Lego Robotics

Ellie is slowly warming up to her Lego class.  Zach thinks its awesome!

Science

We made some elephant toothpaste this weekend.  Each kid got to pick a color and took a turn dumping in ingredients.  It was no Mythbusters, but they had fun doing it.

Tickles

You don't even have to touch him!

Co-op

We joined a co-op this year and yesterday was their first day.  They were all excited to get book bags and have been counting down the days until "school."  They're all taking Lego Robotics and a STEM class.  The rest of the day is filled with instruments, math, science, choir, cartooning, crafts and body systems.  They all seemed to have a fun day. They switch classes like you would in middle and high school so I think they felt like big kids doing that.  I think it will be good for them to be exposed to such a large group of home schooled kids at one time.  The classes have a wide age and are really laid back.  They are also taught by volunteers with a passion for each subject.  Its like the very best of a "real" school, but even better!

1 more party

The kids chiropractor had a patient appreciation night over the weekend.  They had the usual stuff: bounce houses, face painting, ice cream etc.

I know its hard to tell, but they had a good time.

Zachs "tattoo."

Wordless Wednesday: Week 2

Parties

Our weekend was filled with birthday parties.  Ben went to a party Saturday night where he was 1 of 2 boys out of the 11 guests.  The other boy was the birthday girls cousin.  I didn't think I'd be dealing with this kind of thing with Ben.  Sam has always been the ladies man in our family!

Sign ups

The kids went to sign up for the yearly Rangers program last week.  They had bubbles, bounce houses, snow cones, balloons and face painting.

I think they had fun!

Soccer

Zach has been torn on what he wants to do this fall.  It came down to soccer and baseball.  I think he'd be great at baseball, but he decided on soccer.

They went through some basic skills then had a game.  He loved it! Of course, he did awesome!

The end, unofficially

Labor Day was the last day our pool was open so we made sure to get some swim time in while we could.

Of course, since it was the last day, Zach was finally ready to jump in, go under water and didn't want anyone to catch him.  

We went to a friends house for a cook out and ended the day with putt putt (where Jon cheated) and ice cream.  It was a great (unofficial) end of summer.

Just another day

Style

She's ready to fight crime and she looks good doing it!