St. Patrick's Day

We've had sick kids for the last week and a half, so I decided not to try to do a St. Patrick's Day Party. We did manage to have a little fun, though. :)

Animal Party

After Isabelle had a princess party, Caleb decided he wanted to have an animal party. I kept putting him off until we had a chance to get some animal crackers.
All of the homeschool kids- plus a few others- came to enjoy playing, watching a movie, having a snack, and doing a craft.
As an extra special treat, Becky brought some animal masks. Even the kids enjoyed those.
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Back Online Again

Our online time in January turned out to only be a couple of days. Now we are back online, hopefully for longer!

Back Online!

We are back on line after almost 6 months. Yea!!
We will be trying to catch up on e-mail and blogging. Our connection is slow, so we appreciate your patience.

Bandana Pants & Skirt

Isabelle's skirt and Caleb's pants were each made from 2 bandannas. My idea was to put 2 of the same color, but they wanted one red and one blue.
These were super simple to make. The skirt is 2 bandannas sewn together, with the top folded over for elastic.
The pants were copied from this pattern.
I should have made these before the 4th of July!

Isabelle turns 7!

Isabelle's birthday was July 15, but we had too much celebrating to fit into one day. She started partying Monday evening. Midhuna was leaving the next day, so we had her come over for cookies.
Wednesday evening we have our team meeting and celebrated with cinnamon rolls, pineapple upside down cake, peanut butter cookies, and brownies. After the meeting the Harveys and the Marshes stayed for supper. One of Isabelle's favorite present was some clothes from Isabelle Harvey that she had outgrown.

Of course, we had to have another little party on her actual birthday with some neighbors. Isabelle decided she wanted her birthday to last all year, but we had to draw the line somewhere!

4th of July

I wasn't planning to do anything special for the 4th of July, but Isabelle really wanted to have a party. We invited some of our neighbors to come over for lunch after church.
The food was different than any 4th of July celebration that I have attended.
We had the following:
mango juice
curry chicken (Midhuna made this Indian dish for us)
rice
homemade bread
spam and egg salad (canned "ham," boiled eggs, and mayo)
fried plantains
chips (a rare treat- you can't buy them here, they have to be made from scratch)
banana yogurt (also made from scratch)
brownies

We enjoyed the food and the time with friends.