It's A .....

BOY!!!

Just found out and am excited to share with you all. Of course we would love either, but I just needed to know! Now I can start thinking of cute things to knit and sew for our new little BOY! :)

Handsome's Big Win

Handsome and Gorgeous did the summer reading program through our library system and got the cool book and pen when they finished. I slightly remember being told their names were entered into a drawing, but thought nothing of it because we rarely win things.

So I was surprised when the story time librarian called to tell me that Handsome had won the prize for that library. And what did he win? To attend a party for all of his family, with all of the other county library winners (I think there were 12 in all?), at a local children's museum!

So we went to the museum and had a blast playing with all the cool different hands on exhibits. But that wasn't all. Handsome got a raffle ticket and won 10 story books that have a pen that when touched to the page reads the words for him (ok, each child from each of the libraries won the raffle too :). he also won tickets for the entire family to go to the zoo (ok, all the other winning kids did too). And he and Gorgeous both got bags with two brand new books as we left (yes they had them for all of the children that attended)!

Way to go Handsome!

Michaelmas Festival

Last Friday the kids and I enjoyed a fun home school party. The Michaelmas festival! I'd actually never heard of it before, so for those who are in the same boat I was in not long ago; it is a English celebration of Michael the Archangel leading the battle in heaven against Satan the Dragon. The story says, Satan was trust down to earth and landed in blackberry bushes and that is why you should never eat blackberries after Sep. 29Th (and the fact that they taste bad too!)

The boys dressed up as knights and the girls as princesses. They read Revelation 12:7-8 "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not: neither was their place found any more in heaven."

Then a children's story was read and they had a treasure hunt, followed by potluck lunch and play time. It was fun, and the kids had a good time. :)

The Fair

We did the Puyallup Fair this year with friends. Sorry, not much pictures taken by two pregnant women with 2 little ones each. But the kids had fun looking at the animals, checking out the ambulance, and fire trucks, and getting 4 bags of free cotton candy! I think the first time all 4 had cotton candy. It was a fun day with friends.



Milking the cow.

The younger ones not very sure about the whole milking thing.