Movies - Seth got the Star Wars 4-6 for his birthday, so we watched the first two of those. We also watched Megamind with Sarah and Danny. We watched Little Rascals. We watched Penguins of Madagascar ... again. We went to the movie theater (Noah did great!) and watched the Iron Giant, which we all really liked. We tried to watch Zootopia at the library until Logan stuck an M&M in his nose and we had to leave to try to get it out. So, we need to finish that one.
Garden - lots of okra (wishing we planted more), summer squash, and tomatoes. We get an occasional zucchini. And some cucumbers. We really need to pick the herbs. The asparagus is going crazy - that is a huge forest. Definitely going to plant things differently next time, but we have a lot of space for fall veggies. We are getting tons of strawberries and we have a lot of watermelon growing as well.
Fun Things This Month
- Seth broke his glasses in Sunday School (!) and he has had them at the eye doctor almost all month. We need to go pick them up today.
- Awards assemblies. I already posted about Andrew. PE Award, Student Leadership Team award, Character Kid of the Year Award, Math Masters Challenge award, Ridgewood Math Fair award, President's Education Gold Award, and Honor Roll Award. He got trophies for the math fair and math masters which I am sure he will be super excited about.
- Seth's award assembly - he got the award for all S's and also got a trophy for the math fair and a certificate for participating in the science fair. The first grade awards are a lot more low key.
- Andrew had his 9 year old well check the same day - super busy day. He weighed 71.6 lbs and was 52.5 inches tall. His BMI is the 81st percentile, which I feel like is getting a little high, so we will work on portion sizes with him and being active. Otherwise, everything looked great. His vision is a not quite 20/20 in his right eye with glasses, so I bet he will need a new prescription when we go there. Need to make him an appointment.
- More & more baseball games. Seth also played two games in the tournament. By the end, he was so ready to be done! I think he progressed a lot and had fun, but I am not sure if he will do it again or not. Greenville baseball is no joke!
- Sarah and Danny got here on the evening before the last day of school. They were here for a week and a half and it was a lot of fun. The boys loved playing games and stuff with Danny and getting to spend time with their cousin and their Aunt Sarah.
- Katsu was out of town at the Diabetes conference, so the rest of us hung out and had fun.
- We went to the beach together! Going to Atlantic Beach is always great fun. I think everyone enjoyed it, though poor Danny sure got an ankle sunburn.
- We had a busy Saturday with t-ball, the walking school bus pool party, and a baseball game. Glad that not everyone had to go to everything. It was a real scorcher.
- We went to the Creamery. We went out to eat - Chinese buffet, got pizza, Chick-fil-a, our favorite ENC barbeque. We went shopping - Barnes and Noble, Sarah and I got a lot of clothes at Burlington which was fun. We went on walks and to the pool. Glad they could visit
- Went to the splash pad on a day it finally cooled down and had a blast. Noah didn't like his face getting wet (he does love the pool again, though), but he had fun running around. We'll have to go again.
- Another busy Saturday with tball, cub scout orientation, first game of baseball tournament and a pool party at our friend's house.
- Father's Day! We tried to make the day special. I did Katsu's usual Saturday chores, so he didn't have to do them. We had homemade hashbrowns and bacon for breakfast. Katsu got some presents - Andrew got him Bean Boozled - a game he loves where you eat a jelly bean and it's either a good flavor (like chocolate) or a bad flavor (like canned dog food) and they look identical. Katsu is not so sure about it ... ha ha, but the boys think it's fun. Seth got his a tabletop soccer game. Logan got him an outside horseshoes game. Noah got his a jar with hugs and kisses inside and it has words from the song "I'm so glad when daddy comes home" on it. I got him beef jerky, a card, and lots of different cheeses. We had steak for dinner which is exactly what he wanted. We also played Monopoly all morning - Seth and Andrew's new favorite game.
- Andrew had twilight Cub Scout camp all the next week from 6-9 pm at the Nature Center. He had a lot of fun. The theme was Knights of the Round Table - they made shields and hats. They did skits. They did science experiments and saw animals at the nature center. They went on a hike. They did archery and badminton and shot BB guns. On the last night, we all went and saw the skits and had some food.
- Katsu went to a 1 day conference in Raleigh.
- We went to the movie theater. It was a success - Noah sat down and enjoyed it the whole time, so we'll have to do it every week we are around town. Fun, cheap entertainment.
- Lots of days swimming.
- The boys also are supposed to do every day: 1-2 hrs active time. Workbooks (math and writing). Chores (extra for the summer). Read a book. Practice piano. It is more or less working.
- Seth's birthday was June 24th. We decorated his door and had presents and cake for breakfast. He got his Vivofit, which he is in love with. The first day, he just ran around the house and did laps and got 20000 steps. He always gets more steps than me. He has already scratched up the screen quite a bit, though, which I guess I should have expected. That kid is so hard on everything! He also got the Star Wars movie 4-6. The boys got him little presents of candy and gum. My parents got him scriptures and Ricky Ricotta boys, all of which are already well loved. The boys were fighting (!) with the scriptures on church on Sunday doing scripture chases and arguing. Sigh. Boys. Seth wanted to play video games all day. I tried to vary it up. He read lots of comic books, we watched episode 4 in the morning, but he did spend the entire afternoon playing video games. 4 straight hours! He enjoyed it! Then, we went to the Twilight camp in the evening.
- We went blueberry picking. All the boys got some, except Noah who just ate them all (to be fair, we didn't get him a bucket because we didn't think it would be worth it). It was lots of fun and the berries were yummy. We spent most of the rest of the day arguing over chores (the real main Saturday activity here), but finished in time for Andrew & Seth to go to a bowling birthday party. Then, we picked up a pizza (too hot to cook it here in the summer) and watched Episode 5 together.
- Lots of books time. Boys have been getting prizes at library - free burger & ice cream, free donut, free ice skating (haven't done that one yet).
- Katsu almost surely got his big grant!!! Yay!!! He got a good score, a couple points below the payline (the cutoff for funding), so it should get funded.
- So, Tuesday, he took the day off work, and we went to Wilson to see a baseball game. They have a college summer baseball team there - the Tobs (short for Tobacconists and believe it or not, the mascot is the tobacco worm). They were having water day, so the kids got to go down water slides and then we watched the game while eating hot dogs, chips, and drinks. Noah was in heaven. He wore his baseball hat and watche d the entire game intently. Best part - the game was only 2 hours, so it was the perfect length. Then, we drove over to the science museum and perused the galleries for an hour.
- Movie day at library - Zootopia - but as I said we had to leave early since Logan stuck an M&M in his nose and I couldn't get it out. We never could get it out. I think he sniffed it in too far and probably swallowed it, but since it will melt eventually, I think we are okay. He was pretty upset and crying for quite a while.
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