June 17, 2020

2020 Preschool Graduation

Harper graduated from preschool today!  It was not the graduation we had planned, but it was special nonetheless.  It was nice for Harper to see her classmates in person for the first time since the pandemic closed school back in March.  We will miss Hawthorne Lane Preschool, but are excited for Harper's kindergarten adventures to come!
    
Harper was a little nervous for the graduation ceremony.  The ceremony was held outside of the school instead of in the chapel.
    
    
    
    
    
Our graduate!
    
    
    
    
    
    
Harper's best friend, Bo.

June 8, 2020

Long Lost Cousins

Alex, Harper and Ethan drove to Atlanta last week to see Emily, Frank and the cousins.  It had been several months since they were together.  After a few days in Atlanta, Emily and the kids headed back to Charlotte with my crew to continue the fun.  Harper and Ethan had a blast with their cousins and were very, super, extra happy to actually play with other little people and not just mom and dad.
    
The kiddos spent a fun afternoon at Oakhurst Wylde Woods enjoying the gardens and playing in the water.
    
   
    
   
So happy to see Aunt Emily!
    
A tired little man and his purse 

May 25, 2020

Alphabet Boot Camp T-Z

We finished Harper's Alphabet Boot Camp today.  I made a book of all the pictures we took to help Harper remember the activities and words for each letter.  Hopefully she had as much fun as I did going through the alphabet!
     
 T is for tree.
    
I made the kids marshmallow teeth mouths that they could brush with a toothbrush and floss.  Ethan spent his activity time eating the teeth.
   
   
   
We had a tea party in the tub.
   
   
We watched Totoro before bed.  Harper loves this movie as much as Lisa and I did!
    
U is for upside down cake.  Harper was very excited to bake something again.
    
    
It didn't turn out exactly as planned, but Harper got the idea.
    
   
   
It was a perfect day for an umbrella.
   
U is also for unicorn.
    
We spent V day baking again.
   
We made volcano muffins!
   
We cut out the middle of chocolate muffins and added liquid jello and dry ice.  It was fun to watch our edible volcanos erupt! 
    
  
     
   
 V is for vase.
   
We made a voting box and voted on a couple activities.
   
I wanted to go on a walk.  Harper and Alex outvoted me for a movie. 
    
   
W is for whoopee cushion.  We had fun with this one!
    
Watermelon 
   
We used the left over dry ice for a wicked witch brew!
    
   
X is for x-ray.  Dr. Harper looked through these veterinary images for anomalies.
   
 
   
    
   
We made a colorful xylophone.  
    
  
Harper had a treasure map where "X" marked the spot. 
    
    
Good thing daddies can help read treasure maps.
    
She found the chocolate treasure! 
   
Y is for yo-yo.
    
    
   
We did a trick with a plastic bottle to separate an egg yolk from an egg white.
   
   
   
It worked!
   
Y is also for yarn.
   
   
We had a yummy yogurt treat for an afternoon snack.
     
   
Z is for zebra.
   
   
We played with zippers!
   
    
   
 We made zig-zag art.
    
    
I had been saving boxes to make a zoo for Harper's animals.  She decided a dinosaur zoo would be more fun.
  
And that's a wrap!