Marla's Visit- Children's Museum

We used our membership, thanks, Mom! The kids really enjoyed themselves and we enjoyed watching them. They both really really liked the pretend play.

Marie-Anne

Marla's Visit- Children's Museum

We used our membership, thanks, Mom! The kids really enjoyed themselves and we enjoyed watching them. They both really really liked the pretend play.

Marie-Anne

Marla's Visit- Barnes and Noble

Mom and I took the kids to Barnes and Noble. My kids really like to go there to read and play with the toys.

Marie-Anne

Marla's Visit- Bighorn Sheep

We took my Mom to see the herd of bighorn sheep at Hemenway Park, in Boulder City. She was amazed.

I really like the view with Lake Mead in the background.

Marie-Anne

Marla's Visit- Chuck E Cheese

Mom and I took the kids to Chuck E Cheese. They had so much fun.

Sabrina caught the shark! She was super excited!

Marie-Anne

Marla's Visit- Sabrina's flowers

Mom bought Sabrina some flowers to pass out to her friends at Smiths and to other customers. Sabrina has decided that all the workers at Smiths are her friends and she goes to each and every worker to say hi and call them by name. Many of them have told me how cute and sweet she is.

Marie-Anne

Marla's Visit- Crystal Palace Skating Rink

Mom got to watch me and the kids skate. I am sure she was bored after a while, but they enjoyed showing off for Nana.

The kids and I love skating. I wish they had the Summer Passes available year round.

Marie-Anne

Marla's Visit- 4th of July

Since my Mom was here for the 4th of July, we took her to the bluffs to see the fireworks, The picture is blurry, but we had a panoramic view of the valley. She was in awe.

I spent twice as much on fireworks as I did last year. I spent a whopping $4 on sparklers and poppers. Normally we just watch other people burn their money.

Marie-Anne

Sunday School

The kids had a fun Sunday School class where they got to make animal masks. I hope more kids start coming soon. We have had to put the Bible Kids' Club on hold for now because the other kids who were coming moved out of state.

Marie-Anne

Spread the Word Nevada- book cleaning

Spread the Word Nevada gives gently used books to kids who attend schools where the majority of the kids are on free or reduced lunch. For many of these kids the free book they get once a month is the only age appropriate books they own.  http://spreadthewordnevada.org/

 

Alex, Sabrina, and I recently helped with a book cleaning. We checked the books for damage, wiped them down, removed stickers... Now that Summer is over, we plan to do a book cleaning about once a month.

Marie-Anne

Lego Club at the library

The kids both enjoy the library's Lego Club. Sometimes they have a theme and other times it is free play- either way it's Lego!

Marie-Anne

Wayne's Visit- Bounce U

The kids think that no visit from GrandPapa is complete without a trip to a bouncy house place! So we visited Bounce U. Several times the kids got free passes to Bounce U for visiting our library- NICE!

Marie-Anne

Wayne's Visit- Springs Preserve

We haven't been to Springs Preserve in a long time so we decided to take Wayne! We have never visited the Nevada State Museum part of it before so it was a nice change. Sabrina loved the hands on crafts.

Of course, we also enjoyed the parts of the museum we have seen. Both kids spent a long time on the changing landscape display.  The flash flood part was also a good reminder.

Marie-Anne

Wayne's Visit- Hermit Crabs

Alex and Sabrina used some money they saved and some money Grand Papa gave them to buy hermit crabs. We got a bunch of books from the library to help us learn about their new pets.

Marie-Anne

Wayne's Visit (June)- Children's Museum

Still playing catch up with the blog.

Wayne visited us two months ago. While he was here we used our membership to the Children's Museum. The kids had a blast.

Marie-Anne

Whitney Ranch Library

We met some friends at Whitney Ranch Library. We had never been to this library, it had a nice children's section. Sabrina played with her friend with the kitchen and Lego. Alex and Angel played games on the computer. Neither kid wanted to leave.

Marie-Anne

Pools

This Summer we have been to several pools multiple times. The kids absolutely love going to the pool, any pool.

We were invited to a friend of Sabrina's birthday pool party.

Another friend invited us to a pool that they had access to. The kids had a wonderful time with their friends.

About twice a month, we met the homeschool group at a local indoor public pool. They want to continue going there even after Summer is over. This Friday is our last time meeting there as a group for the Summer.

We were also invited to our friend Stacey's several times to enjoy her pool and have lunch.

Marie-Anne

Homeschool Group- Pool Party

We joined the homeschool group for a pool party. Frank taught the kids to doggie paddle. Then we left them to play while we visited with other parents, ( in shallow part, lifeguards were on duty). We all had a good time.

Marie-Anne