Around the House

As I'm sure you can imagine, our house has been pretty crazy these last few months! Here are just a few glimpses of our blessed family as we have adjusted to life as a family of 6.

Our friends Jenn and Xan came a stayed with us for a week when they moved back to Raleigh. We are soooooo glad to finally have them back!

Caroline holding Julianna. She LOOOOVES to be a little mommy!

A daddy and his daughters

My silly girls!

Outdoor fun!

Sydney in pigtails from the front

Sydney in pigtails from the back

Juls soakin' in the tub

Sydney finger painting

** FYI- it is NOT a good idea to have your 15mth old finger paint **

Homeschool craft time

Gotta love sisters!

We are so blessed!

Soccer

Phew... can I breath a sigh of relief now that soccer season is over?! Not that we didn't have a good time, but neither Josh nor I were able to be at a game at the same time, which means each of use had ALL 4 girls to ourselves. I will admit, I did have help early on in the season when Julianna was just a few weeks old (did I really do that??) Despite some coaching issues, the girls had a great time playing and made some friends in the process (so did I!) It was fun having both of the girls on the same team, and Caroline is already counting down the days until T-Ball season!

Fall Baking

This fall has brought on a string of baking days that have been so much fun and so yummy to enjoy and share! Josh got things started by making some muffins with the girls while I was gone in New York. Next came the pumpkin cravings! I just happened to have a can of pumpkin and made some yummy Cream Cheese Pumpkin Muffins. Our banana's just "happened" to go bad (a real rarity at this house!) so we had to make some banana bread. This, as seen below, was made in small pans so that we could share it. Then, my good friend Missy and I had Pumpkin Fest 2011. We had a great day making pumpkin cookies and breads together from our made from scratch pumpkin puree.

Banana Bread to share

Helpers or taste testers?

Daddy's finished muffins

Sydney helping a little with the measuring cups ;)

stirring Banana Bread mix

Pumpkin seeds that I hope to plant next year

Our pumpkins freshly baked and ready to be pureed

Clemmons Educational State Forrest Field Trip

This is my attempt at updating everyone of life since Julianna was born. I bit of more than I could chew and I'm going to have to do it in pieces instead of one long post. Hope I can keep up!

Field Trips are one of the greatest perks of homeschooling! We can get up and go do something educational whenever we feel like it! Last week we just happened to have one of those days. The weather has been fabulous here and the leaves are starting to change, so I thought the girls would enjoy walking through our local state forrest. So we got in the car not knowing what all the park had in store, but we were very pleasantly surprised!

We chose the "Talking Tree Trail." Every so often there was a post with a tree and a button. You could press the button and hear information about the tree that was labeled in front of you. Although the info was a little much for the girls, they enjoyed hearing the "tree" talk and press the button. It made the walk fun looking out for more "talking trees."

Of course, who can't resist taking a little break on such a cute seat!

Caroline is my little dare devil! She enjoys climbing trees and testing her gross motor skills!

Such sweet sisters!


I am really, really, really going to try and post more of what's been going on in our house the past three months! Let me just say, we do keep busy!