July 2014 – SUMMER OF FUNNER

Family Film Fest Update

July 30, 2014

July is almost over! And this means we’re already at the half-way point of our Summer of Funner! With this […]

July 28, 2014

This year, Toby wanted to have a Minecraft Creeper Cake for his birthday. Creeper, of course, is a pixelated character

July 25, 2014

Yesterday, the kids listened to the second half of their Treasure Island audiobook while thumbing through and colouring the Dover Human

July 23, 2014

We have always had a fine culture of reading aloud in the house. Of course, there’s bed-time reading. And, then,

July 21, 2014

The kids just love the Roasted Marshmallow flavoured ice cream at our fave spot, Ed’s the Real Scoop, down at

July 18, 2014

Last summer, we created Face Paintings by painting with our faces! Today, to celebrate our Summer of Ability, and to knock yet another

July 16, 2014

Last night’s Family Film Fest selection was M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable. The kids really enjoyed the comic book angle and the way

July 14, 2014

One of our Summer Love-To-Do List projects was to”Invent a Popsicle.” Since one of Bea’s favorite drinks at the local

July 11, 2014

As it’s our Summer of Ability, the kids are exploring seeming physical “limitations” and the masterpieces that may be made

July 9, 2014

Bea’s switching schools next fall. And, since her new school does not have a uniform, she was just dying to “trash”

July 7, 2014

There’s nothing like s’mores made with marshmallows roasted on the campfire or (carefully) over the bbq!! Today, we’re revising

July 4, 2014

Summer of Funner Family Film Fest 2014: Super-Anatomy in Space and Time Night One: Double Feature! Dark Passage (1947) and

July 3, 2014

To start off the Summer Books series for our Summer of Ability 2014, I pointed the kids to one of

July 2, 2014

It’s Summer of Funner 2014! The Summer of Ability: Invention, Imagination, and Independence. Originally, we thought that our theme for