Bubble Day

After a friend invited the girls over for a little Easter Egg hunt an epiphany hit me!  All of the fun things I used to do for my classes as a teacher could be done at home with my girls and a few neighbor friends. We started with Bubble day.  The girls and I planned for a week, sent out invitations and then waited anxiously for the day to arrive.  Although there were a few poor management issues on my part, it was a fun day!  We did table bubbles, foam making, bubble windows, bubble gadgets and body bubbles.  I had planned for a back yard adventure but a slight wind prompted me to move it into my ugly garage.  It was still fun!

Table Bubbles

Blowing Foam

Bubble Windows; we weren't very successful this day because of low humidity.  My friend, Maria (in the blue) got a few going for the kids.

Body Bubbles
My first and second graders always loved this station, but it was quite difficult for preschoolers.

Appetizer Tour

On Memorial Day we decided to take an appetizer tour.  We picked a variety of restaurants then went in only for an appetizer.  I don't know how much the servers appreciated us, but we had a good time.  Next time we want to try an ethnic foods tour (order one dish and divide it between us all, then move on to a new restaurant.)  Just for the record, we liked PF Chang's appetizers the best.    Here are the places we went.

 

 

 

We had a few more on our list, but we got too full.  Fun Times!

Activities with Cache

My sister-in-law, Christine, recommended that each family member do something special with Cache before his mission.  We thought it was a good idea.  Unfortunately, I only remembered to send the camera on one outing.  :(

Tom and I took him to Salt Lake City to Faustina for lunch.  We love that restaurant!  Then we went on a used book store tour.  Out of all that we went to, we all loved Ken Sander's Rare and Used Books.  Cache is quite the book collector so he definitely will be going back at some point.

Caleb chose to have Cache take him shopping for school clothes.  It is early in the summer, but he values Cache's taste and opinion.  However, they couldn't find much of anything so it ended up just being a fun hang-out time at the mall.  (And now that Caleb was the recipient of most of Cache's clothes, no more shopping trips are going to be needed!)

Chandler wanted to go rock climbing at the Quarry, but the night before we realized that Chandler wouldn't be able to belay Cache so only Chandler would be able to climb.  So he chose an alternate activity.  He chose to play soccer, go to California Pizza Kitchen then to Barnes and Noble to browse books.  

Tessa wanted to go to Kangaroo Zoo and then to McDonald's.  It wasn't a highly interactive activity for them since Cache didn't pay to play at Kangaroo Zoo, but apparently it didn't bother Tess any.  She just loves to jump, climb and bounce--no playmate needed.

Greta wanted to go to 'Fa-Fa' (Trafalga) and out for ice cream.  She said that she rode the air planes, Frog Hopper and Tidal Wave, they also played miniature golf with a pink ball and pink putter.  Afterward, they went to U-Swirl.  

I don't know how much Cache enjoyed each activity, but it has been fun for the rest of us!  We are thankful for the memories.

Solar Eclipse

Because of a mission interview and other things happening on the Sunday of the solar eclipse (May 20th), we weren't able to head south to get the best view of it.  And because of obligations the day before, we missed BYU's lunar festival to get our free glasses.  All sad things.  However, we were still able to enjoy it to a degree.  Cache made us a little viewing tool.  It wasn't the best, but it worked in the pinch and we enjoyed ourselves immensely in the process.  

Now That's Saying Something!

Cache is a voracious reader.  

 

In his pre-mission life, perhaps he read a book a day, maybe more.  I'm not exactly sure, but it was a lot.  He went to the library at least weekly and checked out a large stack of books.  So when he mentioned in his farewell talk that the Book of Mormon is a good book and he highly recommended it, I said to myself, "Now that is saying something!" 

 

Just as a note, leaving behind leisure reading is probably one of the greater sacrifices he is leaving behind.  That kid loves to read!  (I hope he learns to love gospel study as much as a good fiction read.)

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Sparkle and Glitter Make Pancakes

  Meet Sparkle and Glitter.

Step by step instructions how to dress and act like Sparkle:  

Get your pink-stained-hand-me-down-slip that you got from your cousin Mary out of the dirty clothes; it doesn't matter if you've already worn it 3 days in a row.  Put it over a T-shirt. (Only because experience tells you your mom will not allow immodesty.) Slips are not meant to be worn under clothing--they are too pretty not to show!  Tie a white sash from another dress around your neck.  Tie a purple ribbon around your head. Pull out a bracelet from under your bed.  Put on your princess shoes.  Twirl wherever you go.

Step by step instructions on how to dress and act like Glitter:

Put on a dress.  Bend Mom's bracelet around your head.  Do everything your big sister Sparkle does. 

Sparkle and Glitter like to do everything together.  This day it was pancakes. 

 If you are Sparkle, eat with PLENTY of syrup.

 If you are Glitter, eat with PLENTY of sugar.