"I want coin!"

Kason loves putting "coins" in his piggy bank . . .

and thinks he knows just where to find more!

Kason, Year One, Week Forty-Seven

Mission Mill Preschool Fieldtrip

All through February Hinton's preschool class has been learning about Oregon.

They took a field trip to Mission Mill Museum this morning.

I spy Hinton in the front row.

Looking at a one-room home.

Checking out what may have been Oregon's first rose bush.

Sitting in Oregon's oldest church.

Water power!

 Time to transform into a pioneer!

Checking out what their stoves looked like.

Grinding corn.

It worked!

It's harder to do with a pestle and mortar.

Laundry time! 

And of course he had to churn some butter!

Thirsty Tiger

Kason, Year One, Week Forty-Six + One Day

Whoops.  I forgot to take the weekly photos before I went to work last night.

Playdate with LE

Playing in the sandbox on a gray day.
(Is it summer yet?!)

Guilty? Who, me?

February sunshine!

We were able to play at the park this afternoon.  Loving the sunshine!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Kason, Year One, Week Forty-Five

Year Five, Month Three

We're so tall!

Seriously.  They are the proverbial weeds.

Time to nap?

Kason's new favorite place for a nap?  Brandon's chair.

2.11.13

2.12.13

H is for "Hospital"

Hinton had a homework assignment this week in which he was assigned a letter (H, of course).  He had to choose a place in Salem that started with the letter he was assigned, and have a picture taken of him in front of the location.  We chose the hospital.

Train Play Date

This afternoon we met some friends at the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation in Portland.

The boys had fun playing with some Chuggington trains.

And pretending to drive a train.

Kason really liked this front piece of a train, and kept running back to it.

Kason, Year One, Week Forty-Four

22 Months Old!

Music Class ~ Violin

Teacher Chris brought in a violin for the kids in Kason's music class to look at.

They all got a chance to "play" it too.

Being a "stuffed animal"

More Hinton and Kason antics.  They put all of their stuffed animals on Kason's bed this morning.  And then layed down and pretended to be stuffed animals too.