Theoretical Thursday

Our notebooks to record our theories, observations, and results.


Write down what you think will happen when we shake the heavy cream in this cup. Some of the theories were "it will explode" and "it will spill." Luckily that last one did not happen!


Shake it!


Shake more!


Ack! Pass it, don't throw it! Keep shaking it! (I love this picture!)


We made butter!!!


"Yummy!" He licked all of the butter off and didn't eat the bread. Then, he asked for a plain piece of bread and ate it. That's taking my "keep my food separate issue" to a whole other level!


"Can I have more?" We believe Aiden is in a growth spurt. He ate his lunch and Anthony's lunch, three pieces of buttered bread, and five helpings of lasagna.


"Mama 'dis good!" Abby scraped the butter with her finger and licked it off. She didn't eat the bread. She cried when I wouldn't "more budder" her bread.

Wet Wednesday

Our twist on our water theme today started with making a sun catcher. We used a plain white coffee filter and some markers. The children colored on the coffee filter with the markers. Anthony chose purple, Aiden chose red, and Abby chose pink. No surprises there! When they had finished coloring their artwork I gave them a spray bottle and they sprayed the filter. The markers run together and make a beautiful watercolor effect.








While our sun catchers were drying I gave each of the little people a couple of paint brushes and a cup filled with water. I told them we were going to paint the sidewalk and the house. They thought I was crazy, but then I started talking to them about what color they were painting with in their imagination. it was really neat to see what they thought up. Aiden wanted to pain our bench red. I've been wanting to repaint that bench for a while now, I may just paint it red!





I remember doing this in Vacation Bible School when I was three. The memory of that hot Texas sun beating down while I busily painted the sidewalk has never left me. I loved doing it with my own babies.




Time to come in for dinner, but our suncatchers are so pretty in our kitchen window!

Weekly Bailey Summer O' Fun Schedule

Each of our days this summer have a theme. I have some goals I would really like to accomplish this summer and the themed days will help keep us all on track. Now, I highly doubt that we will stick to those themes one hundred percent all summer, but I like having the guide to help us be intentional. Our days are:

Ministry Monday - do an activity together that helps share Jesus love with others
Time to Read Tuesday - visit the library, read a book, listen to Mommy read
Wet Wednesday - something involving water, swimming, water balloons, cooking with water, ice
Theoretical Thursday - a science experiment, journal about our theories and results
Field Trip Friday - go somewhere, Brookfield Zoo, The Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Children's Museum, on a hike, to a park
Super Saturday - intentionally left vague, but I have a long list of ideas, crafts, projects, and family trips
Sensational Sunday - filled with church activities, but I knew if it didn't have a name the boys would be disappointed

Today was our very first Time to Read Tuesday! We took a walk from our home to the Library. The boys got their very own library cards!





We all read books and made some new friends!


We each picked a book and checked it out. Then, we had a snack and walked back home. Some of us were more excited by the library trip than others. He still got a book to bring home though.

Summer!

School is finally out!


What are they looking at you ask? It's our Summer Banner of course!


After this picture was taken we all loaded back up in the van and had Oberweis ice cream for dinner to start our "Bailey Summer O' Fun" off right!

I don't know about the boys, but I have been counting down the days for weeks. I have some exciting things planned this summer and we are working on making a Summer Bucket List! I'm also really excited about sleeping in! No really, it'll happen, someday, maybe, with four kids under the age of seven, sure it'll happen!!!

National Chicken Dance Day!

It's National Chicken Dance Day!

We celebrated in style!

First, we made chicken alfredo for dinner.

Then, we danced!

Mother's Day Tradition 2012

Mother's Day 2005



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Mother's Day 2012

Wrong food

Abby:  "Mommy!  My fingas are sausajez!"
Translation:  Mommy, my fingers are sausages.

Me:  "Huh?"

She shows me her little fingers all wrinkled from the water and smiles really big.

"See?  Sausajez!"

I guess she likes sausage more than prunes!