SUMMER!

Random outside fun from this week.

First Day of School

In order to make lots of time for breaks, we got an early start on school this year. This is from our first day, July 30th. Our first week was great!

Macbeth

We do quite a bit of memorization over here. A few months ago Esther was required to memorize this little speech. William was expected to. Alex was just along for the ride, but I love hearing my 3-year-old quote Shakespeare.

Art Time

Sometimes it's okay to color on the wall.

Yesterday

Yesterday Esther was challenged to a game of chess by a little boy. They were pretty much neck-and-neck until he had to leave.

After he left Esther made his pieces fall into the trap she had set up. She emerged victorious.

Here are some other things we did on our trip to the Children's Museum:

Boys!

This is where Alex took off his shoes after playing outside. Yes, there are beans in there. Somehow he got dry beans in his shoes.

This is what the bathwater looked like after his bath.

And this is what the tub looked like after draining.

I was planning to mop the house and clean the bathroom this morning. I'm glad I procrastinated until this afternoon.

The Winner

Cameron's been fencing. Did you know that?

He's the guy on the left.

This is him in the finals for his club's novice tournament (Cameron's first tournament).

Here he is with his FIRST PLACE medal! Not too shabby!