Outdoor Fun and Classical Conversations

We had lots of fun in the month of October.  It has still been warm here so the kids had and idea to play with water balloons on the trampoline!!!  It was so much fun because the water balloons last a lot longer on a trampoline.

 This picture is hilarious of Caden!

 We just started using Draw, Write, Now Book One.  My favorite blog 1+1+1=1 uses it with her kids.

Hannah drew the one on the left with no help and I drew the one on the right and she wanted to color it.

 Caden drew the one on the left with no help and I drew the one on the right and he wanted to color it.

 Oh, how I love this sweet boy!!!!  He is getting sooooo big.  He is currently 9 1/2 months old.  He is saying Da Da.  Crawling everywhere, opening everything, smiling all the time, biting all the time (Ouch!), and he is beginning to stand with out help.  He took 3 steps yesterday!  Oh, boy!  He will be a busy boy soon!

 Here is Carson with his favorite Aunt, they share the same birthday!

 With his favorite Paw-Paw!

Caden at his baseball game.  He is really good!  I am so proud.  He is very good at fielding the ball.  I believe he is the only one that doesn't play in the dirt which is pretty impressive for a 5 year old, I mean what 5 year old doesn't like playing in the dirt.:)  He also hits really well out of his coaches (His Daddy) hands.  Love that boy!

Oh, this is so cute.  Carson insisted on climbing on Caden's bed so I let him figure out how to get up and down by himself and this is how he did it. lol

We are just so impressed with our school choice this year.  My kids attend Classical Conversations.  This is Hannah reciting the Heian Empire.
Here is what she is saying:
As the Heian government weakened in Japan, Shoguns began to rule and expelled all foreigners during the period of isolation.  Circa 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. restored trade, allowing the Meiji to modernize Japan.

The Roman Republic fought the Punic Wars, which were followed by the Pax Romana.  In 286 AD, the empire divided into the Western and Eastern empires until Germanic barbarians defeated the Western Empire, in 476 AD.

Hannah skip counting 9s and 10s.

Caden reciting the Greek and Roman gods.

Hannah reciting the timeline for Creation-Jesus!:)))  Love Classical Conversations

Beach outting Oct. 2010

 Me, random picture.

 Daddy and the kids.

 Running away from the waves.

 So precious!

 So hilarious to watch her run.:))

 Caden and Daddy made a deep hole to sit in.

 

Digging some more.

It has been so beautiful for the past 2 weeks and we realized we hadn't been to the beach in a while which we go fairly often.  So last weekend we went and of course the kids had a blast.

Washing the Car

It was too cute not to pass up posting these pictures. Daddy decided to wash the car and of course I said I bet the kids would love to help and boy did they. They washed the van and there car for about an hour. Not one word came out of their mouths!!! Except when Hannah dropped her sponge into the bucket of soup suds and the suds splashed right on her face. I had to take a picture she just looked so cute!

Crayola Sand

I went to Wal-Mart last weekend to get the kids some more sand since the weather is getting a little warmer. Guess what I found???? Colored Sand!!!! Since we are talking about green this week I got green sand. It is called Crayola Sand. Our Wal-Mart had the colors green, blue, pink, purple, and I think that was it. What fun!!!

Caden Riding His New Bike

It was such an exciting day for us yesterday! Caden learned how to ride his new bike. I can not believe we got the bike on Wednesday and Caden got the hang of it on Saturday morning, it took him 4 days to learn to ride a bike.

The funny part about it is Wednesday-Friday all he did was inspect the wheels and turn the bike on it's side and make the pedals go round and round. I guess he had to understand the mechanics of it and then was able to do it with his body. Very cute!

Oh, and then of course we had to take pictures of Hannah too!

Fun at the Zoo

Zoe, Caden, Mommy, and Hannah

Hannah

Zoe

Caden

Zoe

Regan and Hannah

Zoe and Caden looking at the Giraffes

Regan and Caden looking at the elephants.

Hannah and Caden

Caden

Starting our Vacation Early

I will not be posting this week....we will be on VACATION!!!!  It has been a long time since we have been on vacation since the kids are so close in age (1 1/2 years apart).  We may need a vacation once we get back.lol

One Duck Stuck-Feeding the Ducks

I thought it would be perfect for us to go and feed the ducks today since it goes along with our book, "One Duck Stuck" and our lessons from The Itty-Bitty Bookworm.  What a perfect time to go because we went and feed them and go figure the ducks were totally in the mud.  If you have read the book before the duck is stuck in the muck and asks all these animals to help her get out.  Caden totally loved it!

Coffee Filter Art

Caden loved this art activity!:)  Very easy to gather materials and long lasting fun!  First we colored the coffee filters with markers.  Then we took them outside and sprayed them with a water bottle.  Oh, how much fun he had!   After we were done with the Coffee Filter art he sprayed the entire backyard.  We even changed the knob on the water bottle so he could see how far the water would go.  He sprayed and sprayed and sprayed....it went on for 45 min. to an hour.  I got this idea from Familyfun.com.