October 2008

Pictured here with her youngest great-grandchild, Anna, about one year ago. 1919 – 2008

We went thrifty this year with a storybook birthday party at home.James and Joel and Dad organized a puppet show called ‘The Tortoise, the Hare and the Porcupine’ to entertain guests and Mom sewed the red curtain. Grandma, Grandpa, Dad and Mrs. Parker were roped into reading picture books from Read more…

A few hours ago James officially turned 6! Born just in time for church at 9:17 in the morning on Reformation Sunday (like his Mom) weighing 7 lbs and half an ounce. He has traveled a lot since then. He celebrated his first birthday in the French Alps, second in Read more…

A couple days ago some friends invited us to join in their annual fall tradition of hand-pressing apple cider – yum! The kids had a wonderful time at a beautiful location, and we all soaked in the last of fresh apples for a while (apples are few and far between Read more…

The leaves are declaring the glory of the Lord recently – turning all sorts of gorgeous colors! This can only mean one thing: Autumn in upon us! I must give up the denial when the nights are 45 degrees! Our playgroup recently had a fun visit to the pumpkin patch. Read more…

No super exciting news. Anna continues to amaze me as she grows up faster than her brothers did. She’s decided to potty-train herself this past week, which has been fairly smooth so far. She talks lots and gives lots of ’tisses’ (her ‘k’ is ‘t’ for now). I can’t help Read more…

Today in language arts we read the “Gingerbread Man”, and in Science we’ve been doing body parts and senses, so our closing activity was making gingerbread cookies (with a handy low-sugar recipe). We decorated with sunflower seeds and raisins and had a great time cutting/rolling and eating! As we peeked Read more…