End of Summer Fun

Our last week of Summer was filled with fun activities! We went to the splash pad one day - but I only have a picture of Gavin. The water was pretty cold, so Avery wasn't too excited about getting wet.

Mr. G got a haircut so he would be ready for school.

The kids entertained themselves by doing different dances to the theme music from Gavin's Mario Lego figure.

We also had the kids try out a couple new classes - Brazilian Jiujitsu and a kickboxing class.

Here is Gavin with his partner learning one of the moves to get someone from the floor.

Here's a video showing both kids practicing the same move with their partners. Avery is in the background with her partner. The kids were matched according to height.

For the kickboxing class, they had several exercises they did to warm-up. Here is a quick video of them doing pushups.

And here they are trying out some of the punches.

This next move was supposed to be a couple punches and then a spinning back kick. Definitely a difficult move to coordinate!

We also spent a day at the Children's Museum. The kids got to climb through the beehive.

Gavin created a floral arrangement.

Gavin cooked up some dinner and they both got busy in the construction zone.

Avery also got to work on some car repairs.

Gavin created a dam to redirect the water and then both kids took over the rescue helicopter.

Next up was the dinosaur dig! Avery got busy uncovering bones while Gavin transported them to the lab.

We moved on to another area where they got to try out balance boards.

They had a great Summer and now they a ready for school to start! Gavin starts on 8.14 and Avery will be doing online preschool this year!

More Summer Fun

Avery started getting a Koala Crate for her birthday and her first crate was all about bugs! So she got to make her own bug wings and antenna.

She has also received a Koala Crate with a Pirate theme! So she made and decorated her own pirate hat, eye patch, and parrot!

Then we enjoyed storytime with a Princess at the library.

We went to the Clark Planetarium one day with some friends and enjoyed the different exhibits.

We also took the kids bowling for the first time!! They earned a free bowling game from the summer reading program, so we had them try it out.

Gavin enjoyed four full days of Summer Camp at the Natural History Museum in SLC. He was there from 9am to 4pm each day and got to do construction projects, like building with straws, toothpicks, gumdrops, etc. He also did Space projects like making a sun from playdough, making an earth from playdough, with all the layers, he did the phases of the moon using an Oreo cookie and a solar system with chain links and paper. Here is a pic of his earth cut in half to see the middle layers.

Here he is on the last day of camp wearing the shirt he got from his Summer Camp!

A park near us received new playground equipment recently, so we checked that out one day too!

That's all we have for now!! Gavin will be starting back to school next week, so we have filled this week with different activities to keep both kids occupied! Hope you are enjoying your summer!

Summer Fun So Far...

We have been keeping the kids busy this Summer with lots of different activities. They have been doing art classes once a week through Parks & Rec.

They made butterflies.

Fireworks suncatchers.

Salt Paintings.

And dreamcatchers!

They are enjoying swim lessons at local pools this Summer. 

In the video below, Gavin got to jump in from the diving board for the first time!

In the video below, Avery looks like she's trying out some synchronized swimming skills.

In this next video, Avery is learning to dive off the side of the pool.

Then she got to jump in from the diving board for the first time!

We've been doing different activities through our local library, like Harry Potter Day at the train museum - we got to take a short train ride -

Pose in front of the train, the sign and the background with Hogwart's.

We got to check out the Rescue Helicopter in our area and the kids got to sit inside the helicopter.

They also got to do parachute games and dance with a streamer.

They got to check out a waste management truck and Avery got to honk the horn. Gavin had no interest in getting into the truck.

Gavin has moved up to a six year old gymnastics class that he is really enjoying!

Then we had a crazy hail storm the other day! Our temps have been in the 90's and then out of nowhere we had hail hit us last Wednesday. The banging noise in the video is the hail hitting the windows!

We went to an orientation for Waterford Upstart which is the online preschool program Avery will be doing in the Fall. The kids had to pose in front of the banner for fun! Emma, Avery's friend from gymnastics, joined in too!

That's all we have for now!! We hope you are enjoying your Summer and staying cool!