Kids Detailed Home Preschool/Daily Schedule August 8-12th

I am always looking for ideas on how to entertain my kids for the week. Monday and Tuesday this week we are going camping and so I will start the schedule on Wednesday. Saturday and Sunday I am going to leave open. But I would like to have it structured a little bit for the week. Maybe I can help others that are looking for ideas.

Wednesday
8:00 a.m. Get Bathed/Dressed
9:00 a.m. Scripture Study/Prayer
9:30 a.m. Snack
10:00-1030 READY (preschool songs)
10:30-1100 a.m. Intertia (science)
11:00 a.m.-11:30 (Reading)
11:30-12:00 (Recess)
12:00-12:30.m. Lunch
12:30-1:00 p.m.Circle dances (music) p. 158
1:00-1:30 p.m Thumbprint mice pg 176
1:30-2:00 chores
2:00- 2:30 Recess
2:30-3:00 printed map of the states individual study
3:00-3:30 Snack Time
3:30-4:00 puzzles (number)
4:00-4:30 Go for a walk/outside play
4:30-5:00 t.v.
5:00-5:30 Dinner
5:30-6:00 t.v.
6:00-6:30 outside play
6:30 – 7:00 Clean up
7:00-7:30 Bed time Emily
7:30-8:00 Bed time Joey
8:00 -8:30 Bed time Ben

Thursday
Thursday
8:00 a.m. Get Bathed/Dressed
9:00 a.m. Scripture Study/Prayer
9:30 a.m. Snack
10:00-1030 READY (preschool songs)
10:30-1100 a.m. (Dramatic Play) Hospital
11:00 a.m.-11:30 (Reading)
11:30-12:00 (Recess)
12:00-12:30.m. Lunch
12:30-1:00 p.m. (music) p. 158 moving questions
1:00-1:30 p.m (Art) p. 182 Blindfold Drawing
1:30-2:00 chores
2:00- 2:30 Recess
2:30-3:00 printed map of the states individual study
3:00-3:30 Snack Time
3:30-4:00 puzzles (abc)
4:00-4:30 Go for a walk/outside play
4:30-5:00 t.v.
5:00-5:30 Dinner
5:30-6:00 t.v.
6:00-6:30 outside play
6:30 – 7:00 Clean up
7:00-7:30 Bed time Emily
7:30-8:00 Bed time Joey
8:00 -8:30 Bed time Ben

Friday
Friday
8:00 a.m. Get Bathed/Dressed
9:00 a.m. Scripture Study/Prayer
9:30 a.m. Snack
10:00-1030 READY (preschool songs)
10:30-1100 a.m. Friction (science)
11:00 a.m.-11:30 (Reading)
11:30-12:00 (Recess)
12:00-12:30.m. Lunch
12:30-1:00 p.m. (exercise class p. 158)
1:00-1:30 p.m p. 225 (art) circle bear
1:30-2:00 chores
2:00- 2:30 Recess
2:30-3:00 printed map of the states individual study
3:00-3:30 Snack Time
3:30-4:00 puzzles (fun)
4:00-4:30 Go for a walk/outside play
4:30-5:00 t.v.
5:00-5:30 Dinner
5:30-6:00 t.v.
6:00-6:30 outside play
6:30 – 7:00 Clean up
7:00-7:30 Bed time Emily
7:30-8:00 Bed time Joey
8:00 -8:30 Bed time Ben



Week of July 31 to August 6 2011

As a science experiment we went out to the driveway and drew chalk shadows. We started in the morning and ended in the evening. It was to show the kids the placement of their shadows with the placement of the sun. They had fun.








For an exercise activity I gave each of the kids a balloon that they had to chase around the yard. They had a lot of fun and it really got them running.

Swim Lessons 2011

The kids finished the last 2 weeks of swim lessons. For the last day of class they let the boys jump off of the diving board. They had fun. Ben is the first one to jump in his class and he proceeds to tell the life guard "I got it," meaning he can swim on his own. Silly boy. Yesterday Emily, jumped, was lowered into the pool from the diving board. I wish I had video of that. It was no big deal to her. Everyone was laughing because she is so comfortable in the water. Also you might want to mute the video. Mom is cheering loudly.


7-25-11 Joey and Mom's Date

I am really mad at myself that I didn't take pictures of Joey and my date. Technically it was a date because he went with me. But we didn't really do anything he wanted to do. Next time we will. He went with me to run errands. We went to Target and he got to pick out a special toy. His favorite part was when we went and registered him with the YMCA for T-ball. I hope to do this once a month with him at least.

7-26-11 Ben and Mom's Date






Ben and I had a date today. Ben called it "our day". He was so excited that he even went to bed praying that we would have it the next day. He told me he wanted me to bring skates and he would bring his scooter. He pretended we were on a racetrack and we raced around the park. We did this for about 15 minutes. I was dying since I haven't been on rallorblades for a while. But it was my favorite part of the day.
We then went to Shopko and picked out some school clothes. He picked out mostly Cars 2 shirts. It was hard for me to let him choose his clothes but he will be the one that is wearing them during Kindergarten.
We then went to target where I let him pick out a small toy. He picked a transformer car.
After about 2 hours we headed home It was a fun date. He had a good day too. As a result his attitude today was wonderful. He was nice to everyone. He even put Emily in a booster seat, strapped her in and gave her a snack.
I am hoping to do this with him everyone month at least one.

Warrior Dash July 16, 2011

Eric and I ran in the Warrior Dash. It is a 5 k race with 11 obstacles located in North Bend WA we ran at 1130 so we left at 9 am from the hotel. We were going to stop and do some shopping but felt like we needed to head to the run. Good thing we did because the traffic was horrible. We never would have made it if we left any later. During the drive I got an text from my parents of Emily pretending to talk on the phone. It said "Hello mommy are you muddy yet I miss you." I loved it. We arrived at a parking lot that was a field. The people that were allowing us to park had to have made $50,000 easily charging $10.00 a car. We then got on a bus and were drove to a different location. We met up with Jeff and Bree Muai. They were running at the same time we were. We started at 1130 and it went well. The hardest obstacle was the rope wall. I accomplished it though. Every time I got tired of running we came upon an obstacle. I ended up getting a shoe stuck in the mud and then getting very muddy at the end. I almost didn’t complete an obstacle because you had to walk a thin plank and it was raining and slippery. I stepped down to pass and then I decided to try again. I was happy I did. Eric coached me and then it was easy. At the finish line a girl and I dove across the finish line. I was extremely muddy. My hair, my face and everywhere else. It was so much fun though I will be running it again. After that we were washed off by a hose truck and then we headed home. We received a medallion , shirt and Viking hat. We also had a warrior bus driver on the way back. Thank goodness or we would have been in traffic for 30 minutes.







7-19-2011 Ben's First Tooth


Today Benjamin lost his first tooth. Well technically his second since he lost his first tooth at 18 months. He was really upset because it bothered him to eat so he worked and worked at it. Grandpa Pat was visiting and gave him some chewing gum and it helped it fall out. Prior to that I kept numbing it with Ambesol so he would at least stop crying from it bothering him. Tonight the tooth fairy will inspect the tooth, because Ben doesn't want her to keep it.