…and Phoebe’s face expresses exactly how I feel about it!
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Noah's Big Catch
The big fishing opener was this weekend and…well, we fished. Dave got a license, the kids fished for free, and I took pictures. It was really a lot of fun! Noah caught the first fish of the day… (Navinah Riley, to the left of Noah, and Tirzah Riley, to right of Noah, are pictured here…they’re the daughters of some of our BFFs from college days that have recently moved back to the Cities)
It was a Sunfish, I think. (?) Not much meat to them, so we threw it back in. Oh, and that fin on top? Razor sharp.
He was pretty proud of himself!
P.S. I like this pic of Dave and the girls…
P.P.S Elijah and Zeke wanted to make sure that you knew that they caught fish last night.
Sleeping Beauties
All tuckered out. Being on holiday is fun, but also tiring, espesially when you’re a little person whose afternoon naptime has been trumped by a trip to the Science Museum. Thankfully third, fourth and fifth borns learn to roll with the punches. 
Drawing Lessons For Phoebe
Phoebe drew her first successful face today under Elijah’s tutalage. Elijah was a proud teacher and Phoebe a proud student…and I was a proud mother.
Friday Morning Silliness
(These aren’t just any pom-poms, by the way, these are 100% authentic Vikings cheerleader pom-poms. The lady that coaches the Vikings’ Cheerleaders actually goes to our church.)
Noah didn’t have school this morning and he and Phoebe were in rare form, in search of every possible way to make their two studious siblings laugh. Silly, silly, silly those two are together. I finally had to banish them to Phoebe’s room to restore order to the school room.
P.S. And yes, they are still in their PJs. Phoebe wore hers all day today. Noah got dressed just before supper so that he could run some errands with daddy.
A-dic-a-lous!
Phoebe’s newest word: ridiculous. Translated into toddler-speak: a-dic-a-lous.
“That’s just a-dic-a-lous!” says she with her hands on her hips and a furrowed brow. Usually when she’s upset with here brothers.
He he. She tries so hard to boss them. Cracks me up.
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree…
Yay! Christmas vacation is here! I’m very happy to report that the boys are way ahead in their school work and we’re able to have some extra Christmas vacation days off. Hooray for homeschooling and working at your own pace!
I’m not happy to report that I couldn’t get my act together enough to get a Christmas card made and sent out this year. That’s been the biggest challenge so far in this homeschooling endeavour: finding time in my day to get all of my housekeeping done that gets neglected when I’m “Teacher Mom.” Oh yeah…and I have a newborn too. Sometimes those little creatures interfere with housekeeping too.
Here, though, are some photo’s of the girls for your viewing pleasure… (photo’s of the boys coming soon)
