• May. 22, 2006
Summer Projects
OreoSouza gave some great advice to help keep my brood busy during the summer. In the months leading up to the summer she has her children list activities that they want to be their "summer project" and then lets them have at it. It sounded good to me, so the kids have been listing away. Keep in mind that the rule for these projects is that they cannot be mommy intensive.
They have now narrowed their choices down and here are the final results.
Kyla: digital photography and sewing. These will be great since she is taking a digital photography class with my friend Sandi along with some friends from church. As for sewing, my mom has been teaching Kyla to make her own outfits so they are just going to pick up from where they left off.
Kevin: he has decided his summer project is to take things apart. He is going to start with our old toaster and go from there. I am a little worried about this one. When I was young one of my brothers decided to take the engine of one of my parent's cars apart while they were gone one day. As I recall, I don't think he was able to get it back together. I am too young to remember, but I am sure it wasn't pretty.
Rylie: now this is a stretch for me. She is gardening. I have a brown wilty thumb, so this one should be interesting. I found a company that sends you the plants that are good for your area and a diagram on where to place them. We did that two weeks ago and so far it looks like only 25% of them survived their journey from Ohio to Arizona. Good thing there is a money back guarantee.
Reagan: She has decided to have a rock collection. Now this I can handle. She already has a few that she wants to wash and name.
Jordyn: We need to work on wearing panties full-time. Every time we start it seems she gets an upset tummy and well, I will leave it at that. Our other project is to get her not to talk about bodily functions. She thinks burping and fluffing (we are trying to get her to us that word instead of fa*ting) are the funniest things known to man. No matter where we are she announces her bodily functions as well as the ones of those around her to anyone that may show the tiniest bit of interest. So lady like. This will be quite the project since her brother can talk to her ad nauseum about those same two functions.
Presley: Her project is just to be a baby. Since she is our little caboose, I want her to be little as long as she likes.
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• May. 24, 2006
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Posted by Leigh2
What wonderful ideas! I'm afraid of what my children might come up with. I guess that I should let them try and think of something though, huh? Summer is quickly upon us!
