summer at the zoo

the cheetahs are henry's favorite!

brothers

feeding the lorikeets.

toady #1

i think at this point we are on toady #4, but here are pics of the original. they love creating a "habitat" for them with leaves, grass, water and bugs.

spring 2010

k-state baseball game against ku in lawrence with the eskews.

lucy watching blue's clues with her babies. she brings them all into the living room in strollers and lines them up next to her to watch shows.

charlie graduates from rolling hills pre-school. here he is with his awesome teacher mrs. nash.

check out what he writes for what his dad does: works on toilets.

our crazy puppy annabelle. we think she is part rabbit because she can jump so high. santa brought her for christmas!

the ms walk with our good friend matt.

riding in the st. patrick's day parade on the kansas city zoo float.

a day at home doing puzzles and playing games. sometimes that is the best!

activities spring 2010

lucy started ballet at beller dance studio.

charlie soccer-it was a very wet spring!

henry soocer.

easter 2010

easter with the cousins

henry-7

charlie-5

lucy-3

it has been almost a year since i have blogged here about our family and i have missed the record of our sweet time together! when time allows i will try to highlight that year-but for now-let's start with spring 2010!

the 4th

we started out this year's 4th of july celebration at village fest with neighbors spencer, owen and joe.

then out to lake winnebago (gigi's house) for some swimming, boat rides, good food and fireworks on the water!

grandma nadine-87 and grandpa bill-88

fingerprint art

henry age 6
charlie age 4
the boys got creative making fingerprint animals and objects inspired by this book.
i really like charlie's alien and henry's baseball.

passport to kansas city

anita b. gorman discovery center

butterfly garden

foxglove at kauffman gardens

lamb's ear

allium

garden roses

several area historical sites, museums and gardens have an interactive passport to kc . the kids get a passport book and get stamps at each of the places they visit and if we visit 15 spots they will get a prize packet. the anita b. gordman center is one of the centers that participate and the kids were excited to get their first stamp!

summer reads

every summer we participate in the johnson county reading program. the kids love keeping track of which books they read and getting a book to keep at the end of the summer. their favorites now seem to be anything that makes them giggle, sports books, animal/nature books and space books. here are a few favorites from this summer:

henry builds a cabin, henry hikes to fitchburg and henry climbs a mountain by d.b. johnson.

books inspired by the life of henry david thoreau, i love reading these as much as they enjoy hearing them!

the incredible book eating boy and the great paper caper by oliver jeffers.

there's a zoo in room 22 by judy sierra.

funny poems about classroom pets

joseph had a little overcoat by simms taback.

a story of making something from nothing.

the song of francis by tomie de paola.

giving thanks for life and love.

a giraffe and a half, the giving tree, the missing piece, a light in the attic by shel silverstein.

classic silly stories, poems and sweet stories.

dinosaur bob and his adventures with the family lazardo by william joyce.

the berenstain bears on the moon by stan and jan berenstain.

henry likes to read these short chapter books to lucy and charlie.

my favorites this summer are memoirs.

trail of crumbs by kim sunee.
an amazing life searching for love and home through food and travel.

see you in a hundred years by logan ward.

a couple and their young son literally live life as close to a 1900 american farm as possible. no electricity, no plumbing, car or telephone while they raise and grow all of their food. not only do they survive they come out with new knowledge about their strengths and what is important to them.

expecting adam by martha beck.

another book about an unconventional way of discovering what's important in life and listening to God and angels.

dress your family in corduroy and denim by david sedaris.

a comical look at life and family. makes me realize my own family may not be that crazy after all!

baseball

baseball has now taken over our life! charlie started t-ball this year and his team is just so cute! the first two games were rained out and practices were chaotic but when it came time for his first game-it was great! the kids ran the bases and all chased after the ball when they were in the outfield. so much fun to watch!

henry started coach pitch at 3 & 2 - he is big time now! he loves it and takes it very seriously. when we are not at a game or other activity you can find him in our backyard playing-throwing the ball on the roof and catching it if mom has had enough ball for the day-just waiting for dad to get home to pitch some more.

after kindergarten was done i took henry and his friend kyle to an afternoon royals game. this week we took all of the kids to a wednesday night game. the royals have a great weeknight deal: 4 tickets for 44.00, which includes lower level seats, unlimited games at the little k and 5.00 each for concessions. they were great-we lasted until the 8th inning!

we have been busy with soccer games and practices this spring with both of the boys playing. next up t-ball and coach pitch!