Thursday, July 12, 2012

Gift wrap helper

Caelun LOVES to help wrap presents- especially if there is ribbon involved. I was  not actually wrapping presents at the time I found him wrapped up in ribbon.

Look a roll of ribbon unwound to some where.

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Ah there is the culprit unwinding the ribbon.

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Uh oh I think the helper needs some help.

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Gift basket helper

We live in a neighborhood with wonderful neighbors. It is the kind of place where folks know each other and watch out for each other. It is the kind of place where tools and food regularly go over fences, favors are exchanged, and kids are watched out for regardless of whose they are. As a thank you to our wonderful neighbors for being just that, wonderful neighbors, every year we try to put together gift baskets of goodies. This year we did homemade bread, fruit, and fruit dip.  Caelun helped me make the dip, assemble the baskets, and then deliver them. It was a great time putting it all together.

Making the fruit dip

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One basket ready for delivery!

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Flipping for Gymnastics

We are very lucky that school #2 is right next door to a gymnastics facility, Northstar Gymnastics, and for a fee for the class the kids can go over and have a gymnastics lesson once a week during school. Caelun went on Wednesdays. Usually I don’t get to see it because it happens while I am teaching but while we were on winter break we didn’t have school but we still had gymnastics so I got to go and watch the wild man fly through he air. He absolutely loved it. I see more of this in our future along with some dance lessons. I did both gymnastics and dance at the age he is now and I loved it as well. It is good to build his coordination, motor skills, core strength, and it is also good for learning to follow directions and team work. Besides all that it is just plain fun.

Miss. Stephanie helps them work on their splits.

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I think Caelun’s split when splat.

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Now to climb the ladder and do a tuck and roll on the foam.

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Up and over.. with some help.

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Then through the obstacle course.

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And finally the balance beam.

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Decorating Grandpa Bob’s tree

Once we had our tree up and decorated it was time to take our decorating service next door to Grandpa Bob’s for his tree.

We again start with the lights.

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They need to be untangled? Really? Can’t we just put the whole clump on?

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Grandpa is on untangling duty.

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So much fun to decorate Grandpa’s tree.

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Once we got our tree we got it home, stood it up, and gave it a drink.  We let it draw up water and relax for awhile before starting the decorating process. After it relaxed and we turned it a few hundred times to get the perfect side out, we were ready for our super helper helped me decorate.

Which side do you think looks best?

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This side.. yes this side.

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Now for lights.

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Too many lights? You can never have too many lights.

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Now for the decorations.

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Can I put all this on a once?

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Caelun even took a picture of the tree.

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The tree is ready for Santa.

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