The Misdre

The Misdre

By Summer

I wus so skerd bekes the flawrs in the vas wus gon. I wundrd how tuk it. I lokt up hi. I lokt dan. I sow it wus a ant orme. I told the ant orme that that wus not ok so the ant orme pot the flawrs bak and I gav the ant orme a flawr. The ant orme sed thak yo. I sed yar welcum.

(The Mystery

I was so scared because the flowers in the vase was gone. I wondered who took it. I looked up high. I looked down. I saw it was a ant army. I told the ant army that that was not okay so the ant army put the flowers back and I gave the ant army a flower. The ant army said thank you. I said you're welcome.)

The Fun of Summer Break

Here are some pictures of how we've spent a lot of our summer break:

This was when Rhett got all his guitars out. Everyone rocked out, singing at the top of their lungs.

(Notice: our new bedroom carpet, and the walls we painted "sterling." I love how it turned out! We just have to get the trim back on now, and our room is done.)

The girls and I made fairy gardens. Summer used a broken wasp nest as the chandelier in the house, and then sewed a little bag for the gold pixie dust. Then she drew Tinkerbell and put two little styrofoam balls on her shoes.

 Claire helped me build a campsite for the fairies.

We have been doing a TON of bike riding. Now that Summer can ride her own bike, we go in the evenings, on the weekends, and sometimes twice on Saturdays. This time, we found a river that we let the girls explore.

 (Basil picks things off her feet often. For some reason, I think it's so cute!)

 Somehow, this trip turned into the girls' first--and hopefully last--skinny dipping experience!

(Here she goes again!)

Some shots of Basil

Pyper, staring down whoever is in the yellow swing--their favorite

Summer rigged up this rope thing so she could swing on the rope

 The clouds that evening:

Here's a shot showing Pippy on the yellow swing. She can actually pump. It's amazing. She gets on the swing, and then starts pumping. That little body gets going so high!

We made cat masks with paper plates.

We (I mean Rhett) cut up one of our free range chickens and we grilled it.

We watched a tutorial on how to draw Olaf.

Claire's:

Summer's:

We had a lesson on making goals and I had the girls draw a picture of a goal they would like to work toward.

Summer drew a picture of her running in a race

Claire drew a picture of her riding a bike

We went to Bowl and Pitcher and hiked around

Pip sporting the glasses

We got free tickets through Rhett's work to go to a baseball game. The girls really enjoyed it. At least they enjoyed the snacks and munchies. It was a little past their bedtime, so they were pretty tired, but we had a fun time together.

Last night, as we rode our bikes, I noticed the leaves changing colors. School is starting next week, and soon, these carefree summer days will be gone. We are sad to for the change, but excited for a new schedule and new adventures.

Idaho Trip Part III: Grandpa Barney

We celebrated Summer's birthday with Grandpa Barney at Shelley's City Park. We had so much fun! We ate pizza, played on the toys, and then Grandpa painted the girls' toe nails with Summer's birthday  paints from him. It was a hit!

He did a nice job for his first time!

We also met up at Lori's house where the girls could play in the tree house Grandpa made there.

At the end of our week in Idaho, we headed back home with Grandpa and Lori. We met Rhett half way--in Missoula--and stayed the night at a hotel. The next day, we went to this park, played on the toys, and rode on the carousel. 

I love these carousel pictures!

My fave--you can see Grandpa, Lori, Pip, Claire, and Summer. (And Basil's leg.)

Here's Claire making friends with the neighbor rider as they went around.

 The neighbor girl gave Claire one of the rings she got.

I love this picture too!