End of the summer

Continuation of our summer:

Here's a quick photo recap of the last part of summer:

 

Tanner purchased a bug city to hold all his bugs. This kid will find bugs in the house and take them to the city. I love it! He's gotten quite a few in there. 

Gemma's potty training chart! After two accidents and a whole lot of Frozen stickers, I'd consider this girl pretty well potty trained. She did have issues with constipation but we worked that out. She can wear underwear and do just fine. I've taken her to a few parks to test her and she's done great. I really thought this was going to fail miserably so I am quite surprised.

Ashton started first grade on Monday. To ease the kids back in, the school is only until 12noon-ish. Well, then the hurricane started coming so Ashton had two mornings of school and probably won't have it until next week again. Poor kid! She cried when I told her school was cancelled and piano lessons were cancelled.

Lydia is now big enough to reach the knife block during baths. Guess I should think about moving those.

Target had a slime kit on clearance for two dollars a few months ago. I grabbed it thinking it'd make a fun activity. The kids enjoyed it, except Gemma. She didn't like the texture of it and instead played with playdough.

Another item on our summer bucket list was tie-dye shirts. I found tie dye at the Dollar Store and we had some older white shirts to use so it was a cheap activity. It actually went better than I thought it would. The kids loved doing it and wearing them!

Ashton and Gemma really love helping in the kitchen. Anytime I get a bowl out, I have two instant helpers. I love these pictures and hope they remember the good moments in the kitchen.

We organized a fun water day in the backyard. A few neighbors came over as well. We found these two water things on sale for $20 and said, "it's worth it!" This was back before COVID and it has been a lifesaver this summer. Except for the grass that died under the slip-n-slide.

Also on our summer bucket list was butterflies. The kids enjoyed watching them this time around. When we did it previously, the butterflies stuck around on our fingers when we released them but these ones flew right away. Honestly, so would I if I was released around three loud kids.

 Tanner is fascinated with any type of disaster/destruction. Titanic has been a recent one so we made one out of cardboard boxes. With the hurricane approaching, he's been wishing it will come to see the destruction. He also loves to watch tornado destruction videos.