Sunday, October 28, 2007

swinging from the tree, caramel apples, & crafty fun

Not sure who thought of it first but the kids thought it would be fun to climb up into the tree and swing from the rope. They used the trampoline ladder to hoist themselves up.
Rope swingers extraordinaire

...and even I decided to try it! (photos taken by Kyler)

YUM! YUM! Caramel apples!! I used those neat "sheets" of caramel--so easy--you just drape it over the apple and heat in the oven for 5 min. (It was kind of sticky...M said,"I just want to eat the blanket.")



Here is our craft! The kids collected stuff at the park earlier in the day. Then we went to the grocery store and picked out our gourds.
Created by (from L to R): Jen, Trev, Kyler, L, Kierstyn, & M



(Trev picked out his eyes, nose, and mouth.....then he got distracted--tired of waiting--and I finished the rest.)

We've had a fun weekend! We'll be sad to see L and M go this afternoon....but there's more fun in store since Kyler, Kierstyn, & Trevin are coming to TN next weekend!!!

5 comments:

Meghan said...

Okay Jen... You are WAY TOO COOL!!! You amaze me all the time. I am seriously going to send Heath to you for a weekend when he is old enough to do crafts. You are awesome!

Anonymous said...

What a fun weekend!! Even with our families record and Emergency Rooms you were still brave enough- better then I. Once again, thank goodness I have girls and they have no clue what they are missing out on. :)

danakat said...

I want to swing from the tree!
I want to eat a caramel blanket!
I want to make fun pumpkin people!

Anonymous said...

Dido ~ especially to the carmel blanket ~ Yummy and Fun all in one.
Yeah for the Aunt Jen's in this world! You get a blue ribbon for sure. The pictures are GREAT!!! Kierstyn is YOU made all over. . .
LOVED every blog ~ thanks!!!

kg said...

Looks like you're having fun! What a creative mom you are :)