Fall 2014 Ballet Recital

Abbey has been working very hard all fall on her ballet practice.  Today she and her friends put on a show for their parents.  I was really impressed: they all did a great job!

 

Spring 2014 Ballet Recital

Abbey does ballet once a week with some other homeschooling girls, with a recital for parents at the end of the semester.  I love how hard she is concentrating!

Happy Halloween!

We let the children dress up this year for Halloween, for a community event.  Abbey was a fairy princess, Ethan a knight, and Isaac a lion (complete with realistic roar!).

Abbey was very proud of her fairy wings.

Summer fun!

Abbey and her friend being silly.  That's a firetruck, not a wagon.  And a robe tie, not a rope.  And it was 80 degrees, but Abbey is wearing a stocking cap and scarf!

Winter is coming, so everyone got new pajamas!

They were doing an experiment, if I remember correctly.

Indian summer

We've had some gorgeous fall weather this year, including one day of Indian summer.

2014 County Fair

Usually we go to the fair long before the last day, but this year that was the only day.  But it was a gorgeous, warm fall day for animal-gazing, people-watching, and fair ride-riding.

 Petting an obliging calf, courtesy of an even more obliging farmer.

 

Another kind farmer had a wooden calf, just the right size for riding.

 Ethan was very brave and went down the giant slide by himself, since I had to go down with Isaac.  

Climbing dunes and camping

One of my favorite evenings was watching the sunset from the top of a giant dune.

There was a weird tree at the bottom of the dune, a huge pile of exposed roots.  Ethan climbed it and then posed for a picture with me.

Abigail toasting her toes at the fire on hot dog night.