The Combs Krewe

May Week 2 Saturday...hanging out on the playground waiting on the "super" moon to rise. I was unimpressed. Sunday, Keeleigh and I happened to match for church. Monday....Piper's figuring out how to use the phone. She has held it up to her ear and mumbled, "Hello," but I can't get a picture of this to save my life. Tuesday...I have a lot of help in the kitchen. Here Jathan is stirring some cornbread, and Ryland and Piper are inventorying the cabinets. Wednesday...Piccolo tried on the beta version of his homemade harness. He couldn't walk on the tile floors! Thursday...Keeleigh kicked backed and enjoyed reading on the balcony. Thursday (again)...One minute Ryland was coloring at the table; the next time I looked over he was asleep like this. Friday...Jathan was going to use these stickers on his "J" worksheet but Ryland got to them first! Later he decorated Piper as well.

I like to go all out for every holiday so I planned some fun for Cinco de Mayo. First we all watched an educational video about the Mexican holiday. You know the one--from the 80s. The same one we watched on the TV that had to be rolled into the classroom. Ha ha. It actually wasn't half bad! Then we made some paper mache maracas! Here's how we made them. First we made our paste out of flour and water. Jathan stirred. Then Ryland and I tore newspaper into small pieces and Piper threw every piece within her reach onto the floor. When our newspaper and paste was ready, we used a funnel to put beans into water balloons. This step later proved to be useless so don't do this step! Next we spilled half our bag of beans but Ryland thought it was great fun to pick them up and put them in a bowl so it all worked out just fine. = ) I blew up the water balloons and tied them off. Then I folded a piece of paper into a handle shape and used masking t