First day of Summer!

What better way to spend the first day of summer than swimming? We are fortunate enough to spend the day with my 14 year old niece. She actually convinced me to go down the 'non-scary' water slide twice. It was a bit scary to me!

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Family Reunion

We went to my husband's family reunion today. The boys had a blast. They had their first experience floating down a river on the Llano River. Carson LOVED it and Cameron paddled a kayak very well. However, I think the 2 hour trip was a bit too much for a 3 year old. Carson floated in his own tube and told me he was tough as a tank when his knee scraped on the rocks. The boys look forward to next year.

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Who put who in the kennel?

Here's a picture of the boys in the dog kennel with the dog looking in.

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The waiting game has begun...

This is what it looks like when I've packed everything for the family's trip except my husband's bag. Been waiting over an hour now for him to finish packing. Please give me patience.

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How many fingers do YOU have?

Carson, "CAM, we need to put on gloves to pick the veggies from the garden"
Cam, "But those gloves don't fit me"
Carson, "Yes they do. You see a glove always has 5 finger holes and you always have 5 fingers. Look, 1,2,3,4,5 (counting).
Cam, "Ok!!"

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The perspective of a child

Cameron, "When Daddy's a baby, I want him to ride in my carseat"

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Uh-Oh!!

Carson accidentally left a library book in the rain and instead of telling me, he squashed it under our library book basket. Let me tell you, that's a great place for mold to grow. The smell was very potent! yuck
We went to the library last night where I made him pay for half of the value of the book. He was not happy at all, but owned his mistake. Lesson learned

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It's ALIVE!!

Fun experiment we did today with an old speaker.  We mixed cornstarch and water and turned up the music.  You won't believe your eyes!!

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Best friends

The boys had their best friend over for a playday today. They had a blast! Slip n Slide, Legos, swords, fort building, corn starch play, and nerf.
As they were pulling away, Cameron yelled, "Over and out!"

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Math

Can you tell he's thrilled to do math?

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I've created a monster!

I can't get Carson to stop reading! It's summer for goodness sake. Can we PLEASE go outside and PLAY?! He's still really into the Star Wars novels and just this week has read a dozen Beverly Clearly books.  He has also joined a book club that he really loves.  I sure do love this little guy ♥

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Fun park day

Cam is really having a blast with one of his newest friends!

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Jam session

As I was getting dinner ready, I looked outside to find a fun jam session going on.

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The cuteness continues...

Cameron was playing with some bubble wrap popping it.  He was thrilled when he turned to me and exclaimed, "Mom, I just spelled POPCORN!"
Right now he is walking around the house wearing his Dad's shoes.  He keeps asking everyone, "Do I look similar to Dad?!?"  Such a cutie.  I love Cam Man!

Discussion Book Club

Carson loved the intermediate bookclub with the SAIL homeschool group this month.  The book they read and discussed was Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl.  They all enjoyed the book.  Carson thought it was hilarious and had read it over and over again.  The host did a great job and really engaged the children.

Fruit Skewers

We spent the afternoon with some close friends that have daughters about the same age as the boys.  The food was incredible - I'm learning that I love Indian food!
The kids made fruit skewers dipped in melted chocolate for dessert.  It was great.  Can't wait until next time!

Sundial

Carson wanted to make a sundial today so I found easy directions and template online that I really liked. I like this one better than others we've done because it caused us to go to the map and figure out our latitude. Also, I printed on cardstock which made it a bit more rigid.

Early AM Slip 'n Slide

Yesterday for Cam's birthday, Abuelo and Abuela bought him a Slip 'n Slide. They have been playing with it in their PJs for an hour already this morning! When I took this picture, they had already slipped out of them to create less friction to slide better. Summer fun has officially begun.

Cameron's family birthday party

Cameron will be 3 next week, but we had our family birthday party today. It was a lot of fun. The boys (large and small) had a water balloon fight, we made homemade pizza, and we had homemade cupcakes and ice cream. Great food, great company, great times! I ♥ my family. Missed you Carmen, Jess, Baleigh and Joe.

Sandy Lake Amusement Park HS Day

I took the boys to Sandy Lake Amusement Park today for the 1st annual homeschool day. We met up with a lot of friends and had a blast! I had a hard time getting Cameron to do anything but ride the racecars! He LOVED them. Carson also played mini golf and did and did really well. What a fun end of the school year celebration day.

First Harvest of 2010!

We harvested our first cucumbers last night along with our first tomato. Don't let the picture fool you - the tomato is pretty good sized. The cucumbers are SO BIG they almost look like watermelon! They are sweet too. Thanks to hubby and the kids' work on the garden! :o)

Grisham Farms Field Trip

ne of my homeschool groups had a field trip to Grisham Farms in Mckinney today. It was really nice being out in the country. The boys loved the treehouse and swinging on the rope swing and playing in the sand. My favorite part was petting the hedgehog. I just love those little guys! Good times.

Catapult

The boys love to do projects. We are constantly building something. In addition to homemade creations, they also love to do the projects at Home Depot and Lowes. This week, the boys couldn't be more excited! They made catapults! It was a fun project. Carson is at the point where he is reading the directions and building the project all on his own. Cameron is doing pretty well with the hammer also, although he still needs a bit of assistance. I LOVE these boys!!

Good Friends ♥

Went to a fun laser tag birthday party. Carson LOVED the laser tag was sweating a ton when it was over. He wanted to keep playing. Cameron didn't do much laser tag - I guess the black lights and smoke machines freaked him out a little. He still had a blast in the arcade. We are so fortunate to have wonderful friends.

Jr. Robotics - Boats/Submarines

In Carson's Engineering class, they did an activity where they learned about submarines and buoyancy and archimedes principle. Then the children made their own boats out of recycled materials. Even Cameron got in on the action! After class, we took the boats to a pond to test them out. Carson accidentally let go of his string on one of his launches and lost his boat :( But he was thrilled to get some extra materials to build an even better one when we got home!
The group photo was an afterthought as some of the families had already left for the pond. Maybe next time, I'll remember to take a group picture before everyone leaves ;)

New Science Curriculum

I love our new science curriculum from Super Charged Science. Carson can't stop doing science. He is spending all of his free time doing experiments and writing in his science journal. He keeps coming in here to discuss Newton's Laws with me.

Cameron's future plans

It doesn't get any cuter!
When going to nurse to sleep last night 2 year old Cameron, "Mom, one day when I am married, I am going to sleep in the big bed with my wife"
I think he thinks I'd be nursing her and him in my king size bed! He is precious :)

Show me the money!

Went to tour the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Fort Worth. It is the only place outside of Washington DC where they print money. Security is very high and you can't take a camera in, so this is the only picture I could take.
Seeing all that money created and the security process was facinating!

Park day fun

Park day with our homeschool group was so fun today that we stayed for 4 hours! We had to drive to Fort Worth for a field trip and unfortunately ran into rush hour. The fun we had was worth the drive.

Hearts the Butterfly

The boys named our butterfly soon after he emerged from his chrysalis. It was unanimous - His name would be Hearts ♥♥ We knew he would soon emerge as his chrysalis had turned black overnight so we set our container on the breakfast table. He actually came out during breakfast and we witnessed it. It happens so fast and this is the first butterfly that we had that we actually got to witness it emerge. It was beautiful!
We enjoyed him for a short time before releasing him. I had saved our study on butterflies waiting for his arrival. It was really nice doing schoolwork and diagramming a butterfly on paper with a real specimen to study.
Carson describing to Cameron about our chrysalis, "First it starts as an egg, then turns into the pupa which is the caterpillar, then it goes into the chrysalis and finally the adult butterfly comes out...not a kid butterfly, but an adult!"

Owls

We spent most of the morning outside and found a family of 4 owls in one of our oak trees. Aren't they supposed to be nocturnal? Wish I had gotten some pictures. They were beautiful.

Later in the afternoon, I took the boys swimming and had a lot of fun at the HS swim at the Allen Natatorium. Pretty soon, the outdoor pools will be open for summer!

Cole's Anniversary

I am so fortunate to have the most awesome children ♥ Thinking of my sweet firstborn son, Cole. Tomorrow marks 10 years without him beside me. What a long road.