mr. clever

some funny things w has said as of late:

after a rough morning with lots of whining, i informed w that i would have to re-consider whether he would be able to watch the movie he had been wanting to watch in the afternoon. he then thought about it for awhile and responded by saying;

"mom, i really think you should show compassion and let me watch the movie anyway!"

another one.... i was looking on pinterest for a fun button to print off for a friend's card and he was hovering over my shoulder. waiting for me to read him a story, when he sighs (loudly) and says;

"can we just stop doing all this girly stuff!"

what would we do without our weston laughs?!

the battle

hope this gives you a good laugh. this went on for about 20 minutes before we took them outside. glad we gave them their swords at the end of the party!

birthday pirate

we celebrated weston's 5th birthday on sunday. cannot believe he is 5! this was the 1st year he insisted on having a party with his friends. he came up with the theme. he invited the guests. he talked about it for at least 3 months in advance. he did a fabulous job and we all had a blast!

the pirates

had to follow clues to find the hidden treasure box

pin the flag on the pirate ship

race to see who could catch the most fish

chow down on pirate cake

and beat each other with swords.

addy and i were not allowed to be pirates. we were "mermaids".

this 5 year old made the best pirate i know of and had a very special birthday. thanks all...for helping (from afar) to make it so wonderful for him!

meet sam

we have been talking a lot about fall around here. leaves, scarecrows, harvest. weston is fascinated with about anything that has to do with nature. i love learning with that boy! notice the word with. i spend a lot of time on the internet looking up answers to his questions. along those lines, w has been asking about pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns a bit this month. since moving here, i have felt a tinge of disappointment over the loss of the pumpkin patch tradition. the thought of carving one of the "gourds" here (i can't even call them pumpkins). never really crossed my mind... but a certain 4 1/2 year old convinced me that we don't really a fancy pumpkin patch to have some fall fun. meet our gourd-o-lantern, sam:

desperate times...

require creative measures. tuesday date-nite. fried rice and scrabble at the kiddie table. good times.

look who's walking...

trying to figure out a better way for y'all to see adelynn's 1st steps. let me know if this still doesn't work. will come up with a better solution for videos soon...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkgvCVuNYU0

welcome back fall

 

                                                 welcome back weekend walks at the university

 welcome back mid-afternoon coffee drinks 

welcome back homeschool

welcome back saturday morning soccer

welcome back creative inside play

we like you fall