more silly pictures

This must be the week of taking silly pictures of the kids because I have more to share. We had a delightful day yesterday playing with our friend Rachel. She is about 3 months younger than Scott and they have known each other since birth. She fit right in with us, doing school work with Scott and playing with both of the boys. In these pictures, they found our magnifying glass and were discovering how you can make your face grow larger by putting the glass next to it. (Well, it isn't really glass - it's plastic).




Also, in the past couple of weeks, I have totally given up my dreams of ever having a "formal" dining room. With only one room in our house to have a table, the dining room becomes much more than that. It is the "art room", "sewing room", "school room", "breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack room", "enjoy a cup of tea with a friend while our kids are playing room", etc. Therefore, I just decided to take the plunge and decorate the walls accordingly. After all, it is where we spend much of our day. Last year we hung the alphabet and numbers on the wall and last week I added our world and US maps. Our next step is to hang cork strips above the maps to display the kids' artwork. At Christmas I plan to take down the (fairly ugly) chandelier and use my Christmas money to buy a ceiling fan. After all, the only drawback to the room is there is no way for air to circulate. That will certainly complete the transformation from formal.