Life goes on and on in the Reinsch-Johnson house and lately at breakneck speed. I would say that is just how we like it, but I would rather have a nice and relaxing week just this once (which begs the question as to why we had 5 kids… not a calm set up at all!). But since that is not happening we are just going with it!

We started our morning with Stuart Little… apparently he has decided to run away from home and actually knows a dentist who can make model cars that turn invisible! I certainly don’t know the right people! The kids were rather credulous about how REAL something like that would be… 

I ducked away to have a bath once Echo was asleep and left the kids to finish up their art, work on cutting out some more stuff for their months lapbook and apparently making princess crowns for Trinity!!

Can you tell I am getting as much use as I can out of the camera before I ship it off? We took a family picture (well kids) in front of our picture tree before we ran errands…

It turns out Best Buy in Canada does NOT ship out objects unless under their warranty so Ken has a few calls to make and if we can’t find a local company that DOES if you are under warranty we mail on Monday… At least the trip was not a total waste – we were at the same end of the city as ValueVillage and bought the items we need for costume creation, a pair of rubberboots (Gavin), new runners (Trinity – 1.99) AND a new bathingsuit for Emanuel (who is overjoyed as there are DINOSAURS on it!) all for 20.00. 

I ran out to Michaels with Lauralee and Karyn and picked up some more supplies for schooling – not bad and they gave me the teacher discount!!! 

I left the kids well foamed and busy crafting to go out with the ladies… they do love a good gluing, stickering, messy sort of craft!

Today was overcast and cold, as seems to be our fall norm. So we scrapped our morning and had a tent! Handy sheet over the diningroom table and there is just enough room for all 5 kids to enjoy the experience. They took the flashlight that doubles as a lantern, some crayons and paper and hung out under the table for much of the morning. 

We had some workbook time… the mini offices are coming in handy to give the big boys some space while the littles babble away at their own books and pages.

Now onto the main focus/excitement of the day – DUCK brand DUCT TAPE!! We took full advantage of what I bought yesterday (black and zebra patterned) and got to work. First off… bracelets! You can find the instructions we followed here. One for each of the kids, though the twins did the work.

And then Gavin took his time and made a basic flower that he in turn gave to his sister. Lots of fun, basically the same as the rose I made previous only on a straw and a lot less petals! (out of choice). You can find THOSE instructions here.

It is hard to find actual visual instructions but the kids decided they wanted to make a coin purse. So we followed a YouTube video and voila – working coin purses for their allowance!!!

I had to make the little ones theirs but the big boys did most everything themselves! 

And then since no one would make one WITH me, I made my OWN bookmark and matching hairbow! You can find written instructions for the bookmark here. And of course the bow here.

For fun and with Ken’s help I made myself a full out purse! If you want to give it a go hereare the instructions.  I love the zebra print, it was a GREAT choice! Trinity has a little coin purse out of it that I am ever so tempted to grab. 

Now as much as I am sure there is more to talk about… I am on a roll here and need to dig out the hot glue gun for other projects. Probably NOT to get going on them BUT to have it ready for tomorrow… crafting is an AWESOME way to end a week!