Sat Build, Sun Pullen/Reading/Marbles
Welcome to a weekend edition post! On Saturday, Brian started out by going to the Lowe’s Build and Grow Hawkeye’s Quinjet Clinic. Hawkeye is a character from Marvel’s Avengers and Avengers Assemble. On Sunday, Alison spent a well-deserved afternoon at the day spa! While she was there, Brian was at his North Carolina State University 2015 Reading Skills Program for Entering 2nd Graders. As I had been feeling guilty about taking Brian on a few trips to Pullen Park by himself...
Read MoreCookie Party, Brian’s Cardboard Creations
This afternoon, there was a cookie party at Goddard School–the kids got to decorate cookies with colorful icing and sprinkles. They even made one for me! Brian brought home some of his creations from his Crazy for Cardboard camp at Marbles. He finished up his triangular building at home–he worked hard to make it just as he imagined it, and was pretty proud of the way it turned out. The other big thing he called his “Boom Box”–he imagined it like a big...
Read MoreMarbles Camp! Week 3
Monday, July 20 A Day in the Life of a Happy Camper Play and learn in the museum exhibits Explore games, construction sets and imaginative play in the discovery room Experience the fun and sometimes messy side of art and science in the creative exploration room Dive into our weekly topic in the themed activity room Younger campers get to know each other by sharing books, songs, and snack time, while older campers bond over games and free play Tuesday, July 21 AM: Passport to Flavor In...
Read MoreKitty Outfit, Mermaid, Catapult
Kendall was looking so cute in her Hello Kitty outfit yesterday! 🙂 Today Brian came home from camp with a little catapult he’d made. He was quite proud of it! Kendall had her mermaid driving her pink car at breakfast time. So funny....
Read MoreLego Club, Mermaid
At Lego Club this morning, Brian made a fun habitat for a blue whale! He was able to answer some trivia questions, too, thanks to the IMAX movie he’d just seen at Marbles camp that about whales. This afternoon, Kendall started working on her Mermaid excavation kit. Can’t wait to see what it looks like, once she gets it free of the blue plaster brick it came in! The resulting dust sure is making a mess of the...
Read MorePluto! Etch-A-Sketch! Sailor Moon!
This week was pretty special! We were all excited as the New Horizons craft finally made it to Pluto, and we got to see everyone’s favorite dwarf planet in beautiful detail for the first time. We’d been talking to Brian about it for years, and we were so happy that everything went well with the mission. I got the kids an Etch-A-Sketch this week, I figure it’s one of those classic things that every kid needs. It seems flimsier than the ones we had back in the day, but it...
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