Sunday June 5: Master list is prepped with packing and to-dos to complete before our month long trek. The plan is cleaning and car maintenance on Monday, packing on Tuesday, and food prep on Wednesday. Andrew is sewing a nice hanging case for the kindle so Emily can watch movies. He looks good behind a…
Experiences
First Lesson in Earning, Saving, and Spending
Emily has talked about getting a bike for a long time. Christmas was too early and with her birthday not until October, we felt we had to come up with another option besides gift or freebie. When Amazon had a gold box deal last week for a balance bike, we jumped on it and quickly developed…
Three Minute Volcano
Yesterday while I was making a late morning snack to sustain us through errand running, Emily was on the verge of a meltdown and Nathan was yelling. One of my coping tactics to tantrums is to become rather silly and my “I love you’s” evolved into “lava yous” which brought up volcanos. Emily didn’t know…
DIY Sprinkler Fun
We really enjoyed all of the water playing we did in Utah from swimming to sprinklers to spray bottles and buckets. I especially loved the kid exhaustion that followed with guaranteed naps or bedtime. We don’t have great access to a pool here (driving to and from and swimming with two completely dependent children is…
Riverfest
Right after we got home last week Andrew mentioned that Riverfest was coming up. We’ve never been before, or even talked about going, but there was a 5K and a kids run we thought would be fun. Upon further investigation we realized we missed our chance register for the run but Emily still could so…