It's been a busy month for us. I think we have somehow managed to cram more into this summer than all the other summers of our lives. It has been crazy, hectic, and yet fun. In spite of our busy schedules, we've managed to do a lot of fun and out of the ordinary things, and I'm even more excited for some of the adventures we have coming up.
One of the library programs here: the kids learned about different kinds of plants and got to plant a succulent. It was pretty cute to watch how carefully they spooned sand and then dirt into their little pots.
They were so proud of their little plants.
(I probably shouldn't mention how shook-up those poor little things were by the time we made it home.) On the bright side, they are all alive and growing well.
Since I'm watching a couple extra kids this summer we try to get out and do stuff every day so they aren't just sitting around bored. :) One thing we love is going to the movies! All the theaters around here have free kids movies twice a week! LOVE it! And I'll be honest, being in a theater full of kids and hearing them laugh through every part of the movie is adorable!
W-A-T-E-R! We try to do something wet at least once a week because it's so hot! We've been to water parks, splash pads, swimming pools, and just played in the water outside!
Because when you're wet, the heat doesn't seem quite so intense.
We also celebrated Jarom's 7th birthday. He wanted a Lego party, so I kind of threw something together as fast as I could in spite of everything else we had going on.
I felt like I owed him a party since the last two years we've been busy moving or getting settled somewhere and I didn't throw one for him. He had a lot of fun and invited some of his friends from church and school.
It was fun to see him light up as the center of attention and feel special for the day.
This was my last minute cake. HAHA! I realized the morning of the party that I hadn't made a cake, and I didn't really have a plan for what I wanted to do for the cake. So I turned to Pinterest (where else!), found this recipe, made it... then made another batch of cake because my little lego blocks were about an inch thick... then I started wondering why I didn't just slap some pudding frosting on a cake that was in a 13" x 9" pan instead of putting all this work into it. I finished it as the kids were arriving. But it did turn out way cuter than I thought. (whew!)
This was a huge hit! I bought little lego men for each of the kids and froze them in a mixture of baking soda and water. The kids had to free them by pouring vinegar over them a spoonful at a time. The fizzing and bubbling was thrilling.
We played other games too, like pin the head on the lego man, lego race car races, and instead of a pinata I made a big tape ball full of candy that they had to unwrap while the person just in front of them in the circle built a lego car as fast as they could. Once the lego car was finished, the tape ball was passed to the next person. It was a fun party.
This was a fun little picture we took of Jarom's last day of school. Its crazy to see how much he has grown up over the last year. He's a fun kid. I love his personality and big heart. I love watching him with his brother and sisters, he is such a perfect brother to them. I also love how he loves to make people laugh. It seems like all the kids in his class know him as the "funniest kid", especially the girls! Ahhh the girls! In my opinion it is WAY too early for girls to be giggling and whispering about him! We'll definitely have to do something about that ASAP!
Jarom also was chosen as one of the terrific kids at his school. It's a pretty big achievement, and we are so proud of him. (awkward picture :))
Jarom with all the Terrific kids that were chosen.
