My babies

For amusement sake, I decided to go through pictures of my children when they were babies and compare (um, and as a means of procrastination!) I know who I think look similar, what do *you* think? Leave a note in the comments section. There are two pictures of each kiddo, all taken when they were under a year old.

Isabelle

Isaac

Liam

Adelle

Halloween 2009

Yup, I realize it is the end of November and I am just posting Halloween pictures. Oh well, better late than never, right? I was confused about where on the computer my pictures were, but I think i figured it out. For now. Anywho....

Because we were in the middle of Fever Fest, we didn't go trick or treating. So instead, we had a candy hunt (Issy's idea) similar to an Easter egg hunt. This apparently was a good substitute. Maybe we will do this every year :P

We also went to the park to feed the ducks, so that we could get out of the house but so as not to contaminate other people. It was gorgeous that day and the kids loved it.

Especially Liam he kept jumping up and down with joy.
Thought this was cute :)

My little Delle on Halloween. She was demonstrating how a 4 and a half month old can get on her hands and knees. Silly little peanut.

Optimus Prime, Bumblebee (who are both Transformers, for those who don't know) The Butterfly and the Baby.

Busy Busy

Ahhhhh, I have blogging guilt. Or lack of blogging guilt, as the case might be. No good excuse- homeschooling has been taking a lot of time lately, not as much time to sit down at the computer. Which I suppose is a good thing. When I am laying awake at night with the baby, I often think of things to blog about. It is too bad that it can't just somehow get from my brain into the computer with minimal effort from me. Some things in life right now:

-We have finally start our Math U See curriculum. Still on the first lesson, but so far so good. Issy's first lesson was on place value and it is clicking with her. In Church, she was telling me how to say the numbers for each song :)

- I finished my sweater that I have been working on. No finished pictures yet. I think that if I make it again, I would do the collar on smaller needles. And I would make the size smaller. Apparently I just like my sweaters slightly more fitted. But overall, I like it. I love the color. And it will be warm, should there ever be weather cool enough to justify sweater wearing. Not that I am complaining :)

-I can't believe it is almost the end of November. It is just very weird. It is still quite warm and the last couple of months have just gone by really fast.

- Starting to get used to Kansas again. Not feeling quite as homesick for Idaho. I am ok most of the time now, especially with so many friends and family to visit with. Every so often I have a moment of longing for Idaho. But I am pretty sure it isn't sixty degrees and sunny here, so I will just be grateful :)

I survived Fever Fest 2009....

....and I didn't even get a shirt :P

So for like a week and a half, the three younger kids were running (mostly low grade) fevers. It was ridiculous. No other symptoms. In good spirits, most of the time. Just these ridiculous, persistent, drive-me-crazy-because-we-can't-be-around-other-people, maddening fevers. And then when they were finishing up with them, Issy got it. So we hung out at home. I am feeling very grateful that that is over. And I am hoping that is the last we see of illness this cold and flu season.

Here they all are, ill but cute:

So you know how I was talking in my last post about how he has been doing his afternoon rest better lately? This is usually how he ends up:

I set the timer for an hour, give him a few books and tell him that he can get up when his timer beeps. For some reason, this works. I am about 99.9% sure that this would not have worked had I tried it 6 months ago. I will not try to analyze this any further, I will just be grateful. In the second half of the hour, he usually falls asleep with a book on his lap.

In this post from a couple of months ago I talked about how my children sometimes do odd, amusing things. One day recently, I walked into the basement at rest time and Issy and Isaac were sitting on the couch, laughing heartily while staring at something near their feet.
It was this:
....which is a fire truck with a superhero cape and Spiderman mask. Why this tickled them so much, I am not sure, but I am glad that it made them happy.