And Then There Were Four

Monday, August 22, 2011

summer in review

So… we did not schedule anything for this summer. No camp, no classes, no travel. Aside from 5 mornings of soccer this month, the kids and I have been more or less just Playing for months. And it has been awesome. Just what we needed in our very overscheduled life.

So here is proof of our mellow yellow summer Winking smile :

Bennett has become a big-kid on a swing. no more baby swing.

Madeline is flipping up her training wheels and learning to balance. check out the knee and elbow pads!

she is really trying!

After this she spent the afternoon on the skut (bike with no pedals for balance practice) and was doing great but I had to put the camera down Winking smile

We spend lots of time in pjs or shirtless, painting at the kitchen window.

The kids have found ways to entertain me every day. Plays, songs, costumes, recitals. they have really learned to work together on these little shows.

I have done a LOT of home cooking. Here are this week’s Mahi tacos with citrus slaw in process…

Lots of unstructured time with friends

hanging out..

camping at the lake

with friends

in the rain…

and the list goes on and on…

its been awesome. I am so grateful for this time with them.

exhausted. but in an excellent way.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

so proud

they are so proud of the things they’ve been growing in our garden this summer.

Madeline was broken hearted when I cut one of her zinnias to bring a bouquet inside. She insisted I leave them and let them grow instead of killing them by bringing them inside. So there is just the one in her room now Winking smile

Our pumpkins are thriving and im optimistic that we’ll keep them growing till late october. we’ll see…

Friday, August 12, 2011

End of Soccer camp!

big smiles

Soccer camp is over. Madeline loved her coach. He called her jeremy- and she called him lila. it was so funny to see her with the long running joke every day.

Her certificate today was written out to Madeline ‘Jeremy’ Mann…