I See Thee For a Melon... I Mean Felon

The local library has a grant to teach dramatic sword fighting.  Okay, think of all the kids sword fighting with sticks, this is a kid's dream come true.  Not only are the kids wielding steel, but they are learning lines from Shakespeare and the Three Musketeers.  Tyler was run through twice at the sword fighting exhibition on Sat.  He loved performing with his sword weilding friends.  Yep, we skipping soccer season to sword fight.  Ty is also interested in playing the bag pipes.  Hmmm... interesting.

Sailing Nov. 24

Sailing in November?  Yes!  What a treat.  We stopped at In and Out for burgers on the way down for a perfect laid back day.  Patti and Quinn took us sailing in their cool sailboat.  We saw a sea lion, cool houseboats, big fancy catamarans...

We Bake Cookies Alot so...

Since we are prolific in our cookie production, Addy decided she'd like an apron. I only have one girl so I went all out to make a super fancy apron. I saw cute ones for adults down the street at Bates so I made a kid version. I may make myself a matching one. Little girl stuff is so fun. I am quite proud of how this project turned out. I'll have to go to the girl section at the toy store to help Santa. It's a tough job but I'm up to it!

More pictures

Here are some more Halloween pictures.

Ideas for Halloween Candy

Welcome to my new blog. So, I have a couple of ideas for using Halloween candy. Today Addy and I made "Halloween Cookies." We took our favorite candy bars and squished them up and replaced the chocolate chips our recipe calls for with our concoction! We also freeze the candy after about a week of pillaging and use it on our graham cracker Christmas houses.

Addy was a royal bride and Tyler and Cole were 2 or the 3 Musketeers. Tyler is enamored with dramatic sword fighting so the boys chose to be sword wielding characters. He is involved with a sword fighting class that meets at the library. The boys also love drawing pirate ships and long hours playing Legos.