2011
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Camp Grammy
The kids and I spent a week at my mom’s for the famous “Camp Grammy”. Here are the cousins and instructors in their official camp t-shirts! The theme this year was “Bugs”. Here we are making “ants on a log” for a snack. We used pretzel rods and stuck raisins on them with peanut butter. […]
The Getaway!
Brian’s mom offered to watch the kids if we wanted to have a little time to ourselves. So we took her up on the offer two weeks ago and took a three night getaway on Caddo lake. We stayed in a converted caboose – played games, watched movies, ate good food and had wilderness adventures! […]
3 Bears
The book this week was Goldilocks and the 3 bears – spellbinding and a tad on the scary side (when read with great drama) but a great starting point for all kinds of fun! Monday was a little crazy so all we managed was eating “porridge” (cream of wheat) for breakfast. Both of the kids […]
5 in a row
Years ago I did a little curriculum with my younger brothers called “5 in a row.” The concept was simple – you read the same book five days in a row and do a project each day that was related to the book. With some encouragement and ideas from my mom, I decided to try […]