Let's Try This Again

If you are reading this on the regular blog than I guess it worked.  I had the same problem with my last post as what made me give up before.  I was able to put my pictures into the blog but then it wouldn't post it.  On the plus side, we upgraded our Internet and now pictures our loading much faster so at least one of my headaches is gone.

I'm going to try and move along quickly here...

Last Sabbath we had a busy schedule.  After Sabbath School we joined some kids in making Valentine's cards for the widows in the church, all Jennifer's idea.  Hopefully the widows are much fonder of Valentine's Day than I since I'm generally a bah humbug when it comes to that particular holiday. The kids did have a great time making the cards with Caluabra making three each.  Colby spent pretty much the entire time playing with a stick of glue.  Better than the Elmers I guess since I remember eating it as a kid.  Aubree was excited to be the one to make one for Aunt Wanda.

Not quite sure why the church still has a Christmas tree up!

After Brady was done making his cards, he and Colby got very friendly with Bruce.

Love this picture!  I told Jennifer they need one more daughter so that we can pair my boys off with two Bergherm girls.

After naptime, it was back to the church for Adventurers and Family Fun Night.  Alas, Duncan did not join us for either event because he wasn't feeling very good.  This was met by great consternation from the kids and this conversation when we got into the van to go home afterwards:

Aubree:"I really wish Daddy came.  It wasn't fun without him."
Me: "I'm sorry Aubs.  You know why he couldn't come.  We still had fun."
Aubree:"Yes, but it's called FAMILY Fun Night.  Not MOM and KIDS Fun Night."

Touche.

Getting ready to play "Pass the Pickle"

Cookie decorating

Apparently pleased with the end product.

Brady taking a whack at the piñata.  Yay, so GLAD to have more candy in the house **insert sarcastic face here**

The girls love this little claw machine, trying to grab a prize.

This is the hippo game.  Each team wheels someone out on a dolly and they try to get as many balls as they can under the upside down container and then they wheel that person in and another teammate is wheeled out. The object is to have the most balls at the end of the game.

Their team didn't win but it was really fun and fast paced.  Once everyone on the team had a turn, Colby climbed right on to the dolly for his turn but of course, he fell right into the middle.  Sorry kid!

They also did the Pie Face Game which is a really new and popular game.  I wanted to get it for Christmas but it was sold out everywhere.  Basically you keep turning a lever and you don't know if you will actually get hit with the whip cream or not.  Aubree and Brady were too nervous to play.

Sunday was the Super Bowl and we will just skip right over that because it stunk.  I will say this though.  Wow, is it ever hard to watch it with kids.  Half the commercials are for either violent movies (Deadpool, anyone?) or beer.  Don't even get me started on the halftime show.  I guess what I'm trying to say is that the whole thing was a bust and I was happy to turn it to America's Funniest Home Videos for a diversion.

Monday I had a dentist appointment in the morning so we were off to Grandma and Grandpa's for babysitting.  On days like these, we often skip classes we need to do together (like Bible, Geography, and Science) and the girls will just do their individual work (like Math, Reading, English, Handwriting, and Spelling) both before we leave and also in the car.  After my appointment, I stopped at a consignment store which was having a big sale (70% most of the winter clothing) so that was a welcome diversion to start off the week. Mentioning that here so that I'll know when to look for the sale next year!

We have been enjoying our Bible curriculum this year which is having us read the whole book of Matthew (admittedly I have skipped certain parts like "adultery") and studying various missionaries that go along with the countries we are learning about in Geography.  This week we finished up a book (which I read aloud to them) about Nate Saint who was a missionary to Ecuador.  I saw on the back of the book that his lifespan was 1923 - 1956 so I knew it wasn't going to end well.  Sure enough, it didn't and I couldn't help but start bawling while I was reading the conclusion.  The poor kids didn't know what to do.  The girls ended up coming over to me and hugging me and wiping my tears.  I suppose it was a bonding moment but boy, those missionary books get me every time!

Thought I'd throw in a little meme about our school.

The rest of our week was pretty routine so I think I'll just finish up with a few pictures.

These two are always working on some sort of art project.

Here they are making a "Snake" book.  This was the first thing they did one morning even before breakfast. They carried all the supplies down from upstairs, including the hole punch, and set up shop in front of the garage door.

Not to be outdone, these two have a special bond too.  Calleigh drives him nuts with trying to kiss him constantly but he will allow her to hug him.  After she does, she will then get him to say to her "Thank you, Calleigh." It sounds like "Ca-Ye" though.

One afternoon after quiet time, they designed their own mini golf course.

Hole # 1.  I got a hole-in-one on this one but tanked it from there.

This one was quite challenging.

After I finished, Duncan came out and promptly beat me.  Show off!

Love these guys!

 Have a happy Sabbath!