Just a few pictures from the past week...

 Matthew is taking a portrait drawing class and sharing his knowledge with Andrew. Here's Andrew's finished drawing of Padre Pio. (I'd post Matthew's masterpiece, but he doesn't want Joseph to see it until he's home for a visit.)

Johnny has graduated to reading Bob Books.  Therese is revisiting them, too.  Notice Johnny's book has seen better days.  I guess that's what happens when 8 kids practice reading skills over the years.

Marathon games of Rat a tat Cat.

Now that it's getting kind of chilly for playing outside, it's time to find fun in the garage.

(I thought they were playing ping pong.)

Uh, oh!  We know what this means.

Time for Marianna to make friends with the potty chair. Fun, fun, fun!