Monday, June 11, 2012

Stuff

This post is a bunch of stuff that's been going on lately.

My Aunt and Uncle and their seven children came out to visit.  They were on a road trip across the country and came out of their way to see us.  We had a lot of fun cramming like sardines into our little place and catching up with them before they had to get on the road again.  Such a cute family!


A couple of weeks ago, after a long day filled with too much time in front of the boob tube, I decided to do a TV free summer.  We're more settled in our home now, and are getting more sleep at night, so I'm not quite as dependent upon the TV to entertain my kids.  I knew if I really wanted to make it through the summer we had to have a plan.  I sat down with my girl's and this is what we came up with,

Monday-Cooking Day.  I let my girls choose a bunch of recipes they would like to make throughout the summer.  A lot of them came off this blog.

Tuesday-Library Day.  Our library has a summer reading program going on and we go once a week to get new books and enter into drawings for prizes.  We've also been trying to have story time every day.

Wednesday-Game Day.  This can be whatever we happen to feel like that day.  The park, water games, board games, hide and seek etc.

Thursday-Service Day.  I still don't have much planned for this, but I've really been feeling like I need to teach my children to serve.  Any ideas?

Friday-Craft Day.  We got a few ideas off of this blog post.

We have a lot of fun things going on in our community too that we have plans to attend.  So far we've done pretty good.  There have been a few times when I've really needed a break and I let them watch a movie though.

Violet is 11 weeks old now!  She is smiling more and more, but I have had the hardest time catching it on camera.   I have been able to catch a few happier expressions though.
 

On the 2nd we had our Stake Temple Day.  We haven't been to the Temple since we had Violet, and decided to go.  A long drive, with three children, in a squishy car was crazy, but we're glad we went.


On Sunday, I decided we should have a pedicure party.  Kirk was napping and I needed to fill time.   It was a little stressful, but the girls had fun, so I guess that's what matters.  Even Violet got her toes painted!

2 comments:

The Tharps said...

I love that you made a goal to do a TV free summer, I love the plan you came up with, I'll probably copy some of your ideas. Violet is so cute! I can't wait to meet her. :)

Marisa Jean said...

I think I've watched more TV this summer than I have my entire life, combined. I need to adopt more of a no-TV policy. I'm so impressed. And that you drove with all three kids. Wish I was closer and I'd watch them for you.