{Fall Fun}

This past weekend was Walhalla's annual Oktoberfest.  Or really the annual Beer Festival. 

We took the kids during the day Saturday while it was warm and less crowded.  After a delicious lunch (let's face it... I look forward to the Oktoberfest all year b/c they have the most delicious food!) the kids rode several of the rides. 

When the ride tickets were almost gone we bought a funnel cake and a lemonade and sat down to eat and watch the German Dancers.  Sammy was so fascinated by the dancers that he didn't want to leave when we were ready to move on.  "No Mommy.  I stay here!"

In the evening Bob came to our house to stay with the kids while Bobby & I went back to the Oktoberfest.  There's nothing better than eating lunch and supper there... 
We just enjoy walking around, eating, and running into friends that we only see once or twice a year. 

I'm almost sad that it's over.  At least I have Thanksgiving to look forward to!

{Fall Love}

Miss. Hannah is...

{My Babies}

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Nothing very exciting has been happening around the Clark household lately.  Just...


Bobby has been training for a full marathon which which will be at the end of this month.   I'm so proud of him.  I can barely run a mile so I certainly admire his dedication!

Hannah is still working on learning to read.  She's getting better every day.   In addition to learning to read she's been working on addition {funny I know!}  We've worked just a few minutes each day on math.  She's more interested in reading and writing at the moment so that's what we've been focusing on the most.

Samuel has been making great strides in learning his letters.  Yesterday he surprised me by pointing to and naming the 'W' on a book!  Woot!  He still loves playing with cars and jumping on the trampoline.  Nothing new :-)

Heather no longer has a baby sitting job due to a series of unfortunate events.  So at the moment I'm working on deep cleaning the house, playing with and teaching the kids and enjoying every bit of this fall weather.  I must say that I'm seriously looking forward to the Oktoberfest this weekend and all of the delicious food that comes with it!

Santa's Land '10

On Thursday the kids and I went with my parents to Cherokee, NC.  It's so beautiful there and September/October is the best time to go.  The weather is perfect!  It was 82 degrees on the day we went.

We spent the morning looking at the bears from the Bear Project.  

Then we had a picnic lunch by the river.  The kids fed the ducks some bread and we ate in front of a quacking audience.   

When lunch was finished we spent some time shopping.  Everyone left Cherokee with a new pair of moccasins!

We ended the day at Santa's Land...the Hannah & Samuel's favorite part of the day! 

Cherokee Bear Project

Pottery Bear

The Bear Project is really neat.  They wanted to showcase the variety of talented artists that live within their community so they commissioned 25 bears to be made and decorated by these artists.  The bears are scattered all throughout the reservation and it's almost like a treasure hunt to find them.  So, with list in hand we started walking up and down the sidewalks looking for these bears.

The Legends Bear

Fair Bear

Eagle Dance Bear

Patriot Bear

Cherokee Sunset

This was our favorite Bear!  The Sequoyah Syllabeary.

 Santa's Land 

  

Lava Lamps

 

 

 

For additional instructions and info on how to make a lava lamp go to The Science Mommy blog.  Check out the other science experiments that she has for kids of all ages!

Encyclopedia of Fun: B & C

Mr. Clark recently informed me that I've been neglecting my blog.  My sincerest apologies.  I was having trouble getting my photos to upload to Picnik so I could edit them.  Then our internet service became fickle and started moving at a s n a i l s pace.  That's basically the reason I've been behind.

To catch you up with the Clark Clan here is what we have been doing:

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Baseball

 The number one rule concerning sports is safety.  Sammy understands this and therefore wears a bike helmet while hitting his plastic ball with his plastic bat.

 

Bean Bag

 It's fun to put a bean bag on your bed and pretend it's a roller coaster.

Afterwards you can put in on the floor beside your bed and use it as a landing pad.

Our poor bean bag already had a rip in the outside leather part.  With all the jumping off the bed and onto the bag, the inside material ripped as well.

Before we could get it fixed the kids decided to make the bean bag "snow."

 

If only we could make a snowman...

 

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Caterpillars

 Hannah named this "little" guy Fatso.  We kept him in our bug catcher kit for a few days but had to let him go.  

  Have you ever seen a purple & pink caterpillar?  I hadn't until Samuel found this fella in the yard.  Hannah ended up losing him while she was running up to the trampoline.  I wonder what kind of butterfly he would have turned into.

Cleaning

Mainly dishes...

Cutting  

potatoes for supper.  yummy mashed 'tatoes.

* I have two fabulous little helpers.  They make a lot of messes but they're always more than willing to help clean up.  They both help with dishes, making supper, separating clothes for laundry, etc.*

Check back soon for more updates. I'll be posting about the Lava Lamps we made and possibly about the Plum tree we recently planted. And there will definitely be a post about Santa's Land in the near future.