it's all fun and games

story time!

joey was all weird this morning and wanted me to come with her to story time. so i did. relaxed much?

totally into the story!

after we made a craft, i let the kids play. the girls made this "baby station" for all the babies and spent 20 mins putting them to bed, then waking them and feeding them, to put them back to bed. cute to watch!

nap time!

after story time, i picked chris up for a snack and mentioned to him on the way that i needed windshield fluid. so after he yelled at me for NOT having back up in the trunk. ha.i pulled into the garage to buy some. chris was like "no, you stay with the kids. ILL buy you windshield fluid" as if our money is separate. haha

so he come out with guns blasting" this cost me 10 BUCKS!!!!" then was all hubby and like "ill fill it, you stay in the car"

haha

thank you babe for loving me for me. and paying 10.00 for 2 bottles of windshield fluid AND putting it in...

but i did buy him a coffee and a snack with MY gift card. hahaha

we came home to have a late lunch and make 3 more pictures. nate joined us! i was SO happy about that!

ellie drawing

nate's pic of the "nursery" that looked like a baby jail, including pooping cow and a GUN picture! what the what?????

ellies picture of a beach

nate joined us for another pic!

i was totally impressed with his willingness to join in on something new! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 6:09 PM

bath!

i threw the girls into the tub and gave them some bubble bath
i came back to this

what a mess

BUT! they had SO much fun and really, how much of a mess is water everywhere? i look at it as easy cleaning....just wipe. voila. CLEAN. ha

the MESS on the floor...but they were in the rub for almost 2 hrs. totally worth it!

after bath time, nate went to his friends house. i made made more drawing cards for the girls. they LOVE it

this is mine and ellies drawing of a tree, with branches and leaves. an owl, a bird house, a birds nest, the sun and grass....

i was impressed!

one funny story. as we were driving to story time this morning, i was listening to the girls talking in the back seat.

ellie said " joey, you know when you grow up you can be ANYTHING you want to be! like some one who discovers and digs up dinosaur bones!"

joey then says "no. i want to be a mommy to dinosaurs. a dinosaur mommy."

bwahhhhh totally ellie to think, plan and calculate the future
totally joey to say "i just want to be a mommy" 0 comments

Posted by mel at 6:09 PM

purging and book club!

last sunday i tore my book shelves a part and purged. i ended up with 3 huge bags of books and a box stuffed to the brim! i made room for my new books, saved the old and looked through old memory books. it was a fun way to spend the evening. now my book shelf is ready for more books! ha

monday morning was BOOK CLUB! it was my turn this month to host, i chose the lions center. we had a larger turn out than what i thought we would because i was NOT showing a movie and the book was a bit harder to read than books in the past.

we did little house in the big woods. to start off i sat the kids in a circle and we played a game answering questions about the book. the kids impressed me buy how much they remembered!

then we hit the tables to make our lap book. again, i wasnt sure how this would go over....the kids worked 45 mins on them!

during the circle time i told the kids how they made butter and we made our own, whip cream in a jar and shake for 30 mins. we made butter, i added some salt and brought bread to dip. it was SO good. the kids ate all of it! ha

after our snack of fresh better and bread. we made clove apples. i guessed about 20 mins for this activity but the kids spent another 45 mins working away! book club ran over, the parents didnt mind. after the clove apples, we had a snack and played a few games and it was time to go home!

joey!

working away on her clove apple

i was impressed with the kids and we had a BLAST!

ellies apple

ellies lap book. joey made one too but i cant find it. ha

my cover for the kids to use as a guide

the info. i was impressed with the creativity the kids put into their lap books

it was a good time and cant wait for next month....cause im not hosting. hahaha 0 comments

Posted by mel at 1:25 PM

mail!

the girls and i wrote letters to maya and katie. we walked them to the mail box....joey wanted to put the letter in the box but was too short. ellie jumped in to help!

it was so cold, poor joey was quite upset...me too. i dont like the cold, but getting outside is good for you!

thursday the kids i went to sackville to the university to watch the live theater production of "Hello Dolly" i love live theater so this was up my alley. the kids did well. the first 1/2 was an hr and 15 mins. joey sat on my lap for most of it. because of the weather the show was delayed by an hr, so we decided to leave during the intermission. i needed to get into a walk in and nate had school to do...i do look forward to next yr's show. esp with the kids getting older and joey an sit longer!

waiting for the show to start

my girls!

on our way out

so tired...

my crew

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Posted by mel at 1:24 PM

cabin

sat night i headed to the cabin with the girls for the night. i was welcomed to this surprise from chris, he built this cool jacket rack. love it

and he built all the bed frames! all the beds are off the floor now!

he also built the bathroom vanity

and put the storage shelf in the bathroom...we tested some white paint on the cupboard, i plan on painting the cabinets white

washer/dryer installed and working

nates bed

SKIP BO!

i forgot to take pics of the kitchen cupboards. they are all installed and DONE! now we just (we as in chris.ha) have the tile in the porch, the stairs and baseboards....then lots and lots of cleaning...and we can move it!

i left around noon, after wonderful pancakes for breaky. THANKS chris. they were really good. i got some groceries, came home and slept. all of us got this nasty cold! NOOOOOo not again! im dousing my self with medicine to get better!

i tried to sleep last night....

fun sharing a bed isnt it. ha

this morning, ok. this afternoon we did some school and the kids played hockey while i did some prep. love home schooling and the freedom/flexibility of it

joey cooked for us!

i feel that i dont record a lot of the silly stuff that goes on during the day. im trying to make a point to write it down so i dont forget...

literally 30 seconds ago ellie came to me and said "mom, i know why you like homeschooling" i said why? and she said "because if i was in school all day you would never see me and you would miss me so much and that would make me sad"

yep thats why i love home schooling. ha

another funny. we were driving to the play on thursday and nate was reading our devotion. he was in the middle of the creation story when joey yells "BEEF STEW!" chris taught the kids to yell beef stew when they toot....then during the play, joey is sitting on my lap and i felt her toot. she looks at me and whispers "beef stew"

while at the cabin the kids were all playing "hide and go seek", i told chris of a memory i had as a kid playing that game but this one time my dad was there, so he put me in the cupboards over the fridge. a few hrs later the kids get home and all report to me that daddy hid them in the cupboard over the fridge. awesome!!!

and that is a quick peek into our days...i hope to blog more this week...get better and have a GREAT weekend!

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Posted by mel at 1:24 PM

school!

last week was the weirdest week! with me not feeling well, and the non-stop ice storms, we had a hard time finding a routine! so much, that ellie asked to do her school at the table. we did! and we were done in less than an HR! ellie worked on my right

my HUGE coffee cup and i were in the middle and

joet set herself up on my left. nate was working on his youtube videos. this set up worked really well! for 2 days, then we went back to the school room

joey working away...
we are starting lesson 3 this wk on her preschool stuff. she LOVES it.

with the ice storms, the roads were not drivable. chris worked from home a few days, and was home every night. which was SOOOO nice! thurs night he fixed our dishwasher. joey wouldn't leave him alone