Outdoor coloring

Do you remember having a Spirograph? I never had one, but sure remember using one. For my children, this was something new. And a little different. Our Spirograph is HUGE, and made for sidewalk chalk.

Our sidewalk is quite bumpy, so we adapted our activity and used an old table top, a huge paper, and some jumbo crayons. The images were much clearer, but not as messy, an just not the same.

It wasn't before they were back at the chalk, but this time, with a spray bottle. When wet, the cement turned darker, and the chalk color really seemed to "pop".

A beautiful afternoon!

Surprise for Daddy

Today the two youngest had their hands busy! They spent some time lacing. Sprout even bound several pieces of our plastic sheets together to make an envelope. Both he and Seedling then made letters for daddy! He will be so happy to see this mail when he gets home from work!

  

 

Good Morning!

Oct. 31

The weather was just beautiful today. 

We headed outdoors to soak it up!

 The littles had a lot of fun in the leaves.  They were perfect for piling and jumping in: they were big and crunchy.

Speedy was more interested in raking.  He even knocked on the neighbour's door and offered to rake her boulevard for her.

From our tiny, postage stamp front yard, we filled four garbage bags!  They are excited to clean up our back yard, but the large tree hanging over our lawn is still green! 

"It was very fun playing in the leaves.. and my mom picked my foot up and put my while body in the garbage"-Sprout

"Yeah, it was silly when mom put Sprout in the garbage"-Speedy

"Yeah"-Seedling

A Walk to The Jungle

We went for a walk to the jungle today.

Disclaimer:  Imagination vs lying can be confusing to young children, and this confusion can also be used as an excuse for older children who know how wrong lying is.  Therefor, before I begin, I will say that we definately used our imaginations today, and it was fun, and it was OK because no one reading this is going to believe that we walked to the jungle after church and rode lions!

Today after church, we went for a walk ... to the jungle.  It was alot of exploring.

There was alot of wildlife ...

 crocodiles,
 butterflies,
snakes,
and hippo's.

Local grub...

And adventure...

mom found some quicksand...

Sprout marked the 'X' for the treasure...

Speedy climbed the tallest trees...

a big bird swooped him up and dropped him into a nest...

Seedling and Speedy got caught in a mudslide...

Speedy found some eggs... are they crocodile eggs, or maybe dinosaur eggs...

and mom even brough something home to remember our adventure!

Well, I did it again, but this time, it was by request.

We spent the day Saturday at Grand Beach and Maverick was taken by all the cute sundresses they were selling, and how they would all look so cute on Seedling.  The "we should buy this" turned into "you could make this" very quickly.  My concern was that I didn't think I had cute enough material.  Then I remembered about this royal blue material with yellow, red, and green tie died flowers on it -- perfect!  I must say that this suits her more that the other patterns we have seen in dresses!

So we got home very late from the beach and another party afterwards, and when the children didn't sleep in on Sunday morning, I decided to make this dress before church.  The dress she loves ... hopefully by the time this is posted, she will have let me take it off of her to wash it ...

A Lazy Post about a Lazy Afternoon!

Hiding Out in the Shade

Hard at Work with a Paintbrush





Peek-A-Window





Relaxing in Daddy's Hammock



Sprout's Masterpiece of the Day



Mugshots

This year, we decided Maverick (a.k.a. Daddy) needed some new mug shots for his wallet ...



Ideal Weather

Today is warm and sunny.  So far, my children have not asked to venture outside.
As I look through my photos to prepare a Father's Day gift, I am left to ponder what the term "ideal weather" means to my family.

Don't get me wrong, we LOVE the warm and sunny weather.

 Those beautiful days just don't seem to stir up the excitement that a rainy day does!

 

Summer is here, our official "schooling" is winding down, and we are ready for whatever weather is in store! 

(Note to self:  permalink this post for reference when weather is not "ideal" - AND HOLD YOURSELF TO IT!)