New Park

Daddy took Cadence and Lyric took the park this week while Story was sick. They stumbled onto a park that we had never been to. Boy have we been missing out! Story was feeling better today, so we decided to all go.

There were lots of things for the Little Monkey Girl to climb on.

Lyric was feeling especially photogenic today, so I got lots of posing out of her. Can someone please explain to me why I haven't taken this shirt out of her closet? It is way too small, but she LOVES it and always wants to wear it.

"Mama, take one of me at the bottom of the slide."

"Here Mama, take another one!"

They have this cool spinny thing. All three of the girls took a turn, but they didn't go too fast.

Once Monkey Girl got them off she could go as fast as she wanted!

They have a rocket thingy that bounces around.

"Mama, get my picture on the rocket thingy!" (I am going to get that shirt out of the closet right now--don't you think she can feel her belly hanging out?)

They have a really cool firetruck and

a cool school bus.

The girls really liked the baby swings. I think maybe they were also for the handicap?

The play scape had all kinds of fun stuff on it. Cadence had a restaurant, "Can I take you order Ma'am?"

Daddy and Lyric had a nice conversation on the telephone.

They discovered Monkey Bars on the bottom of the stairs.

And then it all went downhill! Lyric did something to upset Story and she had a MAJOR breakdown! She climbed on top of he play scape and refused to come down.

We eventually got her down and home. I think an hour at the park was just too much too soon!

Can't wait for this sickness to be gone!

Chocolate Sugar Cookies for the Sick Girl

Story has been really sick this week! Today she wanted to bake cookies, so that's what we did. We decided on Chocolate Sugar Cookies. She and Cadence enjoyed licking the beaters.

The cookies turned out really good, but poor little Story Bell was too sick to even have one.

Cadence Gets Some Alone Time

The big girls went to Grammy's this weekend, so Cadence got to spend some time by herself with Mommy and Daddy.

She had a good time driving the John Deere.

It was a lot of fun until Daddy changed the battery and it went from going about 10mph to 90 mph! Daddy and I both got a little workout trying to catch her. Luckily the picnic table got in the way:-)

Yes, she had been eating pudding.

She decided she needed a turn with the camera.

A blurry shot of Daddy.

Another good one of Daddy.

Pretty shoes!

Last but not least Mama.

We had a fun weekend and we will keep working on those photography skills.

So, What Does Your Unschooler Do All Day?

The girls have discovered a LOVE for Photo Booth on Daddy's computer. They have been taking pictures for a few weeks now,

but recently they discovered it also takes video.

Good times!

BACKPACK, BACKPACK!

As I am updating the blog tonight Cadence is at the computer behind me watching Dora on Netflix.

Dora said, "Say Backpack." So, she screamed at the computer, "BACKPACK!"

Dora said, "Say it louder!" So Cadence screamed at the top of her lungs, "BACKPACK!!!!!!"

I hope Dora heard her:-)

Will You Marry Me?

Story Bell got a wedding dress from Grammy for Christmas. We have had a quite a few weddings around here lately! Tonight she and Lyric decided they were going to tie the knot. The magician outfit worked quite well for the groom's duds.

You may "kiss the bride."

The happy couple, but wait Cadence wasn't going to be left out of the festivities!

Miss Lyric was more than happy to marry her too!

Who says threes a crowd?

Christmas 2009

We had Christmas, but there are very few pictures to prove it! We took a few at Grammy's, but we didn't take a single picture of the loot Santa brought or any of the girls enjoying the loot!

My cousin Betty wanted a picture of the girls and amazingly they posed for her!

I even had time to grab my camera and snap a couple of pictures-- that rarely happens!

Logan and Leah didn't mind posing.

She even gave him a little lovin' while they were at it!

Grammy wanted a picture of all five grand kids, this is all we got:

I don't know if any of these can be considered as "good" ones, but these five cooperated longer than I thought they would:-)

I attempted to take a picture of my brother and his family but, Wade was too busy giving out kisses!

It was a busy holiday season, as usual! We had some good times, but are ready to get back to normal!

Finally a Trip to Tyler

We have been trying to make a trip to Tyler for over a YEAR now! We finally made it this weekend. We checked out the state park while we there. We would love to go back and camp, it was a really nice park!

The girls had a good time running around in the sun. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day!

Cadence had to play in the water. I love the way that little hand is holding on to Caba's.

Lyric spent some time screaming at the turtles, "JUMP OFF THE LOG! TURTLES, JUMP IN THE WATER!"

Uncle Brandon accompanied us on the trip. I was a little worried about him traveling all that way with us, but I don't think it was too bad for him:-)

The girls had a good time at the park!

Taylor helped Cadence on the monkey bars.

Story hitched a ride with Daddy!

Uncle Brandon and Lyric scoped the place out.

Cadence did a little jumping with Caba and KK

After we left the park we checked out the zoo. The girls had a good time checking out all the animals. Triston carried Cadence most of the time.

Lyric checking out a lion.

We had Christmas while we were there, but of course there are no pictures of that part:-) It was a quick trip, but a good one!