Week 36: Contemplative

Pondering Xavier

I decided to have some fun with the camera the other day, I took it along when I picked the kids up from school. The kids were playing around and I just took pictures, not even looking through the camera, just pointing in a general direction and snapping the shot. Half the time I didn’t get a good picture, and most of the ones of Xavier he kept posing for me. I finally caught him when he wasn’t looking at the camera and it turned out great.

Festivals galore!

Kevin, our two new friends, and I headed to Manderscheid over the weekend. We got to enjoy a Ren Fest at the Manderscheid Castle Ruins. We had lots of fun. It was the guys’ turn to drink, so Tori and I got to stay DD. She didn’t drink because I wasn’t drinking, since I was driving. It was pretty cool day. Found lots of stuff I wish I had the Euro to buy.

Parts of the Market were inside the castle, they also had little kid areas. Out on the main green was the center stage and the Jousting court. Lots of food stands and beer gardens. While exploring the castle, we even found a wine area, but since us girls weren’t drinking, we didn’t hang out there. Still Lots of fun!

Tori and I are thinking of working on outfits for next year. I think it will be lots of fun to go while dressed up! Think I will take the kids with also next year!! I know they will really enjoy it.

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First we had the 4th of July.

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left of the school year.

Wow, only 9 active school days left of the year! Next week, we have lots going on, mostly at the elementary school.

The kids and I created our own Family Summer Center today. I got the idea from a daily Buzz at CafeMom, which linked over to the Craftzine blog, that included instructions on making one. So today, the kids and I headed up to the BX and did some shopping. Spending about $28, we bought a lot of supplies we figured we would need to make our own. (turns out we didn’t use half of them) Then we set to work, wipping up the creative board and the calendar. We had a lot of fun doing it too. I gave the kids three simple rules and ask they come up with some summer goals, within the rules. They got creative! I then made up some “I’m Bored” ideas, for when the kids come up and ask what to do, I can tell them to pull a card! I thought this was a nice idea to add.

I pulled out the Panther’s Paws book and flipped through it for ideas of places to “see/seen”, got my book list of books to read the kids nightly to add to the “read/read” section. I have a third pocket, but not sure what to do for that.. The kids wanted Foods to “try”, but reall, I would prefer something else, just don’t know what yet. I took a picture of our ‘center’ and will upload it when I can get it from the camera.

I still need to sit down and write up my goals for the summer, and haven’t decided yet if I am going to sit down and do goals for Derric. Not even sure what they would even be…

In other news, I have a new family photo site. It is over at Shutterfly. They have a really cool new feature, share sites, and I will say, I wish I had known about it before. I am thinking of downgrading my server to the cheapest one avaiable and just use shutterfly for my picture hosting needs…

Well, not much else to write about, so I think I shall get going.. Have a great weekend.

White Spring

This is what I woke up to this morning… Will update later. We are in a weather advisory until 1pm, supposed to snow all day. Will post pictures from around 1pm to compair…