Pre-Halloween pics and others

Once again, we pulled out the play-doh for our October art project. It's not hard to find something to do in art, what is hard is finding the time. When we add art to our Monday schedule, it makes Mondays seem forever long!!!! We all made a pumpkin, but with an added flare.

Not really sure about this one.....;)

Mom's accidental skull pumpkin....really, it was an accident, haha.

Last year, I waited to late to get costumes, so we did the homemade thing. I decided to try to buy costumes ahead of time this year. We have not officially celebrated Halloween here yet...with the trick or treating, but the boys were eager to try on their costumes. Jess is Flash, and Jamin is a Ninja.

This pic was taken at Ivy's baby dedication today (1o-25-07). The boys are almost taller than Ruthie and Ivy....just another couple of inches.

If you haven't heard our cat drama....Ellie has been booted outside. I am tired of cleaning up after her, and her hair is floating all over the house. We boarded her up in the back for two days. So she was outside, but not truly "outside" roaming the neighborhood...until today. Here is Jamin holding on to Ellie before she ventures into the unknown;)

"A whole new world......."...Can't you hear the song in your head.

Ellie feeling grass for the first time since she has been with us.....2 yrs now. By the way, our fear was that she would leave and not come back. We are proud to say that she is sleeping under the garage at this moment. Free to come and go....and still she has come back...woohoo!! Jamin is happy!

In early October, we went with our dad to Dumaguete to be a part of a church service there. They were celebrating the purchase of land. We ended up staying at a resort that we have been to several times, and each time hung out at the tree and took plenty of pics. You may recognize the tree;) Oh yeah, the first pic was taken with our Ate Ruthie. We took her out to Marco Polo for her birthday.

Jess has never been one to be up in the tree. He likes to stay near the ground. He was being a little model and wanting me to keep taking pics. I love it when the kids want pics. Usually they get so tired of Mom saying, "Stop, now smile".

Now we are being silly, acting like monkeys....

The drive to Dumaguete from Cebu (and vice versa) is really beautiful. We stopped several times just getting pics from the side of the road...however not all of them turned out. Here are a few of our favorites.....

Filipino Birthday Parties and Beach Day

We don't go to many birthday parties here, especially when done at McDonald's. However, the boys couldn't pass up an invite to their really good friend's 8th birthday....Peter!

Instead of Happy Meals, we have chicken and spaghetti at McDonald's parties. Jamin opted out for an order of french fries instead;)

On this Friday (Sept 28th), I wanted to really get out of the house. Doing homeschool all week tends to keep us inside....getting cabin fever. It's been raining all week also. So seeing sunshine as soon as we woke up this day, I decided that we hurry and do our basic lessons (math, language, spelling) and then head for the beach. Jamin and Jesse didn't complain one bit! It's been a long time since we've taken the time to spend the day (as a family) together on the beach and at the beach resort that we are a member at. Last year, we bought a membership (which is really cheap by the way), and then only went one time that year. Isn't that sad?

When we arrived, it was high tide, but we didn't mind. We stayed and had a blast. Here is what we came upon as soon as we got to the beach. There was only one jellyfish, thank goodness. The rest of the pics were just taken throughout the day. After the beach, we headed for the pools there.