King of the Jungle

Thanks to Aunt Amy we were able to go see the play Tarzan with some friends at Hale Center Theatre. Robby, Amy's friend, builds the sets there. 

We had a great time. Ethan loved the chameleon and Avery loved the flamingos. I was blown away by the girls doing the aerial acrobatics. We've been spoiled with plays this year. 

Scientist

Ethan is learning to be a scientist in first grade. He came home the other day and shared the experiment he did in class. 

We used a bowl if milk and some food coloring. 

He loved showing us how he could make the food coloring run away and dance. I love that he loves learning! 

Our Little Ballerina

After sitting through countless soccer games, football games, baseball games and practices for her older brother Avery finally got to do something just for her!

I found a beginning dance class and signed her up. She was so excited. We signed up on a Friday and class started on Tuesday, but that was nearly too long to wait. 

We HAD to have a leotard, tutu, and ballet shoes, because that's what real ballerinas wear.  She's loving her class and I love hearing all about it and watching her practice!

A New Kind of Tie Dye

Ethan ran a fever of 102 for 6 days. By the end of the week we all had a touch of Cabin Fever so we got creative....

I'd seen this idea on Pinterest and had all the supplies on hand so we got to crafting. 

First we drew on our shirts with Sharpie markers. We used plastic cups underneath to contain the design and catch excess liquid from the next step. 

After we drew our designs we added a few drops of rubbing alcohol to the middle of our circles and waited for the ink to spread. 

The kids had a lots of fun and our shirts turned out fabulous!  It made for a great afternoon. 

First Day Of First Grade

Avery and I sent Ethan off to his first day of first grade this morning. That's big for 2 reasons:  it's ALL DAY!  And I taught first grade do its near and dear to my heart. 

He was so excited. I can't wait to hear how it went, but knowing this kids I'm sure he loved it all. 

When I asked him what he was most excited about for the new year his immediate response was...recess!  The soccer field is way bigger!

Love this grown up boy!

So Worth It!

Avery just spent the last hour looking back over old blog posts!  We loved every minute of it.  It brought tears to my eyes to see how much my kids have grown.  We smiled and laughed at the fun family adventures we've had.  I must get back in to blogging!!!!  SOON!

RV's For Everyone

Now that we have a new, bigger car we didn't feel the need to go to the Car Show so we chose our next toy and headed up to check out all the campers possible at the RV Show.

We had to tell the kids we weren't going to be able to get in to every RV at the show so we taught them a few things we were looking for: not a 5th Wheel, had to have bunk beds, and it couldn't be too heavy for our Expedition to haul.  That narrowed it down some, but we still jumped in a lot of them.

Ethan and Avery tried out each set of bunks, each shower and tub, and made sure each trailer we could buy had a TV.

They were thrilled to find a kid size RV too.  We knew there was an RV for everyone as soon as we walked in!


 Now all we need a little more money to buy one and a place to park it for the off season...