Quick Takes Friday!
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We had a lot of fun with my parents when they were here. We got to celebrate my Mom’s birthday in my very favorite way. With gifts from the Dollar Tree, of course! I let the girls each pick two things as gifts for my Mom. The two older girls really tried to choose things they thought their Grandma would like. I just love watching how proud they are to see their gifts opened and appreciated.
Miss chose a fall-themed oven mitt and a water bottle (similar to the one my Mom uses for her coffee). Lass selected a six-pack of plastic hangers and a statue of a mother holding a baby, which she immediately thought to be Mary and Baby Jesus and decided my non-Catholic mother must have it.
Sis chose a snow globe with puppies in it and what she thought was a small “bouncy ball” that turned out to be a soccer-themed washcloth.
I never get tired of the dollar store presents.
2.
The only time our little dolls and castle ever look like this:
With every. single. one. posed at “The Ball,” is when my Mom is here.
3.
Grandparents are the best.
4.
Two weeks ago, we read the book A Pair of Red Clogs (set in Japan). The Godmother brought me some real Japanese clogs and kimonos and an obi and other things from Japan, that her father had brought back after WWII. She told me to let my girls touch and feel and try on and play with these wonderful items!
Somehow I only got really crummy photos, but the girls had such fun trying on the shoes and clothes and twirling and clomping around. I have such a thoughtful and generous Godmother.
5.
I had wanted to take the girls to a hibachi restaurant for a meal/field trip, but didn’t get around to it during the week that we read the Red Clogs book. So we went with my parents on Wednesday night. The older girls loved it.
Sis didn’t want anything to do with it.
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Speaking of field trips, this week we’re reading “A Glorious Flight” about how Louis Bleriot built an airplane and was the first person to fly a plane over the English Channel. We have an amazing aviation museum nearby, which was the perfect field trip this week.
In case you’re wondering, that’s at least seven field trips for us already this year!
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Finally, I am very excited to show you this last photo:
Walls! We have walls finally going up. We have such a long, long way to go, I know. But this, seeing something coming up from the ground for real, has just made my weekend.
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I love the grandparent photos 🙂 Field trips are the best, you do such fun activities with your kids! My youngest is obsessed with airplanes and anything that flies right now 🙂
My oldest is all about paper airplanes. We did an experiment with a few different ways to make them and now she wants to make them all the time! She even took a beat-up one to her show and tell yesterday! It’s so fun to see the things that spark their interest.