it's all fun and games

group shot

me and the kids

me and my most favorite son in the world. ever. he's my favorite

the kids posing beside the same bear i would drop kick on the way out when i was a kid! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 10:44 AM

wild life park!

the kids checking out the animals

naters and i

cool reindeer that no one can shoot and kill (shawn and jeff!)

charlie and nate

nate and charlie
just like ellie, shes (charlie) stuck like glue

resting

resting with reflections

quinny and i

we took the kiddos to the wild life park i learned 2 lessons

1- do not mention ice cream/dairy queen on the way in!!
2- disney has ruined the wild life park

haha 0 comments

Posted by mel at 10:38 AM

mail!!

ellie was very excited to open her letter from her cousin! nate was busy....cough....but he did look at the pics after and thought they were cool!

she was confused at first

then she read them

and laughed at them

thanks maya for the beautiful drawings and letter, i have them on the side of my fridge! it was awesome to hear from you guys! 1 comments

Posted by mel at 8:57 AM

props

nate found the props ive been working on
silly kid

he esp liked this one

and let me know what option he liked most...

playing together. thank you jesus for these 2 blessings. 0 comments

Posted by mel at 8:51 AM

my dolly and her dolls!

awwwww
she loves her daddy so much

she loves her dolls!

total trust

i think my dolly is going to have a father daughter relationship just like i had
my daddy can do no wrong! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 8:49 AM

playground!

my friend decided to try out the zip line yesterday. hahaha

wheeeeeeeeeeee

great job nat! haha

we finished school up early yesterday and spent a good 3 hours outside playing, there had to have been over 15 kids i the back yard and 5 moms. it was nice to sit and chill and catch up from the long winter. the kids played really well together!

i am still adjusting tto having so many ppl in the back yard, esp ppl i don't know! like i told the girls yesterday we are all trying to figure it out, where the boundaries are, whats ok, whats not, solving kids disputes etc...

we did put a lock on the trampoline and zip-line, once chris finished the clubhouse it will have a door and that will also be locked. that way we can have a bit of control over what is going on and its not a free for all....there was an incident wed night and i closed the park down, sending everyone home at 7...the bottom line is it's my house, my property and my kid's club house....a-nee-ways....another post for another day!

i am thankful for HOT weather and great neighbors! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 8:46 AM

treasure box/science!

i made this "simple" box up for a friend yesterday morning.....it took me 2 HOURS! seriously, 2 loving hours! its for the preschool kids class for the months of june and july, something about treasures or other

i am kicking myself for working on it during a play date, haha. nate and his friend were in and out of the room, asking for things, i must have stopped 20 times to tend to them. haha

yesterday afternoon, we did a quick science demo on the size of Jupiter. did you know it is the largest planet? made up of gases. very cool and it also has a hurricane like storm circle...haha

we measured out the sizes, comparable to the size of earth as a focal/visual
(yes we home school shirt less, it was hot and he was outside playing before we started)