Patrick and Mopsy

Taking a break from his homework to plan his strategy for a new war-card game, Patrick spends a little time with Mopsy. Mopsy has been his partner in crime since he was about three. I have some old pictures lying about detailing their grooming habits together, too. When he was little, Patrick would get out of the shower, put his jammies on and lie on the floor and let the cat LICK HIS HAIR. I'll spare you the picture. But I think he's at least outgrown that habit. I haven't asked him lately.

Pensive, As Usual.

Yes, sometimes it's so quiet we're not even sure if the Emperor is in the house. You should see our walls.

Lookit My Little Chompers!

I Feed My Children Mice!

I'll spare you the "teddy bears in quicksand" portion of snacktime, though.

Why G Will Not Be Getting Braces.

Yay for them deducting the $150 because it would be our second child in braces... Sigh. It's just not happening at these prices.

Saturday at Home

G Working on "War Cards"

G has been working on "War Cards," and posters about "War Cards," for some sort of game he's making with decorated index cards. All the other children are now formulating THEIR own games on index cards as well.

Patrick, In Concert.

He plays the cello for the symphonic orchestra at our local junior high. This was taken on Monday, his first day back to school. He did very well at the concert despite being all stitched together and not practicing for at least a week. Doesn't he look cuuuute??

Number Arrays!

This is a 3 x 4 number array with one missing! I'm counting our "Tea on Tuesday" time as part mathematics and part English because I read stories aloud while we nibbled on cookies.

Robot Jammies

I made these myself for Patrick and G, after finding this beautiful ROBOT velour on sale at Hancock fabrics. I had more time for projects like this then... Now Emperor and Elf are wearing them.

Ooooh! It's Another Woodjie Picture!

Tres Chic...

Patrick models the baby Woodjie bunny hat for your viewing amusement.

Patrick is Home

He's groggy and sleepy, but he can go to the bathroom by himself and sit up and eat. Good enough for now. He sees the surgeon in NOVEMBER; meanwhile, he will stay home from school until Monday and not be able to lift anything over 10 pounds (that's one Junior High textbook, really) until then.

Patrick's Appendix!!

You knew you wanted to tune in to see surgery pictures!! Let's see if we can convince him to show the big, gaping holes in his gut for posterity as well... I'll be visiting him in a bit, but I hear he's a bit groggy and on morphine. Though he reports he's actually feeling much better now.

Candied Apples!

We had to copy Lori and make some of these, though I chose the less traditional route of the microwave mix in its own bowl you throw away when you're done rather than scraping and washing all day. Can you tell the Elf didn't really appreciate this culinary delight?? Here he had been looking forward to it all day, only to find out that he hates it.

Can I Have a Kiss? Can I Taste That Camera?

G, Age 12. Enjoys Having Picture Taken.

It's MY Blog. You'll Have to Suffer.

Yup, another baby Woodjie picture. He likes to try to eat the camera.

Spiders!! Eeek!!

Did you know that spiders have two body parts, and that their legs are really attached to their HEADS?? I didn't. I just assumed the legs were attached to the abdomen, but I was wrong! We made spiders out of balloons and pipe cleaners. We drew eight little eyeballs and fangs in the front and symmetrical markings on the abdomens. We couldn't attach the legs to the heads, though. We put them between the balloons... close enough.

Eat Your Vegetables!!

Doing a mini "food pyramid" unit this week has shown me how seldom we eat vegetables in our house. I've incorporated a few veggies every now and again into our meals. Mushrooms and peas are in this one. Now, I **HATE** peas most of the time. They are slimy from the can and just plain ol' yucky. But the "Just Peas" brand are freeze-dried and crunchy and tasty! If you've never tried "Just Corn" or "Just Peas" from your local health food store, I'd recommend them. This endorsement is from someone who loathes and despises all "healthy" foods.

Woodjie

Pumpkin Picture Again!!

Because of the OVER- WHELMING number of comments and e-mails asking me about our pumpkin, I decided to post a picture of it yet again. See how orange it's getting? I also wanted to show everyone our pita bread pizza. We get pizza sauce, pepperonis and cheese from Sam's Club and we eat pizza bagels, pizza french bread loaves, pita pizza, and the pizza-in-a-kit pizza. We like pizza.

Super Loopy Balloons!

This is one of those kits I found intimidating but I finally just went ahead and opened it.... It really is a lot of fun, although our creations look nothing like the pictures in the manual that comes with it!!

Cleaning Dishes

The Elf tried his hand at cleaning the pot after we mixed brownie mix about a week ago. He quickly discovered that the chocolate mix gets everywhere, and it's difficult to do a good job. He also found that it's messy work.