Fort Building

The girls built a huge fort behind the couches today using the couch cushions, pillows and blankets.

Coda even had her own room!  Lucky girl ;-)

Guitar Lessons

Lyric and Story started guitar lessons today.  This will be Story's second year taking them.  She's in the advanced class.  

Lyric is in the beginner class.  She was not too thrilled about using Story's pink guitar, but wants to make sure she likes it before getting her own.

 

(Lyric made this cute collage with the PicCollage app)

Little Chefs

Lyric and Coda made us brownies today. This was the first time Coda wore her apron that Lyric ga e her for Christmas.

They Can't Learn Anything From TV!

Today Lyric, Story, Coda and I went shopping.  Cadence wasn't feeling very well, so she stayed home with Devon.  She got some Dots candy when we went Trick or Treating.  They reminded her of one of her favorite Magic School Bus episodes.  Ms Frizzle and the kids made a bridge from Dots, toothpicks and popsicle sticks.

With a little help from Daddy she made her own :-)

Date Day

The big girls had History Club today, so Devon and I decided to go hiking for our date.  We went to Percy Warner.  It was a beautiful day!  I've been here many times and seen these stairs, but I've never been up them.

 It was quite the workout:-)

 We took the 2.5 mile loop once we made it up the stairs.

 Someone started getting sleepy.

 That hiking is hard work!

 She was not too happy about us being done and ending her nap, but my legs were jello:-)

Daddy's Little Helper

You have to love a man who does the dishes.  You have to really love a man who does the dishes and lets the 17 month old help!

Flat Gwen's Visit

The girls have been participating in a Flat Stanley group on Facebook.  We mail our flat to a family and get one in the mail in return.  This month we have had Flat Gwen visiting from West Virginia.

Story took her to guitar lessons.

 We took her to the downtown library's homeschool day.

She helped Story work on her ink stamp picture.

 She helped Cadence and Story dye paper.

Lyric took her picture with one of the tall buildings while we were downtown.

 We went shopping for Halloween stuff and took her on a picnic with us.

 We took her to a PowWow.

 She played in the teepee with Story and Cadence and pretended to build a fire.

 She posed with the girls and one of the dancers.

 She joined us at the zoo for Halloween.  We dressed her as a ghost.

 We all thought this skeleton was creepy, but Gwen really wanted to pose with him while we were at the zoo!

 She joined us for a family night of carving pumpkins and a Halloween version of Scattergories.

She helped the girls bake Halloween cookies.

She even licked the beater!

Baking cookies was messy work!

We did shadow puppets.

We took her to Cumberland Park.  She enjoyed the see saw with Story

and had a turn with Lyric and Coda.

She went rock climbing with Story.

The girls posed with Gwen in front of downtown.

The girls LOVE to go up the glass elevator at the park!  They were excited to take Gwen up it!

It's hard to see her, but here she is on the pedestrian bridge:-)

Before sending her back, Story had to give her a ride on her unicycle.

We had a great time with Gwen and look forward to getting Flat Grace back soon:-)

Halloween 2014

 The girls were so excited to go trick or treating!  Devon and I didn't have quite the excitement since it was 40 degrees outside with a windchill in the 30s!  This was their third time to dress up this year, Lyric is Heromine Granger from Harry Potter, Story is a vampire, Cadence is Ms Frizzle from The Magic School Bus.  Coda was a ballerina, but since it was so cold tonight we talked her into being a pumpkin.  Well, I say we actually Story and Cadence somehow convinced her to wear it.  When we went to the zoo and the Halloween party she wanted nothing to do with the pumpkin costume!

 Coda didn't go up to every house because it was so cold, but she did go up to a few.

She enjoyed a Kit Kat when we got home. 

There was some major candy trading going on when we got home!

Cuddle Bugs

I walked into the living room to find this this morning.  Coda had a tight grip on Lyric and wouldn't let go.