Family Fun Calendar

 So  every year time seem to fly on by around the holidays and everyone get so wrapped up in just that one day.  A few years ago I started make this family fun calendar.  We try to put a different thing on each day for us to do as a family.  The kids help me make a list and they I look at what we have going on and place them all on the calendar.  It is a ton of fun and It gives us lot of great memories.  

Here is this years… If you give it a try let me know how you like it.  We do lots of easy things some that are quick and some that are just things you do at this time of the year.  Two of the kids favs are the kids choice and sleeping under the tree. 

David's Skull

David wanted a skull so bad he cut it out of the paper and wrote on it. 

Regan and I found it at the store and give it to him just before Halloween. 



He scared everyone with it...



Candy Crazy

OMG if Halloween was not enough insanity add in the week of sugar.

Frist day of School

Well better late then never.  The kids have been in school now going on week 4.  They are both doing great.  Aiden had a very trying start to school with just having his tonsils out about 2 weeks before and being in a class with on one he new.   Sheriden is in love with school she has a great teacher.  Her teacher loves her.  "she is so sweet she just comes to school with a great attitude"   Now for Regan and Mommy, we has taken about 4 weeks to adjust to them not being home. 

little boogers

A few of my fave pics from our trip to Maine!  The kids are heading back to school and although they are ready to go back I will miss the little boogers!

Spy girl

What can I say she was messing around and this is the outfit she came up with. Her and Aiden were playing spies. She will blend in for sure every shade of pink and a little bling, she is so five.

One years time...

We recently went for a visit to Maine to see our good friends the Doane's  Five kids for the week make for a busy house hold.  Not to mention the 4 adult and 2 dogs. 

Aug 2009 Maine

Aug 2010 Maine

The kids grow up as time passes but every time we get together they all just love each other it make for a great getaway! 

Fly

If you were a fly on the wall at my house you would....

 be safe the dog ate the fly swatter.  I found it this after noon in the lawn the door to the house wide open how fitting.

Always on the look out

Polyphemus Moth

We all seem to be nature lovers at heart.  I fould this moth perched in the garden drying it's wings.  After a while I took everyone out to see it.  Aiden went right to his Golden Guide on Butterfiles and Moths.  It is so nice when you can get them doing school work with out them knowing it. 

Grandpa enjoyed showing if off to everyone.

Oswego County Fair

Aiden and Cooper In Cloverbud Grooming and Handing He had to show off Coopers Best. His Teeth and how well he had groomed him before getting there. They both did a great job.

We had to take the crate for Cooper when he was not showing. Regan found it a great place to eat her snack.

The last class was the costume class it was fun for all the kids.

12 years....

We received this great card from my Parents....

The Perfect Pair

To celebrate the special day you pledged your lasting love....

To wish you every happiness your hearts are dreaming of...

To recognize the true commitment lifelong partners share...

Happy Anniversary to a really perfect pair...

I could not say it any better myself!!!
Photo by Aiden

Scrap pages

Mother's Day

To be a mom is just to crazy for words some days. I think I am lucky to have the Mom I have and a wonderful Mom in Law. Just look at these great children I have. Below you will read something a friend sent to me today, I had to share it I think there is a lot of truth in it. I have renewed my love of photography I took this photo my self, Yet another creative outlet for this mama...

Children will grow up to feel about themselves, the way that their mother felt about herself. If you do not love yourself and make yourself happy first, your children will not learn to make themselves happy. Be a wonderful example of what an adult is. You can love them up, but you need to show them how to become happy,... self fulfilled adults first. So love yourself today and be a proud, strong, smart, healthy mama!

photos of the kids

I have been playing with the camera so i told the kids if they let me get some good photos of them I would not drag them off to the local photo joint. i think they came out great now just to get one with all 3 of them together.

Sheriden 5th birthday with friends

Sheriden is our first birthday for the month of April.
We had here party after school on a Friday night. She wanted an Art Party, As many of you know I love to let the kids have fun with art. We had about 15 kids over and did splatter painting, Sheriden helped me make tie dye shirts for each child to use as an art smock. We also let them all paint on a caves for Sheriden to Hang in her room. before the art fun began we let them all bounce them selves silly in the bounce house. All and All it went well, Mommy was fully stressed about making the cake but it came out well.

Mad Toddler

"text from the scrapbook page"

Regan is in the middle of the Terrible Twos stage. We have been dealing with this for a while now. On this day It was only lunch time and I had had my fill so I grabbed the camera and snapped a few photos. This really made her very mad. When the tantrum passed she laid down in the bean bag chair and fell fast asleep. Sheriden and I were thankful that she had calmed down, But we did have fun taking her photo.

Help me!

Aiden and Sheriden both have been so good about "helping" when it come to Regan. Regan loves it when they help her out. On this day we went throught several shoes before we found ones that would work for both parties. You cant see it wehile in this photo but sheriden's new fav thing for foot where is her Not Socks and her flops.

Kids new best friend

Cooper is really taking to the kids. he loves to hang out with them. Just look at this pic. two cuties!

So sweet

On Friday I had to go to the doctors for some body maintenance and so I had to take it easy this weekend. If you know me you know that it is hard for me to lay low. It was nice to just chill with the kids.

We had told the kids in the days before that when mommy got home I would need to rest in bed for a while. So when Rob and I arrived back home the kids were just about dragging me off to bed. In the back of my mind I thinking what is it you want me out of the way for what kind of trouble are you looking to get in to. Then...
I do go and lay down and find this wonderful surprise. They had each pick a few flowers and wrote me a nice note. So thoughtful it melted my heart.

100 times

cute game

Coo Coo The Clown game is so cute. This all wooden game is all about balance. You place the small round pieces on the clown and if you make him tip you loose. This is currently Sheridens fav. game. Great for younger kids.

Exploding Snacks

In our 4-H group we recently did our public Presentations. That means that the kids all pick a topic to show or demonstrate. Aiden did how to make popcorn in the air popper. I was amazed at how well all 6 of the kids did in the group. Aiden is great this was easy and he loves popcorn. This was hard for me to work on with the kids because I had to do them when I was in 4-H, and I had trouble not taking parts for granted.

Art inspired by Kandinsky

On of the more recent snow days we painted just before lunch.

We were inspired by he later works that were much more abstract

Kandinsky's art work is very interesting to look at over the time he lived and matured as an artist.