Happy 5th Birthday, Shecklet #3!!

My sweet, sweet girl –

Wow!  Five years have gone by so fast!  I can’t believe how you continue to grow!  Your love of Jesus, others and yourself truly does bring JOY to all of us!  Your dad and I pray that you keep that spark about you that draws others to you.  We love to see you extend a friendly hand to new faces, try new things, play, experiment, cook, swim, scooter (with your unicorn helmet, of course!) learn, write and be the wonderful young girl you are!  We love you so much and can’t wait to see all that you do as a 5 year old!

XOXO

Mom

2015 - 10 October 02 -#3's 5th birthday

Friday night physics

Another Pinterest idea (from Frugal Fun 4 Boys) brought to life.  Jake thought it would be fun to paint the catapult boards, so he sprayed the girls’ pink and the boys’ green.  The kids stuck down grip tape so their shoes wouldn’t slide off when they stomped on the boards.  (Brilliant ideas by their dad, if I may say so myself!)  They all had a lot of fun figuring out where to place the fulcrum to get the best ball launch!

I originally pinned the idea to let the kids use the catapults as water balloon launchers, but tonight was a bit cool too get wet. They gladly settled for launching wiffle balls and playground balls.  Still tons of fun!

2015 - 06 June 05 - Friday Physics - Catapaults

Sunday Night Science

I’ve been pinning things to a “Fun for Kids” Pinterest board and was able to finally do one of the activities with the kids tonight.  Jake was the photographer, so I also have photo documentation of what we did.  We decided to try making slime. The kids all selected a glitter color and we made 4 batches.

2015 - 05 May 24 - Science Sunday Slime

Everyone thought it was one of the coolest things they’ve played with.  Even Shecklet #4 enjoyed it.  So much so, she broke out her hilarious giggle (that Jake was able to capture on video.)

 

Ninja Shecklets

The boys are off of school this week. In between mini study sessions we are doing things like this: 

Post-birthday/First Communion day

The whole family slept in this morning.  It was a treat to be able to get up and have a leisurely day around the house. Shecklet #1 assembled the weather station he received for his birthday.  Later, the 4 kiddos played with the saint dolls that a group of ladies (myself included) painted.  (They turned out pretty fantastic if I do say so myself!)

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May Day 2015

wpid-imag1917_burst005_cover.jpgWe had a crazy doorbell ring followed by a possible Nana sighting this evening.  Out on front stoop, the kids were surprised to find colorful popcorn containers filled with blinking rings, confetti paper and gift cards to Target with Spot the dog toys attached.  Such fun!

 

Bookworms

The view from above.

It’s one of those rare times when all four Shecklets are in the same room and there’s hardly a sound from anyone.  (We just got home from an after school library stop.)  I love how excited they are to have a set of new books!wpid-imag1893_burst005.jpg

Holy Saturday Egg Hunt

We took the kids to an egg hunt at our old parish this morning. We arrived slightly after the event began and it looked like there were plenty of eggs to go around.  Unfortunately, by the time we went inside, dropped off our food shelf donations and went back outside, all but a couple of eggs had been collected.  I felt pretty bummed for my kids (especially since other children were walking around with baskets over-flowing with eggs) but they didn’t seem to mind.  I really am proud of their behavior in situations like that.  They could have easily thrown a tantrum or gotten emotional over not being able to find any eggs, but instead, they just rolled with it and moved on.  Perhaps one silver-lining that they discovered once we went back in the building to have a treat and work on a couple of crafts, is that this year, they had REAL bunnies for the kids to have their photo taken with.

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Gymnastics at Grandma’s

During a visit to Grandma & Grandpa’s house, Shecklet #3 discovered her Auntie Stacie’s old gymnastics outfits.  She had so much fun making costume changes and doing “gymnastics moves” on the gym mat that Grandma Patti laid out in the family room.

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