Everyone was so excited to have Papaw come visit! It was a quick three days, but filled with lots of fun. He managed to come in between all the thunderstorms. It was raining before he came and started raining again about 15 minutes after he left. We couldn't have asked for better weather.
Before Papaw arrived, Lauren's class at school had an Open House for the parents to come see them in action. We watched them have class, eat snacks, perform, and have competitions. Check out the teacher's shoes :)
Here she is in her math class. She was so excited to show us what she had learned. She even got called on to go to the front of the room to answer a problem on the great big abacus that they use for teaching.
She was concentrating so hard.
We went outside for the races and it cracked me up. The parents panicked because the sun came out and they did not want their kids to get a tan. The umbrellas came out so quickly! Lauren and I enjoyed our sun until someone put us in the shade :)
Lauren and some of her classmates doing one of the dances for us.
They had all kinds of competitions. Guess who came in first in the folding clothes competition?! Lauren did great and she was all business! The kids were chosen to compete in one of the many competitions that they had. Some of the events included: getting you shoes and socks on, changing your clothes, folding clothes, cracking an egg and eating it, and maybe one more but I can't think of it right now. Those are the ones that stand out to me.
When they have completed their task, they have to raise their hand high up in the air and the timekeeper behind them will stop the timer. Lauren raised hers and would not put it down.
Here's one of our thunderstorms rolling in. Literally in a matter of minutes the sky will be sunny and clear in all directions and then black and windy and the storm hits. This is the time of year where we just have to carry an umbrella because you never know.
Papaw came bearing gifts! Four new age appropriate devotionals for the kids. We are all super excited to have new books!
We went to a park and they had some little carnival type games up...you know the kind that is a waste of money. The kids really wanted to try and shoot the BB gun. So we paid for 10 bullets and the kids each got to shoot twice with Papaw teaching them how to aim. Regan was the only one that popped a balloon. No prizes, just fun.
Benjamin REALLY wanted to ride this motorcycle ride. He was just barely tall enough. I rode with him. It was a fun little ride. Benjamin had fun at first, but then terror.
I couldn't believe that Jonathan actually captured it on film. It was just the two of us on the ride so I told the lady to stop it. She did and Benjamin said it made his tummy feel sick and he was white as a sheet. To top it off, the bridge malfunctioned and they couldn't get us off the ride. We just sat there. They could tell how nervous he was, so they jumped on and pulled him out. I had to wait. I was hoping they would have to run it through the whole cycle to get it fixed and I would have to ride again.
Since we stopped it early, we let him choose another ride. He rode the swings with his sisters and everyone loved it.
I was proud of this little girl. She wanted to ride so badly, but she was not tall enough. She just enjoyed watching her brother and sisters have fun.
She got to ride the carousel with Papaw. It's always a winner.
We hiked a hill.
Benjamin wanted his picture drawn by a guy on the sidewalk. It turned into quite the show.
I thought the guy did a pretty good job at capturing the "I'm not going to smile for you, but can't help it" look. He has it up in his room. It didn't take the guy very long at all to draw.
The other thing that happened is last week I started a reading program for the older kids. I remember growing up that our schools would have prizes if you read so many books or Pizza Hut would give you a personal pan pizza. Well, our kids don't have nay of those incentive programs, so I made my own. The grand prize is an iPad for reading 1,000 books. Talk about motivation!! BOTH kids have been reading up a storm.
I am so proud of both of them already! I had no idea that they would love reading so much ;) but seriously, I think they are enjoying the reading more than they thought they would.
Regan has already reached her personal pan pizza and dessert milestone. Great Job, Regan!
The last thing...my boy eating his very first Big Mac! I didn't think he could do it, but he did. Watch out, growing boy with big appetite on the loose :)
