Lego Class

Some of the group setting up for Lego Class - each month there is a theme and the kids build something to do with the theme and bring it along to discuss ... this month was Castles ... Bens got a working catapult aiming at his Castle!

Thanksgiving!

We were invited along to share a real American Thanksgiving Holiday Meal ... here is Leah slicing some pumpkin pie for dessert ... thanks for having us over!!

Movie Madness Class

This is one of the Movie Madness Groups - discussing what movie they'd like to make... so many movies, so little time ...

arts and crafts

Fun fiddley little Christmas tree decorations (glass beads and sequins pinned onto polystyrene balls - one-by-one) ... here we are starting on them ... this was such an on going project ... we had it out half a dozen times and still didn't get them finished to our satisfaction ... oh, well, maybe we'll get them finished next Christmas :-)

These were a couple of kits Josh and Bethany picked out at the craft store, Josh looks tired because it is late at night after a big day shopping, but, he wanted to stay up and finish his house that night ... i think he was in bed and asleep about ten minutes after i took this photo!

Josh's Sunflower

the yummiest way to eat ice cream here ...

ok, just tip your head to the side to look at this one ... i'll try to edit it later, but, now i'm on a mission to get caught up on the actual date we are at the moment :-)...

some of the things we did today...

Duplo!

cooking...
tried out new fashion accessory for cooking!
hooray, completed another puzzle - this one glows in the dark...
this is one of the closer playgrounds... but, metal gets too hot on hot days!

mail from NZ

Thanks Abbey! What a happy face :-) ...

my big brother...

swimming season is finished...

It took ages for the water to drain down the hose and into the drain ... and when the last of the water was syphoned away we flooded the rest to the lawn ... who knew there was a storm water drain in the lawn?!

apparently Christmas is coming soon...

the kids found these cute little trees with there own string of lights in the $1 section at Target...

bye bye rental

we shall miss your leather seats and on board tv!! i forget what this car was but it was fun to drive...

Tiny Treats Class

Toy Story Macaroni

I keep taking photos of random fun/different food we've found in supermarkets... i've finally remembered to add one! (it tasted like regular pasta if you were curious at all :-))

More Monterey Bay Aquarium

So, this is the view from outside looking over a big tank... every couple of minutes water slooshes down over the dome ...

And this is what it is like when you stand inside in the dome ...

Monterey Bay Aquarium

We went on a day trip out to the coast ... amazing time looking around this huge aquarium ... Ben and I were excited to touch a sea slug ... ewww - a new appreciation for those 'survivor' type tv shows when people eat them! Josh loves the hermit crabs - although his hands were just about blue from the cold water he stayed letting them crawl over his hands for ages ...

arts and crafts