Roy is funny! by W

Roy has  ben bad before, but this is crazy!  He toilet papered  our tree, and he is siting on the paper.  So we can't get it of!

Annual Gingerbread Party 2011

We had 14 kiddos (most of which were boys) over to our house today for our annual gingerbread party.  Of all times for us to get relief from this horrible drought - no one could go outside to play!!!!  There were plenty of cookies, cupcakes, peppermint bark, frosting, cider and candies to enjoy, though.  Believe it or not, the house is in pretty good shape after all that mess I mean fun.  Our dough ornaments are drying and will be on the tree tomorrow.

Roy the Elf, practicing dental hygiene.

Christmas treats are yummy and sweet, but we don't want sugar bugs on our teeth!!!

I wonder what else this silly elf will be up to during the Christmas season...

First Tooth - by: T

i lost my first tooth and it was at 5:15 in the morning.  and my mom took a picture of me with my tooth in my toothfairy pillow.  i can't wait for the tooth fairy to come.  so i can get a gold dollar.  sometimes she brings some tokens for the carousel, dollars, candy and books and gold dollars.  i have to brush my teeth real gently now.  it feels kind of weird now without my tooth.

the case of the missing tooth.

violin

W is practicing for Christmas music.  Silent Night is on this video.  He can play with a piano accompaniment.  The cd that was with his sheet music is a little faster than he likes.  After all, he is a legato player.

fiddlin' in costumes!

Trick or Treat!

Trick or Treat 2011

Sherlock Homes & A Veterinarian

Meeting

& Greeting

Away we go!

Take my breath away with the cuteness!

Jellies All Around By: W

Jellies, jellies!
They are everywhere!  
All  those stinging  things,
all living in the ocean!
Time to escape,
they think I'm the bait!
Hurry to the beach,
I'ts    within reach.
WAIT! That's is not a jelly fish.
It's a Portguese man-of-war.

Pumpkin Painting

This is our first year not to carve our pumpkin.  The boys are excited about the glow in the dark paint we found at the craft store.  We'll see how that works out...

My Math Brain By: W

Math is fun.  Today I learned to borrow.  Math is important to engineers.

First Ever Soccer Season for T

T's first soccer season has been exciting!  He's scored 5 goals in 9 games, so he's definitely enjoying that.  He is, by nature, a defender.  Perhaps this comes from being the younger brother.  (?)  Anyway, he's having fun...and so are we.  Here is a look at today's game:

1st goal of the day - it went in!!!!  Just looking at this picture takes me right to that moment all over again.  

Corner kick king!  He's got a cannon and takes this job seriously.  (Just look at those cleats!!! Make a mama melt!)

And another goal scored below.  This one is especially exciting b/c he likes to square up to the goal, so this was scored without him even attempting to square up.  His first two goal game! 

Great coach, great teammates and families, and a great big brother cheering him on!  (This smile makes a mama melt, too!)  W has been great about cheering and encouraging.  He practices with T all the time.  He is thinking he'd like to play this spring.  That would be a fun change, since we've always been a baseball crew.  He'd also like to play baseball, be on swimteam, run track and keep up tae kwan do.  You know, they have school and violin too.  We may have to make some decisions! 

W's newest fascination? ROBOTS!

Still working on it.  Making progress each day.

Fall is here and so is the fair!

It has been a while since we posted last.  School takes top priority in our family.

Here is a snapshot of what we saw at the fair:


T - Longhorns are cows with long horns.

But, their babies have no horns at all when they are born.

Piglets drink a lot of milk.  They sleep a lot, too.

Donkeys are nice when they know you have feed.

This joey looks comfy.  He is a male because he has brown fur.  Females are more grey.

Check this crane out!

Bumper cars with my brother brings out the animal in me!

Math with T

me and mama do math games after naps.

42+8= 50

50 +20= 70 because 50+10=60+10=70

23+10=33

18-2=16

100+18=118

200+200=400

math is fun.

When it is the good old summertime! By T

when it is hot i get moving early. i eat breakfast outside.

then i ride my bike before it gets hot.

i keep my pajamas on.

it saves time and it is   fun.

i like to play outside.

i like to swim

with friends

and swing with my pals

and go cruising in the jeep

and climb trees.

summer is fun and hot.