These kids always find something to do. I've tried to direct some of that energy into doing something a little different than the normal every day. We are trying something new. I thought it would be fun to learn about different cultures and countries. I thought we could do different activities somewhat related to the countries, read some books or watch a movie, and eat some semi-authentic food. Bentley wanted to eat spaghetti and meatballs, so we started with Italy! We didn't do too much learning about the culture this time, but we painted some pasta and made necklaces, and ate gelato!! We all had fun and thought we should try again. There are also few videos, mostly of Mackenzie, of what we've been up to.
The wild hair matches the wild girl!!
She wakes up like this everyday
Fun with filters
They even got Uncle Keyan in on the fun
Getting a treat from Oma! They loved it!!
Painting pasta!!
Is this considered abstract art???
4 kids with paint brushes is always a HUGE mess, but they had fun. I try to remind myself of the second half of that sentence rather than focusing on the first half. It's a struggle!!
Gelato was a massive hit!! We all loved it. Radley took a bite and exclaimed, "Mind blown!" He apparently loved it!
I didn't realize she had been watching us exercise close enough to pick up some moves, haha! She's got some pushups, pilates, burpees, etc.
One day Mackenzie fell down and scraped her knee. It was the first real scab she's had and one she could see. Every time she would see it or look at it, it made her cry. It was pretty pathetic but also cute.
Radley has never really had any fear. Damon jumping off this height isn't too high, but it's high for little Radley.
Mackenzie was kind of nervous about this bug we found on the trampoline, but once I got her to hold it, she loved it!! She will now hold almost any bug she finds and isn't scared of them anymore!
The boys have been asking to go fishing for a while now. Kenney finally decided the house projects can wait; he needs to take the boys. Papa decided he would go too, so while Kenney was finishing up a project, he picked up the boys to go catch some bait fish at Nanny & Papa's house before going to the church ranch to do some catfishing. Kevin and all of his boys ended up going along too, so all the girls were left alone for the afternoon/evening. The boys had a blast from what I heard!
Kenney's phone hardly had any space for videos and pictures, but he managed to get a few. At one point the boys got into the super muddy nasty creek. Kenney was sitting back in a chair with his eyes closed while Damon and Radley thought they were being sneaky. Radley said, "Dad is going to be so mad at us." But they got in anyway. Then he walked up to Kenney and noticed Kenney was awake and told him they were in the mud. Kenney said he didn't care, and Radley ran off say, "Dad's not even mad at us!!" He was so excited! They caught fish, got muddy, and told/heard spooky stories. They had a great time just being boys!!
At the end of the night, all 3 of my boys walked into the house in shirts and underwear, haha! They were all too muddy, but had a lot of fun!
Damon super excited about his fish.
Radley caught some fish too, but I think he had more fun playing in the mud!!
Kyler caught the biggest and most fish of the day! He had to run and put some pants on to take the picture, haha!
...The girls will play
We weren't prepared for this unexpected girls night, but we still had fun. Bentley had a tea party and loved it. We picked up some dinner, had a dance party, watched a movie, and enjoyed a much quieter house!! Next time we'll have to plan better.
These girls have some moves!!
They had fun jumping around listening to music too!
These are some pictures of different times at Kevin and Kerry's house.
One night the 4 older kids had a sleep over and watched a movie outside.
They thought it was pretty cool.
Watching the movie on the trampoline
Mackenzie has so many kids willing to play with her, if she would only let them. Sometimes she gets distracted enough and lets herself have fun! Conner was being really sweet playing in the sand with her.
This is the first year since school began for our kids when I'm not sure who's more excited for school to be out. Usually I'm not too happy about it, but this year seems to be the exception for most things! I think we are all pretty happy school is over!! It feels like we have already had summer break, but at least we can all take a break from school work. We had an ice cream party to celebrate being done. We all earned some ice cream this year! Now it's time for the real work to begin... chores!! Wish me luck!
I think it's a toss up for who looks the most ridiculous in this picture, haha!
Mackenzie started drawing a lot more when she saw all the kids writing. I think it's super adorable how she gets on her belly to write!
Trying to make it through the last few weeks and days of school was rough. Everyone was sick of it; me included! Kyler was great. He had the most work and just wanted to get it done! It was nice to see him take responsibility and get it done (as much as he could without help). Damon was great, if his attitude was great... We struggled to get through it, but we did. He's a super smart kid when he wants to be. Radley did really well too. Thankfully he didn't have too much work to do and could breeze through it (when he wanted to). Some days it took him longer, but overall he did great too. I'm pretty sure they would all agree that they liked their teachers at school a lot more than me, but in no way do I want that job ever again!
The explosion of school lunches
Kenney's been growing some grass again, and doing a fabulous job.
Yep we are all OVER this whole home school thing.
The amount of packaging and waste with these lunches is pretty ridiculous!
I literally laughed and and embarrassed by this when I read it. At least he has backup plans!!
