More Summer Fun

The kids have still been spending a lot of time with Marci's kids next door. We watch them twice a week, so the kids have tons of time to play (and fight). Here's what we've been up to!

My aunt Kay has a whole garage full of dress-up stuff, so here's what the girls picked out for themselves.

One day we made homemade pretzels with the letters of the kids' names.

One day we did a talent show that we filmed on the video camera. Kenley wanted to do a cooking show, so she made a fruit salad. Then Madeline did a cooking show also, and made a smoothie. Parker and Carter's "talent" was sitting in this box playing with Star Wars guys.

Claire has been doing lots of eating, discovering more and more spicy foods she loves!

We had a big family dinner up at Kay's house, and the kids couldn't resist running through the big grass field behind her house.

For Carter's birthday, the girls made this "Pin the Parts on Potato Head" game for them all to play. It was so cute!

Okay, this next picture is actually representative of dozens of hours of play. You know the commercials for Bendaroos, and every kid thinks they need some? Well, I picked up a huge, brand-new set of them at a garage sale for $2. I kid you not, Kenley and Madeline have played with them for hours and hours and HOURS. They make animals, their names, wildly inappropriate Barbie clothes, jewelry, and many other creative creations. Tonight Kenley made this alien for her room, and tomorrow she and Madeline want to do a whole space mural on the wall with spaceships, planets, and an alien family. So, my review on this product is that they are well-worth the money. I think the set of 500 or whatever that we have is like $30, which I always thought was a rip-off, but honestly I think I'd pay it now. My kids LOVE these things, and they make some really cool, creative things with them. Here is Kenley with her cute little alien.

So that's what we've been doing for the last few weeks! I started my inservice days on Friday, and I have another week and a half of setting up my classroom and doing school and district training before the kids start on August 18th. But it's been a super fun summer. We've made a lot of memories and had a great time!