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More of our sensory boxes.  This time we played with Easter grass.  :)  It is so much messy fun. 

Even Kevin got in on the decorator hair fad.  I think the orange and purple hair looks good. 

 

Here is one of three storage stools I made for the kids' room.  They are perfect size seating for kids, plus storage for dress up/costume clothes.  They only took about 10 minutes each to make.  And the cost was minimal (I already had the crates and the fabric).  

 Zoe and Wyatt coloring on the Aquadoodle. 

 Zoe went to the "drive-in" movies.  She loved her car.  She decorated the side herself.  I wrote her name out and she painted it with dot art.  And then added a dot border.

Baking cookies with Zoe's neighborhood friend.

Then we made some fun milk glasses and sat down for a cookie snack...unfortunately it was too dark and the snack pictures didn't turn out.

Our trip to Charleston

There is an alligator on that little island in front of the kids.  We sat there and watched it for a while.  We went to two different parks on our long walk.  (Frank actually asked if we made it back to Spartanburg yet).

We went to the Children's Museum of the Low Country.  Unlike the one in Greenville, it is smaller and with a focus more on the younger kids.  Completely manageable with four kids.   All four kids painted.  Zoe missed the paper at one point.  Frank helped Wyatt wash his hands.

This was the Physics Room.  Or as the kids called it, the Golf Ball Room.  

 In the Water Play Room, Zoe and Wyatt enjoyed the chalkboard painting.  Zoe has her smock on. 

I am very thankful for kids who travel well.  We certainly have racked up a lot of miles so far this year.  So far, there is only one big trip left on the calendar...Michigan for Christmas.  I really can't wait to see my Michigan family.  I have not been able to go the last several years as we have sorted out other plans.  This trip has been on the calendar for almost two years now.  Maybe next year we will make a trip back up to New York to see Pauline (or get her to come down this way).  I am also hoping we have another big trip or two next year.

We are all back home now.  Kevin had yet another schedule change.  We are working to adjust to that as a family.  The kids are pretty sure daddy is supposed to be home for story time before bed.  Hopefully, in a few more days they will get used to our new routine. 

Zoe started preschool a few weeks ago.  For now, she goes one day a week.  When Wyatt starts they will go between one and three days a week depending on the schedule Kevin and I have for the week.  Yes, unfortunately, our schedules are such a mess at the moment, that everything changes from one week to the next. 

Wyatt seems to be enjoying speech.  He hasn't made a lot of verbal progress, but the therapist is working on signing (and we are reinforcing it at home).  I still intend to write a separate post about this...and it might happen eventually.

I head back to school the 16th.  Can't believe it is coming up this fast.  I will be full time, so we will see how that works for us as a family.

Kevin is working on his certification class for work right now.  He will finish that course and certification test sometime this fall.  Then we will decide what class or program he would like to start next.

Since we have a new schedule, speech, early intervention, Kevin's class, school starting, and preschool, I have taken a break from Facebook.  I will be gone for a minimum of 30 days while I focus on getting our family adjusted to the new schedule.  If you need to get a hold of me, I would prefer text or a phone call.  And you can always leave a comment on the blog.