There is Treasure Everywhere!

We like the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.  One of my favorite strips has Hobbes looking into a hole that Calvin is digging.  Hobbes says:  Why are you digging a hole?  
Calvin: I'm looking for buried treasure!

Hobbes:  What have you found?

Calvin:  A few dirty rocks, a weird root, and some disgusting grubs.

Hobbes with a huge smile on his face holding the rocks:  On your first Try??

Calvin:  There's Treasure Everywhere!!

There is a big amazing world out there, just waiting to be discovered!


Rocks, bugs, lizards, butterflies, moths, flowers, bunnies, dirt, patterns, water, books, mud, the discoveries and possibilities are endless!  
Summer LOVES moths.  "A MOTH!!"    
The girls regularly bring me flowers either from our flower beds or wild ones here and there.  I love their calls from the backseat as we are driving:  "MOM!  SUNFLOWERS!"  We stop by the side of the road to get the wild sunflowers that grow.  

Shaving Cream to clean the kitchen floor.

Butterfly with hurt wings, so it just sat with the girls.

Mom!  Look, It likes me!! It is Tame!

Books are a treasure just waiting to be discovered.

Water!  

I love watching kids drink out of a fountain or a hose!

A whole new world to explore with a microscope.

Dinners are an experience to enjoy together.

I love watching kids eat!

Caterpillar discoveries.

Summer's 2nd Birthday

Hats, hats, hats!

Summer in swimming goggles.

Dragonflies.

 

VIDEO:  River in the mud - trying to get stuck.

We pumped the septic out and had to refill the hole.  We made it wet to settle before we put grass seed in.  

VIDEO:  Silver running across the hole.

VIDEO:  River making waterballoons - and she realizes that they look like people with hair on top and a little bump nose - so she makes a family!

VIDEO:  Silver drinking the water out of a waterballoon through a small hole

VIDEO:  Silver with baby lizard that she caught herself.

2 VIDEOS:  Silver with new-found skill:  putting her face in the water - the 1st step of swimming :)

What a treasure to have an accomplishment and know you did things well!

Summer - oh so proud.

But the greatest treasure of all is family - having someone to love and share it all with.

Left Aunt Star, Right Aunt Shado, Counsins from top to bottom:

River, Rain, Mesa, Silver, Judd and Summer.

Hats

There is just something oh so fun about dressing up and wearing things on your head. 

Summer in a clown wig

Summer wearing a box around.

It's hard to catch this little one on camera as she is always on the go!

Silver:  "Look, I'm a deer!"

Yes, she is a dear! 

Silver's flowers.   

River's Kindergarten Graduation.

We were in Greece during the actual ceremony, but they let River dress up in her classroom.  

River with her Kindergarten teacher, Miss Busener.

I didn't realize how much River loved her teacher until after we got back from our trip.  She says, "Mom, I didn't miss you too much, Grammie was with me and I knew you would come right back, but I really missed Miss Busener!"  (One thing I really liked doing for our trip was I wrote the girls a letter to be opened and read each day we were away.)

Miss Busener was attentive to River's needs and very good with communication.  She addressed my concerns and helped River adjust to school.  Plus she did TONS of art projects!!

I was also able to go into her classroom regularly to help the kids, so I got to know her classmates and see the environment she was in everyday.  

It's been hard for me to let someone else teach Miss River and give her up for 7 hours a day.  She has such a glow and brightens any room she is in.  I am so grateful to those who reach out to my kids.