This year I have decided to do Summer Fun Days with my kids. We have made a "Staycation Calendar" and try and do something fun everyday (except Mondays...cleaning day for me):
Our weekly schedule usually goes something like this:
Monday: Cleaning Day
Tuesday: Piano Lessons, Swimming Lessons, Craft Day
Wednesday: Library Day (we have signed up for the reading program in Blackfoot and it is amazing this year-My kids Love it!
Thursday: Movie @ the Theater, Swimming Lessons
Friday: Day with Daddy or Baking Day with Mommy
I have had alot of fun doing this, it keeps us busy and having fun and I get to spend time with other Moms. Here are some pictures of our adventures.
Piano Lessons:
Ocean day:
We made scubba gear and an indoor ocean while listening to Knee Deep by the Zac Brown Band. Afterward we watched Disney's Ocean movie. Oh how I wish I were on the beach swimming with my family!!
Also, this year I decided to try a square foot garden in my backyard. It is convenient, NO weeds, easy and my kids can learn and watch it grow everyday.
The moon was SO beautiful!!!
On Saturday we decided to go on a family picnic. We headed to the BIG Southern Butte: It was a really pretty day.
Ben and I were talking about Rattlesnakes and then we saw one crossing the road. By the time we backed up to see it he was slithering away into the bushes...YUCK!!!
Nice roadside scenery. It cracked me up for some reason, I could totally see myself using this as a landmark in the directions I give to someone...."Next you'll pass a really old chair on the side of the road..."
SOOO scared of rattlesnakes, we picniced in the back of our Durango.
"Childhood is the most beautiful of all life's seasons"-unknown
8 comments:
Hi Jess!
What cute pictures! I'm so glad you are keeping the kids busy with fun things this summer - you are such a good mom, and making memories with your sweet little kids is the best kind of memory!! I'm excited for Emily's piano lessons; Sherri is such a good teacher and it's something Emily will always remember . . . that her grandma taught her to play the piano!
Thanks for sharing all the cute pictures!
Hugs and Love,
Mom
P.S. Forgot to mention that the snake picture was really creepy!! I'm just glad that there wasn't someone sitting in the chair . . . if you know what I mean. . . :0)
You guys are too cute. And I gotta be honest. If I'd seen that snake, I wouldn't have let him stop the car. Gross!
ah you are the BEST mommy ever! Look at you!!! I was going to do the reading thing at the library, but I kept forgetting to take Gabe in last week. Oh well. maybe they are still accepting people this week??? And that snake was yucky! We use to do cattle drives out by the buttes and we saw them all the time. My dad would kill them and we would eat rattle snake stew. Yep, COWBOY family we were! good idea to stay in the car....the snakes are awful this year due to the wetness! :)
Priceless pictures and sweet thoughts. I like your ideas for a fun summer.
Blessings to you!
OH my goodness Jessica. You are an amazing mommy! Where do you find the energy! :) Can I ship my kids to your house everyday, lol. You are so creative and fun. And I do have to say your kids are adorable!
What a fun summer! You are such a good mom! You are so creative! We need to get together sometime this summer and let all of the kids play!
those pics are sooo cute i can't wait to see you guys!
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