Columbus Day, Dream Board & Dinner Time

Since Derek didn't have to work on Monday, for Columbus Day, we decided we should do something with the girls. We didn't know what though. So we ended up heading to a park we had never been to before. The girls had fun on the playground and there was a walking trail so we loaded up on the "new" stroller and walked for a while. We had planned on playing soccer too, but everything was way too muddy from the 5.18 inches of rain we got Saturday night into Sunday.

Allie came home with her first homework last week (besides the book box). She was SO excited about having homework! One of her first projects was to make a Dream Board. Then she was to take it back and share with her class.

Dream Job : Teacher -- no brainer -- she wants to PLAY school everyday after she gets home from school
Dream Home: She wanted 2 stories with a basement. That was her main criteria so I started asking her about locations (like in the city, in the country, on the river/lake etc). She chose to have a house on the river/lake.
Dream School/Education: It was between Purdue and BYU. At first she said BYU and I gave her a look and she quickly changed to Purdue. :0)
Dream Vacation: Disney World -- We have got to get there some time soon!!
Dream Car: Anything Red really. She would be happy with a red mini van. She does like this car with out the windows "on top" though.

And finally, a peek of our evening while I'm fixing dinner........

Working on homework

Blakey Boy is right in on the action too. Perfectly positioned where he can see his sisters doing their homework and/or me working on dinner.

And after homework is chore time. They actually really enjoy this! I wonder how long that will last?!? We have a chore jar and they draw a stick out that tells them what their chore for the evening is. Tonight Allie's was to vacuum the living room (which also meant picking up any toys, etc that was on the floor) and Avery drew the stick that said to clean up toys in the toy room. Probably not quite as fun as Allie's, but there weren't many toys to be picked up because they have been doing an awesome job of putting their toys away as soon as they are threw with them.