Blast Off To Summer - X, Y, Z

XYZ....final post of summer count down.

 XYZ

Zoomer by Ned Young

This is it. We made it through the entire alphabet count down to summer. It was tough but I am glad we stuck it out. My final post for Blast Off is this....thank you for joining us through the countdown. What did we do for XYZ? We finished packing up the apartment and headed for an exciting adventure to the other side of the pond...'Merica. Hope you have an awesome summer! Enjoy your time....I know I will :)

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Blast Off To Summer - W

W is for .....

Water Play

Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash by Sarah Weeks

Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Rozanne Williams

When it was time to work on the letter W, it seemed like it was the hottest day ever. It was perfect for our water day. I bought a small cheap pool for the balcony. (I know we are only going to be here for a few more weeks but I thought the kids could get quite a bit of use from it.) I filled the pool with buckets from the bathroom, that's how desperate I was to cool off with no hose.

Then we had a picnic lunch inside to get out of the sun complete with a special treat from 'Merica - M&M's. It was a good day. All most to the end and to the time we take off. Hope you are enjoying the weather :)

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Blast Off To Summer - V

V is for......

Visiting Friends

 V is for visiting friends.  Recently, we had the chance to visit some good friends of ours. We had dinner, tea, and dessert. Then we had the opportunity to visit Zeynap's art workshop (pic of Zeynap's husband and J). I love her art work and we have been blessed by their friendship. 

Here's a sneak peak of what we were treated to. She is a talented artist and they are good friends. They will be missed during our stay in 'Merica. 

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Blast Off To Summer - U

On to letter U.......

Underpants

Bear in Underwear by Todd H. Doodler

Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman

We watched/read Bear in Underwear on the iPad since I don't own a physical copy of the book. The kids got a kick out of the bear trying on the different pairs of underwear and all of the silly reactions.

Then I gave the kids a bear to make. I found the free pattern from Chalk Talk. Kaleb experimented with glue and markers.

J designed silly underwear with a tree and flowers.

The Bear in Underwear turned out cute.

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Blast Off To Summer - T

We are now on the letter T. T is for....

Tea Party

The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr

This is a cute book where a tiger comes to tea and practically eats them out of the house! 

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Kate Toms
I love Kate Toms' books. They are good stories and have super sweet illustrations.

To celebrate this letter, we had a tea party complete with "friends." J isn't one to appreciate hot tea so we went with cold and I added brownies and cookies for a special treat. We talked about our school year, the upcoming trip to 'Merica, and what she would like to learn in first grade. We had a good conversation. I enjoyed our tea party time. We will be doing this again.

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Blast Off To Summer - S

We are onto the letter S. S is for.....

Senior Skip Day

Keke is graduating this year....well, in a couple of days. Every school year, the seniors have a skip day and J got invited to be a part of that. She and her big Sis went to the beach for the day. Aren't they adorable?

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Blast Off To Summer - Q

We are getting to the end of our summer time countdown, yay! We are on the letter Q.
Q is for .......

Quiet Reading and Quilts

Danny, the Duck with no Quack by Malachy Doyle and Janet Samuel

The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau 

Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt by Janet Wilson

This project was found at Making Learning Fun. We still going.....

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Blast Off To Summer - P

We are now on to the letter P. P is for....

Playdate

It is extremely rare that I have the entire day with just one of my kids. One kid to devote my time and attention. Today was such a day. I had a play day with Kaleb. 

I asked Kaleb what he wanted to do and he asked to play outside in the sandbox. I usually like to wait until after lunch to play on the balcony because it isn't covered but I couldn't say no. We played in the sandbox for a good hour. He made me sand soup and I ate it. 

After convincing him to move inside since it was extremely hot, we played with some of his wooden toys. He doesn't get to play with them often because of our neighbor situation.

I then taught him a new game. I set up towers of blocks and showed him how to crash his car into them to knock them down. This was loads of fun. We had the opportunity to play all day (minus a short nap after lunch). It was a great time to reconnect with my tot, just me and Kaleb. I hope to have more one-on-one times with him soon.

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Blast Off To Summer - O

O is for........

OCEAN

J had the opportunity to spend some quality time with her big sis at the beach. Even though it was a school day, I couldn't say no. 

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Blast Off To Summer - N

We are still working on our countdown to summer. We are on the letter N. N is for....

Numbers and Naps

Counting Our Way to Maine by Maggie Smith

The Napping House by Audrey Wood

1, 2, 3 to the Zoo by Eric Carle

I brought out the number balance that J received for Easter (always the teacher). It isn't the best but it does get some number work done. You have to be careful because some of the bigger numbers can add to the same answer and balance out correctly. I gave J some blocks, put a number on the balance, and asked her to find all of the addends.

Sorry for the short post. We have had some unexpected things come up here. Please just keep us in your prayers :) We are on to the next letter......O.

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