Doesn’t she look like she should be smackin’ a big wad of Hubba Bubba
and speaking with a deep southern drawl?
Explaining the finer points of operating a big hulking lawnmower
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Jan 142013
Jan 142013
I love it when the children take it upon themselves to help out 🙂
Daphne refers to herself as my “Good Helper”
Direct quote from Daphne
(with a dramatic wiping of her brow )
“Whew, I like hard work!”
While I did go back and touch up her work,
she actually did a really good job finishing up the dishes!
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Dec 112012
Ok, so it really doesn’t get any easier then this. Using royal icing as glue made these houses REALLY easy to put together and very stable.
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Graham cracker houses + kids + goodies
Pookie and Gretchen put a LOT of effort into making their houses really nice and interesting.
Duels turned into an epic story that involved the house being covered in licorice ropes.
Daphne did FAR better then I expected … although she kept hogging the candy.
And Prairie… well Prarie didn’t quite get the point of what she was supposed to be making.
She did however get the point of eating… and eat she did!
🙂
Artists at work
The finished pieces!
Oct 172012
Last month I had to run into the store after Prairies dentist appointment with five of the kids.
Not a big deal except that I only have two hands and I was nine months pregnant.
Gretchen was such a huge help by pushing a cart with Daphne and Prairie while I pushed Thaddeus in another. I really didn’t think she’d be able to manage the heavy cart very well however, she did amazing.
Except for running over Duel once (it was his own fault ~ oiy!)
she didn’t hit me or anyone else.
Pretty sure people were steering clear of her.
As one can see in the pictures…. praising her on her strength went to her head….
BIG TIME!
She showed off her muscles every time we stopped…. and continued even out in the parking lot.
Not only that…
but she’s STILL bragging about it!
🙂
Oct 152012
David made a trip out to meet his new sister. I LOVE the second photo …. isn’t it cute!
Then there’s … what? A lesson on how NOT to hold the baby??
🙂
After dinner he then gave a physics lesson to the younger crowd….
Yes…really…physics
they need the head start on these things dontcha know.
I’ve captured what apt pupils they are 🙂
Physics 101