Isn't this color to die for.   Le couleur est tres joli.




This is the boys' contribution to yumminess.  Les garcons font ca quand nous faisons des biscuit.



chocolate pumpkin cookies, biscuit des chocolat et potiron.



boxes the girls decorated to hold their cookies,  des boites pour des biscuits



Just hear those sleigh bells jinglin', ring ting tinglin' to


Come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you

The snow is fallin' and friends are callin' "you-who"

Come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with, you

With you



[Chorus:]

Giddy-up let's go, let's look at the show

Were ridin' in a wonderland of snow

Giddy-up it's grand, just holdin' your hand

(Just holdin' your hand, just holdin' your hand)

Were gliding along with a song of a wintery fairy land



Our cheeks are rosey and comfy cozy we're snuggled up (together)

Like two birds of a feather will be

Let's take the road before us and sing a chorus or two

Come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with, you

With you



[Bridge:]

There's a Christmas party at the home of Farmer Fred

It will be the perfect ending of a perfect day

It'll nearly be like a picture print by Courier and Ives

These wonderful things are the things we remember all through our lives

These wonderful things are the things we remember all through our lives



Just hear those sleigh bells jinglin' (ring ting tinglin', ring ting tinglin')

Oh those sleigh bells jinglin' (together with you, together with you)

The snow is fallin' (and friends are calling "you-who")

Come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with, you

With, with you



[Repeat Chorus]



Our cheeks are rosy and comfy cousy we're snuggled up (together)

Like two birds of a feather will be

Let's take the road before us and sing a chorus or two

Come on it's lovely weather (together, together)

Yeah it's lovely weather (together, together)

Oh it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with, you

With, with you

Job was given these books about owls.  He loved them and read the first three books in a couple of weeks.   So I thought why not disect an owl pellet or two?  I ordered a kit from acorn naturalists and it arrived less than a week later.  I figured that John should be the overall science teacher.  Hey, he has his degree in chemical engineering - a perfect fit.  Naturally the best time to do a group science project is when John's at home - night time.  It just happened that it was after the much needed boys' shower that we had time to tear into these pellets.  I really thought that I would have a hands off approach and let John jump in.  He did, taking photos!  (That's my job!)  We found a complete skull, top and bottom and several other bottom skulls, lots of rib bones, some vertebrae, some femurs and lots of others.  We successfully seperated fur from bones.  Next step is to seperate bones into groups.  Wow, I didn't think that I would be so much work.  I thought that each kid would be able to work through their own pellet.  One pellet for five kids was just about right.








her face cracks me up, son visage me fait rire

Un ami de Job lui donne quelques livres au sujet des chouettes et hiboux.  C'est une bonne histoire entre 15 livres et Job avait le premier trois.  Je pense "c'est une bonne idea d'etudier des hiboux.  Alors j'achete quelques granules de hibou pour les enfants.  Ils ont dechirer les granules et trouver des cranes, vertebraes, femurs et nervures.  Je pense que John faisent l'activite avec les enfants mais il decide de prendre des photos.  Ca c'est pour moi!  Maintenant nous avons seperare les fourrure entre les os.  La prochaine etape est d'identifier les types d'os.  C'est un autre nuit.  Nos voisines vienent chez nous de participer.  Alors un granules entre cinq enfants sont parfait.

The regular soccer season has been done for three weeks now and the indoor season has been going strong for three weeks.  There is no break between the two.  Isaac's team is made up of some of the best players from both Horizon and Vista middle school.  These boys have played together on and off for the past 6 years.  The field is large so they can spread out and they understand the game.  It is a joy to watch. 
Job's team is in a learning curve, a steep learning curve.  This team is made up of Ferndale kids and some have never played indoor soccer. This is a different game than outdoor.  The wall is actually a help and they don't quite know how to use it yet.  It will come.  His team just purchased jerseys and they do look sharp.
Lona's team had three companies sponser them.  I told them to give her spot to someone who could play the whole season but they insisted her being on the team.  So she has this very cute pink jersey and pink socks and has played one game and will be able to play one more game.  Sad.  For us, we made a commitment to Awana and that comes first.



another goal, un autre but







Isaac scored a goal from this shot. Isaac fait un but!

 Nous jouons le footballe deja.  C'est dedans un grande place.  Isaac's avait joue avec les garcons depuis 6 ans.  Ils sont le mieux jouers entre les deux ecole de Ferndale.  Ils sont compris le jeu et gangent leurs matches.  L'equip de Job ont plus d'apprendre.  Quelques garcons n'avait pas jouer le footballe interior devant.  Ils ne savent pas qu'ils peuvent utilise le mur.  Apres le saison, ils sauront qu'est qu'ils peut faire.  L'equip achete les t'shirt pour les jouer.  L'equip de Lona avait trois companie qui achete des t'shirt et ont paye pour l'equip de jouer.  Malheursement, Lona peut jouer seulement deux matches, parce qu'elle fait quelques autre choses cette nuit.  Alors, je dit a l'entraineur de donner sa place a une fille qui peut jouer toute la saison mais il dit non, elle est dans l'equipe.  Alors, c'est ca.

I have sporadically been taking part in a 365 project on ilovephotography.com.  Love this site.  It's free to join and there are some amazing photographers from all over the world that take time to really help me and others out.  Oh, I have such a long way to go but I'm learning.  Anyhow this last weeks theme was fall.  So I practiced and practiced and here are some photos that say fall to me.




Je visite un site sur l'ordinature pour les photographes.  J'apprend beaucoup et il y a des photographes qui m'aident.  J'ai plus d'apprendre mais c'est le commencement pour moi.  La semaine dernier le theme etait l'autumne.  Ici quelques photographies qui montre l'automne pour moi.

Now that soccer is done we have our Saturday mornings back.  This morning I begged John to let sleeping children lye.  He wanted to get them up at 7:30!  They need to catch up on their sleep I responded.  He realized the wisdom of my words and let the kids sleep for another 30 minutes before making enough racket to wake our neighbors.  One thing our kids love to do is cuddle together and have John read to them.  He reads a Patrick McManus book to them.  One of their favorite stories is about meeting Rancid Crabtree.  "Please, Please, Please" they chorus.  So while I make french toast John and the kids stack like gerbils and listen to John read.




I love the interaction of everyone.

Parce que le footballe est fini pour le moment, nous avons notre samedi pour nous encore.  Ce matin, je demande a John de laisser les enfants dormir.  Il lui veut se reveiller a sept heure et demi du matin.  Ils ont besoin de dormir plus.  Apres 30 minutes, il fais du bruit de se reveiller notre voisin et les enfants entre la cuisine.  Notre enfants aime de s'asseoir et ecouter aux histoires.  "S'il vous plait, lisez a nos"  les enfants lui demandent.  Ils aiment des histoires de Patrick McManus.  Alors quand je fais le petite dejeuner, John lis un histoire a Job et Lona.