Camp Kim...day 3

We "studied" Elephants for the day. Did you know they can smell water up to THREE miles away!?! Pretty cool animals!

Princess Party

Our small town does some pretty cute little things for kids. Once a year the preschool run by Parks & Rec does a Princess Party...this is a BIG deal to little girls!!! I mean, it's like attending a BALL with Cinderella herself. Dressing up, leaving the house and pretending for a whole afternoon with other little girls...it is PURE heaven. Last year and this year I took Lucy out with her two little girly friends and their Mom's for a princess lunch. It's great. I love it. I love my two little princesses!!

Yummy treats...

I made these on an busy afternoon. They are so easy and a yummy summer treat.
I have no idea what blog I saw this on, so maybe if you're a big blog reader you probably saw it.

1. You just cut up a banana
2. freeze them with toothpicks in them (or sucker sticks if you have them?)
3. Once they are frozen then dip them in melted chocolate
4. Dip in sprinkles
5. freeze again.
6. Let them thaw about 5 min before eating.
7. Then spread out a blanket in backyard and ENJOY with your family.

Camp Kim...day 2

I have started getting educational books for Lucy from the library more then the story books we generally get. I love it because I generally learn something new too. Today it was about Lady Bugs...I learned a lot. So today was all about Lady bugs. We read the book Are You A Ladybug? and then we painted Lady Bug rocks and had a coloring page with a ladybug that I just printed off line.

Overall it was a pretty awesome day! When I have all six kids sleeping at one time for about 2 hours I want to just pat myself on the back. There are times I feel like I am a conductor of a orchestra. I have a 2 month old, 2 year old, (3) 4 year olds and a 6 year old and I think I handle it pretty well and keep everyone happy nearly all the time. I have all the older kids do exercises, then dance class and then arts and crafts, lunch and then we have "quiet time" where everyone falls asleep after our busy morning. Then the afternoon is generally outdoor play time. It was a good day.

During nap time I actually got to read for a little bit - Wow! I haven't had much time to do that lately so it felt really really good! This is my read:
It's the second book of the Hunger Games Trilogy. I read it when it first came out last September but the third book comes out in August and so I wanted to re-read it again. Oh my gosh, I love it!!! It just keeps turning the pages...at least when I get to sit and read.

Camp Kim...day 1, who knows how many to go...I'm not counting yet.

We made Jelly Fish today. I wanted to do something related to it being the first day of summer but when I saw this idea I ran with it because I thought it was to cute.

What you need: Clear contact paper, streamers, paint, string. Have the kids paint one square of contact paper on the sticky side. Then add the streamers and put another sheet of contact paper on top. Punch holes and add ribbon or string. Jelly Fish. Fun facts about jelly fish: They have no brain, the box jelly fish have 24 eyes and jelly fish never stop growing.

Craft Day...

I felt like I was productive in the craft area until about 9 weeks and 1 day ago. Then it came to a screeching halt because (hello!) I have something way more important to tend to. I saw this post on Crap I've Made and thought - "I can do that." So yesterday I did. My creative, fun, crafty side came out to say hello. My friend Danielle helped me. We made these t-shirts.

I will be busy babysitting all summer (I will resurface in the fall) and I made all the kids matching t-shirts. Cute huh? I figure it's something to get me and them excited about the summer at "Camp Kim's"

This is the girly one, I did hearts for the eyes, it was Danielle's idea - she is SO creative and crafty - a hero of mine.

Full Heart.

Yesterday morning was GORGEOUS outside, just beautiful! I woke up early and went for a walk/jog/run…didn’t get very far because I ran up to the end of Center street and then on the path that goes behind the houses and along the marsh area. There were all of the

yummy smelling flowers, singing birds and blue skies.

I couldn’t keep it to myself – I had to share this beauty!!

I went home and woke up Lucy, put some clothes on her and spent about 30-40 min pointing out birds, listening to their songs and smelling the flowers…we even saw a bunny. Who needs tight thighs when you can have such a full heart?