Going Through Life One Blog Post at a Time
Laura and John spent about 30 minutes checking carefully over each cake option at Hy-Vee. Laura finally chose a Despicable Me 2 cake and John settled on a Super Mario cake. Usually, Laura wants a white cake and John wants a chocolate cake. This year, they both wanted chocolate cake, so that is what they got. The birthday cakes are ordered and ready for their July 12 party at Lake of the Woods Swimming Pool!
Because we had one more weekday of vacation, we spent the afternoon at Lake of the Woods pool. We had fun playing in the water and enjoying the afternoon.
It took some encouragement to get John to jump in the water… Okay, so not really. All I had to say was, “John, jump in the water for me so I can take a picture.”
It was a fun afternoon at the pool that led to the decision by the kids to hold their birthday party there. When we returned home, I called and reserved two tables for the afternoon of July 12. Tomorrow it will be a trip to Hy-Vee to pick out and order cakes and then to Party City or Target to buy birthday invitations…
Tonight was the last night of Vacation Bible School. All the kids had such a great time at the Wilderness Escape. When I asked Laura and John what their favorite parts were, there were simply too many options to list and it changed every night. I call that a success!
Over the past year, John has been participating in the MU Math Study. The goal of the study is to better understand how children learn mathematics and why some students have difficulties with this learning. As part of the study, the “Math Van” came to our house today for an individual assessment. John was very excited and asked every 15 minutes if the van was here yet. When the van arrived, he was ready to get started!
The assessment was supposed to take 60 to 90 minutes, but John was done in about 45 minutes. He received some prizes like a book, markers, and bookmark. Also, John received a $20 gift card to Target for his “trouble.” John really enjoyed his time in the Math Van and he is absolutely excited to get to use his gift card!
It was a busy day at the Kassel Household. First, we rented a canoe at Finger Lakes State Park and paddled around the canoe trail. The kids found it interesting and fun despite being hot. We are hoping to take the kids floating down the Current River later on in the summer, so we wanted to show them what canoeing is like. It was a great time that we all enjoyed.
Next, we spent the afternoon at Lake of the Woods swimming pool. The water was cold, but we braved it anyway. We only had about two hours and the time went by quickly. We saw one of John’s classmates from Ridgeway Elementary and got to enjoy the water for a couple of hours.
After quick showers, we finished the day at Vacation Bible School. It was a long, fun day of family time. I think we will all sleep well tonight!
It is Vacation Bible School week at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church. Each night the kids work their way through the “Wilderness Escape” with their “tribes.” Laura and John are really enjoying the time and having lots of fun visiting Moses’ Tent and the Israel Camp. Each night they have a different rotation that includes lots of fun crafts, story time, and activities like churning butter, weaving, and rope making. Andy is part of Laura’s tribe and I am a “Sand Artisan” in the Israel Camp. Tonight, both Laura’s and John’s tribes visited me and they began work on their sand pendants. Laura chose to have a distinct design.
John decided to just be “random” because that is how he likes it!
Vacation Bible School ends on Thursday and I predict more fun as the week goes on!
We had a special lunch for Andy for Father’s Day because Vacation Bible School starts this evening. We had Jalapeno-Cheddar and Tiger Tail Brats and pasta salad. John helped me make the pasta salad and he wanted the pasta salad to be perfect and yummy. He used a real knife for the first time and he worked hard to carefully cut the tomatoes (and not himself!). It was a nice lunch and a relaxing morning and afternoon.
Happy Father’s Day to my husband. You are a great Dad and our kids are so lucky to have you. They both look up to you and I love watching you with them. They both love you so much. Thanks for being a great Daddy!
