Summer Farm Fun

Summer fun on the farm includes:

Playing with the baby kittens.  Izzy named this one Dusty since he looked a bit dusty.

 Feeding the animals.  It takes 2 to feed Lucy.

Don't let that face fool you... Victoria rarely went to the barn.  She preferred to stay near the house swinging calling out to us from up there.

 Micah couldn't get enough of the farm.  He loved the tractors especially this one since it was also a 'digger'.  Opa even took him to the big dirt pile and let him 'dig' to his hearts delight.  Victoria joined in with the rocks.

 Dress up time.  Good thing Oma & Opa kept our ballet costumes from 1980-something.  I think every grandchild has worn them at one point or another.

 One of our last activities was to go fishing.  Izzy has been asking to do this for awhile.  Victoria was a bit under the weather so she stayed at home with Oma while Micah, Izzy, Opa and I went fishing at a neighbor's pond.  Micah caught 2 fish quickly.  Izzy was a bit bummed that she hadn't caught any at that point but had many nibbles.  Eventually she got 2 fish as well.  We would have had more but these fish were very tricky... they would just nibble the worms off the hooks quick enough to not get nabbed. 

 I got a fish, finally!

What better to do on a summer day but water balloons and a water gun fight.  Micah got pretty good with his target being Opa.

The last day we were at the farm, I was able to meet up with Jess, my good friend from medical school.  We enjoyed walking around the Haymarket, shopping and eating some good food.

Pool Time

 One of the favorite things to do when we go back to the farm is to visit the local pool.  Izzy of course loved it.  She has gained many swimming skills from camp which was evident.  Micah was fearless in the water.  I lost count of how many times he went down the big waterslide with me.  Definitely more than twenty.  Victoria spent most of her time right there in the shade under the lifeguard station.  Opa was successful in getting her to at least kneel in the water.

 

 Enjoying a water cannon fight with Opa.

The BIG water slide!  Both Izzy & Micah's favorite.  This year Izzy was able to go by herself and not need someone at the bottom to catch her.  Great job!

Happy 4th of July!

 We traveled back to the farm for the 4th of July this year.  Opa made sure we were all safe before lighting off fireworks.  The weather was amazing the whole time we were there allowing for a lot of summer fun on the farm.

 We all really enjoyed throwing snap fireworks.

 The famous Bures parachute contest.  Who can catch the most?

 Look at all of ours!

Izzy found a tiny friend while getting the fireworks set up.



Izzy really enjoyed the sparklers at the end.  The finale is typically the flag but it didn't fair so well in the end.

 

Last Day of School!

 Friday was officially Izzy's last day of Kindergarten!  The school year was prolonged due to all the snow days we had this winter.  Now off to camp!

Micah did not want is picture to be taken.  Victoria, on the other hand, promptly sat down to be a part of it.

It's Summer Time!

 Summers in New England are truly gorgeous.  We headed out to a local park to partake of the water feature.  I packed all 3 swimsuits thinking only Izzy would put hers on.  But to my surprise all 3 wanted them on including Victoria without any encouragement from mommy.  Victoria did stay on the periphery.  She did however touch the water.  We are make steps in the right direction.  Pool time on the farm this summer may be a bit better than last summer.

The faces say it all!

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Poetry Contest

April is National Poetry month.  Izzy's curriculum that month was learning about poems.  They learned different styles including Lists, Haiku and Rhyme.  For April vacation, part of her homework that week was to create a poem.  Her teacher also included a form to enter any of the student's poems at poetry contest at a local book store.  They have been holding this contest for 19 years.  There are 5 age categories.  In each category there is 1 overall winner and 4 honors.  Izzy's poem received honors.  At the awards ceremony, we learned that one of her good friends from daycare was the winner!  Connor and Izzy have been going to daycare together since they were babies.

Izzy's poem was about a fashion show.  We watched YouTube videos over and over again to come up with this list.  I asked her what she saw and wrote it down.  Only one word was given by me to her to expand her description.  Can you guess which one?  Hint... comes from the sewer in me.  All the other words came from Izzy.  Not sure what genes she inherited as English was not my strong suit.

Each student had the chance to read their poem to the crowd.  They were then awarded a gift certificate to the book store.  Many kids left that night with a new book.  Izzy picked out a collection of poetry.  I thought that was quite fitting.

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Naughty, Naughty

The only word for the twins today was NAUGHTY!  While getting ready in the bathroom this morning, the twins went to play in the play kitchen.  They were making a lot of ruckus which isn't necessarily new.  But when Izzy came running in saying I needed to see what the twins had done, I knew something was up.  They had decided to open 3 bottles of paint, dump them and then 'paint' on the walls, windows, themselves, etc.   They were so proud of themselves.  I threw them in the bath and went to work wiping everything down before it dried.  Izzy was such a great help washing all the plates, toy food, etc in the sink.  I went through one whole roll of paper towels.  I ended up throwing away their PJs.  The pictures doesn't do their mess justice.