Baseball is Over!

Baseball season is over. We missed the last game but Jayden’s coach is going to mail out his trophy. Jayden had a lot of fun playing with the bigger boys this season and has requested to continue baseball, so we will be signing him up in the Spring! Here are a couple of pictures of his last couple of games.

As you can see, she still loves flipping!

More flips!

Beach!

Last week we decided at the last minute to play hookie from baseball. Instead, we went to the beach. It was glorious! I love the cool air that hit us and that drowsy feeling we all got when we left the beach. Most of all, I love the serenity there.

There is a small playground that the kids played at for a few minutes. We left that section pretty fast though. The beach was calling!

 Look at this! It was seriously so gorgeous!

You can't see them, but there were TWO seals swimming out there! I have NEVER seen a seal that was not in captivity.

At one point, both of my children (at separate times) sat at the edge of the water and just looked out into the ocean.

 

When we got home Jayden told me, "Mom, I love my family. I love our life. We have so much fun, and we have great friends!" Cait and I nodded our heads in agreement.

Science Co-op

For our library science co-op, we continued with the ocean creatures theme. Carolyn hosted this time, and as usual, the kiddies had a lot of fun!

First she put coral, seashells, sand dollars, etc in a bucket and let the children examine them.

 Then she had them look at x-rays of shells, etc.

 The kids got to paint an underwater scene.

Jayden's

Cait's

Jayden's

Cait's

Jayden made himself as a scuba diver. The buttons are his goggles.

The kids also got to go "fishing." Every time they do this, I am always shocked at how enthralled they are. They could seriously spend a good portion of time "fishing."

Owen & Cait chatting

Story Time

While waiting for story time to begin, we checked out the art work at our library. Cait loved the painting of a puppy in a boot. All of the work displayed was created by Laurence Welch, a local artist.

Jayden loved the beach painting.

Jayden and Cait were fascinated with this painting.

 At story time the librarian (Miss Corrie) read about fall. The children danced and sang songs as well.

She discussed crops and harvesting, which worked perfectly with our history lesson this week.

 Afterward, we went to the children's library and checked out a few books. Cait decided it was the perfect spot to attempt a handstand. She is REALLY into gymnastics lately.

Jayden thought it was so cool and asked her how she did it. So she taught him.

Art lines!

We still have these damn boxes. They are obnoxious and always seem to be in my way. And yet the kids love them. They play with them daily. Like seriously, they are occupied for a long while with these boxes. So until they go ignored or break, in my living room they shall stay!

 We started Halloween crafts this week. J & C made their own paper candy corn guy.

Then we hung it up on our brand new art line by my beloved husband! He screwed an eye hook in on both ends of our living room and tied some rope onto it. Now we have an art line where we can hang up all of the kids' art work during the upcoming holidays.