If you have a better quote than this I'd like to hear it. Here's to only a few more days of summer break!!

"I already want to take a nap tomorrow"

MMMM....

Andrew was pretty excited to pass out the gifts he brought home for everyone. I'm pretty sure I got the best one, these cupcakes didn't disappoint!! We all tried a bite or two of each one and the rest went into "hiding" for when I need a sweet treat. Now I'm finding little crumbs coming off the plate that was in hiding. Shucks!! They found them.

City Bound!!

There is a lot of excitement bottled up between these two. They are off to D.C. for a long weekend. I can't wait to hear all the fun things they get experience. Jas and I feel pretty fortunate that Andrew gets to go with such a great guy!!



and there was one that wanted to go....

homemade diving board...

Now come on, who hasn't ever tried to make a homemade diving board. This one is made with a container, 2 wooden card holders, 2 wooden puzzles and lots of scotch tape.

Andrew started out trying to give some advise, but apparently the engineer didn't want any so Andrew left.




lots of tape....




making sure the underneath has plenty of tape....




a really, really long piece of tape




almost done....


Guess who is the one that gets to test it out....


getting nervous....


Jack said "um..Tyse that did not work out so well"


getting more support with a couple of tinkertoys after the fall....

one of those days last week when....

....it was about a million and a 1/2 degrees out and the boys were playing inside oh so good, I decided on a whim to skip nap time. Since kdg. is slowly sneaking up on us I wanted to see if ole' Tyse could hack it without a nap. My boys are sleepers. I love that. I was getting supper ready and went to the living room to check on them and they were out like a light. Both on separate sofas snoozing away. We do get to bed late in the summer so it wasn't really a true test. I'm sure he wont fall asleep during rest time in kdg. but I remember how exhausted Andrew was those first few weeks.

Tyse


Jack

who was in charge of the sunscreen? + EDITED VERSON

Jas fired me from being in charge of the sunscreen ever again, but come on it was a little windy.



Apparently this was a very confusing post to some people (FAS). So, for those of you who didn't understand it here is an edited version. We were at oceans of fun and I was in charge of putting sunscreen on Jasper Frazee. It was pretty windy that morning which resulted in an uneven spray which in turn caused him to have a blotchy sunburn. I thought it was a lot funnier than he did.

ooey gooey lady

When I went to a conference that this lady held on a Sat (see links below). I had a very bad attitude. Pretty much all that was going through my head during the driving time was "this is such a waste." She ended up being awesome and if you ever get the chance GO!! Go listen to what she has to say. I learned so much and have since tried to adopt some of what she has to say. I'd love to get her to speak in our school system sometime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTLkvUyjiGo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6yWQw2ZOBA&feature=relmfu

This is an older one, but its great!! Worksheets used to be a very high priority to me when working with the boys. I still think its important that they are able to sit and finish a project on paper but not nearly as important as I thought. There is more important things to work on. What do you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCZ8J_7zb5s

check out her recipes for sensory play....and try them....they are fun!!!!