Inline Skating

Tiger likes to skate, but the only skates we could ever find at the store in her size were inline skates. She said no she preferred to continue to rent the quads at the rink.

Then someone blessed us with a free pair of inlines in her size!! Okay she would give them a try.
They are not near as hard as she thought they would be, and if it had not been so cold or rainy lately I am sure she would be zooming all over the neighborhood!

Caramel Apples

I am finally posting pics of our caramel apple day.

HM wanted to start eating his apple immediately. I was trying to convince him to wait for the caramel, it would be better. He was not easily convinced.


His friend would dip a little in the caramel and then have a bite and continue the process.

Finally got him to dip it into the caramel and roll it in the nuts.

The baby behind Tiger is one of the twin girls she helps watch now.

Flamingo was eager to get started.

Big bite!

The whole crew

Big bite!!!

Saturday

While Tiger, Flamingo, and Flower were at the AG Show, the rest of us had fun at my house.

Dragonfly enjoyed being a pirate


and a flapper

this was my dress when I was 6 years old. My mom made it.

Butterfly wanted to be a princess.

Ladybug chose to be a flower. I made this outfit for Tiger when she was 4. We no longer have the hat anymore.

Raccoon chose to be a ballerina.

Then we put on a ballet instruction DVD and they danced. They were really cute trying to do all the moves.

Then we did art. We played Little People, and doll houses, and ponies.

Dragonfly was very nice to me and slept most of the morning. Of course she waited until right until her mommy showed up to wake up, have a dirty diapers, and cry alot. So her mom would walk in to her all red faced looking like I had tortured her.

They always do that to you!!

An American Girl Day

Last night the Tiger and Flamingo spent the night at Flower's house in preparation for going to an American Girl Fashion Show today.

They had a lunch and got to see girls model the clothes with their dolls. They learned different things about the historical girls outfits. The learned some tea party ettiquette from the Victorian Era. They learned some of the how and whys to certain articles of clothing from each girl. It sounded like a lot of fun.

all the "girls" at lunch

When they came home they were very excited to work on scrapbooks that were given to them as they left the show.

They are having so much fun with it.

Now they are off doing a fashion show with their dolls.

Tiger's job

Tiger has a real job!! We were invited over to HM's friend's house to make caramel apples the other day. My friend has a 4 year old boy and twin girls that are one year old. Tiger spent most of the time we were there playing with the girls, after the made and ate a caramel apple of course. Priorities!!

My friend was very impressed with how TIger was with the girls and asked if she could hire her to be a mother's helper. Tiger could play with the girls while she did activities with her son and vice versa. Tiger was so excited.

We checked with dad, she made a list of questions to ask about the job and expectations. One of her questions was how much would she get paid. She was then asked how much she would charge. I knew Tiger was dreading this question because she was afraid she would sound greedy. She then asked her if it would be too much to get $.50 an hour. My friend laughed and said, "I was thinking a little more than that. I usually pay babysitters $10.00 an hour."

I think Tiger had a hard time not running around the room yelling, she was so excited. I said, "wow, now you won't ever be willing to do it for me since I don't pay that much."
"don't worry mom, I would do it for you for a penny, or NOTHING!"
What a sweet girl!!

Time for Flamingo to step up and take on more responsibility. Tiger started her job yesterday and I had to take Raccoon for a doctor's appointment for a rash on her legs. So Flamingo got all of Tiger's normal jobs including running into the pharmacy while I stay in the car with the kids. She needs more practice, but I think she will do well in time.

Tiger had a blast at her "job." It was a rainy day and the mom had a home visit nurse coming over, her one daughter has had some major health issues, so Tiger was to keep her son occupied so she could talk to the lady. Tiger spent some time with the twins while the boy was napping. When he woke up they played all kinds of things. At one point they were playing hockey in the kitchen. Yes, this was at the suggestion of the mom. They are into playing sports inside their house. HM loves to go over there. He can do all kinds of things mom doesn't allow at her house.

Anyway Tiger's first action upon receiving her paycheck was to take some of her saved birthday money (that is being saved for American Girl Doll - Kit) and her day's pay and buy her sister a Christmas present. A $40 Christmas present. What a sweet girl she is!!!

Sunday Drive

Sunday after church was a beautiful day. Not too cold and the fall leaves were beautiful. So, since gas was down to $2 a gallon, we even saw it for $1.95 during our drive, we figured what the heck, let's go for a drive. We ended up at Fort McHenry and decided to go for a tour.

We tried several times during our trip to get a good pic of the kiddos for Christmas cards, but with sun in their eyes and wind in their face, not to mention an unnamed little boy who was far more interested in running and playing than sitting still for some silly picture, we did not get a single shot!!

Froggy on Papa's shoulders

one of many outtakes

Hm was constantly making faces

Popeye??

Up the hill to the Fort

We thought this would make an awesome pic with the flag in the background. Well after about 20 pictures we gave up. I think this was our best one.

Since they weren't behaving for pictures we sent them to the bomb shelter.

But there was too much room in there so we locked them in the jail

HM loved the canons
We had a fun afternoon. We headed home when the temperature started dropping and moods started declining. We headed back home to warm drinks and leftover pizza from Friday night.

Bowling

Last week a neighbor dropped by to invite HM to go bowling with her and her son. He was so excited. For once he was getting to go somewhere and the girls were jealous. He had such a good time. It was his first time bowling, but I have no pictures. She did print out his scores for me. He bowled 2 games a 78 and a 63. Of course bumpers were up so you can't get gutter balls like when I was a kid. I could probably really use those bumpers now!!

Now the girls are frequently asking when do they get to go bowling and Flamingo even asked if she could join a bowling league!! She doesn't even know if she likes to bowl or not. Too funny. Guess I know where our next field trip will be.