Marking off the Summer List

School does not get out until tomorrow, however, we have been working on marking off things from our summer list! Last weekend we were able to mark off 2 of them!

See a Baseball Game! We went to the season opener of the Newport Gulls. It was the perfect evening to enjoy a game. And since it is so inexpensive to go, we don't feel bad about leaving after the 5th inning!!

And we marked off Drive In Movie! We went with some Friends to the drive in to see Madagascar. We got there super early to make sure we got the best spot! We are dinner there, played phase 10 and make our "bed" while we waited the almost 3 hours for the movie to start! The kids loved Madagascar 3. When it was over, Henry and Evelyn were asleep in about 30 seconds of getting in their seats. We told Tyler to lay down in the back and he fell asleep, so we decided to stay for the second movie, Battleship. That was not as good, but at least we got some adult time! We will be going again, everyone loved it!!!

 Playing Phase 10

 There's the BIG screen

 Waiting in the bed for the movie to start! We folded the seats down and it worked perfectly!

All of the kids (6) in our friends truck before the movie started!

Henry's Graduation

Henry graduated from preschool yesterday! This is the 56th graduating class! The kids all sang patriotic songs. You all know how much I love those!! All the kids were in red, white and blue. It was so great! I cannot believe he is going to be in Kindergarten! He was born during Keith's Riverine tour, and I keep thinking about all that has happened in the last 6 years! Here are some videos of the songs. Hopefully they will stay on here, unlike the last time I tried to upload videos!

For some reason, I cannot get the last video to upload! The PreK and K kids had the flags for each branch of the military and they sang all of the songs for those branches! It was really neat and very special to honor the military like that! I will keep trying to get the video to load!

The Star Spangled Banner. Nothing gets to me more than kids singing the national anthem! I just LOVE it!

My Country Tis of Thee

God Bless The USA. My favorite song! I love that they know this one too!

Battle Hymn of the Republic

Teaching Peace

God Bless America

marching in.

 Henry is the middle one. He is holding the right side of the banner.

 Henry is on the first on the left.

 Henry's class. This is the Kinder and perK-they were a combined class. Henry is on the back row the first on the left.

 Henry with Mrs. MacDonald. She is such a great teacher. We will miss her!

 Henry with his diploma!

Paquin Summer Fun List 2012

I have so many things that I want to do with the kids this summer! I decided to make a list so that I made sure we did them all! Thanks to Pinterest, I got the idea to make a board to display! I got a foam poster board from Michaels and use different color markers to write the things, with a box in front so we can mark them off! I hope by the time school starts in September that we have been able to do them all! A lot of these ideas came from Pinterest. I am going to take pics of us doing each one and blog about it, like I did with the Christmas countdown! I cannot wait for all of the fun!!!!

The list! Here is what is on it:

-Build a sandcastle
-Go camping
-Zoo
-Icecream truck visit
-Boating
-Sprinklers
-Fishing
-Baseball Game
-Water balloon fun
-Space Camp
-Drive in Movie
-Swimming
-Fireworks
-Make glow cones
-Roast marshmallows
-Go on a hike
-Beach
-Ride a horse
-Catch fireflies in a jar
-Amusement park
-Parade
-Roller skating
-Make inventions
-Museum
-Living room campout
-Water fight
-Fly a kite
-Build a water wall
-Make Giant bubbles
-Bowling
-Make a fort
-Picnic in the park
-Sidewalk chalk
-Mini golf
-Make popsicles
-Geogaching
-Smores
-Go to Michigan
-Kayaking
-Breakfast for dinner
-Sparklers
-Go to Texas
-Grill hotdogs
-Go to a concert
-Bocce ball
-Make a sprinkler
-Feed the ducks
-Go to Tennessee
-Make Ice Cream
-Volunteer
-Summer reading club
-Pick berries
-waterfire show
-patriotic craft
-stat gazing
-farmers market
-Date night alone with mom and dad-each of them get a night
-Fondue night
-Family game day
-decorate bikes
-wash the cars
-ride a four wheeler
-tie dye shirts
-swim in the ocean
-swim in lake Michigan
-chuck e cheese
-have a yard sale
-watch the olympics
-make home made fruit rollups
-mature scavenger hunt
-see a play
-movie night under the stars
-make sun catchers
-get school supplies
-get new uniforms for school
-ride a carousel
-tour the old mill in Portsmouth
-finger paint
-as a family, build a Lego city
-RI outdoor challenge
-make handprint placemats for each month of the year
-make birthday plates
-HAVE THE BEST SUMMER EVER!!!!

Karate Tournament

Henry has been taking Karate for a year now. Yesterday they had a tournament as well as a belt test. Henry got his brown belt and is one belt away from his black belt and moving up to the next class. During the tournament, they showed off their skills. In the preschool class, everyone gets a medal! Henry got 4, 2 for participating, 1 second place and 1 first place! He was thrilled! At the end, Sensei gave everyone trophies. When she got to Henry, she said there was a special award for him. He was awarded the Outstanding Performance Trophy....the biggest trophy in the class!! He was thrilled! His smile was the biggest I have seen!!! I am so proud of him!

 getting a medal

 showing off his first 2 medals

 getting his brown belt

 getting his BIG trophy

 a little blurry, but look at his smile!!!!

 the whole class

with Sensei

4H

Tyler has been involved in the new 4H club that started for the military. The first session was Gardening and Healthy Eating. He LOVED it! The best part is he got to make and bring home a wooden garden space to plant all of this veggies! I can't wait to have home grown onions, basil, and peppers!

 picking out a healthy snack

 he picked 2 graham crackers with peanut butter and raisins!

 playing bingo

 picking out a name for the new group....the Mighty Middletown 4H Club!

 Making a collage of gardening

 learning about planting the veggies from the containers to the palates

The club with their certificates of completion!