Halloween 2010

The past week was a fun filled week.  Each of the kids had a school party.  Seth and Emma both had a trip to the pumpkin patch.  Thursday night we painted and carved our pumpkins.  Saturday night we went to a Trunk or Treat at church.

Lucy loved painting her pumpkin.

Emma loves to paint.

Seth was very serious about his pumpkin.

Jacob is the only one that wanted to carve his pumpkin.

My little Monkey and beautiful Princess.

My skele-boy and Scooter accident victim.

Free Ice Cream for a Year!!!

There is a new ice cream/sandwich shop in town.  For those of you that are local you need to check out Skipper's Dips and Deli in Charles Town on Washington Street.  Monday night they had their grand opening.  We had been there several times before and it is delicious.  We headed down for the ice cream, fun and festivities.  When we got there they were starting a "Cow Pie Eating Contest".  Jacob wanted to enter.  The "cow pie" was and Oreo cookie with a scoop of chocolate ice cream and whipped cream.  The kids had to eat it without their hands.  

I am ready!!

YUM!!

This is good.

I am finished.

And Jacob won!!  The prize was a free scoop of ice cream once a week for a year.  He was VERY excited.  Several of his friends were there to watch.  Apparently he was the talk of the school Tuesday morning.  Everyone knew he was the kid who won a year worth of ice cream.  I told him that I would be happy to eat his free ice cream if he does not want it but that probably will not happen.  So, we now refer to him as "cow pie" boy and he likes it.

Lunch Buddies

Things around our house are a little bit quieter these days.  I will get to the back to school posts eventually.  But, Jacob and Emma are gone at school all day.  Seth goes to preschool 4 mornings a weeks.  Lucy and I get some one on one time in the morning.  It is fun.  Lucy and I go pick up Seth and come home and eat lunch.  Below is a picture of what lunch at our house is like.  Just the two little ones.  It is an adjustment but we are having fun.  We have fun playing games, coloring, doing play-doh and making cookies.

My new lunch buddies.

My cookie helpers.

Jacob's lost tooth

He looks likes a good ole' West Virginia boy now.  He has lost a total of 5 teeth now and his other front tooth is very loose and I am sure will be out any day now.  Unfortunately for him he has lost them all in the summer, 2 last summer and 3 this summer so far.  The nurse at his school gives out cute little tooth holders for kids who lose their teeth at school.  He would really like to get one but no luck so far.

Summer Vacation - Week 2

Another busy week, which is good for mommy and the kids.  Emma and Seth had swim lessons this week.  They both did really well.  Several months ago when I signed them up I asked Jacob if he wanted to take them also.  He said no, because he already knows how to swim.  Well, all week he was wishing he had signed up.  He did get to swim this week though.  Friday he went with a friend and his family to a big pool in our area.  On the same day I took the other three kids to a different, somewhat smaller, easier for me to manage pool.  All of the kids are doing really well in the pool.  We also got to swim today at Sean's parents pool in their neighborhood.

The kids started doing school work this week also, I know I am a mean mom.  They only have to do a few things and I try to make it fun.  So far so good.  On Thursday we made a "summer chain". (I took a picture but do not have it with me, I will try to remember to post it later.)  There is a chain for each day of the summer.  We wrote different things we have planned this summer on the links.  Each day they get to take a link off.  The last link is the "first day of school".  It was a fun little project for the kids.

Tuesday we went into Leesburg and spent the evening with my good friend Jen and her family.  The kids really enjoy having them closer and getting to see them more ofter.  They have a new baby, 3 months old, Emma and Seth love to hold little Spencer.

Thursday Sean took the older three to the movies to see Shrek, Forever After.  They all enjoyed it.  I also enjoyed having an evening with only Lucy.

Today we headed to Sean's parents for the weekend.  The kids and I are heading to South Carolina tomorrow morning to visit my mom for a week.  I am not looking forward to an eight hour drive alone but I know it will be fun.  We will come home next Saturday night.

Free Food

Oh what do you do in the summer time....Emma and Seth decided they were going to have a "Food Stand" today.  They had a good time going in the cabinet and fridge finding things to put in the stand.  All of the them are enjoying eating everything that the food stand has to offer.  Emma was amazed that I even let them put some candy in it (see I am nice sometimes).

And one more makes three....

On Saturday afternoon Jacob lost a tooth.  Last summer he lost the two bottom middle.  It is hard to tell from the picture but it is the bottom left tooth.  He had been working on getting it out for several days.  Sean tried one night but still could not get it out.  He was at a birthday party Saturday, eating snow cones and cotton candy.  He did not know he lost his tooth at first.  He just thought it was a piece of ice from the snow cone.  He put it under his pillow and the tooth fairy brought him a dollar.