P

The activities of “P” day took place several days ago over a span of several days. My computer has been giving me problems lately so I have not been able to share all of our activities and photos.

Our “P” day activities started with a swim in the pool. Karin and Caleb love to swim so they were excited when they could go to the pool to work on one of the letters.

 

After our swim we went to Pizza Hut for lunch. The kids earned some free pizza coupons for all of the reading they did this summer. This was the perfect “P” day lunch… especially the free part.

(For some reason my computer is not allowing me to paste pictures right now. I will add them when I can- there are some cute ones.)

For afternoon snack we made some popcorn. We are all popcorn lovers in this family so it didn’t take much to convince the kids that we should make some to celebrate the day. As we were enjoying our special snack Caleb, Karin, and I played a rousing game of Pop the Pig. Braelyn enjoyed playing too as she kept running away with the little hamburger pieces.

Karin was able to celebrate “P” day by going to Pirate Camp one morning. She loved it! When I picked her up after a couple of hours of camp she was dressed like a pirate and picking a snack out of a treasure chest.

While Karin was at camp Caleb, Braelyn, and I went to the park. We ran the course at Safety City and played on the playground.

Before we picked up Karin we went to the Post Office to mail a package. Caleb was so excited to go since Post Office starts with a “P.” I think the lady working behind the counter thought we were a bit crazy with all of our excitement at being at the Post Office.

We also read some books that started with a “P.” We read: Peek-A-Boo Pets, Pat the Bunny, Penguins, and Planting a Rainbow.

And here’s Caleb with the letter “P.”

Now that school is back in session we will be working on our activities as time allows. The kids are excited about finishing up the alphabet and moving on to new adventures.

O

This summer has proven to be busier than expected. The kids and I just got back from a week long visit with my family in VA. While we were gone we didn’t spend too much time working on our letters. Caleb and Karin wanted to play with Daddyman and their cousins… the letters just didn’t seem all that important to them. Go figure!!

                 

For “O” day we went to the ocean. It just seemed like the best way to learn about “O”. The kids had so much fun playing in the sand and splashing in the waves. We blew up beach balls and rafts and just played in the sun.

We also ate Oreos for the perfect “O” day snack. 

The “O” books we read for the day were: Ok Go, Officer Buckle and Gloria, and Old MacDonald Has A Woodshop.

And our sign for the day…

N

We took a little break from our alphabet adventures as we went on a family adventure. I decided not to work on our letters during our trip partly because I didn’t know what we would find and partly because I didn’t have a computer to post anything while we were gone. We are home now and ready to continue with our alphabet adventures.

We got home late Wednesday night so I told the kids they could sleep in on Thursday. I also didn’t think they would want to get back in the car on Thursday so we decided to have a Do Nothing Day. Aside from getting some laundry done, we really did nothing.

Caleb asked if we could make noodles for dinner since noodles starts with “n”. Caleb picked the noodle shape he wanted and the kids helped me pick fresh herbs from our garden for the sauce. We had a yummy, simple, perfect Do Nothing Day meal.

On Friday we decided to continue our “N” day fun. We drove to the Nature Center and spent some time looking at and exploring the hands-on exhibits, watching a video, and reading stories. Caleb liked the two-headed snake and Karin liked making the bird calling noises. Braelyn seemed to enjoy the area where she could crawl around on the carpet and play with the cloth bugs.

After we were done inside we decided to head out to the trail and take a nature walk. In the morning, Caleb and I came up with a list of things to look for while we were on our walk. We took out our list and started searching. We found (but did not pick up since we left nature where we found it): an acorn, a leaf, a caterpillar, a nest, a spider web, a stick, a foot print (we were looking for animal but found human), and a bird. The only thing on our list that we did not see was an animal.

When we got back in the car Caleb suggested we have Nachos for lunch. Karin doesn’t really like Nachos so she had leftover noodles.

After quiet time Caleb wanted to look at the nest in our backyard (from our little birdies that flew away). So, we took it down and looked at how it was made. Bird nests really are pretty amazing to look at.

We did read some “N” books: Never Talk to Strangers, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, and Nursery Rhymes.

And here is the sign for “N."

Back to our adventures

We've been out of town for the past couple of weeks and put our adventures on hold. Now that we are back we are starting again... with the letter "N".

Stay tuned for our "N" day adventures...

M

I am a bit late getting our “M” day adventures posted. We spent a couple of days on “M”. This is what we did…

The first thing we did was make a Mixed-Up Messy Cake. Caleb and Karin helped me make the cake and put it in the oven.

Once the cake was baked and cooled, Caleb and Karin helped me decorate the cake. I put several different types of candies and cake toppings in bowls and let them decorate the cake however they wanted. The cake was beautiful and delicious!!

For snack on “M” day we just had to get a milkshake. Caleb picked chocolate and Karin picked bamilla (or vanilla in layman’s terms). YUM!!

Caleb had a great idea for “M” day. He said, “Hey, do you remember when we went to the Discovery Playhouse and tried to find something that started with every letter? Can we do that at the mall? Mall starts with M you know.” So that’s what we did.

This is what we came up with…

AT&T booth
Books
Cookies
Doors
Exit
Flag
Games
Hurricane simulator
Ice cream
Jewelry
Kids Bee Fit (Karin’s exercise class)

Lion

Mop

Numbers

Old Navy

Playground

Quarter

Rings

Shoes

Tractor

Umbrella

Verizon dealer

Wellness Connection

X shape made with string (Caleb found this on a picture ad for a store)

Yellow sign

Zebra striped cell phone cover

Our time at the mall was pretty fun. I got a little exercise walking around the mall and then Caleb and Braelyn got to play in the play area

while Karin was in her exercise class.

I also got the kids a cookie before we left the mall. Karin loves sugar cookies with pink sprinkles, Caleb is a fan of chocolate chip, and Braelyn just loves cookies.

We also made muffins for another "M" day treat. We made Daddy’s favorite recipe (well, Grandma’s recipe that Daddy loves). They certainly didn’t last long.

We read our “M” books (My Big World Book, My Brother, Matthew, and My First Bible) and Caleb taught us the sign for “M”.

The next couple of weeks are going to be kind of crazy for our Alphabet Adventures. Caleb has Cowboy Camp and Karin has VBS so our letter days will be choppy. Stay tuned for the rest of our adventures. We have some more fun activities planned.

 

L

We made a decision in the morning that “L” day would be a lazy day. The kids got home late Sunday night after a weekend at Grandma’s and they were tired. They had to get up early for swimming lessons but they didn’t really seem to have too much energy otherwise. We figured it was a perfect lazy day.

After swimming lessons we went to the video store to pick up a movie. We were looking for the Lion King but apparently someone never returned the movie. So, we got Leave it to Beaver instead.

When we got home we took out our Lincoln Logs and Little People and just played on the living room floor while watching movies.



Caleb's House



Karin's House

After a wonderful, lazy day we decided to make a truly perfect “L” day dinner. We made lasagna and herbed dinner rolls (Miss Jennifer’s amazing recipe). Karin also helped me make limeade. For dessert we ate strawberry licorice. Okay, so it wasn’t the best combination of foods but it was an all around “L” meal. 

We extended “L” day to Tuesday and went to the library. Tuesday is the day the kids help me deliver library books to people who are unable to get to the library themselves. Before checking for deliveries I let the kids play for a while in the children’s section.

Sand Table with Magnetic Cars and Boats

We also checked for “L” books. We found: Little People On The Farm, Lions, and Lionel Bakes a Cake.

And the sign for the day is…