Tuesday July 26, 2011

 

 

Cousin’s Days at Our House

Tuesday evening, July 12, to Saturday morning, July 16

Part 1

 

 

Jared was serious about learning his Bible verse for the week so he could win a prize at Bible school.

 

 

He even studied on my Air Stepper

 

 

Ian had three verses to learn, and also spent a bit of time each morning reading a book – one that he is supposed to finish this summer.

 

 

We had purchased several crafts at Michael’s the other week so the children would have creative things to do during Cousin’s Days.

These four chose bobble head animals, and it was the first thing they wanted to do after our morning walk on Wednesday. They often went back to the bobble heads during the week and added special touches.

 

 

Gloria

 

 

Ian

You may notice the boy’s unique hairdos. I think their stylist on this day was Gloria.

 

 

Jesse painting his bobble head cat

 

 

Jared focusing on his dog

 

 

Diana painted a birdhouse

 

 

Hannah oversaw the next project – creating glow-in-the-dark designs.

 

 

The darkest place was under the table in the boy’s “three-air-mattress-bedroom” in the back part of the garage.

 

 

 

 

Most afternoons were quite warm, so playing with water guns was fun and refreshing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another project during the week was molding clay.

 

 

 

 

I was interested in seeing how these “noodles” worked. They came in a large bag.

 

 

The children made creative designs by making the tips wet, then sticking them together.

 

 

They are made from corn.

 

 

It was difficult to pull them apart after they had been glued together with water. When you get tired of your design, you can put it in water, where it will dissolve.

 

 

Spin Art was also a favorite.

 

 

There will be more Cousin’s Days activities in the next post.