Jacob's Newborn Photos

My friend Kristen took some newborn portraits of Jacob a couple weeks ago. This is the second time she has taken pictures for us and she's phenomenal! You can find her website at klbuley.com. So check out the slidehow (and please, oh please help me decide which ones to make into prints!)

Another free photo slideshow by Smilebox

Oh! And those super cute hats he's wearing...she made them. This girl is awesome!!!

Color Me Fantastic!

Well, so it's ONLY been three years since I blogged. It looks like a lot has changed since that time! I was referring to Blogger, but jujuandgideon is no longer all there is! Now we have a Sam and a Jacob too. I'm going to try to be a little better about this and maybe start blogging a little more often than every three years. So, on to the blog post...

The kids are now in 1st and 3rd grades and Sam and Jacob are currently 20 months and 1 month which leaves me juggling all day long! While I read the kids their Bible, History and Science lessons for the day I like to keep their hands busy. It tends to keep the whining to a minimum. Here is something free (!) I found on the free (!) curriculum website amblesideonline.com. (I like free!) This great link to color-me-online.com has pictures to color of several famous paintings and sculptures. I'm hoping to give one to the kids each week to discuss and color, and then make something fantastic out of them for Christmas. So, this is how it goes. I let Juliette pick out the picture, because she is the family art enthusiast, and then we all discuss the painting briefly using the information on the website and she uses tracing paper to trace it. Then, we look up the original picture on Google images and she colors it. Today's painting is Edgar Degas's Prima Ballerina.

Gideon is not so interested in classical art. But he is interested in Thomas the Tank Engine!

Nobody traces anymore! But what a fun way to get kids to sharpen those little fine motor skills! And what did the little ones do while all this is going on?

Sammy said, "Cheesssseeee!" a lot. And Jacob...