfast...yes those are blue Cheerios with the help of blue sugar sprinkles! Traditionally the kids get to help with making their own cake. This year, big boy's newest obsession is Thomas the Tank Engine. He had a blast helping mommy make his cake. Not to mention taste testing the decorations.

It is big boy's birthday that I get really emotional about and I don't quite know why that is. Perhaps it's that time is flying by so fast and I still think of him being a small baby. Who knows? He certainly is quite a caring and sensitive little boy who likes to make everyone around him happy with his gigantic grin. Happy Birthday Big Boy!

Letter Ee

Make way for the Eyebright Fairy. This week we learned about Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Electricity, the Eucharist and Embroidery. Here's a picture of Princess using her lacing cards.



And using a pattern for Saint Elizabeth of Hungary I made a cute doll for Princess from THIS blog. There's a few more patterns there for other saints. They are so, so, so sweet and I've been requested by both the older kiddos for more. Thanks to Charlotte for making me look like such a creative hero in my kiddos eyes! I promise I will add pictures when we fix our camera...

Letter Dd

Here's a few things we did for Dd week. That blue blurb is actually a dolphin princess drew using I Can Draw Animals from Usborne Books.

Letter Cc

I'm a bit behind with my posts about our adventure along the alphabet path. Plus we've been taking advantage of the mild fall season and getting outside as much as we can. As you can see we also started making the little wood doll saints. Princess is enjoying helping make them and she is making sure we pay special attention to details.

Happy Halloween!

Dino Baby



Dino Princess



Dino Tired

Carving Pumpkins or Not!

Our pumpkin plants were eaten by some animal this year so we had not a one. My Dad grew pumpkins this year and actually got three pumpkins out of their plants. He was so kind to give one to each kiddo. What better thing to do with a pumpkin than to carve it, right????



Princess had an absolute meltdown while we were carving the pumpkins. She picked up her pumpkin and ran into her room and refused to let a knife pass through HER pumpkin. When we inquired as to why, she replied, "My pumpkin has magical seeds and cannot be opened." She was very happy when we told her she could decorate her pumpkin and not carve it.




All around it was a fun time even for the princess who wanted to keep her magical pumpkin seeds put!

Baby Bear's Baptism

Baby bear is officially a child of God. I just love baptisms. It's such an uplifting and positive event welcoming people into God's family. At baby bear's baptism many friends and families made the trip to our parish. It was during mass and baby bear was one of three small babies being baptized. Afterwards we came back to our house for a small party. Here's a few pictures of the special day...