First Day of School 2022-2023

First Day of School 2022-2023

7th, 5th, 2nd, 1st

Summer Fun - learning edition

I realized, in early August, that we hadn't practiced any math facts this summer.  Oops! So I decided to do a 2 week math challenge with the kids. We were going to refresh those math facts these last 2 weeks of summer. Each kid had to practice math facts every week day and earn their sticker.  Monday thru Friday, 2 weeks, 10 stickers total. If they earned all 10 stickers, I would buy then their own Chick-fil-A milkshake. They were highly motivated! They haven't ever had one and they didn't have to share.

Each of them EARNED their own CFA Milkshake

School starts on Monday

 

Summer Fun - Surf City Edition

We've also had A LOT of fun in Surf City this summer. We have enjoyed staying at our beach house every weekend since Memorial Day. So many family memories have been made. We have also made a lot of friends here on our street and also invited friends out (most days we are here) for a beach day. Here are some highlights from the past few months.

Fishing with our friend, Ian.

Finding all the sharks teeth

Kayaking

All the family meals

Our Wilmington neighbor, Mr. George, coming out one Sunday

Brunch with Steeve & Becky

Seeing a turtle nest hatch and the excavation

The kitchen tile going up

All the sunrises and sunsets

Enjoying coffee on the porch with my man

Summer Fun - Wilmington Edition

I'm doing some summer catch up. We've had such a fun summer and it must be documented for our family photo album (ie. this blog). Here are the photo highlights.

A rare family photo - taken at a Haiti Awake Sponsors Appreciation Picnic.

The second week of July, Lily went to FUGE camp, with a group from our church. 

Ella did some cooking school with Benny and Wren while Lily was off at camp.

Kayla & Lily loving camp on the Galaxy Night.

We've met friends at the Wrightsville Beach Touch Tank once a month. We've intentionally met some mom's who have their hands full with littles.  These Mom's are kind of where we were 6 years ago - 4 kids under the age of 5. We've helped them enjoy the touch tank by helping with the littles.

We've been to the library more times that I can recall or count.

Ella really loves to help however she can in the kitchen. She enjoys thinking up new recipes. She tweaked one of our favorite cookie recipes and created Darth Chocolate Cookies (also a Star Wars fan).

We've done a lot of reading this summer. The kids each earned their free book through the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program.

We are loving our Aquarium membership, thanks to NHC DSS Foster Care. We took a day and visited the NC Fort Fisher Aquarium - always a favorite!

We picked up our neighbor one morning and she came with us to the Cape Fear Museum. A little brother just joined their family so we gave her mom a break. That was so fun!

Benny is loving all things Star Wars. He is always making something new with his Lego's. He also has been using A LOT of tape and foil to make creations.  This is his Boba Fett helmet. I joked with him that I may be wrapping up tape and foil for his upcoming birthday. He didn't think that was a good idea.

We went to Poplar Grove Farmer's Market one Wednesday. It's really fun looking at all the vendors and their local products. The girls decided to spend their own money on a fresh squeezed lemonade. The Poplar Grove grounds are open to the public on farmer's market mornings, so we also headed over to the stables to see all the animals - another of our favorite things to do.

We LOVE summer!