We stayed two nights at the Snow Mountain Ranch – YMCA of the Rockies. Greg and the girls making hiking sticks for our afternoon hike. What you don’t see: for much of the mile hike to the waterfall (near Granby), one of the children was whining and complaining, often stopping to throw her stick to […]
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Digital Drawing
Adrianna enjoys doing digital drawing on the iPad and on her laptop. These are her latest, created in sketch.io (a free online program.) I know a lot of people worry about their kids getting too much “screen time.” But this is a prime example of why it is important that we differentiate between the TYPES […]
Kindergarten
Kindergarten wore someone out (and it was only a half day today!)
First Day of School 2018
First Day of [Home]School. (Well, technically we’ve been doing some schoolwork for the last couple of weeks, but this was the first official day of their homeschool electives school.) Adrianna (8th Grade) Bree (3rd Grade)Cate (Kindergarten) Cate has been waiting for this day for MONTHS. She was ready to march off to school the day […]
Lost Another Tooth
Unbeknownst to everyone, Bree lost another tooth. We aren’t sure when; while she was sleeping last night, perhaps? Other than the one tooth that was accidentally knocked out when she was four, I don’t think I’ve ever seen her lose a tooth nor have we had a physical tooth to put under her pillow!
Swimming
We visited Broomfield Bay today. (Thanks Broomfield Library for the reading program passes!) Bree got brave enough to try the big slides for the first time on her own (thanks to the encouragement of her friend, Greta.) Cate rescued a ladybug from the water and found it a new home in the flower bed. And […]
Lift-a-Flap Pony
I recently found this pony that Bree drew. Upon further inspection, it is like a “Lift a Flap” book where you can lift up the flap to see inside! She still insists she doesn’t want to be a doctor though!
Bib
I am wearing an apron while cooking dinner tonight (since I tend to make a mess when making homemade lasagna) and Cate just asked me why I am wearing a bib.
Tosca
Rewarding Tosca with her favorite snack by the creek.
Weezer
Last night, Greg and I had a date night and went to see Weezer at Fiddler’s Green. Great show! They did some cool covers of Aha’s “Take on Me”, Toto’s “Africa”, and The Turtles’ “Happy Together”, to name a few. They also did all of their own greatest hits, including “Undone (The Sweater Song)”, “Say […]