Melea's friends

These are the friends Melea sleeps with. She will let you know if someone is missing. Her friends include a large and small Minnie Mouse, Buzz Lightyear, Woody, a giraffe, a chick, and "Mickey Blankie." Sometimes a horse joins the sleepover. He was left out tonight for some reason!

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California Science Center

 We ditched school a few weeks ago and went to the Science Center in LA.  We saw Endeavor!  It was beyond amazing to be so close to the shuttle! 

 "Hi fishies!"

 M is for Matt, Micah, and Melea...oh yeah, and McDonalds!

Using a lever to lift a truck...what strong boys!

Backyard Fun

The weather this weekend was awesome! It was a spring tease. While Karl and Matt were at piano lessons Micah, Melea and I planted 3 more fruit trees in the backyard. In addition to our 2 peach and apricot we now have 2 apples and a nectarine.
I painted an old bird house we had in the backyard. I think it turned out cute. The boys and I plan to paint a few more and make a little bird house village in the back corner of the yard.

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Crafting

This was one of Melea's first crafts...she loved it. She placed sparkly puff balls on her name.

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Advent Fun

 Our friends had carriage rides around their neighborhood this evening. The boys loved it but Melea was a little unsure.  The carriage was covered in Christmas lights and Melea kept saying "hot, no hot." 

 Our elves, Hans, Shivers, and Spark, returned from the North Pole again this year!  The boys run out to the living room every morning to find them and see what mischief they got into during the night.  This morning the elves brought a new train set and had it set up and were playing with it!  The Fitch kids came over early to play.

Fun at the park!

One more week of school before the break!  Can't wait!!!

Merry Christmas!

Last Basketball Game and Lydia is 2!

The boys had their last basketball game today. Karl did a great job coaching. His patience amazed me!







Tonight we celebrated Lydia's second birthday.

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Painting

I had a moment of insanity while with the girls today! This was Melea's first time painting.
Lydia got very concerned when paint got on her. Obviously Melea didn't mind.

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Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2012
So much to be thankful for!

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My Project

I love a deal! I found upholstery fabric today on the clearance isle for $8.00/yard! Tonight I recovered our bar stools.
I know everyone who reads this blog really wants to see pictures of the kids, but humor me...

Before

After


Matt's class had been learning all the usual Thanksgiving stuff and to culminate the unit they had a big feast. I went to help although I dont know how much help I gave. There were almost more parents than kids there.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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Big Bear

 Hello from Big Bear CA!  This post should really be on Disneyland, we were there last week, but I'm doing things out of order.  We had the opportunity to spend the long weekend in Big Bear so we packed up and drove up the mountain.  We have had fun playing in the first snow of the winter, sledding, hanging out by the fire, running, reading, and building Legos.  We will head home tomorrow, Monday, well rested from a fun family weekend.  It has been nice to be away from home and able to spend time together this weekend.