Walk Now for Autism

The girls will be walking Saturday November 7th. Please make a donation, if you can! They are also collecting spare change to take into school.

Madison is SEVEN!

Madison turned 7 on Sept 29th and we celebrated her birthday the following weekend. Madison invited some friends from school and her family to join in on the fun.  Mommy baked her cake and then Nana decorated it for her. Madison got some cool presents and some really awesome home made cards from her friends! Mom and Dad even got her an Ipod!

Here is Nana, Madison, and The Cake:



And Madison and her friends opening presents:

We're off to see the Wizard!

We're going to see the Wizard of Oz tonight! At the movie theater!  You can check here to see if there is a showing near you.

Mommy and Aunt Trisha are taking all three girls. We'll edit this post tomorrow with our movie review ;)

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Movie Reviews

Morgan: I loved the Wizard of Oz!  It's my favorite movie so far.

Madison: It was great!  My favorite parts were when the Cowardly Lion sang his song, when he jumped out the window, when Dorothy freed the Scarecrow, when the Wicked Witch melted, and the song The Yellow Brick Road.

Hazel: I didn't like the scary parts!  My favorite parts were when the Lion sang his song and in the beginning when Dorothy got Toto back.

Hazel Day!

Today was Hazel Day at preschool!  Hazel made a poster to tell all about herself. She included her favorite food (macaroni and cheese), her favorite color (green), her family, her pet, her friends, her favorite book (Are You My Mother?), and what she wants to be when she grows up  (a dentist). Mommy came to class and read Are You My Mother to everyone. Hazel also shared some books with the other kids in class. Mommy stayed most of the day and saw all the fun things Hazel does all day. She got to sing songs, dance, go to the playground, play with playdough, and see all the kids paint colorful apples!

The Tooty Ta Song!

Mommy came to Hazel's class last night for a parent night. The teachers played this song and all the kids AND the grownups danced! It was really funny!

Everyone get up and dance along!

Family Game Night--Yahtzee

Last night we all played Yahtzee(well, not Dennis).  We also had shrimp cocktail with it for a yummy treat! It didn't last two minutes.  Hazel and Mom were on a team and Hazel did the rolling.  She was very good at it too!  Her and mom almost won, but they were beat by MADISON!  We decided that every Friday will be game night from now on. Then we don't have to rush to get ready for bed. Hazel already picked the game for this Friday.  We'll be playing SpongeBob Bingo! Check back to find out who won.

Madison's Good Day

I had a great day at school. I went to the office for a positive referral. The Vice Principal called my mom. He told her that I am a good student, that I am prepared for class, and never get into trouble. I got two prizes; one for a good referral and one for getting four pride tickets. I got gooey noisy putty and a tiny stuffed football.

Inspired by Dennis . . .

The girls loved Dennis' collages so much that they all wanted to make one too!  Hazel even helped cut pictures out of a magazine. They are going to take their collages to their teachers tomorrow.

This one is Hazel's picture. She made three "people" using all kinds of cool stuff!

Madison picked all kinds of cool things for her picture and she added decoration with marker.

Morgan decided to go with an "eye" theme for her picture.

Morgan may have been inspired a bit by mommy's picture:

Art Time with Dennis

Dennis had fun gluing pictures today!  He doesn't seem to like messy art (like painting) that much so we tried something nice and clean today. Dennis made two pictures using paper cut into random shapes and clippings from magazines (we keep a little box of them--I need to refill it now!). On the green page, he colored with crayon first. On the white one, he took turns gluing and using markers.

And here are the finished works of art!  (I used the scanner this time, instead of just taking a picture)

First day of School!

The girls went back to school last week. Hazel started preschool this year. Everyone had a great first week of school! Here they are on the first day.

Morgan started the 3rd grade this year.

Madison started the 1st grade.

Hazel just started school this year. She took some flowers to her teacher!

At Hazel's first day of PreK, she drew pictures of her family.

Blankets For The Homeless

Blankets for the Homeless is run by two young girls who collect blankets, clothing, and food to the homeless. This week we made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for them to pass out! We also gave them some of our old clothes that don't fit anymore. We all helped making the sandwiches (well, Dennis helped eat them).

Here is a news story about Blankets for the Homeless. Check it out, and help if you can!

Body Painting!

The kids had a BLAST painting themselves today!

And each other. . .

Dennis mostly had fun playing in the water and mixing paints.

The girls decided that Dennis was just too clean. So the went after him and started painting!

He escaped, so they chased him down again to finish the job!

Doesn't he looked happy with his new paint job?

The best part was that they were able to hose off and just start all over again!

Body Painting!

The kids had a BLAST painting themselves today!

And each other. . .

Dennis mostly had fun playing in the water and mixing paints.

The girls decided that Dennis was just too clean. So the went after him and started painting!

He escaped, so they chased him down again to finish the job!

Doesn't he looked happy with his new paint job?

The best part was that they were able to hose off and just start all over again!

Visit to Johnstown

Dennis enjoying the yummy food at Rey Azteca.


The view from The Johnstown Inclined Plane.

Easter Stuff

We decorated our own baskets this year! Then we left them out for the bunny to fill up. Check them out:

From left to right it is Dennis, Madison, Hazel, and Morgan's baskets.


And check out these eggs! They look tie dyed. First, we put vinegar on the eggs, then just dripped on food coloring right from the bottle.


We also made a fun Easter cake. First, we made the batter for a white cake (from a box) then split it up into different bowls and dyed them all different colors. Then we started layering them in a cake pan, putting them in reverse order in the second pan.
Look how fun!