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congrats dani!
i'd like to give a shout out to my sister-in-law daniela.....congrats on you're recently acquired american citizenship!
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the past few weeks
We've had a lot of fun with CILC. At Cloverbuds we learned about dinosaurs. Clover and Fynn spent a lot of time at the fossil-making station imprinting leaves and dinos into playdough. Fynn asked me to read about 75 names of different dinos in this magazine, which was difficult and hilarious ( Read more... ) -
planet day
we met at the rec center today with CILC. each family chose a planet, found it's book and coordinating model, and did some research. then we went around the circle, each of the children/parent groups choosing interesting facts about their planet to share. fynn and clover chose jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system that has 63 moons! ( Read more... ) -
CILC October
We haven't been participating in CILC very often since the "school" year started. Between a lot of traveling and some drawn out illnesses it's been difficult. But a few weeks ago we made it for Tree Day and had a blast. We met outside at the Nature Center in Blue Ash and Maria gave each kid a book. In the book was an outline of different leaves ( Read more... ) -
picture time!
finally, catching up on pictures!
troy and fynn with the shuttle smoke behind them - troy and fynn after the fishing trip
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When it rains, it pours - Coming Home
Yesterday was awful awful awful. We left at 5AM as planned, but just a few hours into the trip we blew a tire. Troy had to lay in the rain and wet ground to get the spare from underneath the van and get it on. Then we had to search for a tire place (in a town where no one seemed to know their left from their right, literally) and wait to be able ( Read more... ) -
Florida day #4
It was overcast and off and on rainy all day, but we still managed to have tons of fun! Early in the morning we dropped Fynn and Troy off at Critter Fleet for their half day fishing excursion. The girls and I spent the morning at the house playing and packing and doing laundry. At noon we picked them up (they caught a few fish and a shark!) And ( Read more... ) -
Florida day #3
First thing in the morning....well, after bacon and eggs....we went to Daytona to play on the beach. Again, the water was perfect and the waves were thrilling fun! The tide was out but left some fabulous tide pools for us to lay and play in. Troy, Fynn and Clover tried to build sand castles but Audrey wanted to knock them down ( Read more... ) -
florida day #2
this morning nana made eggs and bacon for breakfast before heading out with mimps for therapy. troy and i got the kids ready and piled in the car to go south to titusville. we arrived at the space park about an hour before the launch and found a spot. it was super crowded and getting hot, but luckily we were in some shade ( Read more... )
