sunday!

 the girls moved up in their classes at church on sunday.  ellie is in kids world now!  with NATE!!  what the heck??? joey is in the 3 yr old class. and she loved it!  yeah for having the kids in a great church!  i did joeys hair in a twist, it looked adorable and in typical joey fashion was a mess by the time we came home from church

 sisters
joeys face when we told her there were dinosaurs in her new class to play with.  ha

 sunday afternoon we all went to the land for a long visit.  chris left his tools at home to insure that we just spend time together.  we checked out the work his has done on the shed/wood storage.  nate was impressed too

 the wood shed will be where the wood floor is

 nate with his machete

 nate making a fire with flint. or trying too.  ha  he bought a machete, flint, a knife, a watch, shoes and candy on his trip.  i was impressed with how he spent his money

 me!

 ellie brought her bag from nana and papa with treats for dessert, she shared all of it with us.  im impressed with all the changes in her over the summer. she is quick to share with her siblings, even her candy!

 the first of the maple leafs that are changing color. on OUR land!  so fun to say that

 my little monkey joey. she is just fun to be with

 joey went missing for a few minutes and i found her. in my hammock.  i curled up in this bad boy for most of the visit, i had about 10 mins alone. haha

 always smiling

 more fire building.  we were all there to watch

 ellie too

 it was prob one of the best days ive had since june.  the whole afternoon was relaxing. the fire, the food, the hammock.  watching the kids run and play.  we werent in a rush and had lots of time.  we left when the sun started to go down because ellie told us she was tired and wanted to go to bed!  ha.  next time thou, i will bring a blanket to snuggle down in.  fall is definitely here, its much cooler out....i dont mind. i think after the crap-tast-ic summer i had, im welcoming a change!

and since today was labour day and the kids go back to school tomorrow. i thought id dig out ellie's kindergarten stuff.  not that my kids are going back anytime soon....i am about 24 hrs of solid work away from even being close to start school. haha

sorting through k stuff. its been 5 YEARS since ive seen this stuff!  how did time go by so fast?!?!

 joey came to help me.  and by help she means making MANY messes for me to clean up while trying to sort and label, purge and clean. ha

 not wanting to do this!

 after 5 yrs, i dug it out.  nate was 5 when i made this.  ellie was 3 months.  joey was not even on my mind... so many changes

 ha!

i cant believe im starting my 6th yr of home school!  how CRAZY is that???

im aiming to start back at the end of october....chris is on vacation for 2 weeks.  so in between being with the kids, helping him at the land and life school isnt going to happen. i do hope to plug away at the school room this week....

Posted by mel at 5:57 PM