It's that time of year again

Well fall is here and it's time to start swapping out clothes. The weather is actually still very warm but I know the cool days are just ahead. The mornings are a little cool. As much as I dislike trying to get the boys clothes organized I am ready for them to wear some of their fall things. I have lots of tubs/boxes to go through. The picture doesn't even show the boxes and bags in the boys closets. I think it's going to take me a while to get everything sorted out. The good thing about all of these boxes is that the boys are going to have plenty to wear this fall/winter. I'm very thankful to not have to go buy clothes (or at least not much) for my boys. I've been very blessed with LOTS of clothes handed down by my sister. I can't even begin to imagine what an ordeal swapping clothes out for her is. She is the mom of 21!! Whew!! Well I'm going to start tackling this mess as soon as my kiddos go down for naps!! I can't believe I've gone a week without posting anything and then all I post is a picture of a big mess..haha. I should have some new post over the next few days!

A great day!

The kids and I had a good day today. Like I mentioned in an earlier post.. I am doing preschool at home with Cade (and the other kids). We have had fun with it so far. Some days we don't get much (if anything) done. It's hard to find a good time to do school stuff with 5 and 6 kids here (2 of which are babies that want to be in the middle of EVERYTHING). We do the best we can though. This week our letter has been E. We've done some crafts and fun things with this letter so far. I told Cade I would let him help me make eggs one day. Today was that day. The kids helped me make green eggs for egg and cheese sandwiches. They each got to crack an egg and put it in the bowl. I only had to scoop out a couple of shells from Chance's egg!! Not bad! They loved eating the sandwiches. Cade painting his elephant earlier this week. We made paper bag puppets after they dried.
The kids stirring the GREEN eggs!
Now doesn't that look YUMMY! It really was very good. The kids each ate their whole sandwich!!
painting leaves...doesn't go with E...we just painted them for Fall. As you can see Cooper thinks he's as big as the other boys. He wants to do EVERYTHING they do.
such a big boy
They love painting
Chance working on his leaves
Chad came home with this today. It is my birthday today and he thought I needed a drink from Sonic. He was right!! Tonight after bible class we all went to Baskin Robbins. 2 treats in 1 day..WOW!!!

Sound Asleep

After the boys went down for naps I went and laid down for a few minutes. I couldn't go to sleep because I was thinking of all the things I needed to be doing. When I walked into the den this is how I found Cade. I guess even Spiderman has to sleep sometimes!!

Outside Fun!

Yesterday I got to spend the day with just my boys. Rarely do I have just my kids on a Monday. One of the little girls I keep had a virus so she and her sister stayed home. I love the kids I keep but I also love days with just my boys. We spent the morning at the park and even took our lunch and enjoyed a picnic. After rest time, which we all needed after spending the morning playing at the park, we went swimming and played in a mud hole. What Fun!!! It was a great day! enjoying a picnic at the park
Cooper laughing at Chance because he was saying "shoo fly"
They love mud! Cooper thought he needed to join in the messy fun too.

I made a GOAL!!!!!

Cade had a soccer game this morning. Once again the boys played great. They seem to be playing better and better with each game. He is enjoying soccer so much...even more than I thought he would! I took this picture after Cade made a goal. I just love it! He was so excited.

scrapbook pages

Here are a few of the scrapbook pages from Cooper's 1 year album. I'm all done with his album with the exception of his birthday pages. I hope to get those done soon. All of my pages are fairly simple. There are some pages that I don't just love but at least they are done!! These were some of my favorites from his album. I think most of the things I used for his album came from Hobby Lobby.

Apple Picking Time!

This afternoon we took the boys to pick apples at the home of one of our church members. They had a good time and picked LOTS of apples. We came home with a basket and a bucket FULL! I am going to be busy coming up with things to make with all of these apples. I do plan to freeze some for us to enjoy later. We look forward to enjoying these apples for quite some time.