Pumpkin Princess Piggy

Nibs loves pumpkin. Guess I know what to do with the jack-o-lanterns after Halloween.

Pumpkin pictures

This is the stencil I used on Mary's pumpkin. It's a $6 kit from Walmart I bought two years ago after Halloween 75% off. Works great.
Mary's pumpkin. A cat head.
Ruth's pumpkin. Two coffins. One with a ghost? one with a bat.

Happy Halloween

Watching the snow come down

Trick or Treat

Mary getting Piggy ready for her first snow.
Her take on Piggy's first snow.
"I hope I can get her out".

View from my desk

Told you it was really coming down.

Snow

Not the best photo, it is really coming down.

Snow

It is now snowing at our house.
How crazy is that?

Sick day fun

Here's what we are up to this afternoon.

Sick kids

Ruth has the flu and an allergic reaction to something no one can identify.
She has some hives, a very fat and swollen lip, fever, and a cough.

Mary has lost her voice.
Not sure yet if she has a fever, but she is also not feeling well.

Good thing we have the rest of the week off.
Ruth for sure would not be going to school/

For all who are interested

http://mountainmahogany.org/

Here is the link for the kids school.
The girls are off Wed-Fri this week.
The teachers have a conference in Denver.
I'll post more about all their happenings then.
If I have the time!!

First day of school update

It went great!
Both girls did well, surprisingly Mary had a better day than Ruth, but we all made it, and are all well.
I was nervous through the day, wanted to know what they were doing.
Were they doing all right.
Well they did great.
No need to worry at all.
Now maybe I will sleep tonight.
Maybe.
We have to get up and do it again in the morning after all.

There they go

At the school, dropping the girls off

On our way out the door

And we got there early!
It is raining this morning, has been since last night, so these were taken in the garage.

Getting ready for school

Sorry, with the pig was the only way Mary would let me take a photo.
These were taken after breakfast, hair and teeth brushed, shoes on, heading out the door.

What Ruth does with Piggy

This is her Build A Bear dog dish.

Mary's baby

I think the pig is happy the is happy the kids are in school.

Movie of a Pig, by Ruth and Mary

Photos from the kids

Up before the alarm

Ruth and Mary were both up before 7am, happy and ready to go.
We are ahead of schedule for once, this is great!
Pictures to follow.

We are ready

First day of school, here we come.
I got all the kids school supplies for $20.
Total.
For both girls.
Lunches are packed, backpacks are very full.
We are ready.

Ahhhhh

This is so nice.
Ruth's teacher emailed her supply list.
15 items total.
5 items I have already.
Man, this is nice.

New office

Working on switching the "school room" to my office.
The desk will be nice so I can help the kids with their homework next year, but now I have a place to get my work done which is very helpful.
I'm looking forward to playing games with the kids now that we won't be together 24/7.

From the Parent Handbook

Ruth and Mary's new school schedule
8:30am: School starts
8:30-10:25am: Mature Walk, Circle, Main Lesson
10:25am: Snack
10:45am: Recess
11:05am: Skills
12:25pm: Lunch/recess
1:15pm: Individual class instruction/handwork/gardening
2:10pm: Project-based learning
3:00pm: Dismissal

Update

Well, it has happened.
The kids are going to school Wednesday.
It's a charter school called Mountain Mahogany.
It was my first choice and I got called this morning that if I wanted them to go, both girls were in.
Ruth is excited, Mary is nervous, and I'm going to be sick.
I'll post through out the week all our getting ready and how things are going.

Mary in love

Our new little girl

Look who is settling in well.

Introducing..

The newest member of our family.
Nibbles!

Mary riding a horse at the Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Patch Fun

Ruth riding a horse

Guess who rode a horse?

Pumpkin Patch

Can you guess where we went and what we got today?
More photos and videos to follow.

More like her Dad, or her Uncle Will

This is Mary asleep. Her new thing is to sleep on top of the covers. Her Dad did this so he wouldn't have to make his bed every day. Her Uncle Will used to sleep under blankets only, no top sheet. So who does she take after more?
Ruth is more like me. She's got her little nest going. She has four blankets over her, and is so nice and toasty warm.