Month: September 2010

“Did you fall off of the back of a potato truck?”

| Stacy

We went on a field trip, about 0.3 miles from our home!

We rode a wagon to pick potatoes.

I am not making that up.

Yup, those homeschoolers know how to live it up!

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CHEESE!

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SUNNY SMILES ON A SUNNY DAY!

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Um… what?

Scooter was so good.

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When the tractor stopped, the farmer told us about how potatoes
are planted, harvested, and best stored. 

I was amazed, hours later, to hear my kids retell to their father. 
They were listening.

About potatoes.

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Angel was so happy to have one potato.

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She wasn’t too keen on having to fill the bag!030

Skeezix was, of course, the hardest worker.031034033

Champ, and his friend, displaying their bounty.

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She was so proud! ♥

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Scooter was so good.

She was desperate to fall asleep, and was doing so in my lap,
despite the bumpy wagon ride. 
The second I got her in her car seat, she was OUT!

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So – four picking kids

times

8 – 10 lbs per kid.

equals

A LOT OF RED POTATOES!!!!

Church Carnival

| Stacy

 

We were invited to a carnival at our friends’ church.

This church does a LOT of community outreach activities.  We have enjoyed this carnival other years, and also like their Christmas activities.

 

The weather was gorgeous and the kids were thrilled with their prizes.

 

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Skeezix was excited to finally get to have her hand painted.

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She showed off her snowman. 

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Angel is placing her “order” for balloons.186 187

 

And then there was cotton candy.

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I’ve never known anyone to get so much pleasure out of her cotton candy.

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I think she actually ate 60% of it!

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Oh my.  She is just so awesome, isn’t she!!??194 

Nan, Scooter, and I got in the photo, too.  Good job, JB.  196

4-year-old Imagination

| Stacy
Oh, how I love a four-year-old’s imagination.
I love her imagination.
She found all the clean baby’s blankets she could find
and layered them all over the chair and ottoman.

And went for a drive.
She was pretending she was The Storykeepers.
And they were going on a camp-out.
‘Cuz lots of first century Christians went camping… right?

Our Not-First-Day-Of-School

| Stacy
We celebrated our, “Not-first-day-of-school,” by heading out to Chuck E. Cheese’s with three other families of homeschoolers. It was really quiet when we got there, but got a little busy as the afternoon wore on.
We were the first of our friends to arrive and really had the place to ourselves for a while.
 The girls stuck together at first.

The girls brought purses for their tokens.
I only gave them a handful of tokens at a time. I was wondering who would lose their purse, first. While no one lost theirs, I did look over just in time to see them stashing their purses in the shoe-holder thing that you put your shoes in before you climb up in the tube/net thing.

This is always a good way to earn tickets.

Hanging out in the toddler area. Angel likes to look after kids smaller than herself.

Scooter was awake much of the day, but conked out for a good nap. Her days to tear Chuck E. Cheese’s apart are coming soon, I am sure.

The boys and their buddies enjoyed rounds at Jurassic Park.
“What is a Jurassic Park, Mom?”

He’s just getting so grown-up.

Champ and his friend pooled their resources and got a nice bundle of treats.

Angel got some cotton candy all to herself.

Skeezix made a new friend today. She was from another homeschool family. They had their photo taken together and they asked for a pen to sign their names. “Let’s write it in cursive!” said Skeezix. “Yes!” said Jessica. And they both did. 😉