Expanding Ball Holds 4 kids

We have this geometric ball that expands to a large size. I had a few kids at my house and four of them decided to get inside and walk around. Imagine 4 strong-minded, independent boys trying to move around in this ball. They all wanted to go their way and it was hillarious watching them!!

Ode to the pie face kids!!

Ever since I was a little girl, I've always enjoyed a good pie eating contest. I really don't like being the one to get all messy, I just like watching them. So every chance I get, I always suggest the idea to others. Well, Spencer was trying to decided what to do with his friends. Dry Ice bombs were on the agenda, but then I suggested a little safer idea, a pie eating contest. Well, he took the bait and even let me take pictures of the event, too. I think I have discovered one of the worlds best pie eaters. One of Spencer's friends, (we won't mention his name, to protect his amazing skill, just in case he decides to enter contests for money) downed the little pie in 15 seconds. It was a site to behold!! Parker even got into the action!!

The Brightest Hues of orange, red, and yellow found in Nature

If you haven't had the opportunity to search for leaves this fall with your children, do it now. Hurry before they fall to the ground and are saturated by the rain. I love the change that occurs this time of year in nature. The warm colors just delight my heart and soul.

State Capital Museum

This museum was located in a large stucco Mansion, just West of the State Capital. Well we missed the Sachswatch display, they just took it down. So we got to see the Navite American display at the Museum. Bummer, Darn!! We've been following the research and developments on "Big Foot"!

Let the Pumpkins decide our Vote

As we were in our state capital, we saw this lawn full of about 100 pumpkins intricately carved. It was amazing. We saw a pumpkin of Obama and Biden. We thought it was a sign so we should vote for them, but then we also found one of McCain and Palin. So we are still undecided as of Monday, November 3rd. Our ballot needs to go into the mail tonight!!

An Acropolis on Mount Olympia, Washington

Our family went on a field trip to the State Capital. It is set on top of a hill just as the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Most of the buildings mimic the Washington, D.C. Very similar indeed. I think George Washington is memorialized possibly more than he is in Washington, D.C. He is everywhere, on door nobs, in the hallways, on stone fences, on the floor, etc. Check out the photos.

We wanted to show our children where the laws are made for our state. I couldn't help myself by singing the School House Rock song, "I'm just a bill, on capital hill."

Since our country is in a political upheaval, and our congressmen and our government have let the American people down and they all lack leadership and values. I felt it was necessary to teach the boys, " they do have a voice and their vote does count." And we can continue with the hope. My quote for the day "The future is pregnant with Nobel Acheivement in the Whitehouse."

(Even though the electoral college decides who is president, and all 11 votes for Washington have already been cast) Voting no longer is about the party, it's about who can get the job done with integrity. We read some information on each of the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and the kids helped us decided who we should vote for, voting was a family affair.

It's Boo Day!!

Our celebrations began with a small party after the kids that I watch came home from school. We bobbed for apples, we played musical chairs, we decorated cookies, and we made necklaces. It was a lot of fun. Russ took Spencer and his friend Vincent to a corn maze while I ran the party. Parker had costume confusion this year. During the party he was Darth Vader, but when we went to the Trunk or Treat, he was a lion. Spencer was teen wolf? You've just got to watch the movie agan, for those that are old enough to remember Michael J. Fox. Cooper was Indiana Jones. He didn't like his boots so he ended up not wearing them.

I didn't want to give out candy like everyone else, I like to do things differently. So we found a smoking deal on Shasta soda pop. It was a hoot to watch the kids faces, at first they weren't sure, but then they would smile and say,"awesome". So during the trunk or treat our car was popular, as well as our house. The word on the street was that our house was giving out soda pop. So we went through 200 cans of pop.

Frankenstein and his bride...

Our book club read the classic book Frankenstein. Although the creature that Victor Frankenstein created was nothing like what we have come to know through Hollywood, he was intelleginent, sensitive, and could move with speed and agility. I still decided to create what I know.... Here is my Frankenstein and his wife, made with 3 liter bottles. I know the porportions are off and they have goofy faces, but it was fun to decorate for book club since I was the host for the month of October. I also served Frankenstein cups with green Jello and crushed Oreo's. If you every get the chance to read the book, I highly recommended it, it's deep and addresses some of lifes most reflective questions.

Cub Scouts

I'm the den leader for the wolfs and bears in our ward. Last week we went to a huge pumpkin patch. Boys that are 8,9, and 10 are so full of energy and we couldn't get them to hold still for a picture... Crazy boys..

A Naked Mole Rat verses A Hippo

After our trip to the zoo the boys were required to write an essay comparing and contrasting two animals they saw at the zoo. Cooper decided that he could find similarities and difference with the hippo and the naked mole rat. I just thought that was hilarious considering the naked mole rat is about 5 inches long and weights about 8-10 oz. I love how the kids are thinking on their own and forming their own ideas.

Everybody likes a good game of ball!!

We all love a good game of ball!! Whether it be baseball, basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, ping-pong. Playing ball is human .... at least I thought.. Check out our Hippo friends, we observed them playing for about 20 minutes at the zoo the other day. It was one of those rare moments.