Day Five ~ Birds and fish

I started Noey out with a little fish craft.



We hung him up with some other fish.


He put his bird and fish on his world.


We made a nest.


He went fishing.




Aunt Sherri surprised us!



Noey decided a net would be more productive in his fishing. ;-)


He really enjoyed his the water table on this day. He also loves to put his work up on the fridge or wall when he is done with it. He rushes to his daddy and shows him all he did while he was away at work. It is so cute.



A Trip to Sherri's House

We were invited to go and play at Sherri's house recently. My boys were so excited to go.


Here are the boys all loaded up and ready to go.





Look how grown-up my big boy is becoming. I love the way he looks. How did my baby get so big? He will be 13 in November!





My little Remmit, his chin is skinned up from a pool party we went to. He plays so hard.





Ginger is always a highlight of a visit to Sherri's house. My mother fell in love with her when she came to stay with me at the end of my pregnancy.





Noah liked crawling on Sherri's big open floor.





Hims Aunt Sherri ate hims up!





We had a nice visit, but it was sad. Sherri and I loved on her daughter because some stupid mean boy broke her heart. Which reminds me...Eli cannot date. EVER! I dare some gal to make hims sad. Hee hee...

Mardi Gras 2011

We met Sherri and her family for Mardi Gras last minute this year.





Noah was a little taken with the treats. ;)





My little boys and I waiting for the parade!





I so love these two ladies! :) The young girl is Eli's cake making buddy.








Noah loved the parade and the fireworks. We all watched him in amazement. He never cried!





She may kill me for posting this...but she is so much fun! She is always dancing and laughing. I so enjoy her. Sherri is one of the best people to share fun with.





I love this baby.





this was our favorite float, the pirate float. Now where did they find the huge barbie mermaid?








I love how Noah is looking at me in this photo. :) Matthew says he is always looking at me. :) It is nice to be loved!














Our gang:





Sherri's gang:





Noah and hims stash!





He thought it was great to have things thrown at him. Hee hee...

A Pizza Snake

My friend Sherri and I both homeschool our children. We got together for a little party. This is what I made. :) I love the way it turned out.


I started with a three pack of frozen bread dough and I thawed it in the fridge over night. The next day I rolled out each section into 23ish x 6 inches rectangle.





I filled with pizza sauce and cheese. You can fill yours with sandwich fixing or anything that grabs your fancy. :) I then "pinwheeled" the dough. Do this in sections.











You will want to moisten the free edge a little with water and pinch to seal once you get to this point. Taper one end for your head and the other for your tail.





Shape each section in an S shape.






Now you need to mix one egg yolk and as much color as needed to get the colors you desire. We did green, yellow, and red. Be sure to do one egg yolk for each different color.




Paint your snake in stripes. Remy loved this part.





Let your painted sections rise for 20 minutes. Bake your Snake sections in a 375 degree oven for about 20-25 minutes or until the bottoms are golden. Be sure to spray the foil you are baking on before placing your raw snake sections on them to bake. I placed the foil on a big baking sheet.


Take them out, allow to cool a little, and with toothpicks place olives for eyes and red pepper for a tongue. I used peppercorns for the nostrils.





Now connect your snake sections!








Be sure to eat before he takes on a life of his own and slithers away!

Last Moments of Summer...

The boys had one of their favorite people over on one of those last summer days. The water was beginning to chill and they took one last jump into the pool. It was cold but boy did they have fun! :)


They even spent time in our little apple tree. I am not sure how many of those little apples they ate. Hee hee...








Crazy kids!


Thanks, Sherri, for giving us Patrick for the day. :) We love him!

Swim Day at Sherrie's House!

Matthew had to be away one day for a while and I have grown so accustomed to having my Mattmos around that he had to have Sherrie babysit me. :) She is such a great sitter! Why didn't I have one that good while I was a child?

Sherrie's pool surely had a workout that day.

This is one of the ONLY photos I have of Elijah because he wouldn't stay above water. He loves the water now.

Remy was very photogenic that day. Matthew got some great photos!

The kids had started out with making water ballons with little water balloons. They were using the jets from the pool filter to fill them up. I have to admit that they were fun and I had a hand in filling some too. Madison had the GREAT idea of using normal sized balloons. It was so funny!

Those balloons were so much fun!

Here is Carter trying to get that balloon tied off. It was hard!

Madison's face in this one...hee hee...cracks me up!

Sherrie and I!

Sherrie grilled hot dogs and they were so good. :)

Here is a photo of the balloon arsenal the kids had saved up.

Look at my sweet Remy! I could eat him up!

Of course there is always some kind of critter to share. Look at this neat caterpillar! What is this? I haven't had the time to sit at the computer to find out!

Shoot 'em Remy! Look at his little tongue in this one. Hee hee...

Matthew did manage to get one photo of them all.

We had so much fun and it made the time pass so fast, too fast! Sherrie, you are one of my favorite peoples!!!!!