Beach Bound

45 degrees doesn't stop my kids from wearing their swimming gear. They pretended to swim for at least an hour and Maeve asked at least a dozen times to go to our community pool. Umm...no.

10 Weeks

Oren is doing really well. He weighed a little over 13 lbs at his two month well baby visit and was around 23 inches long. Sadly, I was too busy keeping the other kids from destroying the doctor's exam room to really pay attention. And if you don't already think I'm a terrible mother, I'm not even sure if he's 10 weeks old. At least I love them all the same. 

Monthly Goals: November

I did okay with October's goals. I struggled keeping a regular routine and planning crafts for the kids because we all kept getting sick. I did plan our meals which helped tremendously. I also did a good job meeting my exercise goal. The master Christmas list was never made, but I received a couple of really neat sewing books for my birthday so I'm inspired to create and get busy. 

November Goals:

-Get into a better routine

-Continue to work on learning activities and crafts

-Exercise three times a week for 20 min

-Work with the kids on more frequent hand washing

-Get at least one present sewn or created per week

-Keep up with my cleaning chart

Smile Please!

This is what happened when I told each of them to smile. Stinkers.

Halloween Craft, Take 3

I had a leftover piece of coroplast from building the rabbit cage so we put it to good use. First, I traced Maeve's body. Then she drew her face and decorated her body with flowers. The following day we filled in her body with laminated skeleton pieces. It was fun and both kids enjoyed feeling their bones and figuring out where they were in relation to what they were seeing. 

Halloween Craft, Take 2

I thought the kids would have fun decorating felt pumpkins. I cut out all sorts of shapes and faces. Finn never touched his felt pumpkin and Maeve had fun for about three seconds. 

Halloween Craft, Take 1

We made these ghosts to represent everyone in our family. From left to right: Finn, Oren, Daddy, Maeve and Mama. Maeve hates my ghost because it doesn't have a smile. 

If anyone is interested in re-creating these, I used the following materials: 

*Wooden balls

*Wooden dowels

*Orange pipe cleaners

*White pillow case

*Piece of styrofoam for the base