Summer Schedule

We had a schedule to somewhat structure our summer days. It helped us get things done and helped us not go crazy. I had a hard time getting us back to doing all of it after our trip to the beach, but otherwise we were pretty good about it.

It basically included:
Yoga
Piano
Reading
Outside time (could be errands or other outings, but usually it just meant playing outside)
Activity (experiment, art, cooking, game, etc.)
Job
Storytime
Quiet time
Ride bikes
and free time, naturally.

I'll share some pictures from our activities. If I had pics I wanted to share of the other stuff, they're already in other posts ;)

Their dad's birthday gift.


Father's Day gift. (Painting with sponges. Modge podge.)


Someone requested beans and I said sure, that'll be our activity today. Toddler had gotten his clothes wet during outside time.


Chocolate dipped rice krispie treats.



Cleaning pennies.


Picking raspberries


Plastic milk.


I enjoy when the oldest decides to take charge of activity time. McDonalds signs.


Making cards. Fish went to cousins, elephant went to an aunt.



Caterpillars.


Homemade applesauce.  Spur-of-the-moment suggestion from the oldest.


Watercolors over white crayon.


Butterflies!


Blackberries (toddler signing "more") / Peaches / Grapes


I sure loved having our oldest home with us!

Summer Journal

During the Summer our oldest kept a journal that he would write in during our daily quiet time. He actually still does, but he doesn't have quiet time on school days. I love seeing what he's done with it. Here's a little peek.


It didn't take long for preschooler to ask when we were going to do his journal. He wasn't really writing yet so I hadn't planned to have him do one, but we did and it was a lot of fun. A peek at his ;)

Kindergarten Plants

Our oldest brought home a a flower plant and a green bean plant at the end of kindergarten. He took great care of them over the summer.

Replanted. Maybe I should have used 2 separate pots for the 2 types of plants. I'm not a gardener.


First bean flowers & first beans!


Spraying the leaves because they're thirsty too.


First harvest.



Hugging their plants.


The evening that we got home from the beach, I removed a couple of dead leaves from one of the bean plants. Toddler must have been watching because the next morning he removed all of the leaves! Oldest was not happy!


Finally flowered in September.