Sunday, May 31, 2009

Mendon Ponds

Last week for FHE we decided to take the kids on a walk through Mendon Ponds.
We were on the "Devil's Bathtub" trail.
"Are they twins?" We get asked that ALL the time.
She was actually willing to pose for me this night.
A bit dark, but I love it.
Our walk soon turned into fishing. There were so many fish.
They were just using hooks on twigs.

She was the first one to catch a fish.
During all the excitement of trying to let Am's fish free,
E caught one all by herself.
He wasn't too far behind.
Almost the last one...we were using bread from our sandwiches. While he was trying to catch his fish a huge snapping turtle came out from under the dock and tried to get our bread. It scared the littlest one a bit, but she still wanted to try.
Notice how she is keeping her toes away from the dock?
A closer look at her fishing.
Once she caught it she took off. She wanted nothing to do with it. She wouldn't hold it up for me or even feel it. She was very proud of herself though. We had a great time and they have been begging to go back.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Mothers Day

The monkeys and me
I LOVED all the gifts and notes they made. I will keep them forever!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

my day

here is what I did today.

ran 3.1 miles
took a shower
got 3 kids off to school
went to a last day of preschool party
got one more kid on a bus
primed my bathroom
picked up a sick kid from school
mowed my lawn
tilled my garden
cut out a pinewood derby car
took two boys to scouts
cleaned under my fridge
sanded the paint on the window that I primed (it looked terrible-I will never try to strip paint again)
picked up two kids from scouts
bathed 2 girls
took a shower
dinner
bed
and 2 1/2 loads of laundry

pictures from a fun FHE soon.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Holy HUGE mess Batman!!

Do you want to know what I got for Mothers Day?
A nice mess in the bathroom...that's what I got.
To be fair this is what I wanted. Not the mess, but the finished product!
This is me looking at the mess we made thinking what have we done?!
This is the look...OK enough pictures, now come back and help me.
Stay tuned.