Artistic Expressions and Moon Festival

This was a week of artistic expression. First, we had an activity of playing with rice, oatmeal, noodles, etc. Ainsley and Kara particularly liked the activity. Jack came in and out of it but then once he realized he could dump everything on the floor he got a bit more interested. The sorting into cups and spoons was completely useless to him.

Then jewelry making with play-doh:

Expression through dressing up #1 in a witches hat (complete with no shirt) and #2 in princess costumes with Kara:

We ended our week with the Mooncake Festival (aka Mid-Autumn Festival). We enjoyed mooncakes (much better than the flavor we chose last year) and the kids all got toy lanterns. Ainsley picked out the flavor this year and all three of them LOVED it. They seriously could not get enough! A picture of one of the mooncakes:

Grandpa D arrived Saturday morning. Jack was apparently waiting on Grandpa D to show the world he has walking skills and is now walking! He still prefers to crawl, but about 20% of the time he attempts to transport himself on two legs and is really good at standing now. While we are extremely happy about Jack walking, we are really going to have a hard time now watching the three of these kids!!