sick again!

Our family has been sick quite often this year.  This time around, Sophia and Samuel have what seems to be a full-fledged flu virus.  I have never had a child throw up as many time as Sophia did in 18 hours.  Poor girlie.  She is pretty strong through it all.  Here are some pictures of the kiddos during our sick days.

Sophia was in high spirits after keeping down crackers and cheese, flavored water pouch and Disney's Princess Campbell's chicken noodle soup!

 Philip is ready for some rough-housing with Jess after a day of surviving a "no-pestering" zone in a house of sick siblings.  That's tough stuff for this little playful guy!

 After they went to bed, I finally attacked the seed packets in the garage.   I am hoping that even though I am pretty late in doing this I will still at least provide the seed starts with a little advantage against the elements and critters out doors.  We'll see . . .

 It's not a total loss of fun for Philip with his brother and sister sick when he gets to watch a bunch of Voltron episodes!  :)

 Cutie pie!

 Apparently, Buddie's schedule has not been affected in the least!  He gets his morning walk and then checks out pretty much for the entire day on the floor.  Phew!  Hard life!

 Samuel is watching McGee and Me (Christian shows for young boys) and some other shows on the laptop.  I am glad having a fever, etc. can be made less miserable for my kids with cartoons.

Poor Sophia is sleeping a lot.  I hope she can get over this soon.  At least she slept through the night last night.  

Good times with Great Friends

Wednesday afternoon, before church, we spent a few hours with our friends.  We had a wonderful time! The kids wanted to make a cake and everyone wanted to help so Joy divided up the steps.

Praise and Philip cracked the eggs. 

 Sophia added the water.

Favour added the mix.

 Samuel sprayed the pan.

 Beautiful Joy and her girls, Favour and Christly--so much fun!

Making a Volcano!

 Praise asked to do a science project from his book.  We used vinegar, baking soda and dish soap with a bit of food coloring.

 Here it comes . . . 

Mount Agindotan erupts!!!

Look What We Did In School Today . . .

 medieval pouches

We learned in Philip's history lesson today that during the medieval times, clothes were made without pockets.  Hence, they carried the pouches tied to their waists.

 After Sophia and Samuel saw the pouch that Philip made and how he had filled it with pretend coins, they were asking to make one as well.

Along with his science lesson, Samuel made living and nonliving object collages.

Look What We Did In School Today . . .

Snack time!

 Ants on a Log and Celery-Apple Juice (Samuel's favorite juice to make)

 The short "a" sound collage

 Planting  black beans

 Jess bought us all some books/gifts from school and surprised the kids!

 Jess is teasing Philip that he bought the princess purse books for him.

Sophia loved the color doodle!

Grandpa Phil and Grandma Mary's home

 Thomas the Tank Engine

 Hide and Seek Outside

 They found us!

 My Sweet Philip Boy

 Notice that Sophia insisted on wearing Philip's coat backwards.

Look What We Did In School Today . . .

 Sophia's Pre-School Workbook

 Philip is proud of his Kindergarten assignments.

 "Cooking"

 This is Samuel's workspace.  He is so organized.

 "Catering a wedding"

Triple layer Wedding Cake

Firehouse Field Trip

Today, we went on a field trip with Moments (mom's group) to a firehouse.  One of the dads gave the tour.

Matthew and Jack remembered that we had toys galore in our van and were excited to hang out in there while all the moms assembled our kiddos together.

Katie (Matthew and Jack's mom) and Jonathan

Hannah and Naomi :)

Beginning the tour and presentation . . .

This is Anne's husband, Kurt, who gave an amazing presentation to the kids.  He was great at relating to each of the kids on their levels of comprehension and made it fun, yet still full of important information to keep them safe in the event of a fire.

Philip, who is usually really shy, was answering questions on his own, out loud, correctly!!!  Big day for this little guy!  I was surely beaming with pride.  I still am.

Firefighter Kevin tried on the suit in front of the kids so that they could watch the transformation from nice man to scary-looking astronaut guy.  Then, Firefighter Kurt had him wave so that the kids could see that he was really still friendly.  He explained that if they were ever in a house on fire that they should never run away from this funny-looking Firefighter Kevin, but should call out to him and crawl to him.  I never thought to tell the kids about that--and honestly, I don't think it is something they would understand well without seeing this kind of presentation. 

Philip was completely and totally mesmerized and in awe throughout the entire presentation.

 Oh, My Sweet Philip

 They even let the kids try spraying the water hose!

 At one time, Philip became overwhelmed by the noise and Samuel just stepped in like Jess would have if he had been there.  He said, "Mommy, I'll take Sophia."  He took her by the hand and led her through the rest of the tour.  (My friend, Katie, kept watch over them for me.)  I was so grateful for both Katie stepping in to help me and for Samuel behaving so kindly toward me.   It was a true step of growing up for him.  He was such a blessing to me.  It fills my heart with pride as I think of it.

 Afterward, we all headed to a part and brought our own picnic lunches.  From there, the Lehman crew headed for dessert at McDonalds before embarking on an expedition of errands!