AROUND THE WORLD IN THREE DAYS

This years GS day camp theme.

Eiffel tower paintings.

 

Pool time.

 

The girls first time participating in a flag ceremony. I volunteered our girls for the days closing ceremony.

 

We earned the coveted Golden Trashcan for doing a great job of picking up trash everywhere we went.

 

Day two started out with our Adventure activity, Rock Climbing wall.

 

 

Violet made it to the top! Twice!!

 

Morning flag ceremony of day three.

 

Snuck off for a little nature walk.

Some Chinese calligraphy.

 

Cheese!

FIRST KC ZOO TRIP

We decided to go to the zoo this morning because the weather was so nice.  Gryphin hadn't been to the zoo yet. He's finally getting interested in animals and making animal noises so timing was great.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Took a picnic lunch and ate in the shade.

 

ANNIE

 

Friday night Violet and I headed to Starlight Theater to Annie. It was Girl Scout night so we got a good deal on tickets plus Violet got a patch. We got there early enough that we got to take a 20 minute backstage tour.

It was a little warm in the sun. But once the sun went down it was actually pretty nice.

CLEANING

Gryphin's favorite thing to do right now is cleaning. Give him a rag and he likes to wipe everything down. He has a little broom too, likes to push it around on the floor and torment the dogs. Then I have to take it away and a melt down ensues.

 

 

Hard work deserves a popsicle.

SUMMER FUN

Our neighbors with twins Gryphin's age got a new baby pool with slide.

He was more interested in getting out of the pool than staying in the pool.

Everyone had fun!

 

 

 

 

END OF THE YEAR

You could hear the bus a mile away.Music playing and kids singing and screaming.

 

Post last day trip to Yogurtini for frozen yogurt.

 

Violet came home with another perfect report card!! Her and another girl received a certificate and pile of books for being the top readers in class. Violets book list hit 742 books read this year. Now that list includes books she's read and books we've read to her. We read every night. I also keep on her about reading daily. I keep hoping she'll love to read. She reads really well but is not into it. Maybe someday she'll pick up a book on her own.

 

Here's this years keep folder. It's overflowing!! To much good stuff to get rid of.

LAST DAY OF FIRST GRADE

NEW OLD TABLE

 

Our kitchen table and chairs where really showing some wear. It's a great set. Solid wood. I did not want to go buy a new table and chairs. So I decided to refinish it. I figured I couldn't make it look worse and it was worth taking the time to do it.

After lots of messy stripping, sanding, staining and polyurethaning it turned out pretty good. Some scratches are still visible but it gives it character. Hope this lasts another ten years.

This was the original color. Cherry. I was never really a fan of the color. I restained the table walnut. Matches the floors and all of our other wood pieces.

  

All stripped and sanded. I should have taken a photo of the messy gooey stripping process. 

WILD WISTERIA

Looks great this year. Bees are in heaven.