it's all fun and games: October 2018

Brrrrrr

monday ellie BEGGED for me to take her to the "new"park. it was SO cold, but i took the kids. i froze and watched the kids play

then i got smart. i went back to my car, moved it to FACE the kids so i could see them. then called my sister and talked to her. hahaha = AWESOME!

we came home, ellie went to her friends house to play and joey felt left out. nate to the rescue! he asked joey to "help" him make muffins... she did and she forgot why she was sad

joey LOVES her little animals i find them all over the house.... while we were making muffins i could hear voices from the back yard. i went to look

and found this. haha. i know 1 of these kids. but i dont mind. i love how they all dropped their back packs and hung on my trampoline

about 30 mins later ellie was on the trampoline. i telling you this trampoline was worth the money! and a trip to florida....a few yrs back we decided to not to go disney but instead buy the trampoline and build the "tree/camp/house/fort" and i think it was a good decision!

just before bed. joey had a meltdown. i found her like this crying and yelling "i dont know what i want, i just want SOMETHING"....girl. ive been there, ha!

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Posted by mel at 6:38 PM

brrrr pt 2

i found little joey like this.

she is such a little joy. i cant imagine life with out her. she is so FUN, and she makes us all smile. SO glad i had this girl!

wed we had cheerleading/gymnastics. my dad bought me these slippers. and i LOVE them. ive worn them to air heads and cheer. they keep my feet warm and when i look down at them and giggle and know im loved! thank you mom and dad!

the girls LOVE cheer!!!!

i found this beauty in my bed wed night. so blessed.

ive been on a book binge lately, then ever i get a free moment...which is not often...im nose in a book reading. i started this bad boy tues night and finished it late last night. its 548 pages of AWESOME!!!

i woke up this morning to this. nate made me the BEST coffee and we chatted before the day started. i LOVE homeschooling for this reason!

i found this girl like this. how can this position be comfortable????

this afternoon my friend came with her kids for a visit. it was SO nice to sit and have adult chatter. she even offered to take nate for the evening and bring him home. about 5 mins after nate left, i got a text from ellie's friend asking if she could come over for a movie...i was like SCORE! 2 kids GONE. 1 left....what WILL i do????

clean. thats what ill do! i spent the evening cleaning! haha esp the school room!

joeys desk

ellies desk

ellies book wall

id LOVE to say that school wise we are on schedule. but we are not. some how activities and play dates have eaten into our school time. nates's actually on par but im so behind with ellie. am i concerned? nope! we will catch up....i hope! ha

and that is a quick, 2 kid less blog post! haha 0 comments

Posted by mel at 6:38 PM

sat!

sat morning bright and early chris picked up this bad boy! out new wood stove!!!! we took it to the cabin and set it up where we think it should go

ellie joined us. ha

there she is. the big bad boy. our source of heat.the wood stove...that we got on sale ;)

when i came into the cabin the girls "showed me" what chris did this past week. DOORS!!!!

joey showing me her room, then mine

the door to my room

we spent sat crack filling...i really enjoyed this!

i finished upstairs by 2:30

our lunch room. hahaha

after i finished crack filling, we took a break and the kids found this....not sure what exactly this skull is....but they buried it beside the squirrel they found. haha

i left the cabin at 4, the ceilings were done!

and chris wanted to show me his new taping machine....

as he applied the tape

and i watched and took pics

i thought. "hummmm i can do this"

and when he wasnt looking i did it!!!!

hahah

BUT he did "fix" my errors. ha

it was a FUN day building our cabin! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 7:07 PM

fri pt 3!

so on wed, i decided to share my heart with chris....my heart?= i MISS him!

i asked, for the first time since we started the cabin in june, if he would stay home fri night so we=chris and me...could spend time together.

chris totally agreed and cancelled his plan for fri night at the cabin to be home with me. after i put the girls to bed, and nate to his room. chris and i spent the evening together. NOT watching tv...we spent the night making treats for sat at the land. i will admit...because i DONT care!!! about the recipe we used, or how it happened. it just mattered to me that we were together so we made 2 desserts from chris's swiss cook book, meaning i cant read it BUT i was the best "go get girl" and i chose the music for the evening, hahahah

we spent the night together

and when they were all baked we tried them

SO good!

and it was FUN. i truly enjoyed our night together and chris cant get over how much i talked. hahahaha! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 7:07 PM

fri pt 2

we started offf with this pic, a "shish kabob flavored potato chip" which was SOOOO good!!!!!!!

then we hit a few more samples, i didnt take a lot of pics bec i was eating and enjoying. joey how ever did NOT like the chocolate covered blackcurrant marshmallow chocolate...i didnt as well!

BUT she LOVED my favorite with out knowing what it was....

my most fav food????? the jelly and HORSERADISH breadsticks!!!!!

SOOOOO GOOD!!!!!! joey and i ate the bag. who would have thought that i would LOVE that??? haha

chris asked if we should do another month trial...i said YES!!!! this yum box is SO fun! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 7:07 PM