The end is near here. Our wonderful carefree days of summer are O-V-E-R. And what a summer it has been! In an effort to squeeze out every last bit of fun, we had quite an eventful weekend.
It all started out on Friday with- what else?- new chicks!!
Yeah, we know. We have a problem. These eight bring us up to 20 and we are happy to add Dandelion, Penny, Sunset, Big Stripe, Motorcycle, Fly Guy, Cheerio and Little Guy to our flock.
On Saturday morning we left the babies home alone (which is why we get chicken babies, not baby babies) and took the boat out for a day on the lake.
Yesterday was a day of swimming at a family member's house (I forgot my camera but my little fishies swam from the moment we got there until the moment we left. More evidence that we NEED an in ground pool in our yard!!)
Today, was project day at our house. We started out with a paper mache fruit bowl project they had seen in a book and have been begging me to do...
Twenty minutes of paper macheing, an hour and a half of cleaning paper mache off every surface in our downstairs. Awesome.
After that, it was time for our family egg drop. Yes, an egg drop. The fifth graders at the kids' school did one in the spring and they came home very excited about it so I figured why not? This was, surprisingly, quite a bit neater than our first activity of the day.
Everyone set out to different parts of the house to safely pack their egg for dropping...
And then it was time. Bombs away!!!
Bad news for Abby and I...our eggs did not survive the fall. But the boys???
Success!!!
Just as we finished that, Abby's BFF stopped by with a BFF necklace for the first day of school (can you see how their necklaces are connected?)
After a little quiet time (you know, for me) Robbie helped the kids with some projects from Nana
and we ordered a pizza for dinner. We told the kids they could watch a movie while we ate and Abby asked if we could watch the Olympics. The Olympics was probably the last time they got to watch TV while they ate...
Now we are all snuggled up on the couch watching a movie.
When the movie is over, they will snuggle up on the big couch in the playroom for a sleepover with Daddy.
Summer, you were awesome. And while I
love the start of a new school year, I am never quite ready to be done with long days in the sun with my babies. So here's hoping reality doesn't hit too hard tomorrow and that the memories of the summer get us through the dark days of winter. Because I can do just about anything if I know I have this to look forward to:
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