Johnny Appleseed Applesauce

We had SO much fun in school today! We learned about "Johnny Appleseed" and

made some homemade applesauce. It was really yummy and the girls had a blast!

These are some of the pictures from our fun. :)

Loose Tooth

It finally happened... Melissa has her first loose tooth. Where has the time gone? I now know what all of the old folks mean when they say, "It feels like just yesterday..." At times it really does feel like just yesterday that we found out she was coming to us. It feels like just yesterday that we were bringing her home for the first time. And, now, she has her first loose tooth. Time is passing too quickly!! She is completely obsessed with this tooth. She is stressing a bit as to if things are normal, what should be happening, etc. These are some of her recent ramblings/worries: "Should my tooth be moving this much? What am I going to eat? I can't eat hard things. Look at this, do you think this is normal? My friend swallowed his tooth, is that okay? Is that going to happen to me? How is my tooth ACTUALLY going to come out? I don't think it should be moving this much, do you? Am I going to talk funny when my tooth comes out? Mom, look at this, my tooth can touch my gum... gross!!" She is TOO TOO TOO funny! She has spent most of the day obsessing over her tooth in the bathroom mirror. She is going to be in for quite a shock when that thing really does come out!

Halloween 2009

We had SO much fun on Halloween this year!! Ray took us girls to Grandma and Poppa's house for the weekend and we loved it! Saturday morning we went down to Glenn and Melissa's home to visit with them and meet baby Addison. She was born this past Tuesday. Isn't she a cutie? We are completely in love with her. Then we went to Jen's home, ate dinner, put on costumes, and went trick-or-treating to a couple houses in her neighborhood and then to our family. We saw Grandma Nanny, Uncle Russ and Aunt Bonnie, Grandma and Papa Sr. and Poppa bear. It was SO fun! The girls really enjoyed seeing so much family and the family really enjoyed seeing the kids dressed up. We are SO blessed to have such a wonderful family.

This is Christian ready to go!

Flapper Melissa, Batman Evan and Cat Kayla. Our family after the fall festival at my mom and dad's church.

Happy Halloween!!

The Swine Flu

I am happy to report that we are all survivors of the Swine Flu. The dreaded, much talked about, greatly covered by the local and national news, swine flu has hit our family and is slowly leaving our home. We have been sick for about 2 weeks and are FINALLY starting to feel better. I wouldn't have known it was the dreaded H1N1 if Melissa hadn't been hanging onto her cough for what seemed like an eternity. I took her to the doctor, who ran a snot test, and confirmed that Melissa did, indeed, have the swine flu. She said that since we had all been feeling horrible and had the same symptoms, we had all probably had it and it was on it's way out of our family. We still have coughs and some congestion, but other than that, I think we are on the mend. Finally.

Alphabet Stomp!

We had SO much fun playing "Alphabet Stomp" this morning. I completely stole the idea from a website I found the other day. It was super easy to make and the girls LOVE it. Ray and I made 26 footprints out of foam. We put one letter, upper case and lower case, on each footprint (we wrote them on both sides to reduce frustration if they were flipped over). And that was it. When we played I started by asking the girls to step on certain letters. Then I had them step on the letters that make the "___" sound, then the ones that start different words, etc. I even had Kayla step on the different colors... she LOVED that part. :) Towards the end Melissa was spelling different words with the footprints. When we were finished we put them back into the bag in order. I would recommend this game to everyone!

Pumpkin painting..

We painted pumpkins with Grandma and Poppa while we were at their house this past weekend. It was SO fun for my tired, tired little girls. We didn't paint them until just before bedtime, so they were exhausted. They painted beautiful pumpkins! And their fingernails, and their hands, and their fingers, and the table... well, you get the point. They had a blast! We will turn them into jack-o-lanterns closer to Halloween. That reminds me, I guess I should decorate for Halloween!

++ for Homeschool

These pictures are good examples of why I love homeschooling my girls.

Melissa and Kayla pick out their own clothes before school each morning and this is an example of what they come up with.

Melissa LOVES this look!

Kayla is wearing a shirt under a jean jumper, two dress-up dresses, wings and a pioneer hat. You can't see her pretty socks, but she was quite proud of those too! I feel so blessed to be their mommy.

Zzzzzzz

When I came home from Young Women's a few nights ago this is what I found at the top of the stairs. No, she didn't fall out of bed. She was determined to stay awake but didn't quite make it. This is her dazed look while getting back into bed. This one of Kayla was just too cute... I had to include it! I have to de-treasure her bed every night so that she doesn't roll over onto something that will hurt her! My girls are TOO cute!

Melissa's 5th Birthday

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Dancing Ballerinas

Melissa and Kayla started ballet yesterday and I HAD to document it on our blog. This is my way of scrapbooking and journaling what our family is doing. The girls were SO excited to start ballet. Melissa was anxious to begin her 3rd year of ballet/tap and Kayla was really giggly when she talked about starting ballet. She is in a "creative movement" class this year... I don't exactly know what they do in there, but she LOVED it! Melissa is very happy to have her friend, Emma, and one girl from last year in her class. I think this is going to be a good year. The girls love being active and they love music. What could be better?