Week 27

    B showing off his dino dress and firefighter pants before bed (he really likes "fashion shows".

 

Ads teacher (and mom of his friend), sent me a text saying, "so cute that our boys are on the catalog for CalWood Camps!"  And they are.  Masks on and bow and arrow in hand.

Thursday, LT came home from school all excited that he was going to enter a contest on "Instructables".  The competition he entered is for creative ways to use a jar.  He basically made a hidden money stash (or other small items) hidden inside a toilet paper tube inside a mason jar.   In between in the glass jar and the TP roll, he covered it with cheerios (could also use m&ms or other small candy.  Here is the link if you want to vote or just view it!  https://www.instructables.com/id/Secret-Money-Stash-Using-a-Mason-Jar/

And obviously B needed to enter a "contest" as well.  His is "Make your own strap for your hat", with a paper bowl hat.

I have pretty much entirely gone off social media, but randomly opened Instagram this week and scrolled down a bit when I saw both our boys on the Stanley page.  They both look engaged and very happy!

Because of Ads head injury, he wasn't able to participate in swim team last week, but I did take him to the dry lands portion of it and then while LT was swimming, he and I went for a walk.  It was such a nice time with just one kid and he was able to tell me all about school.  He was most excited about their "unit" where all year they will be focusing on Colorado History, but currently they are learning about Colorado mining history.  I had planned on taking B to the Argo mine in Idaho springs the next day on our way to the mountains (I needed to meet the electrician up there and so we had to take two cars).  Because of Ads interest in mining and because he had a half day anyway and it would have been inconvenient for Brian to pick him up at 12 and then LT at 3, I decided to take both little ones with me and mine on our way up.

And Ads was excited about helping me homeschool once we were up there.  

Saturday, we met some good family friends for a hike (they also own a place up there).  The kids explored and played in the woods for several hours.