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Summer Week 4- Theme Weeks- Water Week
Last week, while the Nation celebrated our Freedom on the 4th of July, we prepared for a week long celebration with Water as our theme. The first objective of water week: learn to swim! Swim lessons With a bird’s eye… Continue reading
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Summer Week 3- Theme Weeks- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Regift!) Week
Last year we went to the big recycling center in West U for Recycle week. This year we decided to do things a little differently. We have 2 bins of recycling that get picked up bi-weekly at our house. We… Continue reading
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Summer Week 2- Theme Weeks- Weather Week
Summer Week 2: We studied about weather. We learned about weather events and visited the Weather Museum right here in Houston. It’s basically an old house (very large house) that has been restored and is now the Weather Museum. It… Continue reading
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the Start of summer… theme weeks second year
We started summer. We continued a tradition from last summer- theme weeks and we started a new tradition- summer jobs.First:summer jobs:there are 4.one for each El.Line leader- to keep them from fighting when they are getting out of the carKitchen… Continue reading
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the start of summer and a plan
Summer is a crazy, wonderful time for us. The kids are getting older and have more specialized interests. My hope and goal for the summer is typically to keep them happy, busy and friendly with others and especially each other.… Continue reading
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How to plan an (easy) Kid Birthday Party in the Park
Our oldest son is turning eight tomorrow. He wanted to celebrate with his entire class. I don’t know about you, but birthday parties can get really expensive. And, with at least four parties a year for our children’s birthdays (one… Continue reading