The First Day of School

 We finally had our first day of school today!  It's later than we normally start, but with the move, there was no way it was happening earlier.

 Jack had requested Pop Tarts for breakfast.

 

 He's reached the age where he has trouble waking up. (He did sit up and smile afterward!)

 We took our first day of school pictures--with a photobomber.

 Then it was on to work on the paper roller coaster Jack and his team are building for a competition later this month.

We came home, did some math and reading and morning basket (even though it was mid-afternoon when we started) and then it was time for gymnastics and church.  We ended the day with Marble Slab!

It's going to take some time for us to get everything up to full speed, but I'm excited about this year!

August

 August was a crazy month.  We moved into the new house the first week, but didn't get everything out of the rent house until the end of the month.  Moving went slow because we were really busy, but as of yesterday everything we own is in one place for the first time in more than two years.  There's a lot to catch up on, but in the mean time, here's the August rundown, starting with basketball camp.

 Music camp!

 Alice lost her first tooth in the new house shortly after we moved in.

 She's also started gymnastics.

 We didn't get in as much swimming as we usually do through the whole summer, but we swam a lot the first couple of weeks of August.

 We had to work to get everything ready for Hobo to move over--and he's loving it!

 The kids took some science classes at the children's museum.

 Jack took a writing class with Andrew Pudewa.

 Braces!  This was a huge adjustment at first, but now he's doing really well with them.

 Jay turned 40!

Jack ran for a 4H office this week.  He's one of the new Junior Representatives for his club!

I'm hoping to get back into blogging now that things will (hopefully) be settling down, but we start school next week and there's all the moving in to do, so that might not happen as quickly as I'd like!

Jack's Story Time

 In 4H, each child has a project area that they work on through the year.  Jack's project area was Companion Animals, and he mostly focused on dogs.  Last week he hosted a dog themed story time for some young friends.

 He made puppy chow for a snack.

 He showed them Hobo--through the glass, since Hobo's is twice their weight!

 He read dog books, like Dog's Colorful Day, which we own because we had to check it out of the library so many times after he heard it at story time one day.

 He did a great job!

Alice also read a story from Owl at Home!

July

 July has been sooo busy!  Not with moving, like we had hoped, but that should be happening shortly.  Here are some of the other fun things we did, like picking blueberries!

 We went to a craft day at 4H so the kids could work on fair entries and Jack got to try out the wood burner.

 Alice finished her first piece of knitting and decided it made a good dog scarf.

 She got these glasses in a party favor bag and proceeded to take about 20 of the selfies on the way home.  I love them.

 My sweet boy at the Mom & Son Luau!

 We're not living at the new house yet, but ALF is there already, adjusting to his new surroundings.

 Sweet dog!

 Ninjas?

 Our friends held some science days at their house with all kinds of fun activities like these bubble snakes!

 One night Alice and I were at the new house and I let her get soaked in the sprinklers--which I'm fine with now that they aren't septic sprinklers!  Once she came inside I realized the only dry clothes she had there were either too small or out of season, so she went home like this--plus the plastic dress up high heels she had worn on the way.

 You're never too old for Build A Bear!

Snow cones!

August is going to be full with moving and music camps and getting ready for school to start, but hopefully we'll keep having fun!

Tulsa County Fair

 Last week the kids entered many of the things they've made over the last year in the Tulsa County Fair.  They both entered in Open Class and in the 4H division and won lots of ribbons--too many to post pictures of them all!

 Alice's bee Valentine won first place in Open Class.

 Her headband won second place in Open Class.

 She won many blue ribbons in the Cloverbud class.  This is the dress she made for the Fashion Revue in the spring. 

 

 She made this fabric basket in a sewing class.

 This was an art project we did for our Rousseau artist study!

 Jack won first place in Open Class for his Ginny stuffie!

 A third place in Open Class for recycled crafts--he made this in Survivor Camp!

 His BB8 Valentine is going on to State!

 Second place for his Harry Potter embroidery he made in sewing class.

 A second place for his fabric basket.

 Third place in Open Class for his fox stuffie--the very first thing he sewed in class last fall!

 His terrarium is going to state, too--after we replant the dead one!

 They had a display about Survivor Camp with lots of fun pictures and crafts they made.

 Feeding the goats!

 On the second day, both kids participated in a fashion show where they shared about things they had made.

 Jack talked about his Harry Potter stuffies since they both won first place!

 Friday night there was an ice cream social with games and other fun stuff.

 Jack was obsessed with this game.

By the time the night was over, he had a HUGE pile of bugs and even got to bring home the box.

I'm so proud of how hard both kids worked on their entries and I'm so glad they had so much fun.  They are already thinking ahead to next year!