The mad rush is here; less than 1 week away from Thanksgiving. The Holidays are already upon us, with decorations springing up all over the place, but especially in the stores. Sure, the Christmas trees have been up since September, but now everyone is pushing on the buying and gifting. They're not even waiting until Black Friday for the deals, you can get them today. Right now. No waiting!
Everyone just needs to take a step back. Take a chill pill, and breathe.
Here was our week:
Early morning for school, having our vitamins and Ningxia Red.
Veterams Day breakfast with some veterans last Friday morning at the school.
OJA put on a program for them, with Kohl and Brae up front doing the school's
Mission Statement and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Who is this masquerading beauty?
An afternoon at Matthews Park working on her hoops.
Family dinner out at Pei Wei.
The girls trying to keep warm, it was a little chilly in the restaurant!
But the noodles were hot!
Mommy making some pumpkin cookies after the kids went to bed!
Sabbath we took a family adventure to Crystal River and visited a couple of state parks.
Learning about the early indian influences in the land.
We brought a nice picnic lunch and enjoyed the peaceful scenery by the river.
One of the ancient indian ceremonial mounds, made up entirely of oyster shells!
With their "bow and arrows".
Spotted a manatee at Homosassa Springs state park.
Enjoying a nice, leisurely boat tour looking at the flora and fauna.
Brought along our Colorado cousin's "Flat Caylee" with us on the trip, so she could get some pictures
of her adventures in Florida!
This beauty!
Love her smile.
Always the one with the goofy antics!
Enjoying their cool treat!
Sunday Mommy helped make Brae's indian costume for her school play.
Kohl helping me in the workshop making her indian tools and weapons.
Creating a template for her indian knife out of cardboard.
The twins chanting with their indian spears.
Checking out the super moon Sunday night.
Alas, it was quite cloudy and we couldn't really see it in all it's glory!
Eating their healthy snack.
Supper time!
He loves his rice and beans!
Braelyn makes a jump shot during basketball practice.
Met some cuddly companions at Costco.
Picking out the largest turkey there.
Enjoying the samples!
Thursday morning, all headed to the school.
Brae's class in their costumes ready to go!
As Spanish explorer Francisco Coronado!
As a member of the Iroquois tribe.
Maddy and the first graders made pilgrims hats!
She loves the monkey bars, just like big sister did.
Concentrating...don't let go!
Enjoying the view of a lake in Winter Park.
Pizza for supper in College Park Thursday night before we headed back to the school for the Fall Concert.
Maddy and Kohl getting ready to sing with their classmates.
They all did a great job!
Tux:
Tuesday was a pretty crappy day, literally! We awoke and went downstairs to find out that Tux had been sick overnight, on both ends. It was so disgusting and the stench was intense! Needless to say, I was scrambling to clean up the mess before we left to go to school, as Tangie was in Pensacola and I was flying solo with the kids for the first half of the week. I managed to move him to the garage and did a preliminary clean up before we drove off, barely making it on time. Upon my return back home, where I found out he had had another accident in the garage, I managed to do a deep clean with Clorox bleach and banished him to the backyard lest he had anymore episodes that day. He spent the night in the garage and fortunately it was only a 24 hour ordeal with him, he being welcomed back into the house Wednesday night. Thankfully we haven't had any more surprises greet us in the past couple of mornings!
Oh…man...
Oh…man…really?
Quarantined!!
Swing Chair Project:
Found this old, beat up papasan chair frame waiting to be tossed.
Painted it and gave it some TLC and made Brae a hanging chair in her room!
Added a soft shag rug and some accessories to give her a nice reading nook.
Randoms:
A really bright and intense super moon!
Glorious sunset heading home from Crystal River.
Found a new favorite hole-in-the-wall authentic Mexican restaurant in Ocoee!
It was so awesome and fresh!!
Our local farm had their customers guessing the weight of this gargantuan slab of smoked cheese!
Nice job with the chair! Was it Bamboo or metal? Funny how it is with pets. They seem to be the kids pet but when it comes to cleaning up after them and making sure they are fed and put to bed it always ends up being Dads pet. That is why we only had birds and turtles. Great job with the costumes mom and accessories dad! Papa
Nice job with the chair! Was it Bamboo or metal? Funny how it is with pets. They seem to be the kids pet but when it comes to cleaning up after them and making sure they are fed and put to bed it always ends up being Dads pet. That is why we only had birds and turtles. Great job with the costumes mom and accessories dad! Papa
ReplyDeleteWho is flat Caylee and how did she get to Florida? Braelyn the indian girl sure has put on the inches! Straight up! Go Girl!
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