Monday was Homeschool Day at the Botanic Gardens, and since their activity was to make bird feeders out of recycled materials, I thought the girls would enjoy going. (Given their fascination with all-things birds these days.) They were all very creative with their designs. After their maker-space time, we spent some time in the indoor […]
This morning’s conversation with the girls, while listening to NPR in the car. Cate: Mom, has there ever been a girl president?Me: Not yet!Bree and Cate: What?! That’s crazy! Indeed! Another recent conversation: Bree: How much longer until Trump isn’t president anymore?Me: Another year.Cate (with a disgusted tone of voice): Another year! But he’s been […]
The girls had their annual piano recital today. Adrianna played two pretty songs, the first of which she even played blindfolded! Which is pretty cool, considering how much her fingers are required to jump around the keys! Next up was Cate, who played “The Grand Finale.” I am so impressed that she is playing with […]
Bree and Cate rode “unicorns” today at horseback riding. Both Fabio and Cocoa looked so sweet with their unicorn horns.
Today was Halloween. Cate was a “Queen Chicken”, Bree was a Magpie, and Adrianna went with a steampunk theme. Cate and Bree both wanted to be birds this year, but I’m not sure where Cate came up with the idea that she wanted to be not just a chicken, but a queen chicken, but we […]
The girls had eye appointments on Monday. Just baseline checkups, really. They got their eyes dilated and though Bree and Cate were reported to be ever-so-slightly far-sighted and Adrianna has a slight astigmatism in one eye, no one needs glasses right now. Yay! Weirdly enough, even though we were told their eye dilation would wear […]
Adrianna wanted to visit a corn maze with some friends, so we all went this evening. We invited Alexis, Kaela, Henry, Shannon and Lauryn to join us. Becky and Hsing-ay joined us, too. So while the big kids all ventured into the maze on their own, us adults and the little girls made our way […]
Today was the final day of Marine Biology class for Bree and Cate. It was a homeschool class through CU Boulder specifically for homeschoolers, and given the girls’ love for the ocean and its inhabitants, I was happy it fit into our schedule for October. They attended each Wednesday afternoon for 3 hours and they […]
Our neighborhood had a get-together, making s’mores in a nearby cul-de-sac. I am glad we went, as it is nice to get to know our neighbors a bit better. I was happy to exchange numbers with another family that has three daughters, too, two of which are the very same ages as Bree and Cate. […]
Yesterday, I volunteered at the girls’ homeschool electives school as an all-day volunteer. I was a teacher’s assistant for 5 class periods and a bathroom/annex monitor at lunch. First period, I was happy to be a helper for Bree’s Maker Space class. She was making a desktop organizer, and I thought she did a great […]