Learning to write

I got this cool dry erase board at Michael's a while ago and busted it out today for Theo. We started first with a workbook for lower case letters and then moved on to the dry erase board. I rewarded him with Skittles (rewards are very important for a motivated student) and he was happy to go to town! The gripper is really helping him grasp his pen and pencil correctly for writing. I'm so proud of Theo!

Frame worthy

Theo is turning in to our resident artiste'. He grabbed the markers (the ones that still had caps.. having issues with that) and whipped up this fine family portrait. Notice the sweet yellow sun. I hope it's the first of many masterpieces to come!

Soccer wrap up

Jack's team played their last soccer game on Saturday! He really came far with his skills this season and we look forward to doing soccer again in the fall. He even got a trophy and that made him super proud!

Now we're on to baseball and practice starts this Thursday. No rest for the weary :)

Fun in the sun

I took the boys to Gulfport (MS) to meet up with cousin Cameron for a day of fun at the beach. Not exactly Destin quality but the public beach was fantastic! Access to a bathroom, shower and chair rental were all a plus. The boys had a ball too. Jack was all in the water (very shallow) and befriended other little boys while we were there. Theo hung out on the shore and played in the sand. I even got them snoballs (yellow for Theo- his obsession and cotton candy blue for Jack).

Cameron and I soaked up the sun..... literally. My first exposure to sun in a long time proved to be more powerful than my sunscreen. Ooops. Too bad I wasn't covered from head to toe like my boys! I love me some long sleeve rash guards :)

Hoppin' good time

We took the boys to see an afternoon showing of Hop yesterday. Jack loved it (he is somewhat of a movie snob and often has to be dragged to the movie theater) and Theo was a flipping fish who couldn't sit still. We went to Texas Roadhouse for an early dinner and had one of those dinners where we wondered why we insisted on torturing ourselves. Neither kid really ate much and were just squirmy. But it was still a nice, family evening. And we went to Academy and got baseball stuff. Last soccer game is in a few hours and then we're on to baseball for 2 months :)

Play Doh!

For those that know me well, you know Play Doh is not welcome in my house. Little pills of it get stuck all in the grout in the kitchen and it's just more mess than I care to deal with! So Theo was thrilled when we went to a friend's house today and found a play doh wonderland :) And that's what friends are for!

Mind blowing Science

Aunt Jen sent Jack this kit for his birthday and we've been a regular old science lab lately. It's pretty cool since everything you need for the experiments is included in the kit. We watched water "dance" the other night and then made "goo" tonight. Theo would not touch the goo to get the full experience but Jack was all about it! Just cornstarch and water :)

We've also been doing tons of Jumpstart Kindergarten! again on the computer. Trying to get Theo in on it but he's content to just sit and watch Jack do it. Naturally.