Extra Crayon Day

 We got lots of brand spanky new sharp perfect crayons for BAck to School, so I corralled all the old ones and we are re purposing them.

This was so easy and so much fun for the kids...

Just sharpen crayons ...

... and gather all the shavings in separate piles.

we just clumped it  between 2 pieces of wax paper, covered with parchment paper, and ran a low iron over it to make some pretty little stained glassed windows.

This is just the beginning. I have started pinning gorgeous examples to inspire us on pinterest!
Show us YOURS!

Christmas is Coming

And I haven't even started doing anything with our advent calendar yet.
Bah.
Must get on that today.

Anyway, here are the kids doing some painting.
They are quite little artists and love nothing more than cutting, coloring, and general masterpiece making. In fact, at school they can pretty much paint whenever they want to.
Just one more reason I love Inspirations Learning Center.

I have a lot of catching up to do on life. I have been pretty busy throwing myself into a new job that I am excited to talk more about, but it's gonna have to be later, because it's Wednesday and the kids are home from school, and they really want to go do stuff.

So don't wait any longer! Go see my little artistes!

I Eat It

Last night was salad night, and a very special salad night at that. The lettuce was from our garden! YAY! It was our first seedling that made it to the plate, and it was DELICIOUS!

We topped it with grille3d chicken, golden delicious apples, celery, carrots and croutons. I ate mine. Then I stole Boom Boom's. I totally ate his salad and I don't even feel bad.


Other exciting developments?
A couple of bites of broccoli, just waiting to grow big enough to journey to our bellies!
This is like, actual size.



Last night Madee was scrawling on some paper on the floor and she drew this guy. See the bulging eyes? And the messy hair? She will be 3 on Monday, and we are seriously impressed with her command of a pencil!

My little artiste!
Today we are prepping and baking for the party tomorrow. Can't wait to show you pictures on Monday!