Super Sunday

We had a busy Sunday today!  We had our Primary Program today.  The kids all did great, they all memorized their parts, spoke clearly, and sang their hearts out.  Lilah really got into it and you could hear her over everyone else a couple of times.   She had a great time.
Our family friend, Anne, was able to come watch the kids and they loved having someone 'special' in the congregation.  After church we had a special celebration for a member of our ward that is turning 100!  We had cake and pot luck dessert.  After getting the kids all sugared up we headed for home.  Before I could get everyone rounded up for pictures 4 of them changed out of their church clothes!  So for our pictures we decided to dress up with Anne's gift of mustaches!  They kids loved them, except for Celeste, they scared her.

 Celeste Before and After the mustache

 If you look close you can see Calvin's 2 missing front teeth.  He is trying to give Anna bunny ears. Lilah was anxious to take hers off (it made her nose feel funny) and Madeline looked a bit creepy in hers.

 The kids really wanted to see mom with a mustache.  I straightened my hair and forgot my makeup so nobody recognized me at church today even without the mustache =)

 Celeste didn't like Daddy wearing the mustache

 Celeste didn't want it stuck on her

 But she did like playing with it - I think she mistook it for a caterpillar

Playing Church

My kids love to play church.  They take turns conducting meetings, leading music, and teaching lessons.  Today they had a school holiday and the girls spent their morning playing church.

Sing it Loud

This morning after the kids went to school I heard some LOUD singing coming from the living room.  I went to check it out and found these two belting out their own songs into their 'microphones'.  I think I embarrassed them, they really toned it down for the camera.

Dressing for Tomorrow

Madeline lays her clothes out for the next day almost every night.  She loves clothes.  She doesn't usually match, but we are working on that (Mom is working on letting a few things go and we are talking about colors and prints).  Tonight when I went to kiss them good night I noticed that Lilah had laid out her outfit right next to Madeline's.  It just look so cute!

Child Labor

We put Calvin to work today.  Last week Mike cut down a tree in our backyard.  Today Calvin helped
him load most of the branches into his van and take them to the dump.  They did 4 loads!  Then Mike took the top bar off of our lawn mower handle and let Calvin' mow the front yard.  Calvin was in heaven!  He loved it!  Mike stayed close so no limbs were lost.  I'm glad he enjoys it now, because it won't be long before it turns into work instead of play.

Fall Wreath

We went to the Michaels and the girls saw all the fall wreaths and decided we needed one for our door.  Since the orange and yellow leaves weren't really doing it for me, we decided to go with less traditional fall colors.  We picked out our flowers and grapevine wreath and made it at home. It didn't quite turn out how I pictured in my head, but considering how many crafts I do - I can't complain - if I want it to look better, I need to practice.  Regardless, the girls are happy.

Caterpillars

We've been finding a lot of caterpillars outside recently.  Lilah looks for them while we wait for the bus to drop off the kids.  Today Celeste was up from her nap and outside with us.  Lilah found a caterpillar and both of them were thrilled with it.  Unfortunately for the caterpillar, Celeste has not learned how to be gentle yet!

 We had a mild winter last year which means we have a serious bug problem this year.  They are everywhere.  They are eating my tomatoes while they are still green!  The bumps and scabs on Celeste's face are mosquito bites.  Those little suckers are everywhere.  It doesn't matter how much bug spray I use, they attack the poor girl.  They are even in my house!  I hope she doesn't scar!