Picking Leaves

Mac had the best time picking leaves for her caterpillar, her imaginary caterpillar! 

Moments to Remember...

Our little entertainer! 

Storytime From A to Z: Letter S

This particular week at Coop, the Storytime From A to Z letter was "S" and the book was "The Giant Jam Sandwich".

I found the cutest craft for this book here and knew the girls would have so much fun creating their own giant jam sandwich!

 The front cover states, " In My Giant Jam Sandwich, I Caught..."

 Izzie caught two butterflies...

 And a giraffe! 

 We decided to take peanut butter and jam sandwiches to Daddy's work and enjoy a picnic in his office!  It's summer, so we can make surprise visits!

The girls love visiting his school...they love the school buses!!  

They keep asking when they get to ride a school bus...a little difficult for a homeschooling family!

Children's Museums

We are extremely lucky to live in area with so many Children's Museums! There are 2 within a 25 minute drive, 2 within an hour, and another 2 within 1 1/2 hours.  With 6 museums and a reciprocal pass, we're always at a museum!  

This museum is the girls' least favorite, but we hadn't been in awhile, so they were happy to play!  I like how they always change out their back exhibit every 3 months....this time, it was all about Fairytales!  Mac had the best time having a tea party with the 3 bears!

Afterward, a little designer yogurt!

Wordless Wednesday...Favorite Place To Eat!

Summer Reading Challenge

Izzie and Mac have been participating in two summer reading challenges at our local libraries.  They are alternating weeks for each library.   

   

 Week 1: County Library--each day, the girls were thrilled to color in their tokens for reading!  After each hour of reading, one token can be placed in a "prize drawing" container.

  Mac standing in front of the different prizes.  Both girls put all 12 of their tokens in the Water Park prize container!

After 12 hours of reading, they are allowed to pick a free book off the prize shelf.     

 

Izzie is all about Magic Treehouse books, so she was super excited to find one on the free shelf!

Week 2: City Library--each week, the girls are allowed to choose one prize from the cart. 

This was a loooong and tough decision!  Finally, Izzie picked out a huge green ring and Mac went for a dinosaur.

 At the city library, for every picture book Mac reads, she earns "1 Library Buck" and for every 10 pages of a chapter book, Izzie receives "1 Library Buck". Unfortunately, you have to bring your books that you've read there and the librarian counts the books/pages and gives you paper money to "buy books" off the cart.  We were returning several Magic Treehouse books, so Izzie racked up on some money.  However, we had just been reading pictures books at home with Mac, so she didn't earn any library bucks (Mama did not read the rules).  Thankfully, she has a super big sister, who shared her library bucks and they each "bought" two books from the cart! 

Week 3: County Library--Mac stuffing all 12 of her tokens in the "Pillow Pet" prize container!  

 Week  4: City Library--The girls earned enough library bucks to purchase 3 books off the cart, with a little money left over for next week! 

Field Day At Coop

We've really enjoyed participating in a local Coop this year.  The girls were thrilled to see their friends each week. 

Here are a few pictures from field day, which was a lot of fun!  

Happy 4th of July!