The Nuffer Family Summer Camp: year 2

This summer should be interesting with a new baby on the way, summer school that extends before during and after the delivery of baby boy #3 (and a Spanish class that starts the week AFTER the baby gets here), and 2 little boys that need some structure, learning, and physical activity. I'm nervous to take on such an adventure, but excited too! I plan to really get in some fun before the baby gets here and then I will do what I can to keep up the weekly themes with help from daddy and grandma.

*Keep in mind, I will get books for each theme at our weekly visits to story time at the library

Lets do this!

Week 1 (June 2 - June 6): DINOSAURS
Monday: Paper plate dinosaurs
Tuesday: Make dirt and dinos pudding cups (oreos, pudding, dinos, and M&M eggs) and watch Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Wednesday: TTU museum and Planetarium Dino show at 2pm
Thursday: Make dinosaur fossil craft (found at the Dollar Tree)
Friday: Make a dinosaur skeleton
Extras: dino dot to dots, dino games and math, or maybe make a dino diagram with dirt, rocks, paint etc.

Week 2 (June 9 - June 13): FIRE AND WATER

Week 3 (June 16 - June 20): SPACE

Week 4 (June 23 - June 27): PLANTS AND NATURE

Week 5 (June 30 - July 4): HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA AND BB#3

Week 6 (July 7 - July 11): THE OCEAN

Week 7 (July 14 - July 18): ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE

Week 8 (July 21 - July 25): SEASONS AND WEATHER

Week 9 (July 28 - August 1): RECYCLING AND OUR EARTH

Week 10 (August 4 - August 8): CASTLES AND DRAGONS

Week 11 (August 11 - August 15): HODGE-PODGE WEEK

Comments

Maybe a new birthday tradition...

I just have one brother and his birthday is 5 days before mine, so it's been pretty easy to keep up with him. Jim, however, has 3 brothers and a sister, and now 3 of his siblings are married, so the birthday's just keep adding up. My forgetful brain can NOT keep up. Anyway, I've been looking for a cute and thoughtful way to send birthday greetings to all the aunts and uncles since we've been married. Almost 4 years later I think I finally have an idea! My idea is to make a birthday sign every year and have the boys take a picture with the sign for whatever family member has a birthday. Then send the person the picture with birthday greetings. Then every year they will have a different picture with the boys as they grow and I won't feel guilty missing anyone's birthday without proper acknowledgement. I also thought that it would make a great photo album for us if we keep each person's birthday picture with the boys and watch their growth progression ...

Can I finally join the club??

I have issues with making anything with yeast. It scares me. I tried making rolls or bread in home-ec as a kid and it was a FLOP! Since, I stay far away from baking goods with yeast, so of course, that includes homemade bread. I LOVE homemade bread, but I've never made it. I realize I'm not a real Mormon wife and mother because of this huge flaw, but I've managed to make it as a so-so wife and mom with this awful glitch in my character. Then I came across an "easy" recipe for honey wheat bread (thanks for posting it on fb Liz Nuffer) and decided to conquer my fear of yeast. First things first, I had to buy yeast- there are 394 different kinds of yeast. No one warned me how many different kinds there were! My fear began to overcome me, but I gathered all my strength and picked the most interestingly plain kind I could find. Hopefully it would do the trick! I followed the recipe, but it said to wait until the yeast "frothed". ...

It's time to play catch-up

I haven't updated the blog in awhile because life has been VERY busy. Lots of new things happening, but that's for another day, another blog. A week or so ago we had a special breakfast, we had dessert for breakfast, strawberry shortcake. Austin LOVED it, but he's not a picky eater. Jackson, however, was not impressed with this special treat. It was like pulling teeth just to get him to try it, then he responded with, "it's delicious!", but wouldn't take another bite. I even made fresh whipped cream which he usually loves, but he wasn't interested. Anyway here are the boys with their special breakfasts. I recently posted about the new chore chart that I made for Jackson and it is going SO well!! I thought he would flip out with the 15 minutes of game time, but he doesn't. He really likes moving the magnets around on the chart and cashing in chores for nickels every night. He even knows how to use the timer for his 15 minutes of game time. ...

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