fun (fine arts) friday, 3.22.13...

fine art of baking...

and packaging for GEMS bake sale...

and eating the leftovers!

cousin fine art show

fine art of peeling potatoes and cooking supper with Boppa and Aahma R

and finally fine arts night at school!  W performed the poem Spaghetti, by Shel Silverstein...

and G performed the poem One Inch Tall, by Shel Silverstein.

they did fabulous as well as ALL of their classmates, and this is one place where ribbons for everyone were definitely deserved for all the hard work they put into it.

the whole family had fun and it was extra special that Boppa and Aahma R could join us too!

happy birthday cousin E!...

We are sad that the miles are too many between us to go and celebrate E's 2nd birthday with her in person, but we had fun celebrating iPad style:

we sang Happy Birthday, E blew out 2 candles, and we shared cupcakes and party hats (thanks to E having leftover cupcakes from her party, and us having leftover cupcakes and party hats from a school birthday party I helped plan)...

and E totally tried to share her cupcake with H, who really wanted it!  Happy 2nd Birthday E!  We love you!

fun friday, 3.15.13...

After a busy week of a lot of activities and a fun Aahma and Papa B mid-week-visit (turkey convention!), and after a week of DST-induced sleepiness and crabbiness, the only thing to do for this fun friday is climb into jammies, grab your favorite blanket and fuzzy friend, and settle in for a Wild Kratts marathon (thanks for the new discs, Uncle J!!!)...

pi day, 3.14.1...

We talked a little about what pi was and how it is important to circles, and then we celebrated pi day (3.14) the tasty way...

by making...

pi-napple pizza pi's for an afterschool snack...

cheeseburger pi (on the right) for supper...

and of course apple pi for dessert!

(and we only broke 1 glass, set off the fire alarm once, ate supper at 7:45 due to some pi issues, and had to eat the apple pi for breakfast the next morning)

Happy Pi Day!!!

snowman update...

not even the umbrella could save it from the rain that fell yesterday. so goes the life of a snowman in March...bring on spring! 

fun friday, 3.8.13...

The kids had Friday off of school for a teacher in-service day, so there was loads of time for "fun."

Part 1:  the snowman (brought to you by a 2 hour nap by H, a great baby monitor that reached outside so Momma could play too, great snowman making weather, and the neighbor dog Kacie - she usually barks at our snowmen since she protects our yard and kids like her own, so today we invited her out to help)

Part 2:  "sledding" (brought to you by the gentle sloping "hill" between our house and the neighbors and H continuing his nap - OH did they have fun...)

Part 3: fixing the snowman (the temps continued to rise, so G kept piecing the snowman back together so that H and later Dadda could see it just perfect...we finally decided to take a photo quick before it melted away!)

 Part 4:  the nature center (brought to you by tea for Momma, snacks and water bottles for all, and a nice quiet drive to one of our favorite nature centers with a new building to explore...and a nice man who insisted on taking a photo of me with my beautiful children)

(they are pretty beautiful...=)

come thou fount of every blessing...

 "Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing"
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy, never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it
Mount of Thy redeeming love

Here I raise my Ebenezer
Hither by Thy help I've come
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger
Interposed His precious blood

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let thy goodness, like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, O take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above

 

This is my favorite hymn and there is so much about our faith packed in these words put to such beautiful music. But as we sang this in church this morning, I was overwhelmed with the many blessings we have received, especially recently, and how utterly undeserving we are of them. How great a God we have and how thankful we are for His constant love and help. May this song live in our hearts always!

fun friday, 3.1.13...

"wedding" turned dance jam crazy run around session...

PIZZA! (enjoyed before photos could be taken)...

kids wound down the evening watching beloved Wild Kratts...

while adults enjoyed conversation, blondies, and one very adorable sleeping baby (not H, by the way)...