Insta Joys

i am behind again...

it seems to be the theme for my poor blog this summer

so here are two weeks of iphone pics

be warned there are a TON of pics

indoor tent for kids

easy set up

easy take down

easy to store

my kind of tent

who needs bracelets when you've got hair bands

my boy earned a movie date for completing his summer reading

i checked the paper the night before, got the movie time, and off we went

between thursday night and friday afternoon they changed the time of the movie

we hit up the frozen yogurt place to soothe this boys disappointed heart

these two were scheming

well really the older one is scheming and he just gets his little sister to join in on his plan

he makes big promises like if we get the scooter you can have the first ride

she adores her brother so that sounds like a great plan to her

i know her brother and i am pretty sure she would get the first ride but maybe not any rides after that :o)

we had a make up movie date

his choice... smurfs of course

i thought it was ok

he LOVED it

i saw the idea for pizookies on pinterest {please tell me you are on pinterest... full of amazing stuff}

before my finger had left the mouse my friend sarah had already posted about her pizookie creating

one night as we were sitting in the backyard finishing dinner, our neighbors walked over looking for dessert.  

so i whipped up some pizookies... easy, quick, and perfect on a summer night.

they might be my new favorite.

the scheming that was happening up top

it was all about creating this poster for their dad

they hung it up on the wall so when he parks he truck he would see it

front and center to his window

my boy wants a motorized scooter

he is saving every dime he finds

he is trying to convince us that it is a good idea {its not}

at some point every weekend i have a date with TiVo and this stack of books

creating our lesson plans for the week

i have been searching for a couch for my girls' room for almost a year

i haven't found the right thing for the right price

as i was returning home one sunday afternoon, landon is flagging me down as i come into the neighborhood

he is so excited he can hardly contain himself

our neighbors were getting rid of this couch 

and gave it to us for FREE

i can handle a couch for FREE

it needs a little TLC but for free i can give it some TLC

landon picking up scraps of paper with his feet

otherwise known as anything he can do to procrastinate

sometimes a little diet dr.pepper with cherry is needed to make it through an afternoon

especially our first weeks where we were juggling swimming lessons, the start of football, morgan still having morning gymnastics practice, and squeezing in some last bits of summer fun

sonic happy hour i sure do love you!

if you don't have sonic i am sorry. you are missing out

even though is been in the upper 90's football season has started

thankfully there are a few shady trees to help the parents from melting

my boy will be playing QB, sometimes on the line for defense but mostly cornerback on defense

i think she could color, trace, and draw most of the day

she loves doing her "school" work

lovely colored ramekins

you know what ramekins mean, more pizookies

to kick off football season landon played in a jamboree at boise state

he looks pretty cute in his little uniform

but who decided on white shorts for little boys?

it could NOT have been a mom

one of our friends was turning 40 and his wife had a luau themed surprise party

mauryn spent the night collecting lei's from everyone

 and sneaking key lime cupcakes

i went to see The Help... again

it was even better the second time

i took morgan with me this time

we both loved it

seriously one of the best movies i have seen in a very long time

i have a collection of mini erasers that i have had since i started teaching

they work great as manipulatives for math - sorting, counting, patterning, addition/subtraction, etc..

some little people in my house mixed all the erasers together

ugh!

mixed up erasers turn into a sorting project for this little lady

this has occupied her for days

its great

i am getting my organizational needs met by having all the erasers sorted 

and she is learning about sorting 

its a win win situation

we went to the fair last week

it was 100 degrees as we pulled in to the parking lot

oh brother was it hot

when you get free tickets that include free dinner you don't complain about 100 degree temps at the fair

my kids are little city slickers

the highlight of the fair was petting the farm animals and brushing them

as we were walking through the midway and preventing my husband from hyperventilating from the crowds of people, we ran into mauryn's bestie

they were so excited to see each other

they are both silly, goofy, crazy little ladies

mauryn's bestie has a brother who is one of landon's great friends

our science unit this year is on anatomy and physiology

our first chapter was on the parts of a cell

we made an edible cell

i though it looked gross but my kids thought it was super cool

A+ points for science curriculum that has crazy fun hands on activities

my kids LOVE it

my super cool new tea mug from cuppa kim's mug swap

i love it

thanks cindy!

mauryn decided last week she wanted to learn how to ride her bike without training wheels

she had shown zero interest in riding without training wheels or even really riding her big bike

we came home one night and our neighbor cooper {who is a year younger} was working on riding without training wheels

mauryn wasn't going to let cooper one up her

no mam

so she hopped on her bike and off she went with a little assistance from dad

she was a pro by the end of the night

now she really seems like such a big kid

i came back from a run the other morning and was greeted by mauryn

who decided to perform a dance on the driveway for me

this is so typical of mauryn

constantly singing and dancing

see the pointed toes... a constant with her

i don't know that she walks she seems to dance and spin everywhere

i love love love my ipad

i do 99% of my reading on it

when i travel i take the ipad vs the laptop

i don't mind typing on the ipad keyboard

if i need to a longer email or a blog post it was a little cumbersome

i finally took the plunge and bought a keyboard for my ipad

i can't wait to test it out

linking up with jeannett {super late} for insta friday