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Other things we have been up to...

The day after halloween is the feast of All Saints, and that is something we celebrated with all of homeschooling friends. We had a big party at our house...there is nothing like seeing 30 kids in your yard running around, fighting with swords. Even Joan of Arc was present. what fun...
here are some pictures of my kids. Paulie was St. Patrick, Sophia was St. Bernadette, Anna was St. Therese, and Joey was St. Hubert.








































In other unrelated news, the other day we got wind that the Wienermobile was in town! How exciting! Nothing of that cultural magnitude ever happens here! Can you detect my sarcasm?

I was actually surprised at how excited the kids were. They got to get inside and answer some simple hot dog-related questions and then they got a little wienermobile whistle! what a deal.

Pictures from the yard

Here are a few pictures from a day we spent raking leaves in our yard.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a nice Thanksgiving, although not one with traditional food. I am tired of force-feeding my kids turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy (I know, what kind of a kid doesn't like mashed potatoes and gravy?), and Paul and I aren't too crazy about turkey either, so we decided to have a ham. I had recently gotten a locally grown, grass raised ham, so I basted it with blackberry jam and mustard and let it cook. Boy it smelled good, and everyone seemed to like it. I also made asparagus, homemade rolls, sweet potatoes, cranberry jello salad, an apple/cheddar pie, and ramekins with hot chocolate cake in them. We had Joey's best friend over with his parents, and we all had a great time. Boy, do we have a lot to be thankful for!

Anna's Birthday...very belated

Well, Anna's birthday wasn't belated, but this post sure is! I was looking back, and I realized I never posted on her birthday! how did I miss that?! I also haven't gotten to Joey's either, so that will be coming.
Anyway, we got up on the morning of Anna's birthday and had a nice breakfast with Grandpa Sanchirico and Daddy, as Paul was off that week and his dad was visiting. She also opened a few presents that morning. After that, we went to the fair and looked at all the animals and all the booths where they were giving out things. We got free pencils and smoky bear paper clips from the forest service, posters in exchange for pull-ups from the Marines, and a whole box of crayons from the health department if we promised to have the kids vaccinated. Ooops, I guess we shouldn't have taken the crayons!
We came home after having a snow cone and relaxed for a while. Paul had to run a few errands and I played a couple games with the kids in the front yard. We had a few silly prizes for the games. That afternoon we opened the rest of her presents.
For dinner, Anna wanted to go out to her favorite restaurant, and while the boys would never have asked for this, she wanted to be sung to by the servers! As you can see from the pictures, she looked very grown up with her new purse from Grandma and Grandpa Jack, and I think she felt really grown up too.\

Here are the pictures, as well as some others.

I'm so behind in pictures!

Hello everyone...I apologize for not updated lately. I have lots of pictures, but I just haven't had the time to get them all posted.
Unfortunately, I can't find my camera at the moment, so this is the only picture I have from Halloween/All Saints Day this year. Joey was a Musketeer, Paulie was a vampire and Anna was a princess. Sophia was an elephant, but wasn't in the picture. Our photo studio downtown was taking pictures of kids, so I had one done, just to remember how cute they are! I found some satin fabric on sale for $2 a yard and I make capes for them all, and it worked out well, because they kept them warm.
For All Saints we had a party at our house. There were about 20 kids and we all had a great time. Joey was St. Hubert (costume very similar to his musketeer costume), Paulie was St Patrick, Anna was St. Therese, and Sophia was St. Bernadette. I am going to have to get them all dressed up again when I finally find my camera, so I can get a shot of them.
Well, thats it for now. I hope you are all well. I will post more later!

I hope I win this one!

No, I didn't make this quilt...but someone whose work I really admire is giving a similar one away. I hope I win!
Here is her shop...I am already making some of the crayon wallets for some kids I know for Christmas!