Dance Party
Today we hung up Brian’s new models in his room, Anakin’s and Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighers. We also flipped over the Lego table and had some marker fun on the whiteboard side. Brian came up with the idea of drawing different sorts of “worlds” on it, and we had a great time filling up the space with different single-biome planets (sort of like in Star Wars!) Tonight, like many nights, the kids put on their coordinating pajamas and asked for a dance party! We...
Read MoreBrian’s Place, Cookout at Nana’s
Today Brian got inspired after watching an episode of Blue’s Clues, where Blue makes a special place, with all her favorite things. Brian decided to make his own special place, and this is what he came up with! A place with some favorite toys, some paper and markers to draw with, his viking helmet and sword and shield for defense, etc. Later today we went out to Rosemary’s place and had a cookout! We had gotten the “Labor Day Cookout” style of produce box this week,...
Read MoreBuild-A-Bear!
Today was one of those rare days where Kendall had a teacher workday, and Brian didn’t! Brandon and I both stayed home today and took turns hanging with her, and working. She and Brandon took a trip to the Bass Pro Shops this morning (yup, after more Plano boxes!) and she came home with a cute Tinkerbell fishing rod! It’s similar to Brian’s Star Wars one, in that it came with some foam “fish” to practice on, and it makes fun sound effects when she casts it. I...
Read MoreFirst Grade!
Today Brian officially started first grade! He has some brand-new How to Train Your Dragon 2 school supplies, and he was very excited to start the new school year. First through fifth graders just do the regular carpool on the first day, so just he went on in by himself! But he’s a pro, so we weren’t worried. 🙂 Root’s new on-campus after school program doesn’t start for another week, so that means, we have to be on afternoon carpool as well! This is a whole new...
Read MoreFresh Beat Band!
Our third time attending a Fresh Beat Band concert was today. As a reminder, the first time we saw them we travelled to Norfolk, VA to see them. At the time, we had no idea how long they would be doing these concerts or how many locations. It was a huge deal to Brian at the time that we actually went on a weekday to see them. Later, we saw them the second time when they actually came to Raleigh, to the Red Hat Amphitheatre no less, and we watched the whole thing in a figurative monsoon....
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