Today after school I realized we needed to sweep off the deck. We have two beautiful trees that flower right off of it, and all of the flowers along with some debris had fallen all over the deck. This would not be a huge deal, but everyone uses our sliding glass door to enter the house and frankly I am tired of vacuuming!
So, Caleb and Kendall decided that they wanted to help do chores. Here is Kendall sweeping. The two of them swept while I cleaned up the kitchen. It was great! I still needed to go over it, but they gave it a great start.
After we finished cleaning up, we decided once again to go out and enjoy the weather. Terry loaded both of the kids bikes into his truck along with his fishing poles and we drove over to a fun spot that offered biking, fishing, and a great playground. Caleb is now doing an excellent job on his bicycle. He is so fast and really has great balance. I bet he could do it without his training wheels, but I think we will keep them on a little bit longer. Kendall is doing a better job as well. For a three year old, I think she is doing excellent to tell you the truth. She can now pedal her bike fairly independently. She can also steer, but still prefers me to be right at her side. She needs a bunch more practice, but I think she will get it in a few weeks!
The kids had a great time watching Terry fish. He didn't catch anything, but I think he enjoyed getting out of the house and spending a bit of time with the kids. I know they were happy he was able to come! They were all smiles!
At the end of each day we do some journaling...yup that is totally the teacher in me coming out! Kendall drew her first real person picture. Up until today she was in the scribble stage. She would very deliberately scribble and talk about her great picture. Today Kendall decided to draw a picture of her Aunt Rachel and her cousin Caroline. Caleb had been talking about Rachel because she is pregnant. He has decided that the new baby should be named Meg because that is Hercule's girlfriend. I know a totally legitimate reason to name a baby! So, when Kendall drew Aunt Rachel she first first drew a head then a small circle for a belly. She then quickly decided it needed to be bigger and drew a larger circle. Next she declared that the little circle was the baby in Aunt Rachel's tummy. I then told her to add details such as eyes, ears, nose, hair, arms, and legs. I love it!
It was a dreary and miserable day today. We had severe thunderstorms with torrential downpours. We spent the majority of the day inside because of the weather. This caused boredom to quickly ensue. Caleb decided to play with his hair. He went with the Donald Trump look. I am assuming he got this idea from my husband on a different day. But, he was very proud of this new hair style. We had to have the talk that perhaps this isn't the cutest look for him. We then fixed it and he looked adorable as always.
Later Caleb went with Terry to the doctor's office. Terry's knee has been swelling up massively at night. So, it was time to get it checked out! He is fine, it is just aggravated from the sports that he plays. While they were out, it finally stopped raining! So, Kendall and I adventured out and went puddle jumping. It is so funny going puddle jumping with Kendall because she doesn't like to get wet or dirty. After a few times, she got the hang of it and did become slightly wet. It was so nice being outside after all of the rain. I am hoping that tomorrow will bring us sunshine after two rainy days!
I love our park district. They always have great activities for the kids to do. This year they are having a local scavenger hunt to encourage everyone to visit the local parks. There are 12 clues you have to find the answers to and 10 parks to go to. So, I thought this would be great for the kids and we started today. First we printed out the map. I always say live and learn. Next year I will be printing out two treasure maps. It was quite coveted and neither wanted to share. It was great to see them looking at the map and trying to read it!
