Well the snow seems to be here to stay though not in large quantities… yet. This meant our trip to the local nature centre was a little abbreviated. Though Ken is very interested in returning and trying out the walking paths when spring returns. We did go in and check out the exhibits inside the centre.

While there was not a HUGE amount to see the boys (and Ken) found it all very interesting. There was a bat cave to go into, a gopher hole to crawl through and of course an assortment of animal parts, rocks and wood to examine.

In another area was an actual part of a bee hive! You could walk right up and look at the bees at work. There was also a ton of information on the life cycle and the like. So now the boys are VERY interested in adding something specific to the bee in their insect lapbooks!

So all in all worth our 15.00 for the year family pass. We did not manage to meet up with any of the homeschool families also planning on heading in for longer than a nod and in one case a quick chat but it was great to get out. There was a couple of what looked like school trips there too so by 11 am we were heading out and back home (good thing on the way home Emanuel fell apart – too many early mornings and shortened naps). They also have weekend programs that you can drop into – next week is frogs and toads. So I am trying to work out how we can make that AND the free beading activity for adults at Michaels. One option is for the boys to go on Sunday after Sunday School next week (the program is both Saturdays and Sundays) OR I could just miss the Michaels event – would not be the end of the world!

This afternoon the mail actually came with something GOOD for me! Beyond good – I have been RAKed! Sounds a lot more painful than it is – trust me! RAK stands for Random Act of Kindness. Yup, a wonderful individual on my Canadian stitching egroup had some 14ct aida sitting in her closet that she had no plans for so sent it my way! I do not know if she or anyone else realizes how amazing and wonderful this is! I now don’t have to worry about fabric for the laundry list of patterns and ideas I have running around my head! That and someone who also says they enjoy my blog reached out and did something so wonderful! It is my intention with this blog to not only remain accountable to myself, my promises and my family but to reach out to other people and share my joys and tribulations. The fact that ANYONE reads my blog amazes me let alone gets anything from it! After all, I am just Lisa, mother of 4, married to Ken… usually people know me because of the twins, or the fact I have 4 kids (which apparently is a HUGE number??) or that I am married to Ken or the daughter of Debra. This whole being known for something *I* do myself is new to me! I look forward to posting many pictures of items made out of this fabric – hopefully many will be gifts in and of themselves!

This afternoon we worked on our volcano lapbooks. We erupted our volcano – something that Trinity thought was great fun until Ken added more stuff to make it go again and then she got a little freaked out!

Each of the boys coloured some pictures, the twins drew their OWN interpretation of a volcano and I found a couple facts to include. Nothing fancy but the focus really WAS on the volcano itself! Definitely a worthy end to the 3 packages of homemade play doh we were gifted.

Emanuel and Ken made a special little volcano out of brown cardstock and some felt I had around the house from Christmas presents LAST year! I am determined to make sure that every lapbook he does has some sort of PreK style activity so that he doesn’t feel like everything we do is a struggle (and this time he got some Daddy time one on one as well).

Sewing wise I finished off the 3rd little monster… I am not sure which is my favourite BUT this one has the best blending of colours in my mind. I cannot wait to get books or something to place them on so I can add the googly eyes to get the final effect. Though I must admit I am going a little batty waiting on the next project. I can’t go back to my major unfinished as the box of threads for it fell out of the back of the van a while ago (thanks Ken) and have yet to be sorted and I am so NOT in a sorting mood!

I spent a bit of the evening stitching some spots along the seams on one of the kids’ costumes, and made sugar cookie dough for tomorrow. I figure with the applesauce I pulled out of the freezer I will make some fresh applesauce muffins tomorrow. Mmm

Tomorrow I figure we will head over to Michaels with our 50% off one regular priced item coupon in hand… cardstock is already on sale so I will pick up some tinsel green embossing powder and get started on our Christmas cards. Of course there is H&W to check out and then back home to finish the volcano lapbook and HOPEFULLY colours and shapes… Gotta keep busy right??

Nothing is Insurmountable! Not in This House!