Wordless Wednesday.... This is the life for me....

Ryleigh and Braeden spending a beautiful summer day... in the pool...

Thank you so much Allyson for taking and sharing the pictures....We miss you already!!!

Field Trippin' ...to Orange County Choppers....

On our way upstate a few weeks ago we stopped at OCC... now...I am not even going to pretend to know anything about the bikes...so... lets not hold me too accountable for my descriptions... this was the first time we have been to the new building...although we have previously stopped at their old location...

Ryleigh was SO super excited that I had her pose for a blog picture...Braeden was anxious to start riding them...or taking them apart...or both...

Both kids really liked looking at all of them... there were some really neat ones...

I should say all three had a great time....

This is the Santa Sled bike...it is my favorite...

This one was also pretty... that's probably not the right description for it...

The 9-11 Bike...it was very cool!

Ready to Roll.....

Messy Summer Fun .... Week 1

This summer I thought it would be fun to offer a "Messy Summer Fun" class/camp for 5 weeks... I have limited it to 20 kids... and am hoping for the best... This morning we had our first session... I have narrowed it down to my favorite 20 pictures....

SENSORY BIN

I made up this summertime sensory bin which included rice, beans, ice cream dishes with little spoons, Hawaiian mask ice cube trays of different colors, ice cream scoops and disposable shot glasses... huge hit with the kids... I have already come up with a theme for next week's bin... I put the bin by our swing set in the shade...so the kids could play with it through out the morning...Braeden... taking a turn on the slide before the messiness began...

Up in the clubhouse....

SHAVING CREAM PAINTING

For our first Messy Activity we did Shaving cream finger painting... we had 15 kids today...and it was nowhere near as messy as I anticipated...which is good I think....

Braeden was pretty unamused by this project... although... he might have been a bit testy from being up since 5 am.... who's to judge really?...

I had two tables set up... next time I will probably use two adjustable tables...

Loving the messy.... besides a great art project (we used primary colors to mix)... this was a great sensory project...

Ryleigh really liked this project...and has requested we do it again...

Braeden...still not really loving this idea...

FROZEN ICE EXCAVATION

I had so much fun making this activity... I froze different shapes and colors of ice...as well as some summertime objects and beads...into one big block of ice... the objective was to get the kids to melt the ice to get to the objects.

Most of the kids headed over after finishing their art projects...

WATER BUCKET RELAY

We split the kids up into two teams (more or less) and had them attempt to fill the other teams bucket until it overflowed... things stayed pretty even for awhile...then they got crafty....

Braeden....enjoyed watching but not participating in this one...most likely because the sprinkler was on by the other bucket...

The game started off civil enough...one bucket per team...

Ryleigh carrying her bucket....

The game got a little dice-ee when one team...or both got creative with other water carrying devices... I believe this ended in one big massive water fight...that pretty much went on for the rest of the morning...

SNACK TIME

The kids enjoyed some mini- slow melt Popsicles for snack... the yard was quiet and semi still for about 5 minutes... :-)

MORE WATER FUN

Having fun in the sprinkler....

Braeden... busy emptying the pool...one bucket-full at a time...

Stay tuned for next weeks messy summer fun....

To see what others did this week check out Tot School at 1+1+1=1; Preschool Corner at Homeschool Creations; Mom 2 lil Posh Divas and the Weekly Wrap-up at Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers.

Wordless Wednesday... Get me outta here....

Unfortunately neither one really enjoyed this ride... actually...both screamed to get off of it... and yes...it was one of those quarter operated rides...

Guess we won't be heading to an actual amusement park anytime soon... ;-)

Wordless Wednesday... Badum Bump.... Chhhh!

Last Weekend I purchased this lovely drum set
at a Yard Sale down the street..... it has been a big hit...

Field Trippin'.... to the Beach...

Today we took a field trip to the Beach... It was the first time for both Ryleigh and Braeden...and they had completely different reactions than I anticipated... Ryleigh LOVED playing in the sand...and wasn't so keen on the water part... Braeden wasn't so keen on any of it and downright disliked the water... however... he humored us and played in the sand for a good 2 hours...

Ryleigh was very specific on what she was wearing...
apparently the fashionable always wear pink...

The girls got right down to playing... Braeden needed a little bit of coaxing...

And that didn't work...

So I sat him down... and he played for a very long time...

He actually got very into it...

So happy... and... as he did not like walking in the sand...AT..ALL... there was no running off...

All the younger kids enjoyed watching Dylan actually go in the water...

...although... none seemed to eager to try it themselves...

The girls played a silly game of tag....

Closeup of the monster tag...

The girls having fun in the sun...

Braeden...still playing in the sand...

Examining the sea shell that Dylan found...that's science-y....right?...

I just really like this picture...

We had a nice picnic to finish out our trip...

To see what others did this week check out Tot School at 1+1+1=1; Preschool Corner at Homeschool Creations; Mom 2 lil Posh Divas and the Weekly Wrap-up at Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers.

For more fun science projects go check out Adventures in Mommydom.....(And YES I am considering this science...)