Monthly Archives: May 2008
Zoo Camp . . . day 2
Yup, day 2. Why? We totally forgot day 1. I mean, who expects the first day of camp on memorial day? Luckily we remembered late Monday night and got them there for the second day. From touching hissing cockroaches and boa constrictors to making art about what you’d see out a submarine porthole, they are … Continue reading
Because Life Wasn’t Crazy Enough
Any of you that know me are probably aware of my lifelong obsession with books. I’ve finally decided to turn that obsession into a home-based business with a fantastic children’s publisher called Barefoot Books. I received my first Barefoot Book at D’s baby shower almost 8 years ago and have been adding them to our … Continue reading
The Arizona Museum of Natural History
So it’s Thursday again . . . and we’re still waiting for a post from daddy. We’re getting behind because I’ve been working so the person spending time with the kids should be posting . . . . We had the last day of the kids art block at the Mesa Arts Center until the … Continue reading
Math Books
I had created category Books, Books, Books months upon months ago but never use it. I had thought I could write about what we read every day to keep track, but somehow we usually write about other things. We had been having a serious lull in reading. They happen around here. Ebb and flow and … Continue reading
You Can Ring My Bell
It’s been awhile since we did a science experiment. The kids have all been into doing their own things. We decided to give them a little push in the science direction, to try to get them all doing the same thing together. We let D pick the experiment from one of our science kits. He … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy mother’s day to all you mothers. I know what D, C and B’s mommy really wanted for mother’s day was to have her kids all play nicely together. We went out to get some lunch and then some ice cream. What a better way to put your kids in a good mood then to … Continue reading
Yahtzee!
We used to play board games before D was born. Then the kids came. and its hard to play board games when your babies keep grabbing the pieces off the board. Then when games come back out its Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Orchard. We play a lot of board games. They are great for … Continue reading
Festival Full Weekend
[youtube= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n1l9dYmpPA] At the last minute we heard about a community celebration at the public library. So Saturday daddy took the kids to the library. The had an entire day of music, puppet shows, jugglers, etc. Lots of booths, give-aways (including a used bookstore that gave away used kids books and cloth tote bags). We … Continue reading
look at us go!
B and I were looking for something in the garage but we found D’s old bike instead. B jumped on and ask me to push her around. That got old real quick, so we went back into the garage to find the training wheels. So off she went on her brothers old bike and there … Continue reading
Bowling under the disco lights
D went to a bowling birthday party. We thought that would be a great way to spend an afternoon out of the heat. So when we dropped D off we got a lane for the rest of us. C and B had some fun bowling with us while D was having fun with his friends. … Continue reading
