Our yard is suffering without Bjorn here, but I took a picture of the first fruits of his labors in our garden this summer - since he is missing out on them. We also picked a big, beautiful, and delicious yellow squash.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Photo of the week!
Our yard is suffering without Bjorn here, but I took a picture of the first fruits of his labors in our garden this summer - since he is missing out on them. We also picked a big, beautiful, and delicious yellow squash.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
July 2010
Bjorn and I have been spending our spare time cleaning up the garage. It will be nice when it’s finished – but it seems to be taking too long! We must not have much spare time! I stay plenty busy keeping the kids busy and Bjorn stays plenty busy working to pay for keeping the kids busy. We’ve enjoyed a few early mornings walking/jogging together before the kids wake up. I feel like the summer is already going by too quickly.
Ellie learned how to ride a bike this weekend! She’s still working on getting started by herself, but once she’s going she can go and go and almost steer straight - she can even stop with out crashing!!! She also surprised us this month by reading some simple books. She’s growing up fast! She had her preschool program and had to make up and sing her own rhyme to “I know an old lady.” She sang, “I know an old lady who swallowed a unicorn. She grew a horn when she swallowed a unicorn.” Now that the weather is nice, Ellie spends most of her time outside and I can’t seem to keep enough sunscreen on her fair skin.
Miriam graduated from kindergarten and did a fun program where she sang, “I want to be a part of it, FIRST GRADE! FIRST GRADE!” She’s done so well in school that her teacher said not to worry about bringing her in for an end-of-year assessment. Miriam started cartwheeling a lot when she was supposed to be playing soccer this spring, but after soccer season ended she kept doing cartwheels. She’s almost perfected her cartwheel. She’s also been learning to do flips and front hand springs on the tramp. The other day I put an old vinyl tablecloth at the bottom of the slide in the backyard and then turned the hose on at the top. Miriam said I was the greatest mom ever for doing that. She’s sure easy to please!
Enoch likes to quote Brian Reagen. His new favorite color is dandelion, because he says it is the color of the sun. He claims he doesn’t like to read, but after getting home from the library he sat down and read for two straight hours. He’s reading “Young Indiana Jones.” Enoch is taking care of the neighbors flowers and mail while they are gone, and on Saturday he picked 650 little tree sprouts that were growing up in their grass. He learned to mow the lawn and frequently asks if he can mow it again. He almost beat all of the older kids on a race around the block on his bike. That was before I told them NOT to race on their bikes because it’s too dangerous.
Natalie easily won the 50m and the 100m race at school again this year. She’s speedy and loves to race. In the district race next week she’ll have to race against the girls born in 1999 like her AND the girls born in 1998 – mostly 5th and 6th graders. She’ll be the youngest instead of the oldest - it will be a tough race! Natalie’s been making and selling bread around the neighborhood to earn money this summer – to pay for her Irish dancing.
Isaac also did great at his 6th grade track meet – taking 4th in the 100m. But unlike Natalie, he has an advantage in the district meet next week, being one of the older kids in the 1998-1999 category. The kids who beat him in the 6th grade meet were born in 1997. He’s looking forward to the next race! He’s been mowing lawns to earn money this summer and has learned that hard work really pays off, but he’s also fitting in plenty of playtime. Isaac has some great friends for which I’m very thankful. We finally fixed his bike tire – he and Auriana rode their bikes all over town the other day and had a great time together.
Auriana is enjoying a relaxing summer: reading, riding bikes, napping on the swing outside, and eating otter pops. She’s been cooking dinner for us for the past two weeks as part of a personal progress goal, and I’ll be so sad when she’s through with it. She is tending some kids once a week as a summer job – and she’s done a great job coming up with fun activities for them to do. She’s always volunteering to do the girls hair, which I appreciate very much!
Ellie learned how to ride a bike this weekend! She’s still working on getting started by herself, but once she’s going she can go and go and almost steer straight - she can even stop with out crashing!!! She also surprised us this month by reading some simple books. She’s growing up fast! She had her preschool program and had to make up and sing her own rhyme to “I know an old lady.” She sang, “I know an old lady who swallowed a unicorn. She grew a horn when she swallowed a unicorn.” Now that the weather is nice, Ellie spends most of her time outside and I can’t seem to keep enough sunscreen on her fair skin.
Miriam graduated from kindergarten and did a fun program where she sang, “I want to be a part of it, FIRST GRADE! FIRST GRADE!” She’s done so well in school that her teacher said not to worry about bringing her in for an end-of-year assessment. Miriam started cartwheeling a lot when she was supposed to be playing soccer this spring, but after soccer season ended she kept doing cartwheels. She’s almost perfected her cartwheel. She’s also been learning to do flips and front hand springs on the tramp. The other day I put an old vinyl tablecloth at the bottom of the slide in the backyard and then turned the hose on at the top. Miriam said I was the greatest mom ever for doing that. She’s sure easy to please!
Enoch likes to quote Brian Reagen. His new favorite color is dandelion, because he says it is the color of the sun. He claims he doesn’t like to read, but after getting home from the library he sat down and read for two straight hours. He’s reading “Young Indiana Jones.” Enoch is taking care of the neighbors flowers and mail while they are gone, and on Saturday he picked 650 little tree sprouts that were growing up in their grass. He learned to mow the lawn and frequently asks if he can mow it again. He almost beat all of the older kids on a race around the block on his bike. That was before I told them NOT to race on their bikes because it’s too dangerous.
Natalie easily won the 50m and the 100m race at school again this year. She’s speedy and loves to race. In the district race next week she’ll have to race against the girls born in 1999 like her AND the girls born in 1998 – mostly 5th and 6th graders. She’ll be the youngest instead of the oldest - it will be a tough race! Natalie’s been making and selling bread around the neighborhood to earn money this summer – to pay for her Irish dancing.
Isaac also did great at his 6th grade track meet – taking 4th in the 100m. But unlike Natalie, he has an advantage in the district meet next week, being one of the older kids in the 1998-1999 category. The kids who beat him in the 6th grade meet were born in 1997. He’s looking forward to the next race! He’s been mowing lawns to earn money this summer and has learned that hard work really pays off, but he’s also fitting in plenty of playtime. Isaac has some great friends for which I’m very thankful. We finally fixed his bike tire – he and Auriana rode their bikes all over town the other day and had a great time together.
Auriana is enjoying a relaxing summer: reading, riding bikes, napping on the swing outside, and eating otter pops. She’s been cooking dinner for us for the past two weeks as part of a personal progress goal, and I’ll be so sad when she’s through with it. She is tending some kids once a week as a summer job – and she’s done a great job coming up with fun activities for them to do. She’s always volunteering to do the girls hair, which I appreciate very much!
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