Summer Activities, Week 2

It's been another busy week over here at "Mom, Outnumbered!"

On Saturday we took a family trip to the library (#18) and checked out some books we've never read to start work on #15, "Read 10 new books." Alexander had also decided that he would like to try a new food that day. I had been thinking hard about what he could try and honestly couldn't think of too many things that he's really never even had one bite of. Not to worry, he had an idea of his own. He requested a turkey and cheese sandwich with peanut butter, so I obliged. In fact, the whole family tasted it... and it wasn't too bad! At Justin's suggestion, we also tried it dipped in ranch dressing. Apparently (strangely), this is something that Justin actually ate as a child also. Later in the week, we also tasted mango for the first time (except that Justin swears I'd already given it to Alexander when he was a toddler).

On Sunday we made our own play-doh (#1). It turned out great! At first I thought we had made an enormous amount, but the sheer volume of it was a great part of the appeal for the kids. They have spent hours playing with it since. HOURS. We've already decided that when this batch dries out, we'll make a big batch of blue.

This week we also took food to the food bank (#4) and had a playdate with Ava (#7), during which I am pretty sure that Alexander asked her to marry him. She was quiet for a moment, then changed the subject, so I am not sure what his chances are there.

We attempted #37, "Draw self portraits," but when I went off to feed Kai, Alexander covered both himself and Jack with yellow marker, so we'll have to retry that again another time!

We also managed to do many things not on our list, including several playdates, speech therapy, and doctor's appointments. Next week promises to be just as busy... how is it that every month I look at the calendar and think, "Wow, we're really busy this month, but next month looks very calm," and then the next month is just as crazy? We love keeping busy, though!

In other news, look how strong Kai is getting!