Halloween 2.0.1.3

Dressing up her dolls in costumes...

* A Snowflake * A Zebra * A Swimmer * A Cheerleader *

Our pumpkin...

everyone actually helped this year!

My Hero!

 My 50's Girl!

 My Protector.

 Halloween 2013

 We even decided to dress up the baby!

The sweetest pumpkin ever!

 The neighborhood crew ready to hit some houses!

It's so much fun to enjoy this evening with our friends.

And yes... Ainsley is the ONLY girl in the bunch!

Happy Fall!

Faith for this Day

God,

Strengthen me with power so that Christ may dwell in my heart through FAITH.

May I know the deepness of Your Love, Lord...

And may I know that You are able to do immeasurably more than

I could ask or imagine in my life.

 

For You are the Lord, my God, who takes hold of my right hand

and says to me,

"Do not fear... I will help you."

 

Teach me to take up my shield of FAITH,

so that I can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one when they come.

Give me FAITH to trust what You say...

that You are good... and what You do is good...

and Your love for me is great.

 

I may feel weak, but Your Spirit is strong in me.

My flesh may fail day after day...

But You are my God, and you never will.

 

Lord, with every step forward that I take in this life,

teach me to have faith... and to say, "I trust You."

Something is Missing...

That would be tooth #3 for this girl!

Bits and Pieces....

Here are some bits and pieces of what's been going on in our days...

 

Heading to the pumpkin patch with our homeschool coop group and finding three cute pumpkins... 

The mama's were invited to join a ballet class with their daughters...

it was so fun to dance with my girl.

 Catching them reading together...

 Doing Kindergarten... studying Dinosaurs.

 Doing 3rd grade.... studying cells.

 Finishing his soccer season well...

 Hanging out with my camper friend, A... and having an October afternoon of

"All things Pumpkin..."

(Pumpkin pie, Pumpkin bars, roasting pumpkin seeds, carving pumpkins....)

 Checking on him before I head to bed and find that he's stuffed his jammies with

his stuffed animals... and his big belly is sticking up in the air.

It must be what I look like when I sleep! :)

 Smiling every time I see her face with these on...

They are a fun accessory to her Halloween costume,

but are being worn a lot because they are so fun and cute.

(but they make her look way too grown up!)

Happy days, busy days, hard days...

all bits and pieces from Him of what makes our days.



Apple Pie Goodness

Ainsley studied apples for kindergarten, so of course we needed to make something with apples!

She chose to make an apple pie, and she was kind enough to let her brothers help out a little.

 

Apples... one of the best parts of fall!

 I love this picture... but why does she look so grown up????

 (I ended up with pictures of all three kids sticking out their tongues

while working on making the pie... they take after their mama!)

 Learning how to make a pretty pie!

 She was so proud of what she made... and it tasted amazing!

I wonder what yummy subject we could study next week???

Our fall...

A few moments of our fall captured...

School Time

 Fishing for letters

 Making room for one more... Putting in a window so Liam can move to the basement.

 I gave her some salt dough and told her to make some fall art... I love her creativity!

Studying ancient Egypt and their writing.

 Making Egyptian pastries... boy was this dough STICKY!

 Back to dance class!  For this little ballerina only ballet this year... and she loves it!

 What he does all day long... play with letters!

 Pajama Day at our Homeschool Coop!  We had so much fun!

A twin princess playdate!

 I love pictures with all three of them together... makes my heart smile!

 He had to make an "All About Me" page for preschool. 

The tongue helped him out tremendously while painting!

 She called me outside to see the fall art she had created... a tree with random sticks, leaves, and even grass for roots.  I love her... I love fall!

Looking Back: A Weekend at Smith Falls

Reading with Grandpa

 Daily gifts from my children...

Sunflowers!

 The view from our cabin

 

Exploring!

 The cute cousins!

 Smith Falls... for some reason a camera never can capture the true beauty of God's hand in nature.

 Chilly Toes in the river!

 Braving the Niobrara River with Grandma

 Tubing for the family (except for this mama and the three littles!)

A Note: Yes... Liam was with us! 

I just spent most of the time in the cabin with the little boys and the one time I got out with my camera,
he was with the "big boys"! :)

But he had an amazing weekend too!!!