Zoo Field Trip

Caramel's second grade class went to the Woodland Park zoo. There was lots of traffic on the way up to Seattle from Renton that Friday. Man being on a bus with seconders can make you want ear plugs. Once we got to the zoo Caramel's group with 3 other girls basically ran through the zoo. Little short stops were made to glance at animals. Caramel's rainforest animal was the jaguar. We saw the jaguar habitat. It was a perfect sunny day. The girls loved playing in the Zoomazium.

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Orange Tigers

Rhett's third soccer season.

He made several goals this season.

Enjoyed his teammates.

Loved drinking Gatorade after games.

Learned a lot about passing and being a team.

Little Things They Do

Caramel is still crafty. Loves to collect recyclables to create crafts. She enjoys Legos with Rhett. Loves to pick all the raspberries in the garden, claiming all of them. She is learning piano from a friend which is fun to do with her. Often she disappears for awhile, reappearing with makeup. Orange eye shadow everywhere especially the eyebrows is a favorite.

Rhett is still T-shirt and shorts boy. So much that 2 of his shorts ripped from wear. Enjoys soccer and making courses in the backyard to dribble through. Rhett loves squeeze hugs and being praised. Rhett likes to say how chubby Camellia is and hug her until she is screaming away. Survives on granola bars.

"Ya'll dumb" is how Myles says, "all done." "Samorrow," means tomorrow which is a wonderful concept Myles has learned when we are not doing what he wants right then. Myles loves to touch his ears, mainly the top and suck his tongue on the roof of his mouth, this is called "sucky face." (It was given that name when my older sister use to do it all the time.) Doing both of these things means he is relaxing. He loves his motorcycle balance bike, loves to wash it and hit it with sticks which are his tools and he is fixing it.

Camellia can say water and bubbles, Rhett taught her this in the tub. She can say Rhett and Myles too. Camellia loves to make a low m sound over and over again when she is concentrating. Still loves to suck her thumb only in bed. Loves to climb especially on the kitchen table and clear it off. Loves the garbage can under the sink in the kitchen, she throws lots of "trash" away including sippy cups. She takes pop cans out of the recycle for some sensor sticky floor.

Backyard

Lots of projects going on in the backyard. Anthony building and me digging. Favorite thing about the backyard is Camellia in the trampoline. It always end in tears if all the kids are on the trampoline. But when it is just Camellia it is super fun to watch her walk around and do little jumps.

 

The wisteria is beautiful on the white arch. Everywhere else I am trying to get rid of it. So I am digging a lot.

We planted wildflowers.

The raspberries were covered with bees, it was crazy. We even had are first pick in early June. Crazy nice weather made them grow fast.

We have peas, lettuce, carrot, strawberries, and pumpkins growing too.

Anthony wants to finish up with the tree house ASAP.

The blueberries are growing nicely. I have caught Myles and Camellia picking the green blueberries. If they survive my kids, hopefully they will survive the birds and other animals.

I got a hydrangea for mother's day I planted by a back window. They are my favorite, hope it likes it there. 

 

Vacuum Entertainment

Having a vacuum the kids can operate easily is a must. Anthony got a new vacuum which is great for me, but not easy for the kids to use. Things get spilled and smashed on the carpet or floor constantly. Usually it is Myles, so it is a beautiful thing that I can plug in the vacuum and tell him to clean up. Caramel, I can just tell her to get the vacuum. I love saying, you have to vacuum before we can do whatever activity. Rhett and Myles vacuuming can get out of hand. Myles loves to attack Rhett with the hose after the job is complete. Rhett loves to let it vacuum up his shirt, then run away. So funny how much they laugh about it all.

Rhett Preschool Graduation

Rhett graduated from Cross and Crown Preschool. This is a picture of Mrs. McKinley, his teacher. Caramel had her too. Rhett has enjoyed preschool a lot. Especially his little buddy Mason, that unfortunately moved away. Rhett thought he would get to see Mason again on Mason's birthday. I had to explain that Texas is very far away. So now Rhett will ask, "Will I ever see Mason again?" Makes me sad, so I don't say no, but say Texas is far away.

Rhett enjoys singing and learning his preschool songs with Pastor Glen. The night of the graduation Rhett kept on blind and doing weird body movements. When Anthony asked him why he said it was because of the all the camera flashes. It was pretty hilarious to watch. I think he might have been a little tired.

Rhett is a great little learner. Enjoys receiving instruction and doing the work. When he took a test the preschool gives to let you know their kindergarten readiness, Mrs. McKinley said Rhett had the top score in his class. The credit goes to the massive workbook I bought from Costco and practicing letter sounds all the time. Caramel took the same test and it was interesting to see what ones they both got wrong. They both didn't know the name for tweezers, how to draw an infinity sign, and the colors grey and tan.