Keeping Busy

Summer is here. The kids are out of school. It is getting HOT. And we are just trying to keep busy. Here are some of the things we have been doing lately:
* Taking advantage of all the free activities in the summer: free movies at the theater (we've seen The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything and Monsters vs Aliens), the library summer program (we saw a Marionette show and a presentation from the Reptile House, and this week is a magic show), free miniature golf on Monday night (the goal was to hit your ball before Nathan came around and threw it off the course), and free entrance into the little's kids museum on Friday mornings


* Playing at the Sprinkler Park. So far the heat hasn't been too horrible, but it's finally here (105 degrees today), so we'll be taking advantage of this fun park a LOT more.


* Making fun critters with Play Dough


* Cooking with Caelan. Last week she made chicken enchiladas for dinner all by herself.


* We have a little quiet time after lunch when Nathan takes a nap and the other kids read, practice their letters, do some math pages, etc. Ben is actually reading easy words by himself. YAY!

This week we'll be getting ready for our BIG trip. We are going to three different family reunions, plus a little trip down to Sean's parents house and another few days with some family in Utah. Sean will be with us for the first week, and then it will be just me and the kids for the next two weeks. Should be fun.