365 Project | Weeks 40-41

It's a double-header, folks! :) I started working on my post last week, but time ran out before my post went up, and I never got back to it. It's just been that sort of week ... or rather, couple of weeks. :) The pictures continued to be taken, however, and very much reflect the every-dayness of our lives. :) Enjoy ...

 

Day 274. Daddy caught this picture of a vulture which decided to find lunch in our yard.

Day 275. Matthew is learning to use scissors ... thus every coloring page is now fringed. :)

Day 276. Meet Tiny, adopted by Hannah. Sadly, it seems that our snail habitat is not suitable for baby snails, and he was only with us a few days.

Day 277. The cooler weather has brought out our soccer player again. :)

Day 278. Miss Hannah-bug peeled her first potato! :)

Day 279. Story-time with Mommy :)

Day 280. I don't believe a little girl could possibly be more excited about a birthday party than Hannah was for her friend's. :)

All of the girls had fun "rock" climbing--Hannah's about 18-20' up in this picture!

Day 281. Nobody's disappointed with French Toast on the Sunday evening dinner menu!

Day 282. Mommy's latest experiment: homemade laundry soap. I enlisted my eager helper to grate my soap, a task I was not sorry to delegate. :) I followed this recipe, and thus far, it seems to be working really well. :) I'm actually still a bit amazed by that, to be perfectly honest.

Day 283. Would you care to visit the Island of Sodor? :) It's lots of fun ... and will keep you occupied for hours. Particularly if you're under the age of 8. :)

Day 284. My littlest guy with his cheesy grin ... squinched up eyes ... Thomas jammies ... and monkey grass berries from church. Yep. That's him. Isn't he kissable???? :D

Day 285. Who wants to eat breakfast alone? I had to laugh when I saw that my early riser found an effective means to remedy the problem. (Now to work on remembering to put our dish in the sink when we're done ...) ;)

Day 286. A rousing game of dominoes ... it's fun to be able enjoy such games with the majority of our crew these days. :)

Day 287. Here's our crew at the apple orchard ... hopefully, more pictures to come of a thoroughly enjoyable family outing. :)

 

And that be that. :)

We're thankful for God's blessings.

Each and every day.

365 Project | Week 33

Well, if last week was a roller coaster, this week was exhausting. :) Granted, along with our first week ever of homeschooling, we decided to throw in two very late nights of work for Daddy, an ER visit, and a dead car battery, but hey! who's counting? :) Overall, our first week of school went really well, and Mommy is looking forward to starting week two with week one under our belts. :)

Day 225. Daddy made a trip to buy special start-of-school pencil boxes for the kids and came home with flowers for the teacher, too. :) Thanks, Honey! :)

Day 226. Mommy's crew on our first day of school! :)

Day 227. Hands-down, everyone's favorite part of the week--art class. :) After talking about composition, their assignment was to use ebony pencils to sketch something around the house, including the details around it like windows or doors. They both decided to sketch the bird feeder which hangs out the dining room window.

 I had to laugh when Peter explained that the bird was flying away because it was scared by the squirrel. :)

And Hannah amazed me with the detail she included in her picture! This was her third drawing based on that assignment, and it was really exciting to see how she developed even in just that one drawing session. :)

Day 228. We all enjoy taking a recess mid-morning ... and Matthew has decided that the "baby" swing isn't too bad after all since Mommy will push him much higher on that swing than she will on the "big" swings. ;)

Day 229. I must say that this wasn't in our plans for this week at. all. Late Wednesday night Hannah developed some intense stomach pain which continued to worsen. After consulting with our doctor, we decided that a trip to the ER would be necessary. Thankfully the pain subsided as inexplicably as it arrived about four hours later. Multiple tests came back normal, and we returned home at 7:00 a.m. Needless to say, our schedule for the day was a bit altered. :} So thankful that none of this was a surprise to our Father.

Day 230. Note to self. Leaving the key in the run position is bad for the van battery. And in case you ever wondered, the horn doesn't honk when the battery is dead. Just thought I'd save you the trouble of experimenting ... in case you ever wondered. ;) And no, this was not an intentional science experiment. In case you were wondering about that, too. ;)

Day 231. We now have a snail family numbering five: Pokey (AKA Snaily), Goliath, Minnie, Mickey, and Rainbow. We upgraded from a lettuce container with random yard dirt to a plastic shoe box with "EcoEarth" this weekend. :) Funny thing is, I think Mommy enjoys the snails as much as the kids do. :)

Thus ended a busy, full week. :)

Hoping to settle into a bit of a routine this upcoming week (minus the ER visit part ...) :)