HAPPY HALLOWEEN

My little trick or treaters were all decked out this year!! Here they are at Nana and Papa's house.

This will be our first year attending a trunk or treat. The kids are so excited. I'll post tomorrow with more pictures and stories of their night.

Hope you all have a fun halloween!!!

Introducing...E!!!

E was born on Tuesday, October 13th, on her brother's 4th birthday. C is very happy with his birthday baby!!
She weighed in at 7 lbs 9.9 oz. and was 20 inches long.


We celebrated C's birthday at the hospital.

Here are the cupcakes I made for C. He loves spiderman. These were a labor of love as I literally was in labor while making them!!

Lego Star Wars Day

What a fantastic day!! The kids had a great time. Believe it or not, the entire day was free of charge. The event was put on by Titcomb' s Bookstore in Sandwich and held at the Oak Ridge School in East Sandwich.
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Boba Fett is B's favorite character. He was thrilled to meet him!!

Some friendly storm troopers

Sew what?

We had our first sewing lesson today. We are in the final chapters of The Boxcar Children. Violet and Jessie sew a sock teddy bear for their little brother Benny. We decided to sew something too! Since it's October, and since it was such a simple project, we decided to make ghosts out of an old t-shirt. The kids did a great job. We hung them from the ceiling fan in our class/play room. They make great Halloween decorations.

Wilton Course 2 Graduation

Last night was course 2 graduation night from our Wilton Cake Decorating Class. The top picture shows D with her cake just after receiving her certificate !! She learned the basket weave design, rope border and how to make royal frosting flowers...pretty intricate stuff, to say the least!!

The smaller picture is my final cake project, made with the same techniques as D. We had such a great time in class. Our instructor, Teri is just wonderful. We are planning on taking a small break from classes, since the baby is due any day. But we hope to take courses 3 and 4 after the holidays.

Both D and I highly recommend these courses...they are fun, and teach a great skill!

What, no school today???

Yesterday was the first day that I ever encountered this experience. Hubby was home in the morning, so I left the youngest 3 at home with him and took B out to run some errands with me. At first, I didn't notice anything, but then I started to realize that people were looking at us...hmmm. Finally, one man turned to B and said, "No school today?" When B said there was, he responded, "Oh not feeling well, huh"? Again, B's response was not what the man expected. I broke in and stated that we homeschooled. His response? He turned to B and said, "my son has the same sneakers". And then he walked away. I guess he didn't know what to say, lol!

We went to 3 other stores. Two people questioned why B was out and about and not at school. One even asked him if he was in first grade. We said no fourth. This seemed to confuse her. But she smiled and said she thought he looked older than a first grader. I guess she thought only young children could be homeschooled. At Borders, I thought, "here we go again" as the sales person approached us. To my surprise she simply wanted to inform me that it was teacher appreciation week, and that any educator even homeschoolers were entitled to a special 30% off. At last, someone understood!!! It's amazing how some people view the world through blinders. Just because public school is the norm, doesn't mean it's the only way (or even the best way )!!!

BOO!!!! It's October 1st

We LOVE Halloween. I promised the kids we'd decorate as soon as it was October. Well, today is the first and look at what we've done, lol!! Of course the kids did their assignments and chores first, but I've never seen them work so quickly :) Not that I'm complaining!!