*C graduated from kindergarten! she was really sad to be leaving her school, teacher and classmates, but i'm sure she'll be looking forward to first grade by the end of the summer!*we have started M's potty training. wish me luck on that one! M is really smart and communicative, but with trying to take care of two girls all day, everyday, i don't know how long it's gonna take me to accomplish that job!
*everyday i have C do some math, handwriting, and spelling home work before we play or do anything fun. at the same time i try to teach M her colors, abc's, numbers and shapes and sometimes C helps to teach M. she seems to really enjoy teaching her little sister!
* we went to the library and checked out a few books. amongst them is astrid lindgren's "pippi longstocking", which i plan to read to them. my girls love to watch the movies so much, i thought this would be a good way to wean them off the t.v. this summer.
*we played hopscotch and had to improvise by using found rocks as place markers. but then i got the idea to make some out of fabric scraps and some dried beans. with the help of my girls, we quickly sewed them up, filled them, and stitched them closed in time to play a few more rounds before the end of the day. we made enough place markers in case we have some visitors who would like to play with us. C is still working on keeping her balance while hopping, but i'm sure by the end of the summer she'll have it down pat! M just hops around on two feet and doesn't really follow the rules, but she looks so cute hopping around and she has so much fun playing with us!*we played with a hula hoop. well, we tried to play with it. the hoop was too small for me, so i couldn't show the girls how to do it properly. C still needs some practice and M is just too small. she is only 2 years old, but she tries, and she looks adorable doing it! she holds the hula hoop over her head, with her body in the center, then lets it fall as she stomps in place and wiggles her little body. she really thinks she's doing it!
*we baked cookies. yum!
*we made homemade play dough using kool-aid for color and to give it a fruity smell. the girls love it when we make our own play dough because they get to help and the play dough is much softer and more fun to play with.
*C lost yet another tooth! now she has two missing front upper teeth! she looks so cute!*we took C to get her first real haircut and it's a short bob that looks really cute on her face!
*we celebrated C's graduation from kindergarten with a pool party. we had most of our family over and all the little ones had so much fun in the kiddie pool!
*we went to a new park, while poor Dadda had a dentist appointment. but the girls enjoyed their outing!*we made a makeshift house using a tarp we draped over our unused clothesline. we brought the girls' little table and their chairs and set them up in their little house. i made them pb&j sandwiches and they ate them in their little house. they had a nice time eating their snack in their temporary playhouse!
we have been having so much fun! and i have enjoyed watching my two girls laughing and playing together and learning to get along better. and i still have many things on my list to keep them busy, so i'm sure i won't run out of ideas any time soon. we have also done most of the things on the list more than once. i want to make this summer really fun and memorable for my girls, especially C, since it is her first vacation from school, other than xmas vacation, of course.
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