Gaga and Papa's Visit: July 27, 2016

We had such a fun visit with Gaga and Papa.  Out to dinners, building, cooking and exercising!

July 2016 Pictures

More random pictures from July 2016.

The Basque Family Workers

Cindy was in town for a conference and turned it into a longer weekend to visit with Ken joining her. Alan and Ken took advantage of the time to build some shelves in the garage. Simon was SO excited to help with the building, but unfortunately had been having a terrible string of bedtimes (like 2+ hours) so he had to go to day care instead of helping. Luckily the guys had a bit of work to finish up on Saturday. After a very good Friday night bedtime Simon was SO EXCITED to help with construction.

Aunt Kathy Visit: July 21-24

Auntie Kathy came to visit and we had a great time. She brought crazy goggles for the kids and they LOVE them and for the first day wouldn't take them off.  Just us adults tried to go out on the town for an evening and on a boat tour to see the fireworks, but the weather had other ideas and a lightening storm with torrential downpours stopped the boats from going out on the lake. It was a fun time and we had natural fireworks!

Simon has shark goggles and Lillian has dougnut goggles.

Kathy and Colleen - Aunts extraordinaire - got the kids lollipops as big as their faces.
Those are two happy kids.

We didn't get one with Kathy included! :( 

CCC Pictures of Lillian and Simon

Hi Emily and Alan,

This week was very productive, especially because we had some hot days where we couldn't play outside. We made the best of this heat wave and came up with a variety of activities that were engaging and educational! Earlier in the week, we worked a lot on math activities and challenged our one to one correspondence and problem solving skills. We enjoyed water play early in the week, which is so great to enjoy with good friends and releases lots of energy. 

As the days got warmer and we couldn't be outside, we enjoyed plenty of gross motor and science activities indoors. We worked on our core strength on Wednesday during movement class by walking on a balance beam. We also enjoyed going through an obstacle course using tunnels, balance beams and hopping. We really enjoyed playing a game of bean bag toss! It was so tricky to get the bags into the holes but we worked hard. 

We made marshmallow playdough that was really fun to mold and squish (and even taste!) using marshmallows, corn starch, coconut oil and food coloring. We had a great time helping mix and form the dough. We also did some ice melting experiments: first, we guessed what would happen to a bucket of ice that was left out in the hot sun. We also explored animals and dinosaurs that were frozen in a block of ice. We chipped away and used warm water to melt the ice and free the animals. 

Cooking class was awesome this week! We made tuna salad sandwiches and, surprisingly, many of us loved it! We mixed up tuna with mayonnaise and cucumbers and then spread it on a slice of bread - yum! 

We also enjoyed show and tell this week and it was so fun to share our special toys from home. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Children's Creative Center

CCC Pictures of Lillian and Simon

Hi Emily and Alan,

This week was a great week. We spent a lot of time outdoors, playing in the water and on the playground. We enjoyed yoga on Wednesday and did a wonderful job stretching our bodies and relaxing our minds. We also enjoyed a few art projects like creating dragonflies out of clothing pins and pipe cleaners and making a purple fish with glue and purple sand. Cooking class was a success as well - we really love being able to make our own delicious snacks to eat!

Enjoy!

Children's Creative Center

Hair cuts at Hair Cuttery for both kids

Goal is to grow out Lillian's hair, but it's an awkward length right now. She loves the idea of wearing a hair clip but usually takes it out to look at it after a few minutes.  She was just as serious and silent getting her hair cut this time as she was the first time. She refused to get her hair washed but enjoyed watching Simon get his hair washed. Simon had a blast and asked a million questions of the lady. 

Sibling Photo Shoot Spring 2016

Jenn took these amazing pictures of the kiddos this spring. I love how much it reflects their personalities. If you want full size picture please let me know and I'll send it.

Swinging in the Park

Pictures of Simon and Lillian from CCC end of June

HI Alan and Emily,

The past two weeks have been so busy and fun here at CCC. We have been really enjoying our water play days and running around on the playground. We also look forward to our enrichment classes, especially our cooking classes. Last week, we made a red, white and blue yogurt parfait using strawberries, blueberries and yogurt. This week we made cinnamon apply twirlies using tortillas, cream cheese, apples and cinnamon. Our yoga/movement classes have been becoming better and we are working hard to balance our bodies and stretch our limbs. What a great summer we've been having!

Enjoy!

Children's Creative Center