Calico Critters

Jake LOVES Ali's Calico Critter collection, and so it is always a good day when she invites him to play with her.

Fence Repairs

The fence needed some repairs so these two handsome men took care of it!

First Day of Summer

On the first offical day of summer break we went to Blackberry Farm

 And the water park across the street.

We have memberships to both, so it was "free" and hardly anyone was at either place! It was a great way to kick off summer!

At the end of a school year...

...The amount of key chains on the backpack has gotten quite impressive...

 ...As is the pile of notes from your mom that you've collected in your lunch box!

Children's Museum

Jake and I got to go to the Children's Museum with some of his Joy School friends and one of the moms. One of his favorite places with some of his favorite people-what could be better?

Parties

About once every other month during the school year we would have a "party" where the three older kids each invited 4-5 kids over to hang out. I would keep it simple with store bought cookies, microwave popcorn and apples for snacks and then we'd let the kids run wild.

Of course we had to let them have a little bit of technology time.

It was fun to see them all play hide-and-seek or build forts in the basement. Fun times.

Multitasking

Logan was playing a song on the piano perfectly while reading a magazine.