Asian Exploration

We had the missionaries over for dinner for Yakisboa and Gyozas.  They're some of our favorite Japanese food.  As part of the fun we decided to do some taste testing for dessert.  We bought a bunch of different flavors of Pocky sticks and Mochi.  If you've never had mochi, it's ice cream wrapped in sweet, sticky rice.  

The look of concern on Little Man's face is over the Sweet Corn Pocky sticks.  They were universally despised.  The reaction of everyone was priceless.  At one point Little Man gagged on it.  Hahaha. 

Mango mochi won as the favorite flavor that night, but we've since found a Cookies n Cream mochi that everyone loves, so I think that's the true winner. 

And of course, we love having the missionaries over for dinner. 

Kindergarten is a Hit!

This goofball is loving Kindergarten.  In true Little Guy style he says he can't remember what he did during the day, but he loved it. 

I loved his apple and worm.

He's lately been only doing "scribble scrabble" for coloring, because he can't be bothered with details and wants to get it done. 

Cactus Pear

 We tried a new fruit - the cactus pear.  We cut off the skin and tried it.  Nobody liked it.  Hahaha.  I think the hard seeds were a turn off and honestly, it didn't have much flavor.  E for Effort though, right? 

Date Nights

This month I took Little Lady out on a Mommy/Daughter date.  She wanted to play mini-golf and then get dessert at I AM (a shaved ice place).  We both definitely need to brush up on our putting skills. 

She proclaimed the Oreo shaved ice as amazing!

Little Man had a date night with his dad.  He got dessert and they brought it home to binge watch "Stranger Things."  They only made it through 2 episodes, but now they're both hooked. 

do.Good Stitches

 For August and September we made Crosscut Blocks.  The 2 for August used low volume backgrounds with bright rainbow colors for crosses.  The 2 for September used gray backgrounds and blue and green colors for crosses.  I like these blocks.  

The Season Has Begun

Little Man has started Cross Country, and Little Lady has started Volleyball.  It's so fun to watch them improve and grow in their sport of choice.

A Year Late

Because of restrictions with Covid I never got a picture of the kiddos with their teacher last year.  During Open House we ran in and had BB and Little Lady get a quick picture.  It's a bit late, but it's better than never.

(4th grade - Mrs. Hafford)

(1st grade - Miss Moriarty)

Kindergarten!!!

Since Little Guy had one extra day with his Momma I took him to My Play Cafe.  It's meant for 0-5 years old.  I couldn't help but chuckle, because Little Guy played for about 20 minutes, and then he told me he was ready to go home.  Yep.  He's all grown up and ready for school.

The day has finally come - look out, World!  Little Guy is officially in Kindergarten.

Our Kindergartener: Mrs. Boeckmann

My best friend's name is: Benny
My favorite thing to play: Legos
My favorite color: Green
My favorite book: My Star Wars Readers
My favorite TV show: Miraculous
My favorite food: Cereal or pop tarts
When I grow up I want to be: a doctor
Something I really like: playing and playing games
Something I really don't like: stuff that looks and tastes gross
My favorite thing about myself: I'm good at exercising
Something I want to do this year:I want to makeup a new game