caterpillar hunt

We went for a walk out the driveway this morning to look for caterpillars on milkweed, but we didn't find any. We did find a tiny tree frog which was pretty exciting!

We were busy baking this morning. We made Oden a birthday cake, made pudding popsicles for tomorrows snack, and watermelon pizza for today!

Grace is heading out on family vacation tomorrow, so I will be on my own.  We will continue to many neat activities, but I'm not sure how often I will get on the internet. I will do my best to keep you posted.

Tomorrow we will be celebrating Oden's birthday, and I have an outdoor scavenger hunt planned, and it's Ali's last day with us. We're glad you can bring your sister with you for the last day!

Buffett (self serve)

It is nap time, and Grace is helping the older children with golf ball painting. That's were you put paper in a tray, put paint on the paper and gently shake golf balls through the paint.

I've been meaning to write about our change to our lunch routine for the summer. We have been using the higher table as a buffet table at lunch. It doesn't always work - with hot foods - but most days we have at least veggie sticks or salad they can serve themselves! The older children love it. They take as many of the veggies that they like, and can go get more during lunch (instead of waiting for me to serve them). I also put salad dressing in a bowl with a spoon so they can choose between 2 dressings and put it on their salad.
The children are excited for self serve, and it is a great life skill for them!

New life

Our caterpillar changed yesterday afternoon.  Lillian and Bronwynn were quite disappointed that we got a moth and not a butterfly! It is a neat moth that looks like it has horns! We are a little sad that we have to let it go this afternoon!
On Friday, Oden brought one of his chicks who is all grown up! Bronwynn held it and sat with it until it fell asleep! Oden's mom brought an egg that was hatching. That was so neat! We got to see the little beak moving around, and pieces of the egg shell fall off. If we were really quiet we could even hear it cheap. Thanks Oden and Tina for bringing your chicks!
We are so excited to welcome Tori to our group. We are excited to get to know her better, and really enjoyed playing with her today, and showing her around!

caterpillar update

That's right, caterpillar update, no butterfly yet. We are watching our chrysalis closely. It has been two weeks and nothing yet. I wonder how long it will take?

We started a neat project with Grace yesterday. We glued broken crayons to a canvas, and when I am done updating this blog, we will use a hair dryer to melt the crayons into a design. Should be fun.

journal entry

It's Tuesday, and we are having so much fun at swimming lessons! I am so glad that I am able to bring Bronwynn with me. Today, her journal entry was about swimming lessons and she drew a beautiful picture of Sara's pool and the slide and diving board! Lillian's journal entry was about swimming lessons too!
We have the small pools filled up for this afternoon, and Anthony will show us how to play water balloon tag.

Feild Trip pictures

I think these pictures speak for themselves.  We had a lot of fun exploring the sand and climbers.  Lots of exercise and fresh air.  It was a great trip.   Enjoy...

These boys were tired on the way back.  My bike trailer is not as comfortable to sleep in as the stroller, but it got us safely home!

Birthday Party!

Wyatt wanted a construction cake, and Lillian wanted flowers and butterflies, so I did my best.

Fruit kabobs for snack!

Balloon painting!

What party is complete without playing with balloons?!

Teddy Bear sandwiches.

Coloured cream cheese rolls and bagels

Hope everybody had a great party.  It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun too!

Lots of pictures!!

Picnic Time!

New play dough.

Pecky and Checky, our chickens.

Another picnic.

Our new toy cat!!!!

Everyone loves when Grace brings her face paints!

Just vegging!

Big thank you to Oden for bringing your chicks to show us!

Being silly with the doll clothes!

Ali, Bronwynn and Lillian like to play hair dresser at nap time.  Ali put every clip and elastic into Lillian's hair for this do!

Oden's chicks are so cute.

Thanks to Bronwynn for bringing Rosey, the hamster, in for the day.

In this picture, you can see the caterpillars last molt (old skin) beside the crysalis.  We are still waiting for the butterfly to come out.

Anthony is such a great helper this summer.  Here he's pushing Oden on the tire swing.  He also showed all the older children how to get on and hold on to ride the tire swing.  Love having him home from school:)

Bronwynn likes to ride Lillian's bike, and Lillian loves getting a ride on her rack.