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adelynn just cut her 1st tooth!

thankful

we had our fall frontier feast tonight. having a big thanksgiving party with local friends on saturday, but wanted to do something special today too. so we traveled to massachusetts and became samoset, miles standish, puritan woman, and oceanus hopkins.

we ate chicken, dried fruit, nuts, and corn (and of course mashed potatoes and gravy b/c it's just not thanksgiving without mashed potatoes and gravy).

we read a puritan prayer and talked about how much the native people helped the pilgrims.

halfway through dinner w remembered that miles standish had a mustache (in his pilgrim book he has a mustache) so i had to paint one on him.

so much to be thankful for.

boys will be boys

weston colored me this cute picture today...

and then informed me that they are poisonous dart frogs.

happy thanksgiving

madeline

we did five in a row again last week for preschool. this time we read madeline and learned a little about france (mostly we just ate yummy things).

crepes on monday (like the french flag?).

date at a "french cafe" on wednesday. w was a bit skeptical about dipping bread in his cocoa and drinking it out of a bowl, but discovered that he really liked it.

made cheese on friday. yep, that's right we made cheese. i learned that 400 types of cheese are made in france and i am quite certain that they are all better than the cheese we made.

did some sorting- smallest to biggest (madeline was the smallest of 12 girls). got these rods at a garage sale last summer for 50 cents btw. love them. use them all the time.

and put madeline on the map.

now.... onto pilgrims and indians and our fall frontier feast tomorrow!

the old jammies

these are weston's mcqueen jammies. he likes his mcqueen jammies. really likes his mcqueen jammies. as you can see, they are a bit outgrown. the other day he informed me that he will only wear his mcqueen jammies until he is 5 and then he will give them to addy to wear!

i love sundays

we've kind of purposed to make sundays restful around here. worshipping with friends in the morning and spending the rest of the day together. just the 4 of us. i love it. i look forward to it. this afternoon was awesome. addy was a champ and napped for 2 hours. kev got caught up on college football. west and i snuggled in a cozy blanket and he looked at books while i mindlessly read my latest "ladies detective agency" book. then we went for a walk together.

and discovered a new dirt pit

and went home in time for dinner and a movie. rack shack and benny. yeah, i love sundays