Summer is winding down

I'm trying to get all caught up on the last few summer blogs before school starts. I have them all scheduled out to post every day this week!

Taylor always seems to get a hold of the camera. I actually don't mind as much as I thought because she gets some pretty cute videos like the one above. Just a nice summer evening in the neighborhood. I LOVE it!

And here is another of my MANY shout outs to the literacy center! USE THEM!! They are awesome! I especially love them for my pre-kindergartners. I have never done preschool. I just do this program that is a free, 45 minutes, twice a week, and my kids know how to read before kindergarten, and I mean really read! It is awesome! Once they are in school we only do the summer program, but I have heard, and definitely assume that the reading and math tutoring during the school year is fantastic! So especially you moms of 4 year olds, you have to do it! These ladies are amazing!

K...that was a bigger shout out than I thought it was gonna be...I definitely need to call and write to the city about how wonderful it is! Anyway, here is their end of the year picnic. It was a blast!!







We LOVE ALL the tutors at the literacy center, but some of them have had all 3 of the girls and we really appreciate and love them! :)

Kierra missed out on the face painting at the picnic so Kaylee did her own creation on Kierra!
It was pretty cute!


The last few days we have had some pretty fun rain storms...and what is the best thing to do on a rainy day? Go out and get struck by lightening!! No...there was no lightening this day, but check out those rain clouds. The girls had a blast in the warm rain!




Homemade playdough on a rainy Sunday is always fun too!



And we had to do one last trip to the zoo before school starts. Which of course means we had to take all of the exact same pictures that we do every time. I should go back and link you through all of my zoo pictures. In fact all of us zoo goers should go through and link together ALL of these poses that I'm sure are exactly the same! :) Really I wasn't going to worry about pictures too much, but they just knew the routine this time. :)






And I guess that is the end of summer! My kids are very very excited for the new school year, so I do get excited for them, but I have to say this year I'm kinda sad to see them go! We have had a lot of fun together and although I'm excited for routine and to have my house back to myself a little bit, I am really really gonna miss my 3 girls! Kierra and Thomas are really gonna miss them. I'll miss the friends coming and going too! At least we'll have nice weather for a little while still so they can all play together a little bit more before the hibernating begins! :) Happy school year everyone! Work hard, read a lot, have fun!!