A Surprise and a Trip to Ada Hayden

 A Grandma and Olivia Surprise Visit

Mom called and wanted to bring Liv for a visit Wed, Aug 10- Fri, Aug 13. I didn't tell the kids but managed to get school done before they arrived on Wed, so we just did some catch up on the weekend. They had a fantastic time and were truly surprised when they arrived! We went to the pool, did a library escape activity, relaxed at home, went to breakfast, and went to our homeschool park meetup. 

We played sleeping queens at the library while waiting our turn for an escape room

The kids played restaurant all the time!

Movie night

Zingo

Anthill game

Gnomes at Night

Grandma took us to breakfast at The Cafe

A cat wiki stick

Homeschool park date at Brookside Park

 

Corn!

Ada Hayden

We went for a walk around the prairie area and the lake at Ada Hayden on a Saturday morning. It started out cool but heated up fast when the sun came out! I had fun looking for birds and butterflies! We also looked for other insects. The kids were a little upset about how far we walked but they made it. 

 

First Day of School 2022-2023

 August 1, 2022

 Riley is in 5th, August is in 2nd, and Nora is in Kindergarten.

This year we are covering medieval times in history. For science we are  covering space first then animal classification and biomes. It should be a fun year!

August can't resist making silly faces!

I made cinnamon bread for the first day of school!

I am not sure what planet this is but it's happy!

Oreo moon phases

Nora's rainbow and cats

For art they made a painting based on a story, Nora's was The Mitten

Flowers made by Nora

Riley's painting based on a story was, Misty of Chincoteague

Last year they enjoyed starting out the year with the book, How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, and then making an apple pie. This year we made a dutch apple pie with the crumbly top! It turned out pretty well and we had fun.

Nora follows me around the kitchen any chance she gets.

Nora spilled cinnamon on her toes but would only let me call her cinnamon toes for the day

 

First Field Trip

The library was still hosting their summer events so we went to them on Tuesdays. This is the cold blooded redhead,  she travels with her reptiles and teaches about them. Riley was selected to feed the monitor lizard. 

 

The next week they had a magic show and August has been trying to think of great magic tricks ever since. His show was also a lot of fun.

Then we visited grandma and grandpa. We had a great time swimming in the pool and when the power went out papa grilled the corn. The kids thought the corn was great! We then went to Maquoketa to see the play Moana Jr. Ainsley and Piper were both in it.  The kids did a great job with it and it was a lot of fun!