Pumpkin Patch 2013

Charlie is part of a 4-year-old fellowship. Each mom hosts "school" at her house and is in charge of the pre-k activities for the day. Recently we took a field trip to the pumpkin patch. As you can see from the pictures, even Maggie enjoys going to "school". The lady who was in charge of the pumpkin patch at the church was such a sweet lady and a true servant of Christ. She was so kind to the kids, wanting them to run around through the paths of pumpkins and encouraging us to spend as long as we wanted taking photo opts.

Princess Party

Andrea went to a party where they were pampered like princesses. They got to dress up. They danced down a runway with bubbles blowing and music blasting. They got manicures and pedicures. Then face painting and more dancing, and of course cake! Our Southern Belle

From Party..............

To Pampering............

And of course........CAKE!

Dress-Up

I was a little concerned that with school starting it would be all work and no play around our house, but it's actually been a good balance. ....................ANNIE IN DANCE OUTFIT.... Annie did a dance for our family. .........................MagPie the Penguin ................Charlie Bear...Oh I Mean Charlie the Dragon................

..................Cowgirl Annie..............

Andrea Hope~ First Day of First Grade

Annie and Maggie spent some quality time together this morning before Annie's first day back to school. Annie says, "Maggie, Annie is going to go to school, okay? But I'll come right back!" Maggie with her darling blue eyes looking into Annie's as if they would part for 20 years, softly responds, "ookkkk!" ................................ .......... Do you think that she is excited?

Van Ride Convos

Maggie: We're flipping through the radio stations and "Try" by Pink is playing. The kids start bobbing their heads so I leave it run. In case you have never heard it you'll need the refrain... Where there is desire There is gonna be a flame Where there is a flame Someone's bound to get burned But just because it burns Doesn't mean you're gonna die You've gotta get up and try try try Gotta get up and try try try You gotta get up and try try try When the song ends, wanting the song to play over again, Maggie yells, "TRY AGAIN!" (I just had to laugh at the irony.) Charlie: "Mom, you know now that I have my Spider Man toothbrush, we should have given my old Wall-E one to the poor children!" Again I chuckle and suggested we pick a new toothbrush at the store tomorrow to donate to the poor children. Andrea: Andrea has been on this kick lately of how our family can save money to put a pool in our backyard. 1.) Save up our change and put it in a jar. (Everyone, you can come swim in our pool in 80 years.) ~had to laugh 2.) Go downstairs and get all our baby stuff and sell it. I simply responded to the second option, "What do we do when we have another baby?" Immediately, Andrea shouts from the back in surprise, "WHAT?" ~laughed all the way home

"Grown upy"

Click Below Video of Charlie We were watching mario brothers on Net Flix. It's a series from the 90's I guess. It is a cartoon, but it always starts with a live segment of actors role playing a skit as Mario and Luigi. When the live segment starts, Charlie always announces, "this is the grown upy part." Just wanted to clarify that we weren't letting our kids watch "grown upy" parts in movies that are not age-appropriate. Just thought it was a cute saying invented by Charlie bear.

Rainy Day Fun

Rainy days are in abundance around here so we've gotten creative in the Rose household. Legos is always a good team-builder among my kids. The kids fight less and actually seem to help each other with their projects.