Fall Family Fun

Here are some miscellaneous pics of our adventures this fall:

We braved the crowds on Houston's free museum day. I thought the zoo was included, so when we found out it wasn't we went to the Health Museum instead. It was interesting, but extremely crowded. Maybe next time we should just suck it up and pay. Sometimes I wish I wasn't so cheap!

Tim showing off his superhuman jumping.

We went to NASA for Homeschool Day. The kids (especially Tyler) LOVE space and anything to do with it. Tyler wants to be the first astronaut on Mars. We had a fun time, and Claire loved skipping school!

We finally took down our pool, so now our backyard is a big mud pit. Now our big dilemma is what to do about it. At least the kids made good use out of it, making mud pies and building castles. Tim didn't think Claire would join in on the "fun" (she doesn't like to get dirty, yes she's a lot like me), but I guess the fun factor outweighed the mess factor. Thank goodness Tim took care of cleanup!

We loved having my cousin Nadine and her husband Adam over last weekend! It's nice to finally have someone from my side of the family relatively closeby (they live a few hours away). And it was nice to finally meet Adam. I hope they weren't too bored joining in on our family-friendly activities. Nadine played her flute for us (she got a masters in flute performance) and the kids were mesmerized. It was beautiful. We also enjoyed playing a couple flute-piano duets together.