I can't believe it worked....

I had my doubts that the homemade chalk we tried would actually work........

But it did!

Yes, he's' REALLY sleeping....

Charming little sweetie....

We MIGHT do it again!  It was REALLY messy!! :-)

W is for Watercolor paints...homemade!

Since it's been hard to be outside a lot this summer, I was glad that I had lots of things on our ABC's of Summer list that we could do INDOORS...although I'm running out!!

We spent one afternoon making watercolors using water, cornstarch, vinegar and food coloring!  The girls especially enjoyed it.....

Dylan did about 2 swipes with his paintbrush and was done... :-)

Q is for QUIET BINS of fun!

This has turned out to be a GREAT thing this summer!  We made some bins with various items in it for the kids to play with.  They have LOVED them!!

Waterbeads......

Beans has been Eva's favorite by far!

Colored rice and pasta!

Swingset time!!!

The kids were all excited when Jason and I told them that we were going to build a swing set!  They could not wait to help and apparently I thought giving them paintbrushes to help with the oil-based stain we were using was a good idea! :-)

And after about 3 weeks...the swing set was ready!  It's been a bummer that it's been so stinking hot out because it has limited how much they have gotten to play.

Jumping!

Eva had her OT "check-in" appointment last Friday!  She was excited to have a turn to go in and play with Jeanna since she's there every week for Dylan's appointments.  She wasn't convinced that she could jump off the mat into the big pillow but as you can see, it didn't take long for her to realize she could do it and it was FUN!!

We are going to check in again with Jeanna in the fall and it's likely that she will start up with some OT again. We're going to work on a few things at home over the summer but her vestibular "stuff" is really an issue yet.  She's been out of all therapy since February and I really wasn't surprised to hear anything I heard.  Her fine motor is a little behind...again, no surprise for our kids! :-)

F is for FROZEN PAINT PAINTING!

Dylan was at martial arts camp and since he's not to excited about painting most of the time, the girls asked if we could invite Lorelei over so they could do frozen painting!  It was a hit!  They ended up painting all over their hands with the paint too!  They had a great time!