Week of August 24, 2014

We enjoyed the last week of "summer"...Katie starts preschool on Monday!  We'll have Knox and Brex joining us on Mondays and Wednesdays so Katie and Knox will be doing preschool together on those days.  The kiddos did lots of crafts together this week.  

 

Do-a-dot markers are a favorite of Brex and Audrey.

Washi tape is a lot more fun for Knox and Katie.  They even practiced pulling out the tape and cutting it themselves with scissors.  They really concentrated and made beautiful tape art. 

 All the kids painted with legos and straws but, the bigger kids especially enjoyed this type of painting.

The girls have been cuddling with their favorite blankies in the morning while waiting on breakfast.

We've been finding lots of interesting critters lately.  We found a praying mantis on the hummingbird feeder Saturday morning.  We watched him throughout breakfast and then let him go in the garden.

August 10-August 24, 2014

Oh boy, what an interesting two weeks it has been!  We had our first trip to the e.r. for Miss Katie.  She got a viral infection and ended up getting very dehydrated.  She started passing out at the breakfast table so we took her to the e.r.  She did wonderfully!  She was very brave during the i.v., ct scan and xrays.  The doctor and nurses were all very impressed with how well she did.  Once she got some fluids in her system she was good to go and even though she tired easily over the next couple of days she is now back to her normal self. 

 

Before Katie got sick the girls and I made a visit to the park.  Audrey wanted to sit with me on the bench while Katie played with the other kids.  Then all three of us went for a walk around the pond.

The girls have enjoyed water play outside every day for the past couple of weeks (minus Katie's sick days).  The weather is really heating up so it's one of the only ways to play comfortably outside during the day.  We've also been playing outside right after breakfast to beat the heat.

Katie, Audrey, Knox and Brex all enjoyed painting last week.

We found a huge moth and watched it for several hours before letting it outside again.

After we got back from the hospital Katie wanted ice cream for dinner...and of course we said yes!  Audrey also got some yummy ice cream, with deliciously messy results!

The girls have painted many times over the past couple of weeks.

 We brought out the playdoh and although Audrey had a hard time not sampling some the girls both enjoyed playing.

 

We also signed Katie up for another year of dance.  She starts September 8 and she is really excited.  We start our preschool lessons and tot school again the week of September 1.  We've got lots of fun activities, field trips and learning planned! 

July 28-August 10, 2014

We've had a lot of fun over the past two weeks...lots of outside time and learning new things!

 

Audrey has turned into a little bookworm.  She is constantly bringing Rich or I a book to read.  She recently learned how to climb onto the dining room chairs so she often looks at books at the table.

 We found a ladybug and kept it for a couple of days in our ladybug house.  The girls were excited about letting it go so they could see it fly.

We learned about sinking and floating at tot school.  The kids made a boat out of foil and put items in water to see if they would sink or float.

 When we got home we did some more sinking and floating with Daddy.

Last week we learned about frogs.  We caught a tree frog that had come into our house.  As you can tell Audrey was thrilled with the little frog. 

Katie helped me make a yummy blueberry cobbler...while Audrey practiced standing on her head!

Katie calls this Sue Sewing from the Dr. Seuss book "Fox in Socks".  She's lacing ribbon onto a dishmat.

We made a trip out to the zoo.  It was pretty warm and by the end we were all worn out but, we had lots of fun.

 This is at the end of the trip as we were heading out...poor girls were worn.

 Audrey bringing Daddy another book to read.  She loves turning the pages.

We had a frog sensory tub that we brought out several times during frog week.  It had water, foam lily pads that floated and tiny plastic frogs.

Katie decided to try to plant Audrey haha!

Daddy made some amazing French bread!

Katie and Knox made a "First Day of Preschool" poster so they could take a picture on their first day.  We're starting September 1.

Audrey decorated some paper, too.  She loves being involved in everything big sister does.

We had frog themed tot school at our house last week.  The kids jumped on lily pads that had different letters on them, read a story and learned the song "5 Little Speckled Frogs".

This is one of my new favorite pictures of baby sister...I mean how cute is that?!

The girls played with playdoh together.  Audrey is out of the phase where she feels to need to put everything in her mouth.