May 25 – Kate Turns Five

Birthday Breakfast

Meg gave Kate her dollhouse.

Dress up necklaces from Grampy.

Cute Kate.

Our neighborhood friends came over to eat lunch and play on the slip-n-slide.

New play-doh tools from Lindsay.

Ready for a birthday dinner.

Special request: chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.

An after dinner bike ride; trying out her new doll seat (with one of Meg’s dolls as she had not yet opened her big gift from Grammy & Grampy.)

New bulletin board.

Kit! And matching hats made by Grammy.

 

Happy Birthday Kate! We love you!!

Bunkmates

May 13 - Six Flags

This year we took advantage of homeschool day at Six Flags, which meant for a reduced rate we enjoyed the whole park with cooler weather, smaller crowds, boxed lunch, and free return vouchers to be used later in the summer.  It was also fun to run into several families we know. I thought we would make it a few hours, but we ended up staying for 8. It turns out Meg is our thrill seeker: she loved every roller coaster she went on (and she went on all of them at least once). Caleb will probably be similar; this time around he wasn’t big enough for any really wild rides, but he did like the zippiest of the kiddie coasters. Nate and Kate were a little more leery of things that went too fast or upside-down, but everyone had tons of fun!

Visit from the McBrides

Fun with friends: Uno, chess, nerf guns, snacks, baseball, dress up.

April 29 - Spring Poetry Recital Sampler

Sorry about the low volume.

Carolina Wrens

This mother bird obliged us by making a nest right outside our schoolroom window. It was fun to watch the babies go from scraggly fuzz and closed, bulging eyes, to healthy adolescents ready to strike out on their own. How providential (as is everything) that I sent Nate down to the garage on an errand one day just as the little birds left the nest. He came charging up the stairs yelling, “The baby birds!! The baby birds are out of the nest!!” So we dropped everything and ran don to watch them hop around the driveway and eventually off into the bushes.

Easter Sunday

The kids with Alex and Maggie (their favorite babysitter!)