Well, here are a bunch of pictures of what we've been up to, and I'll keep the captions brief for my own sake if not for yours:)
The kids all made valentines for their classmates...
We got some plywood and spent a Sunday afternoon painting pictures:
The girls have been enthralled with legos, and have built many creations with them. We have a shelf labeled "Lego Creations" and it is mostly filled.
We got Twister from Aunt Bekah for Christmas, and they all loved it:
Playdough...I think this is just after Valentine's day, if you notice the hearts on the wall:
Jane was SO excited one day when she tried to pull her own hair into a ponytail...she was sure she had succeeded!
Jane is in puzzle mode right now, and all on her own placed all the US states on a control map that came with our puzzle. Someone else had left it out...but she was pretty proud:)
Gene was interested in Long Division at some point over the winter. So we divided up our bead material (hundred squares, 10 bars, unit beads) between different numbers of people, to see how many beads each got. Pretty cool, and it actually translates to paper (the regular way to do division) pretty easily.
Lucy (and Gene) have been learning how to make Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (Mac n Mac thanks to Aunt Reenie). Lucy in particular loves to do it, and can do almost every step by herself.
Somehow we got a pink electric blow-up guitar (a birthday party favor?). At any rate, Jane was jamming one afternoon...
Uncle Owen came over one night and built a tower with Gene and Lucy. Gene finished it after Owen left, and insisted it be left up overnight. He was very proud of it, especially that it was taller than any of us could reach to finish.
We walked to the Saline Memorial Day parade. It was hot and sunny, as usual.
Jane celebrated her "summer birthday" during one of the last days of preschool. Watermelon and choco-chip cookies. And some Irish soda bread thrown in for good measure (I had given a presentation to her class on Ireland that same morning).
Lucy graduated from Kindergarten, and has a diploma to prove it. I hope she always remembers her two teachers, whom she fell in love with this past year.
The kids posed in front of a backyard tree so I could slip pictures into their teachers' thank-you cards on the last day of school. You all can see what they looked like on the second-to-last day of school!
Gene and his class went to Greenfield Village during the last couple weeks of school. I volunteered to drive, and it was a great day all around. Albeit very hot. A nice day to walk into the glassblower's shop, which is what a fellow parent and I did...it was a cool 150 degrees or so (at least it felt that hot). The men heating the glass were wearing long sleeve shirts and pants. I don't know how they did it.
Gene (and his classmates) are dressed in period clothing from the late 1800s.
A carousel ride.
Jane and Lucy have been eager to do their own hair, and are thrilled when they are able to (i.e. we aren't going anywhere that day!)
The ledge under our dining room bay window is a popular place for projects, pictures, and letters. I'm not sure what Lucy's doing here, but one of those three I'm sure. You never quite know with Lucy, but she always comes up with something creative.
Gene still pulls out his baseball field and people occasionally...
Gene and Lucy can make their own sandwiches now, and I am learning to let them (sometimes).
Jane is (still) fascinated with wet washcloths and shoes, and here is a picture showcasing both. Yes, they are black party shoes. And she insisted on wearing them last Sunday to church...although she explained to someone on the way in that they were pretty old but she still wears them anyway. (She wore them last spring, they must be too small, but she says they feel fine. She has grown 2 inches in the past 3 months, but maybe her feet are waiting their turn to grow...
Jane completed (with just a little coaching) her first sewing project. Yet another favor from someone's birthday party. She was pretty darn good with the over-under basic stitch (is there a real name?) in my opinion!
In the snow, Gene practiced his pitching with snowballs.
Then he would randomly lay down and hug the snow for awhile...
The older two have been learning to use a sharp knife, pretty successfully on soft foods...
All three have played Sorry with each other...
That's all...more to follow. We're getting into the swing of the summer now...
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