Ok so I DON’T have November done… take a peek back… waaaay back at October for now!!!
Yup too many pictures for a month in a blog! So enjoy the fall fun!
Ok so I DON’T have November done… take a peek back… waaaay back at October for now!!!
Yup too many pictures for a month in a blog! So enjoy the fall fun!
August 11-15
We really are seeing some lovely sunshine and warmth this month.
With Nana and Baba back from Florida and prepping for Mexico (3 weeks) it was the perfect time to satisfy a Nana craving – CORN ON THE COB!
Time for Shark Week (which I am going to admit did not STAY a week… stretched the whole month really). As usual we started with what we knew before starting. I was quite proud of the length of this list. I have, of course, made a blog post with all our information… list of the Discovery shows we watched… I will post that by the end of this recap of August PROMISE.
We have really focused on yard work in our afternoons. Time to get the kids active and outside. And time to enjoy the sunshine before fall is good and upon us.
Of course I covered Echo’s 4th birthday on this blog entry HERE. I think we had a good day!
The next day it was back to sharks… sharks… Wild Kratts… oh and more sharks. I did have to be rather careful what shows we watched on Discovery this year. There was a mocumentary and some that were over dramatized. There were even a few that were seemingly people putting themselves into the danger unnecessarily… wedded most of those out. Even the kids were unimpressed by people getting into the water with sharks when they don’t have to.
We had to draw a thank you picture for Gammie for the Mixels. The boys are getting quite accomplished at recreating these with pencils and colour.
Our cursive practice has become a constant part of our day now as well… not the easiest thing to learn but I figure necessary.
We had a mini fashion show with some dresses Gabbi left Trinity when they cleaned out to move. Adorable! Trinity absolutely fell in love with the hat and wore it constantly even with how warm it has been!
Of course Echo needed in on the photo action.
Nana and Baba gave Echo her birthday present on Friday as well – an adjustable basketball hoop.
And then out to dinner at Culvers! After all… Nana and Baba are off to Mexico within days!!!
Seriously though, we are back outside as much as we can!!! SUNSHINE!
After the VBS half day…
July 14-17
We had so much fun at our church’s VBS that our afternoons were not overly busy.. a few runs to Sam’s club… the odd errand. Miss Echo, especially wanted to do her Gammie mail and practice her colouring, tracing and other fine motor skills. I really wanted to share the beautiful handwriting I see on so many of my packages and letters from Gammie herself. I love seeing my name in cursive! Thursday evening we packed up the kids to go and cheer on another of our favourite soccer players – AIDAN! He plays on the same team as a few of Emanuel’s other scout buddies so it was fun to run into the other parents and say hi.
Aidan played a good game and the kids ran off with Alex and played at the park so we managed to see all the action. They don’t play for score but for the experience. It was fun to sit and enjoy another game with Darcy. She is one busy lady this summer! And with that… enjoy the action shots!!!