The Tree

This summer the kids participated in the Library Summer Reading Festival.  They were required to read a little over 7 hours and if they completed the minutes they'd win a  whole slew of prizes.  Well, Bailey finished in less than a week (and still continues to read at least an hour a day) but she wanted to wait until Gregory finished his chart too.  Gregory still hasn't finished his, but we went to the library a few weeks ago to collect Bailey's loot.  One of the prizes was a coupon from Learning Express for one of these lovely trees.  We had to stop by there to pick up something so we also took our coupon for Bailey's tree.

Here's the kit

Bailey got it all set up

And we waited for it to grow

Pretty nifty, eh?

Gregory took this shot of her next to her tree

It'll continue to "grow", but I'm thinking it is looking pretty good already!  Nice work Sweets with your reading and your tree!

Getting Ready!

School is (kinda) around the corner so I took the kids shopping today to pick up a few essentials.  Actually, Gregory woke up this morning and was surfing the internet for the stuff he wanted and I didn't want to pay for shipping so we went on a search before we were left with slim pickings!  We had to go to four stores, but we managed to find everything we needed.  

Skylander Giants and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles we on his MUST HAVE list

Bailey ended up with a lot of OWL stuff.  Quite cute ~

Here they are ready to roll!  (Does this mean I get to send them to school tomorrow??!)

They wanted you all to see their backpacks on the back while they are facing backwards

Our New Pets!

Worms!  Now this is my kinda pet!

This morning we made worm habitats ~ we wanted to watch the worms tunnel through the layers of sand and dirt.  After our houses were made we went out to the yard to dig up some worms, but we only found ONE!  When it rains out our street is COVERED with worms and today when we need them we only found ONE!  Well, that didn't go over very well at our house so we were on a search...Let me tell you, worms are hard to come by!  After running around town, we finally called Grandma and she suggested Walmart.   We called over there and they had some in their sporting goods section (bait).  We picked up a container and came home to put them in their new homes!

Bailey ready to fill her habitat with worms

Notice she is managing the worms just fine

Gregory, on the other hand, refused to touch them

So Bailey helped him out

To give them a little privacy, they made screens and we wrapped their homes in them.  We'll have to take a picture once the worms have burrowed down into the dirt.  

Daddy's New Toy

Daddy got a new mower!

And helpers!

To mow our beautiful lawn!

Day in San Francisco

Today the kids and I spent the day in San Francisco!  We woke up, had breakfast and headed to Walnut Creek to catch the BART to San Francisco!  We had a fun-filled day ~ lunch with Daddy, visit the the Exploratorium, treats at the Ferry Building (they have vegan donuts AND chocolate sorbet!), visit to Daddy's office and a ride on the BART train too!  Mommy is POOPEDOLA, but we had a great time!  

Here we are waiting for our train

The kids got themselves all spiffied up

First we stopped by Daddy's office!

He didn't have much time, but he was able to have a quick lunch with us (Okay, I wanted to try this place at the Farmer's Market, but the kids wanted ~ ready? ~ Taco Bell!)  

After lunch the kids and I walked to the Exploratorium!

We spent a couple of hours there playing with all the neat exhibits

Still not finished seeing everything!

Here the kids are trying to make a dixie cup fly