Kylees Birthday Snack at Preschool

Kylee wanted something Dora as well for her school b-day snack, so I made cookies. The icing was too runny, and didn't turn out like I wanted, but the kids loved them, so I guess thats all that mattered.

She wanted to put a birthday "pretty" in her hair, so I told her to go pick one. This is what she came back with :) Its a gift bow - not what I was thinking, but that's ok. So thats how she went to school.

Kylee's "Dora the Explorer" 5th Birthday Party

I'm the Map, I'm the Map. I'm the Map!! Kylee's turning 5, and I can show you to her door. I'm the MAP!!
Through Harrisville, Past the Water Wheel Pond, To Kylees Fiesta!
Come On Everybody! Lets go! To Kylee the Explorer's Birthday Adventure!
Please join us for an exciting Birthday fiesta! Friday January the 22nd at 6:00 pm at Kylee’s house. Please RSVP so Swiper the Fox doesn’t swipe your spot at the party!



My baby is growing up!!






The 7 little Adventurer's BackPacks with The Map




Oh, Oh, only 5 Adventurers showed up (one too young to sit at this table), so Swiper the Fox Must have swiped 2 spots! :)




The helpers - putting together the doll change table and highchair that Kylee got


Playing "Pin the boot on Boots"

A new barber in the neighborhood???

Our Snow Family

We are finally getting some warmer weather - perfect for making snowmen, so the kids and I made a family. Devon did help, but went in before I got the idea to take a picture and didn't want to come back out to get in it.
Funny thing happened though - Sammy, our beagle, was with us the whole time we were making them. Then when we let him out last night after dark for a potty break, he started howling at the snow family. When we got up in the morning, two of them were knocked over and he had the hats and scarves strewn all over the yard. Sure must have scared him :)

Devons creative side

Wish I had taken pictures of all the things he has made, but this has been a real fun thing for Devon. A box of 1000 popsicle sticks and a mini hot glue gun. These are a couple of his airplanes. He has made many things, a bow and arrow, a few guns that looked very realistic, a log cabin... Not sure where they are (maybe got broken) or I would include them too. Very creative!!

Skilbred Photos

Good time to get pictures when we are all together. It doesn't happen too often.






All the cousins, except one. We are missing Kayla.

Cousin Time in Wisconsin

As always, the cousins have a great time when they get together.

In Memory of George Skilbred (Grandpa/Dad)

We will miss you Grandpa/Dad. You left us a good stable example to follow.

Making Cookies at the Flour Garden

And again another field trip. The preschool went to the local restaurant, and decorated cookies and drank hot chocolate. Was fun to watch that as much icing went onto the cookies, went into some of their tummys :)




Kylees creations.

Christmas Program at Preschool

Field Trip time again! Kylees preschool went to the local nursing home and sang a few Christmas Carols for the old folks. Fun times!


Shaking bells and singing Jingle Bells


"Up on the Housetop"

Interesting Bees Nest

Scott found this bees nest up in our attic. It was very cold up there, so the bees were hibernating. Was fun to pull it apart and check it out. It stunk really bad though!! The top layers were tissue paper thin, the inside was so hard you couldn't cut through it!

Our First Winter Storm

We have been very lucky so far this winter. We only had a few flurries in the air until about the middle of December. This was our first snow. Wasn't alot of snow, but it was the heavy wet kind and was beautiful!! The poor trees were weighted to the ground! We did have a few break right off. I actually had to shake the one branch off to get my truck out that day.

Christmas Tree for the Preschool

Another field trip day. Kylee's class went to a local Christmas Tree Farm to pick out a tree for the preschool. They then made crafts to decorate the tree.

Wow, Its time to catch up!!

I guess it must have been a busy month! I was reminded yesterday by someone who frequently checks my blog, that there has been nothing new for a while (smile), so its time!!!

We have just had wonderful visits and special meeting last night. Glad for the reminder again of whats most important and to spend our time on those things and have a deep hunger for those things and do them with love and with the right spirit. Everything else all ends with death.

The next few posts will summarize what happened in the last month.

Hope everyone has a healthy, happy 2010!!

A couple of house pictures

Amazing what a little stain or paint and a little TLC will do!! Will post more of the inside later, as we get the rooms done. The kitchen is all done, except I need to paint the ceiling, and we need to get a light fixture. The first pictures were taken the day we bought the house. I enjoy painting, so I could see the possiblities :)