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Showing posts with label Laura. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laura. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Up for Bid
One almost 8 year old boy. Special skills include cabinet organizing and dishwasher loading . . .
Also up for bid, three rowdy kitchen cabinet washers . . .
Also up for bid, three rowdy kitchen cabinet washers . . .
Monday, October 24, 2011
Not Me Monday Say Yes to the Dress Version
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Fortunately Megan is a willful participant:
Here Laura is layering two dresses onto Megan, who is standing on a stepstool. Laura has also added a decorative sash, and is arranging the dress to allow for the proper flow of the skirts.
I would never allow my girls to participate in such a vain activity, nope, not me.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Laura's Sewing Lessons
Laura has been taking sewing lessons, and here is link to the blog her teacher keeps. It has photos of her hard at work . . .or posing with her projects, whatever you want to call it.
http://icansewkids.blogspot.com/p/2011-scrapbook.html
http://icansewkids.blogspot.com/p/2011-scrapbook.html
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Grandma Transue and the Grandkids
Grandma Transue loves to get pictures taken with her precious grandchildren. Aren't they so cute? Such angelic creatures. 
Unfortunately, the more common grandchildren pictures rarely get published. . . but they do display their personalities rather well.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Getting Ready for Auntie Beth
As we were getting ready for Auntie Beth to visit (last month) the kids realized that they could all fit in the downstairs shower . . .and speaking of which, there are other places that James and Megan like to hide
Saturday, August 14, 2010
We went to Louisville
While Auntie Beth was visiting we went to Louisville . . .can you guess where we went by the pictures?
There was a carousel . . .
And inflatable jumpie things . . .
And a playground (wher eother moms were getting nervous with the 2yo's playground skills) . . .
Have you guessed yet? Well here ya go with a better clue, around the playground was a baseball diamond
Yep, it was a baseball game! ( A far cry from our AAA Rochester Red Wings at the now retired Silver Stadium) There were also fancy concession stands, shaved ice carts, and we had a great time watching the Louisville Bats. The stadium is incredibly close to the famous Louisville Bat Factory, which we will tour at some point. We did actually watch about 1 inning of the game before taking advantage of all of the diversionary activities. It was also military appreciation night, so that is why the inflatables were there. Thanks for a great night Bats!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
July 4th
Our Fourth of July was full of . . . .
Little Girls with lots of ponytails
Little boys looking cute
Brothers and sisters hanging out on a train ride
Little girls playing in the driveway
And lots of love!
That "lots of love", was actually me about to fall on James.-Laura
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Save, Save, Save
Jack and Laura have some pretty awesome piggy banks. This one happens to be Laura's.
Here is the message she has posted on the side of her pig. It says, "Save up for Molly doll, Don't let anythign stand in your way, you and her will have fun!" (An American Girl Doll)
Here is the message she has posted on the side of her pig. It says, "Save up for Molly doll, Don't let anythign stand in your way, you and her will have fun!" (An American Girl Doll)She has been diligently saving, and although her goals keep changing, (She is thinking perhaps she should get a bitty baby because they are less expensive, and because they don't have hair . . .Laura's dolls don't have good luck with their hair) she is doing a great job staying on task!
Friday, July 2, 2010
Laura Loves Her Dolls
Laura loves her dolls. She has quite a few, but they are all so special to her, each in their own way. The other day she asked to borrow the camera to take pictures of them.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
A Picture of the Future?
This is a picture that Laura drew on our Homeschool Dry Erase Board. It was just too cute/funny/adorable. We had to take a picture of it. The top of the picture says, "Me in the hospital" (Having a baby) On the bottom it says, Me and my Husband and children. Note, there are 8 of them. We start off with a set of 2, then a set of one, another set of one, then two sets of two.The artist autographed her work in the upper right hand corner in some self-taught cursive.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Whatcha Lookin At Megan?
The big kids running around on the outdoor stage.
We are going to miss this park!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Sledding with the Cousins Dec 2009
So soon after my last post we headed North to my hometown of Rochester, NY to spend time with family. I had dreaded memories of that trip from the previous year. We were driving our 18 hour drive. I was 6 months pregnant with Megan, James was about 8 months old. While we enjoyed time with family on that trip, we also endured a stomach virus that hit just about everyone, and James was blessed with a strong cough, an ear infection, and was teething his top four front teeth at the same time. So I figured THIS trip had to be better than that trip, and fortunately it was . . .BIG TIME!
We got enough snow to let the kids play, here are some clips of them sledding in the perfectly sized hill in front of my brother Mark's and his wife Nan's house. Laura and Jack love spending time with Will and Drew. Cousin time is always the best.
We got enough snow to let the kids play, here are some clips of them sledding in the perfectly sized hill in front of my brother Mark's and his wife Nan's house. Laura and Jack love spending time with Will and Drew. Cousin time is always the best.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Christmas Concert
For the Out of towners that missed it, here are some quick clips of our Childrens' Choir Concert. Unfortunately, they are above the age of way-cute antics (Jack was never one for acting silly anyways) But Laura got involved pretty well with her hand motions. Jack's the one in the red shirt with black sleeves (His head is right above the music stand) Laura is bottom row, far right. Laura also had a line to say to introduce one of the songs, but it was not captured on video. They both did a great job!
Friday, December 11, 2009
The Homeschool Christmas Party
What you need for a homeschool Christmas party:
Gather all your friends together.
Have That Family with all the kids put on a super cute skit of the events surrounding the birth of our Savior.
Try, try, and try again to get a picture of all the kids together:
Settle for individual pictures of the children in a more natural setting for them:
Megan:
James:
Jack:
Gather all your friends together.
Have That Family with all the kids put on a super cute skit of the events surrounding the birth of our Savior.
Try, try, and try again to get a picture of all the kids together:
Settle for individual pictures of the children in a more natural setting for them:
Megan:
James:
Jack:
Sunday, November 29, 2009
The Coordinating Outfits
These are the coordinating outfits I made for the kids. I know it is kinda hard to see them, but then again, it is kinda hard to get the kids all together, looking in the *almost* same direction, and not crying. So, this is also the picture for our photo Christmas cards ( see previous sentence for the reason why). I have other holiday outfits for the kids, because I have a huge place in my heart for dressing my kids alike . . .
Saturday, November 21, 2009
I know it is time . . .Stay tuned
I know it is about time for an updated photo of my children wearing coordinated outfits. I don't know why I am so fond of my children dressed this way, but I'm doing it while I can. A shipment will be arriving soon, and I am going to try to set up a little studio in the house (or maybe outside based on the weather). So, stay tuned.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
A Week
A week has gone by since my last post, and what a fast week it was.
My husband did a little bit of computer updating, and that has made our computers run better. I like the new operating system.
Megan is getting more teeth, even though her Auntie Beth told her no more teeth until Thanksgiving. I think she just wants to be prepared for the big dinner she'll be smelling in a little over a week. The good thing is, even though she is cutting four teeth, it really seems like no big deal to her. She is crawling, pulling up, finally eating some solid foods, and sleeping well.
James is on the brink of full blown 2yo-ness. He has all the mobility and dexterity you could wish for, but no judgement. He seems oblivious to the fact that no one else in the family seeks out joy by emptying the oatmeal box on the floor. He blissfully finds joy in playing in chocolate milk powder on the floor of the pantry. Today he opened the door to go out into the garage, only to cry when the door closed behind him. (note to self, lock garage door during the day) He is also experimenting with the art of tantrums, but we are nipping those in the bud pretty quickly.
Jack is growing and growing and growing. He is coming along in school just fine. He has such a sweet heart, I get comments from a lot of my friends that he is a sweet boy. I have to agree.
Laura is growing in her faith by leaps and bounds. She contemplates God on a level that I know I wasn't at her age. Her questions usually begin with, "Mom, this is a question about the Bible" and proceed on to . . . .
1. "I am pretty sure I know this, but was Jesus alive up in Heaven before he came down to Earth as a baby?"
2. "How did those women keep those things on their heads?"
3. "Does God know His own future?" When I responded yes, she said, "Oh, yeah, because He knows everything. He even knows what He looks like, but we can't see Him until we get to Heaven" When I reminded her that Moses had gotten a glimpse of God in all His brightness and glory she said, "Yeah, if we saw Him we'd probably just faint over dead"
We are in the middle of our church Missions Conference and Laura has been soaking in all the information that she has been learning about the different countries in the world . . .so far Colombia and India. She asked if tonight we could "play India" and sleep on the floor of our living room (Since most families in India only have that much room of their own) with nothing but a light blanket. I said I'd have to make that decision later . . .
My husband did a little bit of computer updating, and that has made our computers run better. I like the new operating system.
Megan is getting more teeth, even though her Auntie Beth told her no more teeth until Thanksgiving. I think she just wants to be prepared for the big dinner she'll be smelling in a little over a week. The good thing is, even though she is cutting four teeth, it really seems like no big deal to her. She is crawling, pulling up, finally eating some solid foods, and sleeping well.
James is on the brink of full blown 2yo-ness. He has all the mobility and dexterity you could wish for, but no judgement. He seems oblivious to the fact that no one else in the family seeks out joy by emptying the oatmeal box on the floor. He blissfully finds joy in playing in chocolate milk powder on the floor of the pantry. Today he opened the door to go out into the garage, only to cry when the door closed behind him. (note to self, lock garage door during the day) He is also experimenting with the art of tantrums, but we are nipping those in the bud pretty quickly.
Jack is growing and growing and growing. He is coming along in school just fine. He has such a sweet heart, I get comments from a lot of my friends that he is a sweet boy. I have to agree.
Laura is growing in her faith by leaps and bounds. She contemplates God on a level that I know I wasn't at her age. Her questions usually begin with, "Mom, this is a question about the Bible" and proceed on to . . . .
1. "I am pretty sure I know this, but was Jesus alive up in Heaven before he came down to Earth as a baby?"
2. "How did those women keep those things on their heads?"
3. "Does God know His own future?" When I responded yes, she said, "Oh, yeah, because He knows everything. He even knows what He looks like, but we can't see Him until we get to Heaven" When I reminded her that Moses had gotten a glimpse of God in all His brightness and glory she said, "Yeah, if we saw Him we'd probably just faint over dead"
We are in the middle of our church Missions Conference and Laura has been soaking in all the information that she has been learning about the different countries in the world . . .so far Colombia and India. She asked if tonight we could "play India" and sleep on the floor of our living room (Since most families in India only have that much room of their own) with nothing but a light blanket. I said I'd have to make that decision later . . .
Monday, November 2, 2009
Reformation Day
My friend Abbie, her husband, and their crew of 5 children hosted a Reformation Day Party for Halloween night. Given that Martin Luther chose the night before All Saints Day to post his 95 theses, we figured it would be fun to celebrate that. It helped out my kids, since they are generally frightened by many halloween decorations and most constumes that the older kids wear when trick or treating.
Jack was sick with a fever, so he stayed home and handed out candy with daddy (actually, they shut off the lights, and cuddled on the couch watching college football, but shhhhhhh)
The three other children had a great time.
What does one do at a Reformation Day party? Well, during a wonderful dinner of chicken and coleslay (no doubt authentic Reformation Day faire) you can watch a video of Martin Luther's life (pay attention, there may be a pop quiz later for candy)
Here are the older girls in their costumes:
Then there is the game that Abbie and Mark created called "Grab the indulgences" Which basically involves moving the living room furniture around so that you can throw a bag of candy on the floor and see who can get to it first.
Josiah jumped the gun and got his indulgences first . . .with a great slide!
Or "Pin the Theses on the Door", very similar to pin the tail on the donkey, without the donkey.
There were other fun moments of the night, which mostly involved having so many kids in one house at one time, and some adorable "baby moments"
Like James finding different ways to modify his pumpkin costume:
It was a grand time. Thanks for having us!
And here is the link to my friend's blog where you can see her kids' awesome costumes!
And another link of the activities
Jack was sick with a fever, so he stayed home and handed out candy with daddy (actually, they shut off the lights, and cuddled on the couch watching college football, but shhhhhhh)
The three other children had a great time.
What does one do at a Reformation Day party? Well, during a wonderful dinner of chicken and coleslay (no doubt authentic Reformation Day faire) you can watch a video of Martin Luther's life (pay attention, there may be a pop quiz later for candy)
Here are the older girls in their costumes:
Then there is the game that Abbie and Mark created called "Grab the indulgences" Which basically involves moving the living room furniture around so that you can throw a bag of candy on the floor and see who can get to it first.
Josiah jumped the gun and got his indulgences first . . .with a great slide!
Or "Pin the Theses on the Door", very similar to pin the tail on the donkey, without the donkey.
There were other fun moments of the night, which mostly involved having so many kids in one house at one time, and some adorable "baby moments"
Like James finding different ways to modify his pumpkin costume:
It was a grand time. Thanks for having us!
And here is the link to my friend's blog where you can see her kids' awesome costumes!
And another link of the activities
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