Week of July 19, 2015

We have had a very different, interesting week.  The girls little friends were still getting over being sick for the first part of the week so the girls and I got some good quality time together.

Monday was a normal day of our regular routine.  Daddy started a new schedule at work so he goes in an hour later and comes home an hour later.  The girls and I have taken advantage of this by adding in some morning reading time cuddling in bed. 

I'm trying to get into a good school schedule before August 17, which is when we start CC.  The girls and I get in reading (both phonics and read-alouds), writing, math and art every morning.  Then we try to squeeze in a science activity now and then.  We were having fun going on nature walks but, it is too stinkin' hot now!

 

Tuesday we were getting ready for the day when little Audrey opened the door and hit Katie on her eyebrow.  We ended up going to the emergency room and getting Katie's cut eyebrow glued.  It didn't take very long at all but, it did put a kink in our morning routine, to say the least!

After we got back home and got Daddy to bed Katie felt like a library trip so we visited the library for more books.

We've been enjoying lots of watercolor painting.

The girls and I went to the park and went shopping at petsmart and target Wednesday.  We had such fun!  We found these very handy chalkboards with holders at the target dollar spot.

Finding Waldo together in a "Where's Waldo?" book.

Knox and Brex were all better by the end of the week.  They came over to play and the kids had such fun with wikki stix.

Katie and Audrey have been using little paintbrushes dipped in water to pretend to paint each other's nails.

We recently got our chimney resided and painted.  The new chimney looked so nice we decided we should paint the house to match.  Daddy has been working in the early mornings and the house is looking so nice!

Grandma, Vicki and Ricky came to visit Saturday.  The girls painted pictures with them.

We also attempted to make fried pies but, we ended up ruining the apricots...

 

Weeks of July 5 and July 12, 2015

We have had a whirlwind of activities over the past two weeks.  I'm not even sure now exactly what we've been doing but, the past two weeks have gone by so quickly.

 

We had all the kids over a few times.  They are all a little stir crazy because it has been so hot outside lately it's hard to play outside except in the very early morning.

We've enjoyed lots of books (as usual).

 

Naomi and I got some school activities laminated and cut out while the kids worked on their own cut and paste projects.

Katie and Audrey worked on some classifying.  They separated pictures of plants and animals and glued them to different columns.

Anytime we get ready to leave the house the girls run and grab a book for the car ride.  We went shopping with Grandma, Aunt Vicki and Rick.  The girls had lots of fun and we even got to go to Olive Garden for lunch.

All the kids friends have gotten sick so to play it safe we've cancelled playdates for awhile.  The girls have been keeping busy painting, coloring, doing stickers, doing puzzles and playing playdoh.  Playdoh has been a favorite activity for the past two weeks.

We got Katie some perler beads and her and I spent a naptime putting together several pieces.

 

 The girls don't mind the super hot weather, their little faces turn red but they still love swinging in the sun.

We've been doing housework in the evenings lately.  A benefit of doing housework in the evening that I haven't realized until recently is that the girls can help out because both Mommy and Daddy are there to encourage and help them.  Both girls have helped vacuum and mop. 

Daddy and the girls made different kinds of food with playdoh.

Katie made an American flag during one of Audrey's naptimes. 

We have been having so much fun making Fridays our "movie night" days.  We've been enjoying ice cream and snacks for dinner while watching a movie.  We have a huge blowup mattress that we set up in the den.  The girls love it!
This past Friday the girls ate ice cream then played in their pool.

Saturday we visited both Grandma's and Grandmother's house.

We ate some delicious pizza for lunch at Grandma's.  Audrey wanted Grandma to read her stories.

At Grandmother's house the girls got Grandmother up and dancing.

Our summer is quickly coming to a close.  We are paying our Classical Conversations tuition this week and our first day of CC starts August 17.  We've signed both girls up for dance class which starts in September.