Sock Puppet Show

I have been sewing a dress for several weeks and one day I had to pull out the sleeves, the interfacing and the hem. It was going to be a lot of seam ripping so I saved it for quiet time. During quiet time Rachel took a nap and I put on "The Sound of Music" for Mary and I. It took me the entire movie to get all the stitches undone. Mary loved the scene in the movie when they put on a puppet show. She wanted to have a puppet show too. That night we made a theater our of a box and used some old socks to create puppets. The girls have been playing with it for days!

Pioneer Day

We had a great Pioneer Day celerating it at the Church building with friends. We had a yummy pancake breakfast and played lots of games.

I like seeing the girls on Murr's shoulders. One of my favorite memories is of my sitting on my Dad's shoulders.

Our little pioneer in a covered wagon.

Mary played a game of stick pull with Jacob. He was really sweet with her and took it easy.
Mary took it pretty seriously though.

Mary wasn't really thrilled with the walk around the building. This is her reaching and yelling for us. I did run up after this picture and walk with them. We sang a few primary songs.

I just love this guy!

Charlottes Web

We have been reading Charlottes Web to the girls before bedtime. Rachel usually brings me the book and says "Mommy read." While Rachel got some one on one time with a babysitter I took Mary and her friend Lucy to the movies to see "Charlotte's Web" with Dakota Fanning. Mary really liked the movie because the animals and people were real. She told me "it so silly and funny the way those animals talk." We each got a popcorn, drink and laffy taffy. The girls really enjoyed going to the movies! It was fun for me to listen to the conversations the girls had together. It was really cute. They even told eachother some knock knock jokes.

Oysters

My mom sent the girls oysters to open. They each found a pearl inside and also received a necklace to put the pearl in. They love wearing their necklaces which is so much like my mom. My mom really enjoys jewelry and I like to say she collects it. She started giving me jewelry when I was really young. She always enjoyed giving me pearls because Margaret means "pearl". I suppose this is the start of my girls collections.

Colorful Rice

I found this fun craft on Murray's cousins blog. Thank goodness for the mommies who share fun ideas on their blogs! Mary helped me make the rice and the next day we glued it on black paper and the girls creations turned out oh so pretty.

Mary loves anything with glue or scissors. She really liked this craft.

Rachel didn't care for the idea of glue but shes did love grabbing handfuls of rice and the mixing and pouring.

I am still finding colored rice in the oddest places.

Chik-Fil-A

Friday night we dressed up as cows for a free meal at Chik-Fil-A. The girls liked wearing their little masks and looked quite cute in them. I called Murray on his way home to let him know about our plans. He replied by saying he would rather pay for his meal. Murray was a good sport in the end and dressed up with the rest of us. I think he may have even thanked me at some point for making him do it!

We had our friend Kinsley over to play that night. Her parents were nice enough to let us dress her up too.

Looks like I lost an ear.

Mia Maids

I was the mia maid advisor for the last nine months at church and it was SO MUCH FUN! I taught lessons to Cherie and Taylor on Sundays and most of the time it was just these two girls! They both celebrated their 16th birthdays recently and moved into another class. I took them to the Olive Garden to celebrate their birthdays and say goodbye. I won't be teaching the mia maids anymore since we will be moving soon. These young women are truly impressive and amazing! They come to church every week and no one makes them do it, they are there because they want to be! I learned a lot during my time with them and will miss them oh so much!