This week we have been connecting with some friends. (sorry to this mom for the pic while she was eating...she'll never see it..haha) We met with this family and Lauren got to spend some time playing and eating with this sweet friend.
The kids were given some fun little crafts from the States. Katherine was concentrating so hard on her piggy bank. She was trying to hide her work of art so that no one copied her ideas :)
This little guy has really improved in the area of fine motor skills...check out that coloring! He's stain gin the lines and having a great time!
He enjoyed painting his piggy bank, too. His took the longest to dry because he LOVED putting on lots of paint :)
Everyone hard at work :)
Benjamin is showing us his sand in a bottle creation. When we got this, Hudson was so excited that this sand was really from America. I loved seeing their personalities come through in the two projects.
Regan is taking taekwondo every day (except Sundays) this summer. The first couple days she was really sore, but she is absolutely loving it!
Here is our family picture all in our new shirts. Notice Hudson has no glasses...when we met with the family in the first picture, one of his lenses came out while he was playing. We never could find it. We took his frames down to a local shop to see if they could make him another lens...took two days, but now he can see again. He kept telling me, "Mommy, I so sorry because I can't see anything."
Gracie is getting bigger and more playful and more daring...I'm thinking she's about ready to take on Charlie the cat and hold her own. :)
This is Lauren's absolute best friend in the world! They were leaving to go to Spain for the summer, so we wanted to get the girls together. The mom told me while they were playing that they were not coming back! :( She hasn't told her girls and I'm going to wait to tell Lauren. I'm still hoping they change their minds and come back.
This is Marissa, Chloe's big sister and Katherine's good friend.
This is Regan's new sidekick. This cat has decided that Regan is the favorite.
Since the news about our friends possibly not coming back, we arranged one more get together! (Hudson loves playing with Phoebe, too)
We went to see a movie together...Shaun the Sheep. I had no idea that it would be in the movies theater, but I have to say that is the kind of moving to watch when the first language of the children watching is not the same...then all the kids can enjoy.
Hudson's very first movie! He did about how I expected...after about 30 minutes he wanted to "go home and watch a movie" I'm sure because he doesn't have to actually sit and watch it :) When I didn't take him home, he was thirsty, needed to go potty, and repeated all three excuses throughout the movie :) but he still had fun.
After the movie, we went to Pizza Hut. I'm so glad that the kids had such a good time. We are going to miss them!
