summer time

 The weeks just keep flying by faster and faster. Before I know it Ky will be starting 1st grade and Beckster will be in preschool...then two days a week, i'll be down to only one child for  5 hours a day...I'm not even sure I know what to do with that much freedom! We've been busy swimming, playing with friends, and of course we're gearing up for back to school. Here are a couple pictures from one of our visits with Makenzie, ky's best friend. We're so fortunate to have this family in our lives. These two girls have been hanging out since they were around 18 months old....crazy to think of them that little, but you can tell they've formed a special bond over the years!

Here are a couple pictures from demoing the boy's bathroom. I wish I could say we were making progress, but every time we think we're getting somewhere, we realize we've made some mistake somewhere and have to backtrack....i guess that's the life of first time do it yourself-ers....one step forward, two steps back!

ky's signing and dating one of the studs in the bathroom....

Beckster has been all about daddy lately. from sweeping up leaves in the yard to demo in the bathroom, he's constantly begging daddy to let him help...

We've spent a great deal more time in from of the t.v. the last week or so watching the olympics after Newie goes down to bed. This isn't an unusual scene around here right now...

We just finished up the last of our dinosaur lesson plans and the last day was a complete hit!

Here beck is about to dig for fossils during his snack time. They're having chocolate pudding and white chocolate chip bones! ignore his angry face, he'd just gotten up from nap and wasn't a fan of taking a picture...

I pulled out the empty easter eggs and hid them around the house, ky and beck went to town finding the "dino" eggs that t-rex (mom) had hid from them. Then he said he wanted a turn at hiding them. He ran into our bedroom and threw them all in a pile on the floor...didn't matter, Newie loved it! Here they are rushing to pick them all up! This kept them entertained and moving for about half an hour...

Beck showing me his best dino face...

We each took our turn at making our own dino mask as our end of unit craft. this is the one i put together. you can see the kids masks below. not sure they look much like dinos, but they LOVED this craft!

I think Beck has enjoyed this themed lesson the best so far, but we still have two more to get through...something tells me this will be bleeding into the school year a little, but that's fine too, might be easier to do with ky at school anyways....

Beck has decided he wants to be a dinosaur for Halloween this year...yes, we've already started figuring out costumes! is that sad?? my husband seems to think so =)