Henry

Life has gotten a bit more busy, what with the holiday season and all.  However, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HENRY!

Tools

I had to laugh the other day when the piano teacher asked if I had a saw.  Really?  You might need to be a bit more specific.  Here's what I made with one of my saw's the other day.  No, it's not a child mover-it's an outdoor toy box.  It's the first time I've used a hinge.  Thankfully, after the first 2 screws, Henry did all of the rest.  Samuel helped me put together the top.

Festival of the Masters

Each year there is an outdoor art festival at Downtown Disney.  They have a bunch of booths of stuff for sale.  They also have lots of free crafts and activities for the kids.  We went last year without Ben.  This year we took him along.  It was a lot of fun.

Henry, William and Samuel coloring at the Crayola booth.  They then added their pieces to the mural.

Sadie's contribution

Finally finished-Samuel and Henry's

Each child did a small Lego plate.  They were color coded and they had to put Lego's on that were the correct color, then that was added to another mural.

Dad and William making their block for the Lego Master Build

Blocks for the Master Build

Master Build

Dad made William a mustache!  So cute.

More Lego's

We love Lego's, can you tell?

Paying Bills

Today I am thankful for Ben's job.  I paid all of the bills without dipping into savings.  That is an awesome feeling-trust me!

Some fun at the mall

Henry wanted to be a black Angry Bird for Halloween.  All he wanted was a shirt with a picture on it.  So, Sadie, William and I headed to the mall.

Ft. Lauderdale

Last month Ben drove a car to Dallas for some friends of ours.  He flew back into Ft. Lauderdale so that we could get some Primanti Bros. sandwiches.  I pulled the kids out of school early that friday and headed south.  We spent a couple of hours at the beach, wandered around the little beach town, and got some fudge before heading out to pick up Ben.  It was a beautiful day.

Halloween

Costumes:

William-Cute Winnie the Pooh 

Samuel-creeper from Minecraft computer game:

Sadie the witch

Henry wouldn't let me take his picture.  He just wore a black "Angry Birds" t-shirt and a Santa hat.  He was the black angry bird from Seasons.

Trick or treating at SeaWorld

This past Friday the kids had the day off of school because it was the end of the quarter.  We planned on carving our pumpkins and heading over to SeaWorld.  But, the best laid plans...  We did get our pumpkins carved, but Ben needed to go to a Scout training campout that night.  We helped him get ready to go, which included gathering the camping gear, but he also made a run to the scout shop to buy a uniform, which I then sewed the patches onto, and hemmed the pants.  Unfortunately, Ben didn't get to go with us to the SeaWorld Spooktacular.  We had a great time, even though it rained.  We all got a bunch of candy, and the kids (except William) did all of the rides in the kid area.  Most of them they did at least twice and one of them they did 7-8 times.  I didn't get the camera out much, but here are a few pictures.

Student of the Week

A couple of weeks ago Sadie was Student of the Week.  She got to fill out a poster about herself, take in a bunch of pictures, do show-and-tell every day, take in a treat for the class, and bring home the class mascot.  She's out trick-or-treating right now, so I can't remember his name, but he is a Wildcat.  Here are some pictures that we took.  After we took the pictures, we pasted them in the class journal and told about the things the Wildcat got to do while he was visiting our family.

And this is just a cool picture of some Florida wildlife in our front yard.