Tea Party

Saturday Dem and I attended a lovely afternoon shower at our church.

It was a true tea party, complete with wide brimmed hats, gloves, and tea sandwiches.

I managed to snap these right before we left.

Dem got this Jemima Puddleduck tea cup and saucer when she was born...

Where the Magic Happens

This is in honor of Jonesy.

Our schoolroom is in our unfinished but water-proof basement.

It's worked extremely well for us to have a spot in the house designated

for education (and toys!). I sit at this table and do lessons

with whoever is "up" while the other kids study mostly upstairs in our office

and the kitchen table (and the piano!). Amelie has plenty of room

to play with toys down here or run on the treadmill. Ha.

My hutch "find" free on the road.

It has been home to art stuff underneath and

the bulk of our studies on top.

My Mom stained it and tiled the top for me.

Now THATS love.

Little kids table and more shelves...

And, you got it, more shelves.

And this is where it all happens. I love my job...

Impossible

To get a normal picture of four children is

virtually impossible - is there a college course for this?

Guess who they're looking at?

Story of an Ice Cream

Then it fell...

How bad can it be?

Just Cause

For Dad

Dad built my tomato plants some "support" systems...

As you can see, they've needed it.

These guys have grown over the fence.

And I got these...

To make this:

He also put up this which I use almost daily...

Thanks, Dad!

Topless

While the kids were at VBS one day, I had these two...

They managed to strip down and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.