Summer Dayz

 

We had an eventful summer.  In addition to the other blog posts from this summer, here's a recap of Summer 2012.  (Beware, if you don't like pictures, this post is not for you!)

 

 

 

Made edible play do with the Greens...

and then ate the play do.

 

Fed the geese...

and fed the baby.

Went to the pool....

 

and went to Summer Camp.

 

 

Played outside......

 

and learned how to swing without help!

 

Caught a fish....

 

and a turtle.

 

                                                      Picked blackberries....

                                   and then ate homemade blackberry cobbler.

Ran a 10K

                                              
                                              or ran around in mom's shoes.

 

fell asleep on the couch with "Sweet Blankie"

 

and on the floor with highheels 

 

 

 

Went four wheelin with dad....

 

and played Princess Tic Tac Toe with dad.

 

 

Had sisterly moments...

 

and then almost dropped sister on head.

 

Rode in the 4th of July Parade

 

and saw 4th of July fireworks!

 

Made a naked egg

 

or just swam naked!

 

Flew a kite at the beach....


Buried dad at the beach...

                                   and got eaten alive by mosquitos at the beach!

                                                    
                                                         Played with Food...



edible artwork

Played with Paint...

homemade paints

                                                            Played at Itz.....

 

 and played in the mud!

 

But don't think we did NOTHING but PLAY.  There was WORK involved too....

 

home improvements..

school work.. 

house work...

 

and yard work.  pulling weeds, ugghhhh

 

And if you're 3 then the weeds are "pretty flowers"

 

 

There you have it!  2012 summer is all wrapped up.  It was so much fun staying home with the kids.  I'm sad to see summer come to an end, but am looking forward to all the merriment that Fall brings. 

 

A Pinteresting Day

Some summer days I just don't feel like going outside in the heat.  This means checking things off of my Pinterest To Do list with the kids. 
After Arden ran around half naked in cowboy boots riding her pony.....

We did something with Ivory soap that I saw on Pinterest.  Supposedly if you put a bar of Ivory Soap in the microwave, it will grow into a giant "cloud."  Sure enough, I put it on a paper towel in the microwave for about two minutes and this is what we got!

It grew to be about five times its original size.  The girls then had fun smashing it up into little smithereens.

They added a little water and food coloring to it and molded it into cookie cutters to make new soaps.

The next thing on my list was to make an obstacle course out of streamers.  I taped streamers to the walls in my hallway and the girls had fun maneuvering through them.

Then they decided to make puppets and put on a puppet show for me.

We topped off our morning with pinterest-inspired lunch.  We had homemade pizza balls and homemade ranch dressing.  Yummy!