Pumpkins!

One side of the tables paint

The other side's got a little more crazy

Today we had a bit of a down day so we decided to make it exciting and do some crafts :) The pictures mostly speak for themselves so I am not going to say much. First we did a paper pumpkin with foam stickers. Lucy LOVED peeling and sticking them. Once Mollie got home I took them all out back and we painted pumpkins. It was sooo much fun! :)

 

 

 

Lucy's end product :) 

   

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Time with God

The big girls do a devotion time each morning along with Jenny Kate or Paul if he is able.  I thought that since the Babes are three now they might want to start. I was right! They LOVED it! We did the story of Moses and the bush that did not burn up. It was so neat to see their reactions and hear their understanding of the story. They were very interested to know if God was alive in the bush of fire. It is so sweet to hear them so excited about reading the Bible and learning about God! Pallie told me yesterday when I said "I love you to the moon" she responded with "I love you to God." I am so glad to be a part of their spiritual development as well as their physical and intellectual! Such a blessing.

Coloring their corresponding pictures to the Bible story

Sesame Street Live!

This morning we went with some friends from our playgroup to Sesame Street Live! When Jenny Kate told me about this, I was a little excited, because when I was little I thought that this would be the greatest thing ever, however I never got to go :( Anyway, things have changed a lot on Sesame Street in the past 20 years it seems. I only recognized about half of the characters. There is now apparently a female "grouch", a few new monsters and some sort of fairy? It was interesting... but of course there were still the good ol' reliable such as Oscar, Bert and Ernie, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Prairie Dawn, and Count.

The Babes (which I am not sure how long that term is going to last since they now insist they are "big kids") loved it! They sat and watched the show for the most part.  They also enjoyed getting to eat junk food; pretzels, a snow cone and popcorn, all before noon! They go the pretzels first and Charlotte kept looking at Jenny Kate and saying "what is it I am eating?" :)

All four sharing a snow cone...

Here we go!

So I finally decided to start blogging about the ins and outs of living with four three-year-olds, a four year-old and a six year-old. I was encouraged by many who have listened to my stories over the past year or so and in particular by my Mom. Yesterday I was talking to her and telling her what was going on play-by-play in the moment, and she insisted it was worth sharing. So there you go. I am not attempting to make it too colorful or wordy, but simply going to state what my life is like. 

Yesterday morning was beautiful so I thought it would be a great day to play outside and forget the TV (the babes are allowed to watch a "movie" while Jenny Kate goes to the gym and that's pretty much it for the day.) So they were all playing in the backyard and eating their lollipops they earned from doing their catechism earlier that morning. I had to switch the laundry. As I was doing so, all of the sudden I heard all four come running in screaming "a bad bug!!." Now I have been trying to explain that bugs live outside and that when we are outside it is okay if we see bugs. Anyway being the kind and loving nanny that I am, I ventured out to investigate. I hurried out to the deck and followed them to where the "bad bug" was. I looked to discover that this bug was in reality an acorn... again and I went inside briefly to refill my water glass and when I returned, our deck which normally looks like this:  

Was transformed into this:

And then the babes were playing on it all like this:

All this in a matter of minutes... One of the many benefits of having four little ones to do a task instead of one. We sure had a lot of fun playing outside... :)