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Frog Craft

Happy Birthday BIG J!

We have a 10 YEAR OLD!

BIG J wanted a Mario theme.  

So he made his cake above and 

decorated with MnM's a Mario scene.

This picture above is special.

When Fancy E knew he had a Mario

theme she took the time to 

make this Mario out of Lego's for him.

Happy Birthday!

We love this guy so much.

He is such a blessing in our family.

Can't believe he is TEN!

The time does fly.

Great Aunt Visit

Afternoon Hike

One evening while daddy was gone late for work,

we went for a hike down by the lake.

It was a little chilly,

but a beautiful evening.

Although you really can't see in this picture, we 

had a special treat while we were there...

a bald eagle flew right over our heads.

It took me a second to get my phone out and ready 

to take a picture, so the eagle is far off in the picture

below.

Love this Guy

Bedtime Storytime

Reading to little brother

Sleeping Boy

I love how he sleeps all curled up with 

his puppies!

Science

We were learning about Newton's Laws of Motion.

Big J had to make his own car.

And then perform this experiment.

If I knew how to easily download my videos

from my phone on here, I would 

show you that he completed the experiment perfectly.

But since I can't and if you are curious,

you can watch this short youtube link get an idea

on how it was done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TobZWjgUfR0

Creations!

Tiger Lily was so excited as she made

this tiger and tractor out of construction

paper for herself and her brother.

Pirate for Breakfast

Finished Crafts...

We had to let our projects dry before

the kids could decorate.

A seashell, a fish, and a sea crab.

Craft Time

These kids love crafts .

One of my goals this year was to make time

for crafts during school.  I am trying.

Today we had a beach theme.

They were painting a fish, a crab

and a shell.

Finished projects to come...

And what was this little boy doing?

Of course if the big siblings are painting, 

he must get to paint also.

But true to who this kid is,

if he sees it, he must taste it.

So, painting was shorted lived

as he would not stop licking it.  

But yet he refused to eat my

chicken for dinner.

Homemade Marble Run

Big J made a homemade marble run

for his school project.

All the kids enjoyed playing with this project.

We made the accident of leaving the 2 little

boys alone to play with it and came back to find

that they had folded the boards together and 

were stomping on it.

Thankfully Big J is patient and was not angry at his brothers.

The next morning Farmer J asked for the marble run...

hmm buddy, you broke it.

Bowling

Fun family night out.

Playing Cards with Daddy

We are a card playing family.

Both Nathan and I grew up playing cards 

and we are excited to teach our children to play.

We start them young!

Farmer J was being taught how to play

Kings in the Corner by his dad.

Love these big brown eyes.

My mom and grandparents started teaching me how to

play cards when I was little and my

love for playing carried through all my life.

I have so many wonderful memories of playing

cards growing up and playing cards

with both sets of my grandparents.

Craft Time

For craft time during school

the kids made butterflies.

Two Year Old Pictures

Since the poor guy was miserable with a cold 

starting the day of his birthday and following several days after, 

we just now were able to take his two year old pictures.  

LOVE this GUY!!

Puppy J is overall quite the happy, content boy.

He talks to us a lot and often says things that 

makes us all laugh.  He enjoys singing and 

listening to music.  

He likes trucks and tractors and 

everything boyish.  

He enjoys wrestling with his brothers

and playing "shoot gun."

He adores all of his siblings and

is often asking one of them to play with him.

He gets excited if one off his older

siblings will read to him before bed.

He receives a LOT of hugs each 

day (maybe more than he even wants).

He certainly does not lack for love around here.

I love my bedtime talks with him -

it is so cute to hear what is on his mind.  

He really likes animals and would sleep

with several stuffed animals if we let him.

I think right now he has two puppies, a lion

and an elephant he sleeps with.

                                         We are so blessed to have this boy in our home.

Praising God for another year with him and

for all the joy he has brought to our home.