Sunday, August 27, 2017

4H

It's time for showing the animals. 
I think from the whole summer, this week was the most exciting and memorable one for the kids. Zoe was so afraid to show the animals and showing the chicken and the rabbit she was crying just before she had to go up there... showing the goat she was a pro and no tears and they both had so much fun and enjoyed the whole experience a lot.
Henry would refuse to wear any long pants or other pants than his two short pants however for the show he didn't say a word and put on his 'outfit' !!! Look at these cute kids!











 The eggs all of their hens laid. Every day they were excited to find a new egg in their cages... and they made sure the cages were kept clean etc.
 Practicing for the rabbit show... turning the bunny around was the hardest part for Zoe but she did it
Henry didn't show a rabbit or the goat so he was back into his 'summer outfit' :)
Zoe was able to borrow another rabbit that was a bit easier to handle. Next year she wants to show her own bunny!!!!



They did such a great job every day to take care of all the animals... their chicken got so tame during that week because they were held all the time *lol*

Time to show the goal. Unfortunately Thumbelina got diarrhea and wasn't able to come to the show so Zoe showed Spiderman who was just born 6 weeks earlier
Henry and I were chilling in the stands

Well, I had to go help out *lol*... she was too young to show by herself so I had to be close by to help in case anything went wrong but I was just a silent shadow ;)


The last day was a fun day for all and probably their favorite day because they got to dress up the animals and themselves and show them. Henry spontaneously dressed up as Batman with the goat 'Spiderman'
 The rest of the gang dressed up the chicken as 'dwarfs' and dressed up as snow-white

Very very fun and great experience and even I have to say that I look forward to next year and the next show ;)

Zoe's Room Project

We're approaching the last week of July and the fair with the 4H show is about to start... here we're helping setup the cages and getting everything ready

We've earned some Sushi
Are we ready? Yes we are... time to get color into this house
Oh I've been waiting for this day for 8 years... you cannot imagine how excited I was... or maybe you can ;)... here we go... paint is one the wall...

next we assembled Zoe's new loft bed to give her more room



 Voila... the room looks so amazing... I want it :)...
Fun Fun Fun, meeting friends in the mall


Continuing July

Going back I remembered how crazy busy July was!!! Holy Moly!!!
Henry and Zoe starting making their own eggs in the morning. Teaching them a few more cooking skills which is fun.
The kids went to the german farm (Bauernhof) twice a week now to prepare for their 4H show at the end of July. It was a lot of driving back and forth but I got a few hours in to do some work or get stuff done without the kids which was nice.
Zoe with Thumbelina

Henry with 'Henry'
Practice, Practice, Practice
We hosted a sip and see which was a great time and I got to know a few more amazing Ladies
Birthday Party Fun again
Who's stealing food already? :)
Another fun lunch Play date
Practice again
Then we decided to paint Zoe's room FINALLY... and the kids got their own house keys
Isn't that pretty? Our subdivision entrance is really pretty this year... I love entering and exiting it and enjoying the wonderful colors.


Here we go... we're doing it...
We went swimming every now and then too...
Somebody was REALLY hungry so she helped to speed up the process ;)


July 2017

We had some great summer days but I have to say not really crazy hot ones like we're used to... it was a 'mild' summer



It was time to say Goodbye already on July 5th :(... Henry wasn't happy at all and neither were we
I tried to keep the kids really occupied that day to not remind them of Dustin being gone already


Toys 'r us is always a fun place to shop... and we always find fun stuff *lol*

We attended lots of birthday parties too


had awesome play dates
or just went shopping alone and spending some quality time together
Zoe and Henry are practicing making their hair by themselves now... they're getting big!!!