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Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts

Monday, September 5, 2016

Grasshopper Hunting to End the Summer

Last Wednesday was the last day of summer vacation for the kids (my two week vacation from classes ended that Monday). We had a  mini-tradition, for a bit, of having a picnic in Whitnall Park during the week Lisa would work at State Fair. It's been a few years, but Ginger brought it up recently and so, for a last hurrah, we did the same. 

Sorta. 

We started out with an early dinner at Kopp's Custard. 






Oy, I know YaYa will hate this picture, given it shows her apparently jamming food in her mouth. But of the two I have as options, trust me kiddo - this is the more flattering ;)


 Alas, after dinner we split up. Nothing was wrong, but for some reason I don't even remember I got it into my head to go catch grasshoppers, and that only appealed to Ginger. In an act of sisterly love, LuLu offered to come with. And so the three of us went a'huntin'. 

Ginger was game for the chase. 


LuLu was not, and served as our spotter. An effective one at that. 





 
 LuLu also became our location photographer. 




















 We were very successful, catching enough grasshoppers to fill a gallon pickle jar when we got home.






Ginger's grasshoppers have even mated and laid eggs since they joined our household!

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Summer School 2014

None of my kids were required to take summer school - their grades were good - but it was a good way to keep their minds sharp and their bellies full (they got lunch and breakfast LOL) Plus it was only 8/10ths of a mile from home, and I enjoyed walking with them to school each morning. It only ran for the month of July, and was interrupted many times by prior commitments. 

None-the-less, they were far from pleased with the decision. The smiles here are forced (and Lu doesn't even seem to have tried)


Once at school, they met many old friends from both their current school and their old one. 





Tuesday, June 14, 2011

My Evening

outside in the yard, helping Junie write thank u notes for her teachers, bus driver & crossing guard. Meanwhile YaYa is off @ her 1st night of camp . . .

Tuesday, May 3, 2005

An Email From the Wife

I came home from work to see this awe-inspring list in my mailbox. It's gonna be a busy summer to say the least. :)

This summer I want to...  

take Grace to Great America

...take the girls to the zoo...maybe twice ..

.take the girls to the children's museum, at least four times .

..take the girls to IKEA, get breakfast and buy something ..

.take the girls to a water park WITH YOU ..

.go to Friday night flicks down on the east side again ..

.go to state fair ..

.childrens fest (maybe) ..

.be in the fourth of July parade with kids with a kick ass decorated stroller or wagon...

 ...watch fire works downtown, AND somewhere else ..

.visit my g'grandpa or invite him over

go to lots of parks

grill outside a lot

start working out again

take walks around the neighborhood when the sun is setting with you and the kids  

 hmmmm...I guess that's it....  

what do you want to do this summer?

  xoxo, me

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