The Best Things Are Never Planned

We are working on the number ten and the color purple.  Ten purple grapes!

Crayola has such a beautiful vibrant purple paint.  They call it "Violet".  Often times the purple paint turns out a little flat and dark.   Not this brand.  Crayola is my favorite. 

This is the face she gives me every time she sees me getting out the paint shirts.  I just had to share.  She is always very excited to paint!

"Please show me just one finger." 

We used that finger to count our grapes.

It was time to paint!  Q-tips help to make the painting last longer.

Then this song came on.  Luckily, these kids LOVE loud music and it always means one thing when they hear me turn it up!

DANCE PARTY!  The best things are almost always never planned at Henle House.  This became my favorite part of yesterday. 

They were all so completely enveloped by the music and were really moving.

This guy stole the show with his break dancing.

Look at him GO!  I was loving it.  So fun!

Next they decided to run to the door and slide into the dining room on their knees.  Hooray for slippery floors! 

Strike a pose!  We could not plan something as fun as this was.  It's the little things that fill my heart with joy.

♥♥♥Happy Friday!♥♥♥

Balloon Fun

Yesterday we went to the dentist.  I did not take any photos.  You can imagine why.  (Long silent smile.)  I can now have a hearty laugh because that event was "so yesterday"... Thank God!  Ever have a day that didn't go so well?  I can tell you that at Henle House I have had those days.  Usually I have a few rough minutes or something like that.  Our dentist visit was the longest hour of my life! Today is the BEST DAY EVER because we don't have to go back.  (Smile.)  A few days ago I found this little balloon pump and some balloons.

 The idea was to pump them up and release them to see how far they would fly.  The girls waited in anticipation!

One hit Smudge, who was less than thrilled... 

Someone else was a little worried.

We decided to just tie them off and play.  Someone asked me if I could make balloon animals.  Yes!  Here is a snake!  Here is a worm!

They were pretty happy with the balloons. :)

It's a good thing to find the DS abandoned. 

Outside, the kids have been enjoying a scooter that we got from our niece.  I remember buying this scooter for her when she was 3.  It looks barely used!  The kids have been pretty good about sharing it.

I love that it has 3 wheels so it doesn't fall over as often as a regular scooter. 

♥♥♥Happy Thursday!♥♥♥

Chippy

A song came on and we couldn't resist having a dance party before we began our project.

Here is the song that came on.  Classic "get your wiggles out" music. :)

Here they were, working along on their ten fingers.  We traced our hands and were coloring them in with oil pastels.

The next step was to paint with watercolors over the top of the colorings, creating a crayon resist. 

Paint paint paint.. They were working really well.

Then Chippy showed up. 

"What about me?"

I couldn't hear what she was saying, but she was saying a lot of it.

"HellOOOoo... I am waiting."

Looking forlorn.

"Please?"

I have lots of leftover nuts from Christmas. 

We couldn't pay attention to our art anymore.  

They wanted to go outside with Chippy.

I lost them!

The finished product was beautiful.  This morning we are off to the dentist with Aiden.

♥♥♥Happy Wednesday!♥♥♥

Let's Go To The Park

Yesterday afternoon the beautiful sun came out and we took advantage of it.  Off we went to the park!  I LOVE shadow photos.  I just can't seem to get enough of them lately.  Oh glorious sunshine!  We could feel it's warmth, a gift straight from God.☼

Is there anything so soothing as to look at the water? 

We noticed lots of new stuff at the park.  There is now a fence around the playground.  New gravel, a new fishing dock and some new rocks are on the beach.  We are at this park twice every day for the bus, but it has been a long time since we came to play.  Too long!  We are so blessed to live by this lake.  We could hear the eagles, but didn't catch a glimpse of them.

Swinging in the sunshine!

It was so good to get out into the fresh air when we could enjoy it. 

We sat by the water long enough to listen to the sounds and look at what was happening around us.  If the sun is out I like to sit in it until I can feel it's warmth.  I was glad that the kids were pointing things out to me and asking questions.

 We noticed fishermen, geese, seagulls, sticks, leaves, all sorts of things in the lake.

I like these newly placed rocks.  They provide a nice place to sit.

We wandered out onto a dock.

The water was very dark and we couldn't see what was in it today.  Sometimes when the sun hits it just right, we can see minnows.

Henle House is somewhere behind those trees.

Two of my own babies showed up, looking grown up.

We watched the geese for a while. 

Geesh- my daughter looks so grown up.  Where is time going?

I begged her to pose for a shadow photo. 

Quiet time on a dock.

Water reflections.

Just a great time.  A really great time!

♥♥♥Happy Tuesday!♥♥♥