Valentine's Party with the Homeschool Group

Ok, this picture of Reagan is not from the party, but I threw it in because I didn't have anywhere else to put it. Now, on to the party!

We had face painting by Tenna- the girls each got a Tinkerbell, Matthew and Remington got Saturn planets. Reagan hung on me, and got nothing.
Matthew and Remington trying to make heart baskets- they were too complicated for me to figure out!
The boys did enjoy making the candy airplanes.


These last two pictures were actually from the evening of the Lincoln party, but I missed them on that post, and it was easier to put them on here than go back to it and add them.

Happy 200th Birthday, Abraham Lincoln!

To celebrate Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, we all dressed up in our red, white, and blue, and attended a birthday bash at the Maryville Public Library. All but Anna, that is, who insisted on wearing pink. But as you can see, the rest of the kids donned their red shirts, and a good time was had by all. A very talented Lincoln impersonator put on a show, and then stuck around for pictures, questions, and cake.
Reagan enjoyed herself, as you can see!
Just like Santa, Abraham Lincoln was too scary for pictures with Cora and Reagan. Matthew and Anna posed for us though.
Reading the Gettysburg Address.

Funny Kids

Degin in his new Easter bonnet.

Reagan in the same hat. Ok, it's not new, it's an old one from mom's, but it is a girl's Easter hat.

This is what kids look like after they've been building dirt castles on a windy day!

Random Stuff

Matthew shooting his new bow and arrows- Cora gets the privilege of being the quiver- carrier.
We were splitting wood- Matthew was really not happy about helping carry and stack firewood, but did force himself to smile for this picture.
Reagan with her "boy baby"- everything is a baby to her. The coloring is odd in the picture because there was so much smoke from a neighbor's fire that the entire town was gray. It made all my pictures that day look strange.

A Knight, a Butterfly Princess, and a Terrible Tornado

Anna, my little writer/director, made up a play called "A Knight, a Butterfly Princess, and a Terrible Tornado." Reagan had no part in the play, but I liked this picture taken of her during the play. Anyway, Matthew, of course, was the knight. Cora was the Butterfly Princess, and Anna was a terrible tornado, set on destroying the princess and stealing her crown. Matthew's line for each version of the play was "Oh no, a terrible tornado! I must save the Butterfly Princess!" He would then fight the tornado with his sword or shoot it with his bow. We taped the play about 10 times- it just kept getting funnier.


These are just some random pictures of Anna and Cora that I liked, and happened to get downloaded at the same time as the play pictures.