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Busy Friday

We have had one day of "summer" and it feels like we've done so much!  

We went to the library first thing Friday morning because the kids had been cut off from the school library for a week.  They were actually counting down the days until they could go - Chelan wonders if this is normal!  We actually were part of a record-setting day - 62 patrons visited the library on Friday (that's small town living for you)!  

Caiden has been busy mowing.

We moved Cambry into Delaney's room (it will be a work in progress for a while).

I sat down to give Cambry a little sewing lesson.  Admittedly, I'm probably the least qualified person to be doing this (I've sewed exactly 3 valances and 1 pillowcase in my adulthood), but one of the blogs I follow had a "Sewing with Kids" series.  The first lesson was to have her follow a maze and do a dot-to-dot with just the needle, no thread.  I figured I could handle that!  At least she can become familiar with the basics.  She LOVED it!   Here's the link:  Skip To My Lou

Arriving home on the last day of school
Caiden was pretty excited about that tote he's
carrying - it's filled with s'mores ingredients!  He
won it for being the boy with the most
Accelerated Reader points in the school.
Newly-Retired Grandpa was even waiting for the kids!
Sewing her maze

If you look closely, it's supposed to be a
sewing machine
New roommates!  They think it's neat that Cambry sleeps where
Uncle Treg used to sleep, and Delaney is on the side of the room
where Dad used to sleep!

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  1. GrammyMay 20, 2013 at 6:09 PM

    Ummmmm - sort of jealous of that Grandpa - this Grammy and Papa are missing out!
    Caiden - we are SO PROUD of you for all of your reading!!!!!

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