Happy 9th!

Happy 9th birthday to Josiah!

Here he is coloring the sugar to decorate his birthday cake last Saturday. I'll have to show you the rest of the party pictures when I get them off the big camera. 

If you've never tried making your own colored sugar with food coloring, it's a good time!

Happy Happenings

The boys' Lego creations have finally found a happy home. I found these great sturdy bookshelves at a yard sale a while back. I bought one and so did Jenn. Then I realized that she wasn't using hers and I could achieve symmetry and have more storage space if I had both, so she happily sold me hers. 

At the beginning of the summer I gave the boys a Lego-mania challenge- to build all their sets at the same time. They got them all together just in time for Josiah's party. I even joined in and helped build a few, and it was a surprisingly good time!

The Craft Night girls and I have been doing a little housekeeping/healthy eating/exercising challenge since school started back up. Eleonora is loving the mopping!

Eleonora's best buddy has a fun new swing set that the girls got to enjoy during their mommas' latest canning campaign. 

More to come soon!