euroslide day + night + photo booth

my girls favorite ride at the fair is the euroslide. she rode it 6 times in all this year. she participated in the fairs reading program which gave her 3 free rides for every two books she read. we went to the fair twice this year (here, here and here) thus ending up with 6 free rides all spent on the euroslide. i am thinking it would be fun to make a flip book out of these photos maybe it will be one of our handicrafts this year for homeschool. she also took her first solo photo's in the photo booth this year. they turned out really cute almost as cute as watching her in the booth and waiting for them to come.

euroslide day

euroslide night

photo booth

the little tiny tugboat

if you are not already in love with my girl, you will be after this story. she wrote this story yesterday on a whim. she sat at the computer with the mister and dictated this story to him. then they printed it out and she did all the illustrations. when i read it i was truly amazed that this came from my little girl.

The Little Tiny Tugboat

once upon a time there was a little tiny tugboat. he wasn't a passenger one. he was a fisher one. every big boat that had passengers on them laughed at him because he was so little. he was so sad he decided to run away from the ocean. he went to a mouse boat. and the mouse's boat laughed and laughed at him. he said, "you're so big, ha, ha, ha."

then, the little tugboat went on and on. a big passenger boat came in and he laughed. "ha, ha, ha, you're so little."

then, a really, really, big boat came in and he said, "ha, ha, ha, you're so, so, so, so, so little. and the little tugboat said, "i don't care, I like the shape i am. and i don't care if i'm really, really big or small. and that's all."

the end

my girl is 6 and i know i've said it before, she's amazing. i love her so much. she's so smart and creative. i love being her mom.

to cut or not to cut?

garebear a few months ago with short hair

garebear now with long hair

so, the question is should i cut it or leave it longer? i've let it get this long out of fear. fear that he's going to throw a huge tantrum if i even try to get scissors next to his head. (he's been known to do that in the past) i dare not even take him to the hairstylist because he would probably end up attacking her/him. so, it's long and i think it looks cute, but it's hot and he has a lot of hair that sometimes makes him hot and miserable. what to do, what to do? you tell me, what a ya think, to cut or not to cut?

summer fun + learning french

why is it that summer just flies by? i can't believe how fast it's going, but we are having fun and checking things off of our summer list. one of things we have been enjoying is my girl's french class. she goes once a week, for and hour and a half and comes home with new vocabulary each week. the first day she came home she spoke french all day. (note: it was avery french, not real french, but at least she was trying.) by week two and three she was asking me for things in french, which always makes a mama feel good, knowing the money we are spending for these lessons are actually working. two of her big sayings were, "de l'eau", which means water and "qu'est-ce que vous voulez?" which means "what would you like?" we also have checked out a couple of french books from the library to help us a long the way. i am saying "us and we" because i do not know a lick of french or any foreign language for the matter, so i am learning through her and with her and it's fun. the pics below are from her first day at french class...

for those of you that know my girl, you know she is very enthusiastic about the things she does, so she dressed for the occasion with her pink beret and french braids. she also wanted to bring one of our french books from home to share and i wish i had her turn the book around because it would've made the pic so much better. it's titled, a trip to paris.

this french class they played restaurant and used the vocabulary words they learned as they played.

their snack and restaurant food.

she kept her beret on for the whole class. my little frenchie.

after class, all of the kids ran for the dirt lot in the back to play various games (not in french), but maybe that will come with time.

dear son

dear son,

can you please stop waking up at 4:00 in the morning, so when it's 9:00 in the morning you will not be asleep on the couch.

with much love,

your sleep deprived mama

"b" happy

it feels like it has been a long time since i have been here. i think it has. the mister has been working a lot of hours and we barely get to see him, so the free moments i have had i've been spending with him. which leaves little or no time for me to blog. i have a lot to post, lots of pics, so this might be a long one - in pictures that is. as i was going through my pics, i noticed a lot of "b" things have happened in the past week or two. hence the title of my post "b" happy, because we are happy and here's why...

bicycles

my girl finally took off on her boy bike with no training wheels.

this was a happy father's day gift for the mister. (when she rides the boy bike she prefers to be called peter) she's such a little role player.

ballet

she performed in her first june ballet recital.

she was barbie in one of the two dances she performed in.

she was amazing. i will even go as far as saying she was the best, just for the sake of this post and she was, of course.

we are so proud of her. she's my sweet baby girl or i should say my sweet big girl.

she also performed in her hip hop dance, which was to a song from cars. her dances had one song in between them, so she had to do her first "quick change".

she's so brave.

breakfast

this little fella was way to cute the other morning at breakfast.

i couldn't help taking pictures of him while he ate his bowl of cereal.

he took big bites.

i just love this boy,

even when he blows bubbles in his milk.

sleeping beauty

how sweet is this? she sleeps like a little angel.

sister & brother + best buds

the boy and his books

playing in the backyard

blue shoes

bella (our dog)

hope you are having a great week and just for the sake of being korny,

"don't worry, be happy! (i'm sorry i had to say it)