Archive for June 2010
Sean saw this on a car on our way into REI.
We went to the beach today with my fabulous friend Christie and her furry friend, Luke.
(Project 365-6/25/10)
They found this hole that someone had dug and played in it forever. They splashed in it, filled it with more sand, dug in it and generally just made a huge mess and had a great time.
Seeing how far they can fling the sand
A family portrait
After a change of clothes and a picnic lunch, we stopped at our favorite little ice cream/donut/coffee shop for a treat.
Sea treasures
Cruising the beach in style…
It finally got up into the 80’s today…time to break out the water balloons.
We got to pick up our little masterpieces today. This is my plate. I love the blue and the flowers even the one that’s way too big. 🙂 I can’t wait to go back and make some more. We have been saying we need new plates…maybe I will just make them.
I got this idea from Family Fun magazine. I didn’t make them exactly the way they described since I didn’t have all of the materials they called for, but I made it work and the boys had fun.
(Project 365-6/22/10)
Each person has their own “dart”. There are five circles in the street. You get ten points if your dart lands in the one closest to you, twenty points if it lands in the next closest one, etc., etc. We also tried a variation where we used the rope circles, but made them into a line. Each person got one turn to throw their dart and whoever got closest to the line without going over won.
The darts are made out of one plastic grocery bag that I covered with electrical tape and another grocery bag that I filled with one cup of dried polenta and then tied the top with a knot to prevent spillage. Next, I used the electrical tape to close off the first plastic bag and to make it have a “neck”. Lastly, I used scissors to fringe the top of the darts. I am not usually this crafty. I just happened to have the time, energy, patience and materials today.
The boys mowed the yard today. Oh my, there were so many comical moments. Colm has done this once before so he was “coaching” Liam which did not go over well. Getting them both to understand what it means to mow in a straight line. It took a while, but they finally got it. I am sure if there were any neighbors watching from their windows they were getting a few good chuckles. The boys loved it though and both of them ended up talking to the grass at some point during their mowing. Colm told the grass he was showing it who was boss.
This book is two different stories in one that eventually merge which is exactly why I couldn’t put the book down. I knew they were going to merge, but I had to keep reading to find out when and how. One of the stories takes place in Paris during World War 2 during the time when thousands and thousands of Jews, mostly children, were shipped away in cattle cars. The other part of the story takes place in modern day Paris. Read this book on your own or with your book club, either way you won’t be able to put it down. Two thumbs up!
We had a busy, but not too busy, Father’s Day. It was fun, too. Everyone had a great day. The day started with breakfast in bed for Sean, then we went to church, then we came home, had lunch and relaxed for a while. Then it was off to the bowling alley/video arcade, then to the grocery store and finally off to a yummy dinner at a restaurant that Sean picked out.
(Project 365-6/20/10)
Liam made the cereal bowl. Colm made the cookie jar.
If you lean one direction or another, it helps the ball go the way you want it to. 🙂
