Harvest fun...

Here is a picture of all the RANDOM things that we got from our garden this Fall. Thinking they were all pumpkins, we just let the garden go. What a variety! (We'd originally planted some cabbage, but they were quickly overrun.) Pretty though, huh? We didn't plant ANY of it!!! (Feel free to make this your computer wallpaper--we did!)

Here's what our garden looks like after I harvested it. What a mess!

For a homeschool Fun Day we decided to make boats out of some of the squash from the garden and float them
on the Mississippi River.

Our final products. We were a bit rushed because we had an appointment to keep, otherwise we'd hoped to make them a little more extravagant.

Here we are on the river. As you can see, the girls weren't thrilled to learn we'd be letting the boats go, and not bring them back home. How'd they miss that detail? Micaela thought she'd be sitting in her boat and floating IN it down the river.

Here the US Audry and the US Micaela are waiting for launch...

This is me trying to push them out into the river a little further...

it didn't work so well.

(Making waves to push them out.)

In the end, we'd had a good time. I've learned that I have very girly girls, and I need to get their hands dirty a little more often. It was fun, if nothing else, for a break in the routine, right?


Post Script...

Here's a couple of faces I am graced with daily...





Oh, and here's a random fun picture of Thad and the girls....BYE!