Day 159

3rd August 2022

Liquid Sunshine

I was right.

One more solid sleep was all it took, and I’m back!

The sunshine was so dreamy today, I almost forgot about the near century of rain we’ve had.

And yes, I did smash out ALL the laundry!!

The house is a buzz at the moment because the boys are off to the snow for the weekend, and Mila & I are off on a girls weekend.

We’re staying in a hotel with 3 friends & heading out for Teppanyaki.

She can’t believe the chef is going to throw food at us. She says she just doesn’t believe it! 😂

It’s going to be a hair-braiding, junk food eating, up-all-night, giggle fest. 😍😍😍

So, today was a planning day.

We ran all over town getting thermals, etc for the boys.

When we came home, Linc tried it all on.

He jumped out at me from his bedroom like a ninja, all black & clingy.

It was very cute.

We bought a bunch of snacks, and everyone has promised not to get into them before the trip.

Hmmmm, I’ll get back to you on that!

The Andes

In English/Arts today, Linc continued learning about South America.

Today we read an essay on the Andes Mountain range, which is the longest mountain range in the world spanning 7 countries!

Afterwards we answered questions based on how the essay was structured.

We read about the underwater ruins at Lake Titicaca and right away we had to go to YouTube to see more.

We learnt about mummy Juanita; the mummy of a young girl found frozen in the Andes.

She was so well preserved we can still see her hair!

The kids were equal parts amazed and grossed out.

Mila’s lesson had her circle the correct homophone, work on her spelling list & revise spelling rules.

After this they both practiced their times tables.

Lego

Linc finished his Lego car, (actually, he woke me up to this.😂) and Mila finished her amusement park.

Today they continued building with Lego. We have a box that is filled with I’d say, $250K worth of Lego, and as it was out all over the floor, they kind of just kept going with that.

Mila walked me through her entire fun fair.

It was Lincs turn for his annual eye exam today.

More shenanigans with the sunglasses and then a quick change at home for basketball.

Linc is LOVING his basketball!

He scored a basket tonight and was so chuffed. He looked right at us and smiled. He was so proud.

Really nice day today.

Lots of rushing around, but nice never-the-less.

I wish this weather would last forever!