Change in perspective and summer time fun

Well I wrapped up my first year as a stay at home mom. When I closed down my classroom for the last time last June I had this fabulous idea that I would have a couple months of adjustment and then poof I would be June Cleaver (I know! Stopping laughing.... breathe, inhale and exhale!) I have been preparing to teach in one way or another for the last 17 years. What was I thinking when I thought I would be able to make this change in a short time. I didn't feel I was as active with my kids in quality time and I certainly was no where near the vision I had in my head. So I am going to start my blogging again to share some of our summer time activities and trials in this crazy adventure called life. I am sure I will sneak in some of my baking adventures as well.

Okay on to summer fun! I found this fun summer activity list with printables on Pinterest: http://www.pluckymomo.com/2011/06/printable-summer-of-fun-kit.html  I loved this idea, it was super do-able for me. I didn't laminate the weekly page as suggested but just put the page in a page protector. I printed this activities on regular paper and glued them to construction paper to make them a little stronger before I cut them out but I am not even sure that was needed. The kids and I went through each activity and decided if it was one we wanted to do. We draw seven activities out of the bucket on Sunday, take a look at the week and figure out which day each activity should happen.  One of the first things we did was make banana bread together. Today was learn about and write Haiku's. We wrote one about our new pool.

Mommy likes floating
Savannah plays in the water
Shea swims like a fish

Shea was so excited he wanted to do more, maybe one about Mario.  Silly boy cracks me up. Both Shea and Savannah decorated the print outs we made of the poem.