Mad Scientists

In school, we are doing fun science experiments. Not one set curriculum, just finding fun things to do to help the kiddos appreciate and love science....It's really funny watching them. 

Rinny....It is essential that she wears the goggles since we are working with such hazardous chemicals :)

Creed always says he is the "mad scientist" and Rinny says she is the "happy scientist".
He looks a little mad in this picture, doesn't he?
Oil and Vinegar DO mix, with a little special something. 
Yep, it is mixed. The mad scientist has confirmed.
Pop bottle science....sweet. One of the favs.
Creed can magically make an egg float (after a couple of tries).

Ready for Christmas

Creed's version of our decorated Christmas tree. We let him decorate it however he wanted. What a good mom I would've been had I left it that way :)

Creed and Rinn in front of their creation.
Our newly decorated tree, with clumps of ornaments, all in one place. 
We are not forgetting about Ju Ju bee's first thanksgiving. Love you, JJB
Creed hanging the nail inside the tree. It has become a tradition, and a reminder of Christ, His sacrifice, and our Father's love. 

The day after Thanksgiving we went to see a fabulous production of Annie. My kids are obsessed. We loved every second of it. From now on, however, I will always compare the performances we see to the INCREDIBLE homeschool performance that we saw, none can compare (especially Savannah's rendition of Ms. Hanigan)!

Thankful....

New friends who are attending our university next semester and are from China. It was a joy to have them with us. We talked (and laughed) alot. Today they are shopping the Black Friday sales, I told them that was crazy. They got to one of the stores last night at 9 PM!!!!! Yikes, they are serious. Welcome to America :)

She made a little pink bird for Rinn, it really was amazing.
Yummy Food.
A fabulous puppet show performed by Creed and Rinn.
Yumm-OH chocoloate pie.
Oh my gosh, this may have been the funniest thing. Aunt Bekah's imitation of Sarah Palin. HILARIOUS. She kept saying "I am Korean, I can't do immitations" but you could totally tell she had practiced and practiced and practiced. Seriously, HILARIOUS.
Creed joining in the festivities of the traditional singing around the piano at Holidays (really is a Kersh family tradition).
Just about ready to sing "Have a little talk with Jesus"...this is the song of choice. Bekah sings the operatic style soprano.Hehehe.

Lots of things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!!!

Thanksgiving at Mim's

The only picture I got of two of my children the entire day.

Brooke brought an activity for all the babies to do....little turkeys...how cute are these!!!! She's totally a teacher.






Finally, the wishbone....Rinny's wish should come true. Side note: please look at Rinny's outfit. This is the outfit she refers to as her "Snow white costume," it looks nothing like Snow White, but none the less. She's a little obsessed with it. She would wear it everyday, if I let her. 

Dream....

A vivid one. He came right into my arms and wrapped himself into me. He had super soft, squishy skin and put his head right on my shoulder, held out his arms to me. I put my nose right in his neck (like I have been SOOOO wanting to do) and smelled and loved right in there. He smelled so yummy. His hair was all wispy and soft and blowing around. He had way more teeth than I expected and was a lot lighter than I had thought when I was holding him. It was awesome. We were in his foster home with his foster mother and she was so sweet and beautiful. I crawled around with him on the floor and he was pulling up on the bench of the table, smiling a lot. I didn't want to wake up. 

Good news is coming this week, friends....I am claiming it :)

Baby food

Rinn and Creed went grocery shopping with me and they found the stuff on their picture lists.Rinn had a really hard time finding the avocado that was right in front of her face. Apparently, the picture I had printed didn't look like the ones at the store. 

Rinny and Creed got the seeds out of the butternut squash. Icky.


Carrots are a little clumpy but Jude will probably be used to eating some texture. 
The butternut squash and the sweet potatoes turned out the smoothest. Perfect. The sweet potatoes are what you get the most bang for your buck for, I think. 
This is like the best invention ever. These are so cool. They are these ziploc freezer bags (you can buy refills)that come with a little air pump thingy and you can suck the air out of the bag prior to freezing. So awesome, this is the find of the week for sure. You gotta run out and get some of these. 

During a meltdown, Micah told me to focus on things that I have control over. Hmm....welp, really I have control over nothing but I can do some things to keep my mind off of the worry and try to get stuff done and focus on God's provision and protection. 

So, with that in mind, I am OBSESSING about being ready for baby boy. The last two days the kiddos and I have been making baby food. Right now my house is smelling of garlic, ginger, and ham because we are making "jook." Jook is a Korean rice porridge that lots of the babies eat in Korea. So, we are making it and freezing some for Ju-Ju bee. 

This waiting thing is hard, friends. Waiting for anything, any kind of word, a phone call, an email, any piece of paper, anything. It is all OUT OF MY CONTROL. I'm totally in a sadness mode right now....pity party. In the meantime, while in that mode, I think I will obsess about things I can do around here. Better get busy. While I am at it, I think I will blog obsess too (three blogs in 30 minutes is a bit out of control). Oh well, bear with me. PS: Nearly all my Christmas shopping is done too!

Bal-uh-lay

Rinny started a "bal-uh-lay" class on Tuesdays. Oh my gosh, she is the cutest thing ever. We went to the studio just to try out one class to make sure she would go into class without crying, and would be able to pay attention and participate. Creed and I watched her through the window they have. So sweet. She was concentrating SOOOO hard trying to do just what the teacher asked each time. She walked right into class and ate every second up. She is about a foot shorter than most of the girls and (her opinion and mine!) the cutest and most graceful. Since then, she has asked everyday "Can I go back to my bal-uh-lay class?" Alright, apparently this is going to be an every Tuesday affair. I think it will be good for her to have something that is all her own, no bubby, no lil' bubby, no mommy....all Rinny.