Summer Vacation - Week #7

We had a pretty easy-going week this week, but still had fun!  Here we go again...

MONDAY

I woke up this morning feeling the effects of a long and busy week and weekend - just a headache and a sore throat that morning, so we took it easy that day and just recovered.  We didn't even get to do our craft that day, but I think the kids needed a break, too, they didn't even ask about it.  The older girls went to Adventure Camp that afternoon and that was about the extent of what we did this day!

This is what Brianna does at night after the lights go out - she holds her flashlight in her mouth and reads her scriptures!  She has already read her way through the first 5 books in the Old Testament and was in Joshua last time I asked.

TUESDAY

The older girls had an all-day Adventure Camp this day - the little ones and I hung out at home and I started on some laundry.  That afternoon we made some awesome giant bubble wands and homemade bubbles - this is a great recipe (click the link to view)!  Brailee called it her potion but then warned me that you can't eat it because then you'd toot bubbles ;-P

We tested them both out that night but saved the real play time for the next day.

WEDNESDAY

This was our playgroup day - a fun water day!  My kids were so excited to play on a Slip'N'Slide again (since we don't have real grass at our house, we haven't got ours out for a while, we don't want it to pop!).

This first served as a home for the water balloons, then as a site to fill up squirt guns, then eventually was converted to this...that's what you call a Redneck Pool!

Everyone wanted to try it!

I got some super cute pics of the kids with their friends, but I never post pics of other kids on my blog unless I get an okay, and I didn't get a chance to ask the moms, so I've cropped them out for now.

The giant bubble wands and bubbles were a big hit!

Trysten enjoyed his lunch - can you tell?

Love the soggy diaper bottom - I was laughing so hard as this little guy was trying to hold it up!  He finally got in a swim diaper which helped ;-)

Kaylee headed to Adventure Camp after lunch but Brianna was having too much fun and didn't want to leave the water party.  For camp they were going to the movie matinee, and I was planning on taking Trysten and Brailee to the matinee later that afternoon, so Brianna decided to stay with us.  This is the first time I've made it to a matinee movie here - I really like the program better here compared to R-ton as you don't have to buy a whole season of tickets.  The older girls got to go each week with Adventure Camp.  We are looking forward to seeing Rio in just a couple weeks!

THURSDAY

This was the last day of Adventure Camp and it was an all-day camp.  The girls really enjoyed it but we are all ready for it to be done.  I babysat a friend's little boy that afternoon and Brailee and Trysten enjoyed having a little one around the house that they could 'help' and boss around ;-)

FRIDAY

We went to the library for the Summer Reading program - the kids got to learn about Egypt and even tried some Egyptian food.  That evening we headed to R-ton for this little girl's first birthday party!

She wasn't too interested in the presents, so her parents opened them for her and she played with one of the pretty pink bows.  She seemed to enjoy this book that we gave her - notice the pretty pink bow that she temporarily dropped!

Brianna had fun playing with Parker's creepy crawlies ;-)

Trysten liked passing out cupcakes.  He probably snuck one for himself each time he got one for somebody else!

Sneaking one more!

SATURDAY

I didn't get to sleep in this fine Saturday morning since I headed in to pick up our Bountiful Basket.  When I mentioned to David on Thursday that I was going to go get one, Brailee was so excited and wanted to go with me.  She woke up one time a couple months ago when I was getting ready to go and she came along - ever since then she always wants to go.  Friday morning she woke up all on her own at 6:30 and asked if it was time to go - I had to tell her one more day!  Then Saturday morning rolled around and I went in to wake her up and as soon as I mentioned the basket, she hopped right up and was ready to go in no time.  On our way home she suggested that we turn our basket mornings into donut mornings as well - since I didn't have my purse with me I told her we'd have to start that tradition the next time ;-)  Here is my Bountiful Basket Buddy.

We came home and made Good Morning Waffles (yummy) and had sort of a lazy morning.  Then I remembered that the county fair horse show was that day so we all got ready and headed in to watch some of that just before lunchtime.  We missed all of the 4H stuff since they only do Halter and Showmanship, so we missed watching some of the kids that my girls know.  We stuck around for one class and then we headed home to get started on some projects. 

David got started on Brianna's floor in her room, but he's had bad migraines this last week and started on another headache so he took the rest of the afternoon off while the girls and I caught up on some cleaning that we skipped on our Thursday cleaning day.  Brianna LOVES to mop.

If you've made it this far, thanks for joining me on another week of our summer break.  I hope you're enjoying your summer as much as we are!