Somewhere Fun - Friday

I decided to take the kids to the Movie . This was us right before we left .

Those three can drive me right up the wall on the best of days,but I wouldn't give them away for anything .They make my heart sing . I just want to squeeze those cheeks of theirs.

I love black and whites . They had no idea where we were going and I made a point of driving by the pool and golf course first then to the theatre .YAY . Big meanie .

(Trying to remember just how important it is to get me in the odd picture from time to time.)
We brought home some theatre popcorn to make some popcorn cake . A shared secret of one of the pre school moms . Salty but sweet treat . You will see us enjoying this treat on tomorrows adventures.

Be Thoughtful - Thursday

We were thoughtful by helping dad move the sprayer to have tires changed and then dad was thoughtful enough to spent the rest of his afternoon at the pool with us with no cell phone . 

What's Cooking - Wednesday

Today the Big kids had Literacy class . So Addy goes in morning and Dman goes in afternoon. Although Addy had a play date in afternoon. So that made a free afternoon for mom and the little kids. Its been a while since I had a few hours just for them I must admit it was very nice. We spend some time at the library then headed to the park. 

You two loved having moms FULL attention . 

 LOVE this one of you buck with your big toothy grin . You make my world shine .

well a tough day at the play park would have any girls shorts hanging low. 

Finally the what's Cooking portion of this post . PIZZA a family fave . I had made the dough the night before  the kids pretty much did the rest sauce ,meat ,mushrooms , green peppers , fresh herbs , and cheese ...wait that was my toppings they are boring cheese and meat . Have to point out that just as our preheat oven beeped at us our power went out . We did find out that a  transformer blew so that left us to BBQ the pizza which is always yummy. 

Time to READ - Tuesday

Time to read Tuesday . We had all read silently , out loud , and too each other for a hour and half today . We planned Bananagrams as it was a different learning experience for each of the kids. Dayton was developing words and practising spelling ,while Addyson would tell us a word we would tell her how to spell so she could recognize the letters and Isabelle just thought she was doing it all . 

Dman and his list of words . He had a thing going with three letter words .

 Addyson had a interesting bunch of words .

 Isabelle was just too cute as well as tired as afternoon naps are slowly disappearing .

 This was a look at moms and dads after supper cocktail after a long hot day a nice cold beverage . Its my version of a strawberry Mojito will share the recipe very soon as I am very sure this will be had again ... soon.love having my own fresh mint plant growing at our door step.

Summer Time on the FARM

Hello ...... What a long time since I have blogged but no excuses and let me get right back at it as I have missed it oh so much . First of all ITS SUMMER TIME. I have been waiting oh too long for this as last year I was robbed of half of my summer but a wonderful gift of my gorgeous little man was the treasure in the end.
How are the Jones spending the summer. well we headed out to Calgary to pick Dman home spend a few days near Canmore at a wonderful campsite. Besides some crappy weather and a few other minor issues   It was nice to just get away.
Now that we are at home and back to the grind of things this is how we have been rolling . Literacy class Wednesdays  . We have been carrying out a wonderful schedule to keep our weekdays busy by using this little weekly guide I adapted from somewhere in blog land not remembering right at this moment but if I figure it out will share .
MONDAYS -Make something  Monday
TUESDAYS - Time to read Tuesday
WEDNESDAY - What's cooking Wednesday
THURSDAY -BE thoughtful Thursday
FRIDAY - Somewhere fun Friday
This has been keeping the kids plenty busy by asking mom what's tomorrow for . We also have been doing the SMASH journals on our own schedules as we do not get the early summer holidays like in the U.S. so we have been going along with Tami a couple a day here or whatever suits our fancy because we can. She has great guides and I highly recommend this kids summer journal I am also doing one but have picked my up at Target its the black journal .
I am preparing for Little Mans big 1 birthday and Dman's 9th birthday that is fast approaching .Sniff ... sniff.. We hosted a Canada Day BBQ at our house this year . Between Swimming lessons and life I am sure we can manage to fill up the rest of those days quite fast.
Leave you with a picture of us at Banff .

I will make sure to make a camping in Alberta update soon too.

Just in case you forgot who we are ....

Are we overprotective ?????

I always think about this do we worry too much about our children at what point did we think we had such a bad upbringing . I saw this quote

                                                              ( PINTEREST QUOTE )
 and it got me thinking as well as I had a chance to watch Bubble Wrap kid on TV the other night  (on Slice network for anyone that wishes to check it out. ).
Since when did we feel that our kids need helmets to ride their bike , and fear them to do anything on their own and if we do become adventurous and let our little precious ducklings do something we get  frowned upon by others. I remember the days when I would cross the highway and then the railway tracks to get to my friends house . Yeah I remember being scared the first few times doing it but I did on my own and quite often told to be back home by dark . Remember those days heading off on your bike to the park or for a bike ride and told be home by dark . Well that would be really crazy these days do say that to our kids . See yeah later be home home by dark . Is this why its been so easy to keep our children in playing video games , being online , or watching TV . Instead of finding the next adventure or building a tree house , or be free simply to do whatever we want in the big bad world as we see today .
When did we all become so precious ? And what makes our childhood so dark and dangerous . For  the most part I think I turned out quite fine . Kudos to mom and dad.