Category Archives: My Family

Week 10 ~School and lots of Outside time!

I am still doing a nightly photo project. Sometimes the light is pretty and you just need a model. Wild Allium We watched a video on Hero of Alexandria so we broke out the project we did years ago. It was the first time for the girls and the boys did not remember it so it was fun to break it out again.

I am trying Singapore Math with Little Bit. Still enjoying Super Charged Science.

I think the kids just like that we get to do fun things like make ice cream in the middle of the day!

My oldest girl thought it was too cold. Reading is starting to click for this girl!

Such an exciting time!

Lots of garden watching going on. Little Bit wants to be like her big sister’s. That is one way to cool off 😉 They are still working on what they hope will be a grapevine arbor. We are starting to have days that are just too hot to not play in the water 😉 I am not sure he was happy with his situation…

We ended the week with a hike at The Trails at Collinsville Lake and it was so nice!

Great place to hike.

I feel like this post is already pretty full of pictures though so I will try to do a separate post of our hike.

Are you able to get out and hike in your area?

Week 9

I have not killed everything in my garden!

Not everything has made it though…

I have tried gardening in the past and usually give up in the hot months.

My goal this year is actually make it to fall!

I am still doing a nightly photo project.

Lots of plant watching going on. They made a cable car for Super Charged Science! They modified it a bit to balance better and hold passengers.

Sometimes the boys sneak out when I go outside at night…

I finished this girls hair also!

After several hours of work we finished and she promptly went outside to do gymnastics…

I was hoping she would just want to sit and enjoy her hair for a bit.

Guess not.

Week 8

I am behind a week.

I am feeling like the weeks all look the same right now and sometimes that makes it harder to document them.

This week was different at least in that it was our youngest birthday which I did a blog post about.

I have been going out every evening and taking a pic which has been nice. Sometimes I am spied on… Sometimes I wish I still took clients because this light is so beautiful.

It is begging for a photo shoot.

Thankfully Milo puts up with my need for a photo shoot.  I took this shot the day before her birthday.

I have had this tradition for many years now.

She is a character. Lots of “pets” are outside right now.

She said she was swimming in the flowers 😉

Do you feel like the days are blending together?

It helps me notice other things that change like new flowers and longer days so I guess that is a good thing.

Things have started opening back up around here but it all feels different still.

Maybe that is just how it will be from now on.