Over the summer Sariah has been 'playing' school with the kids. She set up a whole classroom, she has spent hours on lesson plans and teaching them. She generally teaches several days a week. They have set up a whole classroom in my garage (i've been kicked out for the summer, so the van sits in the driveway). The first week or so they were using make shift desks, my piano bench, Liam's little spiderman table, etc. Then one day Sariah and I were out buying a birthday present for a friend, and at the store we went to they had two school desks they were selling... I had her call dad and see if we could buy them. So we now own two desks, and our friend across the street had one he brought over. We regularly have 4 students Hannah, Marissa, our friend 'Bob', and another freind has her grandson 'D' staying 
with her for the summer and he comes over for school several days a week as well. Liam flits in and out, and if we have a sleepover we ocassionally have additional students. They have reading books (that Sariah put together about 50 pages, front and back, of stories she found on the internet). Sariah - Mrs. Elilsabeth is the teacher, and Amanda - is the principal.
with her for the summer and he comes over for school several days a week as well. Liam flits in and out, and if we have a sleepover we ocassionally have additional students. They have reading books (that Sariah put together about 50 pages, front and back, of stories she found on the internet). Sariah - Mrs. Elilsabeth is the teacher, and Amanda - is the principal. 
I have been amazed that they generally spend around 4 hours a day doing school. Three or Four days a week usually. They go outside and play for P.E. or we've gone to the pool, or on 'feild trips'. They've gone to the free movie a time or two with D's grandmother. Last week we went to the Botanical Gardens to see the 
Dinosaur Uproar display, before they took it down this week. That was a lot of fun. Our friends that moved here from Germany, met up with us there.
Dinosaur Uproar display, before they took it down this week. That was a lot of fun. Our friends that moved here from Germany, met up with us there. 
It was hot day, the kids had a great time getting wet! First in the sprinklers at the corn maze. Then they spent time getting wet at the water tower. Then we went into the childrens Garden where they spent a lot of time getting wet from the giant watering can, the Rocket spray,
the dino bones srpitzer, etc. Liam, after seeing all the other kids take off their shoes, wanted 
his shoes off too. At one point the kids were all running and playing. He noticed a hose rolled up on the spindle thing. I saw him trying to play with it. Then all of the sudden I noticed him getting a little shorter, and shorter... I figured there must be some sort of hole over there on the other side of a planter box. I went over and it was the water hookup like where the water meeter is in my yard, for the hose, and the lid was off of it. I think he started to dunk his feet to wash them off (good thing he'd taken off his new cute little suede tennis shoes!), the he sat down and dangled his feet in the water, then by the time I got over to him, he was squatting/sitting down in the little 'personal - one kid 
swimming hole'! Of course he was out of it, sensing my frustration before I could get the camera! LOL!!! I did manage to get him washing his feet off again, but not sitting down in the hole.
the dino bones srpitzer, etc. Liam, after seeing all the other kids take off their shoes, wanted 
his shoes off too. At one point the kids were all running and playing. He noticed a hose rolled up on the spindle thing. I saw him trying to play with it. Then all of the sudden I noticed him getting a little shorter, and shorter... I figured there must be some sort of hole over there on the other side of a planter box. I went over and it was the water hookup like where the water meeter is in my yard, for the hose, and the lid was off of it. I think he started to dunk his feet to wash them off (good thing he'd taken off his new cute little suede tennis shoes!), the he sat down and dangled his feet in the water, then by the time I got over to him, he was squatting/sitting down in the little 'personal - one kid 
swimming hole'! Of course he was out of it, sensing my frustration before I could get the camera! LOL!!! I did manage to get him washing his feet off again, but not sitting down in the hole. Liam definitely doesn't understand boundaries at all. 
This fence isn't here for me to climb over? He climbed right into the stream while chasing butterlies in the butterly house, 
he wanted to go swimming with the turtles in the big tutle pond, and climbed right on up the rock wall. 
He tried to climb in the other turtle enclosure, because pettinghte one the worker had out wasn't quit good enough, he wanted to get up close and personal with them! ;-) I was EXHAUSTED by the end of the day and we finally went home!
This fence isn't here for me to climb over? He climbed right into the stream while chasing butterlies in the butterly house, 
he wanted to go swimming with the turtles in the big tutle pond, and climbed right on up the rock wall. 
He tried to climb in the other turtle enclosure, because pettinghte one the worker had out wasn't quit good enough, he wanted to get up close and personal with them! ;-) I was EXHAUSTED by the end of the day and we finally went home! Grandma D got us all frosty's from Wendys on the way home to cool us down, YUMMY!
What a fun day we had!
