A Quick Recap of this Week

So this week has flown by again. Where DOES the time go?

Here is a recap of this week's activities...

On Wednesday, we had a homeschool picnic at Fuller Park. Here the girls with their friend, Erin, and no...that's not Case! That's Samuel, who is one year older than Case and just as cute.



Earlier this week, Monday I think, I officially called off school and announced, "It's Summer Vacation!"

Of course, the girls didn't know they were still learning from Dad. He was experimenting with a way to split hydrogen from H2O. It takes a bit of energy - a few drained batteries later - but the experiment was successful. Moriah and Brooke were very into it. Haley...not so much.



And probably the best result of calling off school was a very cool school-type activity that sort of just happened as a result of the girls' imagination and their constant reading of American Girl magazines. Below is a cover for their own American Girl magazine they hope to publish in November/December. As you can tell, they've set up the photo shoots quite well. They're writing articles for their edition, and working on photoshopping the cover. Quite funny. If I had suggested something like this for a school project, I'm sure I would have heard whining. Guess I need to call off school a little more often!


Finally, today, I made a successful attempt to "culture" the kids by taking them to a free family day at the Figge Art Museum in the Quad Cities. It was awesome. The best part for me came when we were walking back to the car. Brooke said, "Thank you, Mommy, for taking us here." That was followed by two more thank yous.