Friday, May 29, 2015

More Fun From the First Week of Summer


Making "moon sand" for Riley's new water table:
Shepard enjoyed the table more than Riley...
She's off tormenting the dog and Shepard's still going!

Playing with the "galaxy oobleck" that I made.  The kids on pinterest were ever so artfully swirling the oobleck around to make it look like the Milky Way, and my kids immediately became aliens who left their alien hand and footprints all over the grass, driveway, and my car.  My kids are way more fun than those pinterest goody goodies...

Show me your hands!
Today was finally sunny enough to make a solar oven!  Good thing too because today is the last day of Silverbach Space Camp!
I didn't trust the solar oven with a dish that requires heat to kill bacteria or anything, so we just made nachos.  :)
Pardon the partial nudeness...  Shep was ready for the pool!
It worked!
Yum.
RQ wisely stuck to Pirate Booty instead.














Tuesday, May 26, 2015

I'll Never Let Go, Jack. But I Also Won't Scootch Over

Just like another famous redhead, Riley found herself on a plank of wood with a young man trying to get on top of it with her.  Unlike Rose though, Riley scooted over to let Shepard on board.

The 15 year old inside me still hates  how Rose didn't even try to make room for poor Jack.  :(




First Day of Summer School a la Mommy

Today was my first day keeping the kids home with me and attempting to teach them stuff, have fun, get my "real" job done, and keep my sanity intact.  One day down, and who knows how many more to go...

This week's theme is Space.  Our learning activity for the day was constructing constellations out of marshmallows and toothpicks.  Shep picked an easy one to start...

But then challenged himself a little more:
Meanwhile Riley ate some marshmallows while coloring space related coloring sheets:
Our fun activity for the day was making moon rocks, which we will watch "explode" tomorrow!
The finished products, sitting out to dry:

Why Popsicles are Best Enjoyed Outside




Friday, May 22, 2015

Pre-K Graduation

Congratulations, Shep!