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Sometimes Wonderful Things Come in the Mail

July 17-18

With the summer slow down comes boredom… so out came the instruction pages printed off of Art for Kids (link on right) and out came creativity. Especially when a picture is worked on TOGETHER!101_3592

101_3594I am loving that the Pizza Hut reading program has now moved into a summer version called Bookitsummer. You can find it HERE. Some of the challenges have them reading to different people, using funny voices or reading in unusual places.101_3593

Of course fairies are welcome!101_3596

And then the mail came!!! Thanks so much to Gammie who has once again spoiled us rotten… this time with lovely clothes, sunglasses, cups and even some magazines and a start to our coin collection!

The boys' new shirts are awesome!

The boys’ new shirts are awesome!

One of Echo's dresses ended up in Trinity's pile but here is the rest of hers.

One of Echo’s dresses ended up in Trinity’s pile but here is the rest of hers.

So much Hello Kitty pretty!

So much Hello Kitty pretty!

The girls have a huge number of new outfits and are beyond excited. Of course we had to try on the sunglasses in the sunshine right away!101_3602

We had the cousins over on the 18th… so Baba and Daddy went out and got a kids pool! It took a while to get blown up but then fun in the sun ensued! In fact, that was about the day!!! So enjoy the pictures as we are totally taking advantage of some sunny days and some flexible learning (don’t doubt that we did our spelling in the mornings, it got done!!).

Park first, while the pool was blown up.

Park first, while the pool was blown up.

A peek at the straw bale garden.

A peek at the straw bale garden.

A Gammie outfit

A Gammie outfit

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POOL!

POOL!

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And post pool snap pop things (you throw them on the ground and they make a noise).

And post pool snap pop things (you throw them on the ground and they make a noise).

Thanks again to Gammie for the amazing clothes!

Thanks again to Gammie for the amazing clothes!

What a Week!

June 27-28

Well after the excitement of the zoo and seeing their buddies we had to have journal time… Emanuel and Trinity did amazing nature journal pictures. Though Trinity’s was an imagination picture based on animals she saw.101_2885

101_2887We had our paperchain to make in vibrant red, white and blue…101_2886

The sunroom just seems to be a wonderland for the kids to do their schoolwork in. A nice change from being in the basement.101_2890

So we continued our Independence Day learning…101_2891

And had another rather enjoyable dino dig session.

So much unearthed

So much unearthed

We checked out Nana’s flowers on her trellis. Purple and pink and lovely!photo (82flower)

We had ice cream sandwiches.101_2898

…and I finally got together the necessary supplies to make Trinity her own Relax Bottle/Time Out Timer… I have to admit we are all soothed by the gentle movement of the glitter… you can find the instructions HERE thanks to My Crazy Blessed Life!101_2899

The girls even took a walk with Sean and Ken.101_2902

Friday brought a continuation on the same learning path in the same sunny room…101_2906

101_2905Ken managed a half day with time to work on the playset.101_2911

While the kids drew and created their own amazing art on our paper roll.101_2909

The masterpiece

The masterpiece

There has been some nice progress on the playset… AND Ken finally put up the carset on the wall.101_2928

And we got a special package in the mail. The beginnings of coin collecting with Gammie!101_2925

So we ended our week working on much the same as we started… but progress on all fronts AND a special day right in the middle.101_2913