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Countdown to madness

Okay, so regardless of how I feel about summer, it's coming. Today is E's last day of preschool and the other two have about 2 1/2 weeks left until their vacation starts. I've implemented a great "summer school" system the last two years with the kids, which has helped our summers tremendously, but I'm realizing if I don't get on the ball, I'm not going to be ready for them when school is out... it takes a lot of work to prepare a summer's worth of lessons and activities.

So, today I'm off to the library to get some books for ideas - science projects are always high on their list of favorites - and I need help coming up with those for sure... art projects are easy - I save ideas all year that I want to try with them. I'm thinking this summer we'll do a photo journal for each of them, where they get to take a picture each day of whatever they want, and write about it... love the digital camera for things like that...

I'm also hoping to get some scrapbooking done - I'm working on a 2peas challenge to "lift"and idea from someone else on the pub board and make it into my own layout. I'm going to use this layout as my inspiration...

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=529935

I love how she used that amazing combination of patterned papers, all focusing inward toward her picture...

Okay - I'm off to the shower.

Comments

  1. Thena10:27 AM

    That's pretty cool! Can't wait to see your take on it!

    I think it's great that you have summer school for your kids!!

    Hugs,
    Thena

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