Friday, June 20, 2014

When Daddy's Away.....

Being that school just got out, I had planned on not doing much this first week of summer break, just enjoying time with the kids with no schedule. Then Doug found out late last week that he would be going to Delaware this week. At that point I knew I had to do some planning of activities for the kids and I to survive the week by ourselves! :)

Sunday night before Doug left, Evelyn came to me and told me we were going to have "Movie Camp" for the week. Each day there would be a craft, a story and a movie. Now.. we don't watch a lot of TV in our house, so a movie EVERY day seemed like too much. But some of the "movies" she had picked were more like a 30 minute show so that made it a little easier to agree to. I told her that as long as her and Matthew got plenty of outside time and exercise then we could probably do her "camp". She was beyond excited.

Her "popcorn craft" she came up with all by herself. Pretty talented, my girl is!

Per the "Movie Camp" rules, she read a story (about the movie we were going to watch) to her brother. 

I didn't get any pictures of them watching the movies, but if you must know, they watched Frozen, Planes, Letter Factory, and two Veggie Tales. Evelyn was very happy that her "camp" was a success!

Like I told them, we needed to make sure we got outside as often as possible. The weather was a mix of rain and clouds and sun, so we got out when we could and did some fun things.



Puddle stompin' is one of their favorite things to do!


...as is exploring the woods by our house! 

What happened to my baby? Sigh....


Running across the football field is pretty fun, too!!


They each did a "show" about some of their favorite toys that were hilarious!




We went berry picking and the kids did SO great! 

Lots of freezer jam to get us thru til next year!



We hung out with our friends the Stenejhems at the park.. a fun time for sure!

And.. finally.. someone lost her other front tooth about an hour before Doug got home!

Happy to have him home!!

When daddy was away, we had a great time, but it always is nice when we are all together again!

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