this past week, we continued with the summertime fun. here is a list of what we did:* C is continuing with her summer homework. i give her some math, handwriting, and spelling work.
* i have also continued with reading to both girls the pippi book and C reads to me from some early reader series of books we checked out of the library. right now she is reading "alone" from days with frog and toad, by arnold lobel. she reads to me and i help her sound out new words and add them to a list of words to practice reading.
* we are still enjoying or daily games of hopscotch. C is showing a lot of improvement on her hopping skills and as she progresses, i add more rules to the game to make it a little more challenging. when we first started playing i basically had no rules but to hop on all the squares and make sure to pick up their markers. M is still too little, so she does whatever she wants. and everyone has fun!
* we poured a large container of bubble solution into a bucket and got our two badminton rackets to try to make lots of bubbles by waving the wands and using the wind. it was messy, but fun!* we then turned on the sprinklers and let the girls rinse off all of the bubble solution.
* we invited the girls only boy cousin, N, to come over to play hopscotch, make giant bubbles, and run under the sprinklers. i think N had lots of fun that day!
* we took the girls to the museum of natural history. this was a reward for the girls because they have been doing their homework, playing well with each other and making my summer with them much more bearable!
C chose to go to the museum. here are the girls "digging" for fossils. next week, if they do well, the girls will get to have a sleepover party and invite their cousin N. i look forward to planning some fun activities for the kids!as for me, i'm getting less time to craft for myself. i do have a project i'm working on for my niece's birthday coming up. the weekends seem to be the only time i have to craft because my husband is at home to help with the girls. so i have gotten some work done this weekend and i hope to finish it in time for the party. i was hoping C would help me with the project or make a gift for her cousin, but i'm finding little time to plan these things, so it hasn't been possible. the birthday is in a week, so i'll see if C and i can do something fast, simple and cute.
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