Sowing Sprouts: 2011

Tonight we made Christmas Ornaments!

I made an angel and a Santa (not pictured).

Theo, Emmaline, and Mama made a Santa and a Christmas Tree.

Now we have more ornaments for our tree! I can't wait to find out what we do tomorrow!

Monday, November 28, 2011

Christmas (Tree) is Here!

Posted by Emmaline Ruth at 8:04 PM

Today we all put up our Christmas tree for Advent. Mama and Daddy say we'll have to take it down and put it back up in our new house before Christmas, but what would Christmas be without a tree?

Theo helped put up ornaments.

And so did Meredith. She put them up as high as she could reach!

I'm so excited for Christmas to come! Can it be tomorrow? This Advent waiting thing is going to be hard!

Sunday, November 27, 2011

A candle of Hope

Posted by Tim at 6:34 PM

Today we start Advent. This year Mollie put together activities to do with the kids each day of advent. Some are simple, some are silly, hopefully all will help teach something about Advent.

Today we used a Sunday School activity -- decorating a yule log Advent "wreath." Tonight before dinner we lit the first candle and talked about how Advent is about waiting... for Jesus to be born. We talked about waiting for things, like for our presents, for moving into our new house, and of course for Jesus our Savior.

I hope each day to take pictures of what we do so everyone can experience Advent with us too. Visit every day to see what the kids did that day!

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Sneak Preview

Posted by Emmaline Ruth at 8:56 AM

Yesterday we went to a park and Daddy took our pictures. Something about a card that Mama and Daddy will mail out to a bunch of people.

I just liked that I could wear some bling! (I really like necklaces lately.)

Theo got to smile in his candy cane wreath.

And Meredith LOVED her flower wreath. She almost couldn't wait to take this picture while we were taking the walking picture.

Thank you Mama for making the wreaths and thank you Daddy for taking our pictures!

Saturday, November 19, 2011

It is SNOWING!!!

Posted by Meredith Jane at 2:09 PM

From Meredith Jane 4 Years

Today it snowed outside. There was enough snow for us to go outside and play!

Theo came outside and played too. He tried throwing a snowball at Daddy while he was taking pictures.

Mama and Gilligan came out and played too. Emmaline was sleeping inside :( Maybe next time she can come out and play too?

I LOVE Daddy's Pumpkin Pie!

Posted by Emmaline Ruth at 2:07 PM

From Emmaline Ruth 1 Year

Daddy made too much pie filling to put in his pie. Well, that's just too bad ;) He made "personal" pies in small dishes with the extra filling.

Do you know what that means?

From Emmaline Ruth 1 Year

I got to eat my own personal pumpkin pie! And I LOVED it!

Halloween... BUGS! (better late than never)

Posted by Emmaline Ruth at 2:02 PM

This year's Halloween costume theme was bugs. I was a ladybug.

Meredith Jane was a ladybug too. And Theo was a bumble bee.

We all went trick-or-treating and had a GREAT time!

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Halloween

Posted by Emmaline Ruth at 8:30 PM

A while ago we went to the pumpkin patch to pick out some pumpkins. I didn't really get what we were doing then, but yesterday my Mama and Daddy finally filled me in on the secret.

We're going to take pictures of the pumpkins (well, so that still doesn't make much sense).

Meredith loves her big pumpkin (but Mama's is bigger in the background).

Theo picked one he could carry by himself.

Mama wanted a cat, moon, and stars. We picked out an owl for me, Theo wanted a spider (though last year's was friendlier with a smiley face), and Meredith wanted Swiper the Fox from Dora the Explorer. Thanks Daddy for carving out our pumpkins (you are awfully handy with your Dremel)! We also had to take the requisite glowing jack-o-lantern pictures:

Of course we'll be taking pictures of all us kiddos in our costumes tomorrow when we go out trick-or-treating!

Are you going to Costco?

Posted by Theodore Elial at 8:21 PM

Hey, Meredith? Are you going to Costco?

From Meredith Jane 4 Years

Yup!

We need some milk.

Oh, and some cheese. Red cheese, please!

When the Mama's Away...

Posted by Meredith Jane at 8:20 PM

All the kids make muffins! Mama went to visit her sister and our new baby cousin last weekend. That means we got three-on-one time with Daddy for a three-day weekend. What FUN!

We even made butternut squash and applesauce muffins. Theo LOVED them (he ate them like they were going out of style). I liked them. Emmaline liked them too!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Bill's Berry Farm (a.k.a. "The Pumpkin Patch")

Posted by Emmaline Ruth at 4:02 PM

We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday. Really, it was a farm that grows blueberries, cherries, apples, pumpkins, and corn. But who's counting, anyway?

Meredith got to ride a pony!

So did Theo!

All our friends rode on the ponies too, and the hay ride to pick apples and pumpkins.

I rode on Mama's back... Hopefully I get to ride on them by myself soon too!

Meredith picked apples.

Theo picked apples.

Theo picked so many, he asked Daddy to help him carry them!

I picked leaves...

Meredith and her friend Zachary picked a pumpkin.