Saturday, June 13, 2009

Summer begins...

Ahhhh...SUMMER!


We are now officially into summer mode, despite that the calendar still says it is spring. Oscar is officially out of school, we have veggies growing in the garden, I can hang clothes out to dry, we all seem to have tan lines (farmer tans), the out door pool opened(no that we have been, it is still a bit cold for that) and the farmer's market is in full swing....these are the days that we look forward to all year long!
Beginning Monday we will begin our summer-weekly themes. Fittingly the kids have picked to study bugs, frog and turtles next week. We hope to study habitats, life cycle, and explore their environments...I'm sure they will have no problem getting interested in this topic. The plan is that we will have a topic for the week and each day we will spend time doing different projects/field trips on the theme...I hope to post the progress and results, but if you only get little tid-bits you can rest assured I am mearly busy being a mom of three, and not lost somewhere in space.
Meanwhile Miss Hazel hit her three month mark...and boy is she ever cute!!! We all just about can't stand it. We want to squeeze snuggle and kiss her to death. Even Daddy has a hard time letting her go to bed at night. We all know it is for her good and well-being but man, it is hard putting her to bed knowing that she is so sweet to snuggle.

See that smile? Seriously, could you put that down? She lets us know she done however, she snuggles, a little gives us a cry and wants to be left alone to go to sleep. Reluctantly we let her go. Then each morning once again she greets us with a full gummy smile. She loves to wake up and see us. Poppy always wants to be the first one to climb into bed with her, so she can "make her happy" although she doesn't need to. She always greets us with a smile.
As busy as it is being a mother of three, it is great! And to be honest, I don't mind having a good reason to scale things back a bit. After all, what better reason could there be?

6 comments:

Suzie-Q said...

What a cutie! I am excited for summer. Not really the hot part but the being able to be outside part! I think the kids are pretty excited too!
We were hoping for some fun days in the park at my mom's house but it rained on us the whole time, not a little rain buckets of rain. Needless to say our trip was sorta spent inside the whole time, not very fun for the kids.

Allison said...

Hazel is such a cutie--I wouldn't want to put her down either!

Can't wait to hear about your theme reports (no pressure or anything). They will give me some good ideas for our homeschool.

Traci said...

i sure like your idea of weekly themes! that is a great idea, i may have to steal your idea as well!
that little hazel is a doll! i am with you it is hard to put the little down at times!!!

Old Warrior said...

Come on--most moms face summer with an "ARRGH!". I know my mom did...
But, with those cute kids, you will have a grand summer. We will get up there soon to share!

andrea said...

Hazel is very cute! We need to see the Edges again - we've never even met the bottom two. Please do plan a trip to San Antonio. We'll visit the Alamo and call it educational for the kids. Good enough reason, I think.

mummy said...

thats where you're wrong. Mummy can't ride her bike and sleep but she can drop it on the JR trail and sleep. But the best thing she can do is fall asleep with a mouth full of dark chocolate melting into sweet dreams.