Chapters: June 2010

Father's Day 2010

Father's Day 2010

the day started with cinnamon rolls (and a sick child a.k.a. Anna)

kate insisted on making Jeff some lunch

his favorite sandwich: egg salad

with chips and pickles of course

we really, really love our daddy

(mommy does too)

eating one of Jeff's favorite desserts: strawberry shortcake using strawberries from our garden

Dance Recital 2010

A Night of Elegance...

waiting oh so patiently (with a fever)

rehearsing ballet routine "Ordinary Miracles"

sigh...tears blurring my eyes

the ending pose

um, I think my bun is falling out...

rehearsing tap routine, "Singing in the Rain"

watching daddy & daughter rehearsal to Thriller

waiting for our turn coloring and hanging out with other dancers

ballerina Kate

the infamous ballet bun that this mama doesn't like to do!

ballerina Anna

grandma Bette and Anna

Grandma Bette and Kate

Aunt Merry, Anna and Kate

celebrating a great recital at Culver's

our dancers

Summer Goodness

making the time to RELAX and read

Anna: "Ahhhh, it feels like I am at the beach!"

Summer Has Arrived!

summer has arrived...

these beautiful, fresh and organic berries are straight from our garden

we're thinking...

strawberry shortcake

strawberry pie

homemade strawberry ice cream

strawberry poppy seed salad

strawberries dipped in chocolate

strawberries with balsamic vinegar & sugar

Sweet. Red. Awesomeness.

Summer so far...

summer is in full swing

projects, disagreeing,

dirty fingers & toes,

popsicles

dinners on the porch

sleeping in (kind of)

imaginative play

summer reading

summer school

strep throat

The Karate Kid

dance practice

camping

sandbox play

gardening

and we're only at day 11

Planting Our Garden

We're attempting to pare down our garden this summer but still hoping for a bounty of great organic produce right at our (dirty) fingertips.

Quirks. There are a lot of them in our house between the four of us including the pets. Since we have had it with the dinner time battles a decision was made that a chart would be a good idea to earn a certain something. I would like to call the chart "An Aspiring Foodie" and the girls would earn palate points. Anna was fine with mom making one on her computer in less than 5 minutes. It was discussed and pinned on the bulletin board. Kate had other ideas and insisted on devising her own chart. This is what she left me before she went to bed...

Love the arrow...good attention getter!

The note states, "peses make sure my chorte is fine."

~I absolutely LOVE inventive spelling!

Categories: mete/Eat stacke, vetbus/Eat carits, Frut/Eat it! appel, green appel, and Eat evry thing! The latter category was changed to "no complaining."

Day 3 into the Aspiring Foodie Chart and life at the dinner table is divine! However, there have been a lot of discussions as what constitutes a complaint...

Last Day of School 2010

Last day of school 2010. We no longer have a Kindergartner or a First Grader...it's official...we now have a Second and First Grader. Where did the year go? We have two readers and writers. They are more independent thinkers. Another year closer to leaving the nest. Definitely they are taller (and a little sassier). They can write sentences, add and subtract and count by 10's! Our little peanuts are growing into young ladies...okay, we need to celebrate a little bit...rainbow style!