Hooray for Family Pics!

We got pictures back from Traci Rampton and she did a great job....completed the impossible task of keeping all three boys happy and followed of the mysterious rules of photography. AND didn't get a ticket for taking these right on National Parks grounds, which apparently is very fine-able offence. Think "Newsies". Starting with my favorite.....

October is SO FUN!! Halloween is coming and the boys have been busy making all sorts of spooky crafts....

The boys and I went to Cox Farms to slide down slides, jump from rope swings, ride in the hay wagon, and of COURSE, pick out pumpkins!!

So sad to say this....we lost Auntie Crystal to New Zealand this week. We went to send her on her, but not before having one last piece of Cheesecake Factory Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake!

The next morning Jay and the boys dropped me off at the Doc's for a little Septoplasty and some other stuff. A few hours later they picked me up a little worse for the wear...

Monday there was a fungas among us...at Nature Quest.

I'm starting to look better...less drugged, anyway.

Museum Crazy!

In the last couple of weeks we've had a lot of rain. It seemed like the perfect time to visit a few of the great FREE museums in DC. I love this city and will miss having access to so much for the boys to see and experience. I never have any problem finding something to demonstrate what I'm teaching them at home.

National Building Museum with Jackson and William

Cabbage experiment with dancing during the wait.

Lake Accotink for playgroup and lunch

Leaf Imprints

On Columbus Day we thought we had Nature Quest but it was cancelled so we hiked around the pond and "explored" like Christopher Columbus.

Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

Jayson's soccer practice.

Our little guys finally hatched, one at a time. Two days later they mated. They're just gross.

We studied Africa this week so we went to the Zoo to see the African animals. And play in the prairie dog tunnels. We spent most of our time staring in horror at the Goliath Bird-eating Tarantula. Except Aidan. He couldn't look at it. Too creepy. (okay, obviously I'm not a bug lover. I'm not a bug hater either. There's just something so repulsive yet so fascinating at the same time. Like pimples or bacteria.)

National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center with Jackson and William. This trip reignited space-frenzy in our house. Get out the astronaut suits, Mom! We're not taking them off for at least a week!

Astronaut ice cream!

Making space/air stuff

Dedecohedron

Hat weather!

It suddenly got very quiet during our night time prayer. Thirty seconds later...