The Girls with some of the other girls in the neighborhood.
A Pirate, Princess, a little Devil and Hannah Montana
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The Girls with some of the other girls in the neighborhood.
A Pirate, Princess, a little Devil and Hannah Montana
Megan and Emily with some Summer Camp Kids
There were close to 200 kids in Camp and I worked the First and Second Graders.
One of the many fun field trips we took to the Pirate Dinner Theater.
Megan and Emily on the bus to the field trip
(This was a real treat because for all the other field trips we were on a school bus)
While in Utah we were able to be there the same time with our cousins. The girls had a great time together.
Grandma and Grandpa treated the girls to an afternoon train ride up the canyon. The girls had a great time. We think Grandma and Grandpa did too.
While they were all riding the train the adults (Brian and Jillene, Julie, and Dave and I) did the zip line at Utah Olympic Park. It is the worlds steepest zip line, and a ton of fun!
Our little nephew Dallin at Olympic training to be a bobsledder.
We went to our family cabin and Megan really enjoyed the new rope swing. She loved to go as high as she could, unlike her mother. =)
The girls love the all the"High School Musical" movies. It was filmed at a high school in Salt Lake City. You can buy a map for a dollar, and do a self guided tour. The girls had a great time.
The famous cafeteria
And what tour would not be complete without a picture in front of Sharpe's infamous pink locker!
My two sweet girls. My first grader and fourth grader! I can hardly believe it.
It was a great, fun, fast and very busy summer!
I must admit my third batch ( the yellow one turned out the best)
Megan with her play dough pizza creation
Emily with her play dough pizza creation as well
(It must have been close to lunch time)
So if you want to have some summertime fun as well here is the recipe:
2 Cups flour
2 Tsp. Cream of Tartar
2 Cups Water
1 Cup Salt
3 Tbsp Cooking Oil
Mix dry ingredients in a pan; add water and oil and food coloring to desired color. Heat over MEDIUM heat. (If you do it over too high of heat it will dry out) Stir constantly until thick; only takes a couple of minutes. I will start to pull away from the sides of the pan and create a ball. It's very thick. Pour out on a table with a little flour to keep from sticking and knead until cool. Store in a tight container. It will keep for weeks!
The next day was bring a flower day. So I made cookie flower bouquets for both teachers. (an idea I have to give my mom full credit for......THANKS MOM!) They turned out so cute but took a lot of time. But both teachers loved them!
(A little closer shot)
The principal even came up to me the next day at the PTA luncheon for the teachers and commented on how cute they were!
The next day I had the kids bring something chocolate for a bag I created as a "Sanity Stash" for the last few weeks of school. We also bought a class gift, one of the days.
On the last day I served my teachers a nice Italian lunch and gave them the love note tins from their class. I went to the school and die cut 2 hearts for each child. One for the child to fill out with a note of thanks, and one for the parents as well. (I was pleasantly surprised how many parent ones I received back.) They turned out really cute, and I think it was the biggest hit of the week.
It was a fun but tiring week. But I think my teachers felt appreciated, and that is what was important. Teachers have one of the hardest job on earth! My hat goes off to them!
This past week was bring-your-child-to-work-day. The girls look forward to this every year. And this was Emily's first time to go. You have to be at least 5. They enjoy visiting Dave at work and leaving some artwork on his white board.
Girls in the middle of their job. Notice to doughnut on the table? Miss Nanette is also cool because she buys the doughnuts. =) She knows how to treat her employees right!
The job well done! Check out that clean desk!
The girls also got to learn about Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle from the Character "Re Duce"
They topped off the morning by having Mom meet them and Dad for lunch. It was a great day, they asked if they could go again tomorrow.
(I think they just enjoyed playing hookie from school for the day)