The Dentist and some other stuff.

 This week we went on a homeschool field trip to the dentist's office that see's the people on the bases nearest us.  It was really nice. They had a powerpoint for the kids and a goody bag.  They took them on a tour of the clinic and even checked their teeth really quick.

This is Corina in the lab where they make dentures and crowns and things like that.  See all the teeth molds behind her?  We even got to see how they make gold teeth.  

Here is Corina getting her teeth checked.  No Cavities!

They even checked Aurora's teeth. She didn't want to get in the chair so this was the next best thing.  No Cavities for Aurora either.  Yeah!

On a different note my daffodils are about to bloom.  If we had one warm day here I'm pretty sure they would.  We already saw some in bloom when we were driving the other day.  It's still pretty rainy and cloudy here but it's starting to be nice.  Spring is on it's way here. Last year when we came there was a festival in York called the Jorvik Viking Festival.  We missed it though and we missed it again this year.  It's going on all this week though.  maybe next year we will be able to go.  Recently Mark had been working super hard at work.  The vikings ruled England until 1066 when when William the Conqueror took the throne at the Battle of Hastings.  In Corina's homeschool curriculum she has to learn about the beginning history of England and why the English language is the way it is.  That was part of our lesson the other day.  How lucky is it that we have actually been to the spot where that took place and I could actually show her pictures of us there.  That is so amazing!!!!

Last but not least Gwyneth thought she would be a little mischievous and draw on the wall with a pencil the other day.  I have to say that under the circumstances she did and interesting job.  It kind of looks like she made a creepy face.  that must have been the mischief coming out.  Click on the picture to make it bigger if you can't see it.  

Well, that's all for this week. I hope everyone has a great week.

Painting fun

We are always doing something crafty or artsy at our house.  We are always glueing or cutting or coloring or drawing.  I realized the other day I hadn't gotten out the paints in a while when Corina asked if she could paint.  Sure why not, let's get out the paints.  Gwyneth loved painting. It was one of the few times she had painted.  I knew she would eventually end up painting some part of her body so I took her shirt off.  I think that made the experience even more fun.  Here are some pics.  

Gwyneth painted about 5 pictures.  She was having a really good time as you can tell.  She looks pretty proud of herself too.  

Well,no cooking adventures this week.  I have been watching Barefoot Contessa when I can.  The good thing about watching and living in England and watching that show is that she tells what the measurements are  that I'm used to in stead of saying so many ml of this or that.  Although it wouldn't be that hard to figure out but it is convenient.  

Also I love checking my stats on blogger.  You can check and see how many people have read your blog and from where and what country.  I'm coming upon 1000 views for this blog.  I just think it's a really cool feature.  Well that's all for now.

Have a great week.

One year Anniversary

First of all let me say that we have been in England for one year as of February 9th!  I can't believe it.  It seems like a year has passed and then it doesn't.  So happy one year anniversary to us.  

Last week we went to the library on base and I saw the movie Julie & Julia.  I hadn't found a good time to watch it and I didn't think that Mark really wanted to watch it.  The girls and I have been watching the cooking channel too.  Corina and Aurora think the show Unwrapped is really cool.  Corina and I like watching Cupcake Wars and the cake shows that are on.  I like watching almost any cooking show really.  So, Corina wanted to have a night where we just stay up together and do girly things.  I told her that I had to watch that movie before it was time for it to be returned to the library.  We stayed up late and watched Julie & Julia together.  I liked it and Corina did too.  We both decided (and I'm pretty sure I knew this one already) that we are never going to be cooking a live lobster and that we are never going to crowd our mushrooms again so they can brown properly, but especially the lobster.  Here is the lobster scene from that movie.  So funny! ( as I post this Corina is still laughing about this scene. )

The day after watching this movie Corina was in a cooking mood and she made this huge fruit salad for everyone.  She even cut up the grapes.

To change the subject it was SO windy here.  Corina and I saw a woman flying a kite that looked like a ship.  It was really cool.  We have a little kite so we decided that it would be a good family thing if we went and flew it.  We have a huge hill right outside our house at the park across the way.  We went up the hill and it was so ridiculously windy!  It was almost to windy for the kite!  In the end Aurora was flying the kite and the wind whipped it out of her hands and the kite flew down the hill and landed in the park so we took that as a hint.  We hadn't been to the park in a while because it has been yucky out.  The kids had a good time.  Here are some pics.  Also one random pic of Gwyneth.

The hill.

Flying the kite.

It really was windy.

Corina on the zip line at the park.

Aurora on the slide.

Other than all of that I have FINALLY been able to do one of my hobbies.  I was able to make some Valentines cards and 2 scrapbook pages.  I love it.  It's like therapy.  I usually upload my work on my scrapbook/card blog and enter it in the CPS and Pencil Lines blog challenge websites.  If you want to check out my work here is the link.  http://3-graces.blogspot.com/ or click here.

Well that is all for this week.  I hope everyone has a great week.  

Good Weekend

Here is another post for this week.  I usually don't make posts so close together but we had a good weekend this weekend so I thought I would post some pics.  I was thinking just the other day that we hadn't really taken any pictures in a while.  So below is a digital scrapbook I posted.  Check it out.

Make your own free digital scrapbook

Have a great week.

Well we have been laying low for a while I guess.  No English country side or city adventures for a while.  It's been pretty yucky and damp outside though.  We had one fluke week of weather that felt like the beginning of spring and now it is gone.  However we have had pansies in our backyard blooming  and growing all winter long.  Also, we have some bulbs coming up.

Today Gwyneth said her first little sentence.  She said, "Moma look."  She has really been saying look just for a little while.  She has also been saying, "this".  She also knows when she has went to the bathroom in her diaper so I guess potty training isn't that far off.  Aurora is getting a pretty big vocabulary.  She says fragile, mystery (I'm pretty sure that's from watching Scooby Doo). She says Holy Mole Guacamole.  It cracks me up every time she says it.  

Last night Mark worked late so the girls and I watched a pretty cool movie on the Disney Channel.  It was called Avalon High.  It was about King Arthur but in todays time with a Disney twist of course.  Mark and I have always loved the King Arthur story.  In England about 5 hours away from us there is a place called Tintagel.  It's a place that looks like it is right out of a story book.  A castle right by the sea.  They think that is the place where the King Arthur story originated and they believe that he actually lived there.  Hopefully when the weather gets warmer we will be able to go there.  

Have a great week.

The Big Announcement

Well Mark and I made our big announcement this week.  We are expecting baby Gilley number 4.  I went a few days ago and had my first sonogram.  (Below is a profile pic.) No they couldn't tell what the sex of the baby will be yet but we will find out in about 6 weeks.  I hope we can hold out until then.  Most of you know that we have 3 girls already.  It would be pretty convenient to have another girl because we have all the girls stuff already but I know that Mark would really like to have a boy;  plus, he won't be alone in a house full of girls.  ha ha.  My due date is July 25th so we will see.  

So other than that things have be pretty normal around here.  Today Aurora helped me make lentil soup.  She loves to help in the kitchen.  Poor little Gwyneth was trying her best to help too but Mark was nice and held her and carried her around while Aurora and I had our mommy daughter time.  Aurora is getting so big too.  Im pretty sure that by the end of the summer she might be wearing some size 6 stuff.  She can't wear her 4t pants anymore.  

This week I tried to go through everyone's clothes and get out all the stuff that was too little or that no one was wearing.  If we do have a boy someone will be inheriting a lot of girl clothes!  

Gwyneth is growing fast too.  She is starting to talk a lot and she looks at me like I know you know what I'm saying mom.  I just talk to her like normal and pretend that I do.  She is still pinching Aurora and smiles almost every time she does it.  She has also realized as have we that she is a pretty good climber.  

Corina is doing well at her homeschool.  I love it.  I do have to say I do miss her having the little parties at school and doing all the seasonal things but we can do those at home.  Actually the other day she made a mini heart pillow.  She did a pretty good job.  She is wanting to make some more so maybe next week I will post some pics of some of those.  

Have a good week everyone.

Holidays and Beyond

I am finally posting something after the holidays.  We had a great Christmas.  However, these first two pictures were taken before Christmas.  Mark really likes to make pizza and the girls love to help.  Aurora is getting to the stage where she really


wants to help in the kitchen.  Every time I'm in there cooking she is in there wanting to help.  So here is a picture of her making her pizza.  I think that the pizza originally got a tear in it but it was all good because it turned out looking like a heart.  the girls LOVED it.  So here is Aurora putting the sauce on the heart pizza.  She looks so proud of herself.  The next picture is the finished pizza with all the toppings.

 Here is a picture of our tree on Christmas day.  It looks way better than the previous picture of our tree.  It looks better with presents around it.  These are also presents from grandma and grandpa.  Not just us.  However the more kids you have the more presents you have I guess.  We had a really good Christmas.  Corina said about 7 times that it was the best Christmas ever.  She even said it again yesterday.
The day after Christmas we went to a really nice Christmas party.  We could even bring the kids so that was a bonus for us.  Everyone had a great time.

 Next is just some pics of the kids.  This is Aurora blowing bubbles.  My girls love doing this at the sink.  I did it with my mom when I was a kid and then did it at grandma's too. The neighbor girl even came over one time and blew bubbles.  It's fun to see how many bubbles you can blow until you have a bubble mountain.
The last picture is of Corina taking a quick break to pose for the camera.  She was working on her school.  Homeschool is going really good.  We both really like it.
As for Gwyneth she is learning so much.  I know she understands a ton of what everyone is saying.  It'f pretty funny.  When Aurora was little she was a pincher and a biter. Now Gwyneth is starting to pinch.  (Mainly Aurora)  I was telling Aurora how she used to me a pincher and biter just the other day and she could hardly believe it.  I guess she is just getting her payback.

Well that is all for now.

Have a great week.