Bailey Family

 First, David graduated High School- so we went to that...  And we had to make a quick trip to the beach while we were down there... When we got back, our calendar fun started - with craft day for the girls (while Seth was at cub scout day camp)... Our weekend was a trip to visit my brother and his family - who live at least 4 hours away  and "never get visits" - we went to a park while visiting and Rob initiated challenges for the kids to try and compete. Our visit got cut a little short thanks to Beth's crazy headache :( but it was still fun to visit and see their new house and watch Thomas crawl. The next week began with experiments (simple experiments - a list of ideas obtained from a school handout that used around the house stuff - we choose about 8-10 off the list that we had stuff for)  The big hit of the summer so far has been star gazing/sleepover night, which included some water fun while waiting on the stars to ap...

Every summer I try to do something to make it different and more fun from the rest of the year (as if a break from school doesn't do that already). Skip the next few paragraphs if you just want to see the idea. Last summer we had one-on-one days of the week (each kid got to skip rest time on 'their day' to have one-on-one time with me...I did a lot of sewing of doll clothes and ammo belts.)  We'll fit in the one-on-one time somehow, but I need daily rest time this summer too! So, this year, I got poster boards (dollar tree) and cut up colored paper (free from my stash) and have made an activity for every day of the week (and some Saturdays).  I used paper/tape rather than just draw directly on the poster board so that I can rearrange as needed...and I have already. I also decided to 'hand draw' the pictures because I thought it would be cute - and to save ink...and to produce laughter from my brother and children at my artistry. :) None of the act...