We have this little corner in our kitchen that all of the kids have enjoyed playing in. Kate, most recently, has discovered this spot. She loves to hide in the corner and open the door to the cupboard so that all you can see are her piggy toes. She'll open the door and roar at you and then just giggle at her game. She gets upset when her brother or sister occupy her spot and promptly removes them from "her place". It is so cute to watch. I had to take pictures to share how cute it is.
So, anyone who knows Molly knows how timid she is. She has no interest in anything that goes fast or has any possibility to be dangerous. She has always had a big wheel like Gabe, but we have never bought her a bike because we just didn't think she was interested. My friend at work, Laura, gave us her daughter's old bike for Molly to ride. It was cute, pink, and had princesses on it. What more could a girl ask for?! All we had to do was go and buy some training wheels for it and it would be ready to ride. It took us forever to go and buy them because we kept forgetting. One day, I finally remembered and surprised Molly with a ready to ride bike. She was so excited and spent all day cruising up and down the sidewalks in the neighborhood. I thought, Finally, she is excited in something that has wheels!! Dumb mom, I forgot to teach her about the brakes, and she crashed big time! Her poor face and knee! She scratched her nose, her cheek, and above her eyebrow. So, as anyone can guess, she won't have anything to do with the bike anymore!!
We had 105 students take the course and succeed. It went really good.
We went to see this Volcano on our free day. You can't see it really well, but it was really neat and there were three volcanos conected and one extinct volcano that was covered in green vegetation. This is where we stayed in the first city we taught in, Matagalpa. We only got to see how beautiful it was in the morning because we always got there when it was dark and raining in the evening. It was really kind of scary in the dark.....no clock, no TV, no telephone. We got to wake up each morning around 4 to the Howler monkeys, well......howling. What an experience!!
Tough thing about letting the big kids paint is that Kate thinks she is one of them. She has to paint just like them with her own paper, own plate with paint, and no help. Notice the amount of paint on the paper vs. the amount of paint on the table and chair. Oh, Well!!! Thank goodness for washable and non-toxic paint (yeah....she eats it!)!!
We have this little corner in our kitchen that all of the kids have enjoyed playing in. Kate, most recently, has discovered this spot. She loves to hide in the corner and open the door to the cupboard so that all you can see are her piggy toes. She'll open the door and roar at you and then just giggle at her game. She gets upset when her brother or sister occupy her spot and promptly removes them from "her place". It is so cute to watch. I had to take pictures to share how cute it is.
We had 105 students take the course and succeed. It went really good.
We went to see this Volcano on our free day. You can't see it really well, but it was really neat and there were three volcanos conected and one extinct volcano that was covered in green vegetation.
Tough thing about letting the big kids paint is that Kate thinks she is one of them. She has to paint just like them with her own paper, own plate with paint, and no help. Notice the amount of paint on the paper vs. the amount of paint on the table and chair. Oh, Well!!! Thank goodness for washable and non-toxic paint (yeah....she eats it!)!!
Peonies
Columbine
Potted Flowers
Roses
Gazinias
Peonies ready to pop
Pink Roses
Salvia
