Saturday, September 1, 2018

End of Summer Randoms

Summer Produce --

Cucumbers from our garden:



Lots of tomatoes:



And some sweet corn (store-purchased, but good):



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Strawberry Pie -- 

I taught Sophia the fine art of making a pie and she was a complete natural.



Cutting off the excess dough (which was later rolled into strips and baked with butter and cinnamon sugar for the kids):



Filling the pie shell:



My personal favorite part, "fluting the edges:"



She needs a tad more practice on it (and maybe larger fingers), but she was certainly getting the hang of it:



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Knitting -- 

Samantha learned to knit and it is the perfect activity for her.  She is now on her second scarf!



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Papa's 70th birthday -- 

We celebrated my dad's birthday at our house, complete with grilled shish-kabobs, some sides and cupcakes.  The rest of the time was spent down at the beach, hence the wet hair and swimsuit cover-ups:




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The Sandbox -- 

The backyard sandbox has been in full use this summer, especially with the boys.



They play pretty nicely together, but every once is a while, I hear a bit of yelling and find that Jimmy has been banned from the tire sandbox and forced to the other sandbox under the slide.  Brotherly love.



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Downtown Pancake Breakfast-- 

The girls begged to have these balloon octopi at the annual downtown Pancake Breakfast (pancakes and sausage served out in the street) and I obliged.  Honestly, I pictured them popping before we even made it home, but they surprisingly lasted for several days.



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Chillin' -- 

Partners in crime.  They are never too far away from one another.  And I love that.



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Book bags -- 

New book bags and matching lunch bags (purchased every other year) all ready for my full-time learners this year:



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Crafting --

Our summertime crafting game was strong this year.  So many fun projects ...



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Sidewalk Chalk -- 

Truth be known, Steve loathes sidewalk chalk.  He hates seeing it all over the place and especially doesn't like running over it with vehicles. 

But I love it.  I secretly keep adding to our stash because I have been known to do many drawings out there, sometimes even without the kids.  I just love seeing their creativity in action.




(As a side note, Sophia's hair is starting to get so much longer and thicker these days):



So many pieces and so many colors to choose from:



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Miss Diane -- 

Celebrating Miss Diane's birthday with Grandpa at our house, complete with a homemade chocolate cherry cake:



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Summertime S'mores --

This might possibly be one of Jack's favorite things ...



It combines his love of fire and dessert.



Jimmy needed a little assistance obviously, so I happily jumped in.



He was pleased with the outcome, of course.



The girls are pros now.


No assistance needed.



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