Too cute

I haven't posted much about Lydia lately, but she said something the other day that had me in stitches. She has just learned to sit cross-legged, back in the old days we called it "Indian style" and now it's called "criss-cross applesauce." Anyway, the other day she sat on the floor criss-cross and wanted to roll a ball to me. She told me to "put my lap on." Now I've heard of putting your groove or funk on, but as a mother, I suppose I will just be "gettin' my lap on." Hope this made you smile

Pumpkin carving

Fall has finally arrived! Lovely cool temperatures have moved in it looks like to stay. The leaves are falling off the trees, which is something new for our kids. They are obsessed with picking up the leaves off the ground. We decided to carve a pumpkin (although I use the "we" royally, I was the only one with the knife) Isabella took most of these pictures. In other news, Ellie's picture will not be taken for at least a few more days due to a close encounter she had an end table! We don't know for sure if she broke her nose, but most of the swelling has gone down and at least she doesn't look like Owen Wilson.
And Tim entered a new decade! Happy Birthday, Baby! I will be re-making your birthday breakfast with REAL Jimmy Dean's!

Apple picking

We had a field trip to day to a local apple orchard. It was a lovely day! Another homeschool mom and I headed to the orchard with all our kids--7 kids and 2 stroller, loads of apples on the ground, bees buzzing round, horses and a cat! It was very fun! Here are some of the highlights!

Ballerina Princess

Here's the sweet picture of a sweet ballerina princess. I got to watch her class. She (and I don't think I'm just biased) did the best in her class. One girl kept turning the wrong way and sucking her fingers. The others just weren't paying attention. She knew all the moves. I was proud.
This one with Lydia was just too cute to pass up...she's little wild looking because she just woke up. She thinks she's a ballerina princess too.

New Glasses

Ok, so I'm not doing so well on acheiving my goal of posting every Thursday...it is one of many goals that I'm falling short of acheiving! Here is a picture of Elijah in his new glasses though. I will try to post a picture of Isabella in her ballet clothes very soon.