Hay ride

We had a fun horse-dwawn hay ride out on a farm with our home school group last Friday! It was cold, but we still had a lot of fun!

Operation Christmas Child

The girls had a lot of fun shopping for and filling their shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. However, they both seem convinced that their shoeboxes are going to our sponser child. We've tried to explain that they won't, but it seems to be going over their heads. Oh well! They're still getting the point of helping others so we can show God's love to them.

Polymer clay

An art teacher at our church held a polymer clay class for us a couple of weeks ago. The girls had a blast making their sculptures, and now they are having even more fun playing with them at home! It's nice when we can learn things from other faithful people. Polymer clay is not something I would have ever ventured to do on my own for the first time - but now I'm completely comfortable with it.

Miss I Day

Having a sibling with special needs is tough. You have to be very patient, and sometimes you don't get as much attention as you would like. So we created Miss I. day! She got to choose the whole day! She chose to go to Underwater Adventures, and then out to eat at Red Lobster. She really loved it! The highlight was definitely Red Lobster! (We'd never been there before.) Her menu was: crab legs dipped in ketchup and orange juice. She loved it!

Fun in the leaves!

Overdue

Yes, I am aware that I'm WAY behind in posting! Here's my attempt to catch up! For starters, my life has become so much easier! Olivia has a new PCA who started with us about a month ago, and she is an angel! She is here 3 mornings a week - and she cleans the house! I can't begin to explain how helpful this is! When you spend 3 afternoons a week at various therapies, the time away from home really adds up. Then when we are at home, and actually not doing "school," I generally want to just play with my kids - and now I can! We are so blessed to have Margaret! Here are some pictures of the girls "helping" her - they have been into making their beds! :)