My chaotic life raising six kids
The first graders and their 6th grade friends had their end of the year picnic today. They played games and had snacks. They all enjoyed the afternoon, even though it was very hot.
Kayli with her first grader, Jessica.
Riley with his sixth grader, Ale.
Jared with his sixth grader, Kyle.
Work continued on the forms for the coping today.
Falyn’s preschool had their annual end of the year picnic today. The highlight of the day was the magic show. Falyn loved it! It was also one last time to play with friends from her class and say goodbye to her teachers. She has had a great year in the Purple room and loved her teachers Miss Gail and Miss Nina. She already asking when she gets to go back to school.
With her friend Abby.
The twins got their DS’s for Christmas. They love playing on them and usually will play on them at the same time. They are absolutely obsessed with making sure their DS’s charge exactly the same amount. They coordinate plugging them in to charge and unplugging them as well. It is so funny to watch them. I’ve seen them grab their DS, look at each other, say “Ready? Unplug!” and then simultaneously unplug their DS. They go through the same routine when plugging them in. If one of them has his DS charging when the other’s isn’t charging, I’ve seen them get mad at each other about it.
Work continued on the forms for the coping today. In addition, the workers added color to the slide.
Over the weekend, Dan finished raising the height of the wall. He took off the top row, then added three new rows.
Last night the Cub Scouts had their annual Promotion Ceremony. Aidan was promoted from Bears to Webelos and the twins were promoted from Tigers to Wolves.
They started working on the forms for the coping today. They put wood in place inside the pool to mark where the coping will be and hold the forms in place.
Today they finished the rock work on the slide. We love how it turned out. Everyone that looks at it has commented that it looks like something they would have at Disneyland. They still have to add the final colors to make it match the ledgestone/tile/coping colors.
Today Kayli bridged from Junior to Cadette. I was so proud of her and all our the girls in our troop. This year the girls earned their Bronze Award. The girls helped clean-up Huntington Beach near the Pier. They created fliers, enlisted the help of friends and family, and spent hours picking up trash on the beach. We are very proud of how hard our girls worked to “make the world a better place” in earning this award. In addition to earning the Bronze Award, the girls learned all about the United Kingdom and taught other girls what they learned at Thinking Day. They also participated at the HBSU3 camp-out and taught other girls how to do Cat’s Cradle during the Camporee portion of the weekend. The girls have been learning about Cadette Girl Scouts this year and are excited to start working toward their Silver Award next year.
Today the twins first grade class did square dancing. In the morning they danced with their parents and in the afternoon with their 6th grade buddy. Dan and I both attending in the morning and I went back int he afternoon to take pictures. I danced with Riley and Jared danced with Dan. Riley was adamant that we not switch partners! It was lots of fun and the kids all had a great time.
