Since this week we have a mini family of three (instead of our usual seven), you might wonder how Little Miss & I have been spending our days while the big kids have been at camp. (The Captain is good at making any place his office and continuing work.)
Well, mainly doing boring stuff: unpacking, laundry (although a lot less than usual!), gardening, organizing & cleaning in the house, book keeping, some shopping and errands, and a whole lot of mundane. But today Little Miss and I decided to do something fun and went on a Story Walk (a free outing provided by the town library).
We walked and read the story of Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean.
Little Miss reading the word 'RED' out loud.
The book was quite catchy - a new book to us, we hadn't read it before. "I love my brown shoes, I love my brown shoes, I love my brown shoes."
Little Miss checking out the number behind the 'page'.
Awww, mom.........! Enough with the camera, already!! Can we stop at the playground now?
We sure love our town library and our children's librarian. (In fact, our town is great, too! And there is a fantastic house for sale in this town (ours) ;-)
Interested? :)
What a fun outing for some mommy & me time. And in my homeschool mom's book this qualified as a homeschool summer field trip :)
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Mitä meidän miniperheemme on oikein tehnyt tällä viikolla, isojen lasten ollessa leirillä? Enimmäkseen arkitouhuja: laukkujen tyhjäämistä, pyykinpesua (tosin vähemmän kuin normaalisti :), puutarhatöitä, siivousta ja organisoimista, kirjanpitoa, jonkin verran asioiden hoitamista kaupungilla ja shoppailua, ja paljon kaikkea tavallista.
Tänään kuitenkin lähdin Pikkuneidin kanssa kirjaston järjestämälle Tarinakävelylle. Kävelimme kirjaston takana olevaa kävelyreittiä lukien kirjaa Pete-kissan valkoisista kengistä. Uusi kirja meille, ihan hauska, ja meillä oli kivaa niin kävelyllä, kuin leikkipuistossa kävelyn jälkeen. Kivaa äiti-lapsiaikaa tai kotikoulun kesäinen luokkaretki :)
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ReplyDelete<3 the happy faces. And the shirt. :) What a fun idea about the story walk! We'll have to see if we can find the book, looks cute.
Thanks, Saina :)
ReplyDeleteIt would have been more fun to do with you and your littles <3
What a great idea! A story walk! Exercise and a story! Awesome for kids (and Moms and Dads)!
ReplyDeleteI agree, Jessy! Our first time. Too bad it was hot......! We didn't follow the trail to see where it goes, just turned around at the end of the book.
ReplyDeleteIhana kirja :) Kissafani kun olen niin täytyy googlettaa saisiko täältä tai Amazonista.
ReplyDeleteNauti 'miniperheestä'! Meillä lapsista 3/4 Suomessa isovanhemmilla, vain 16v teini kotona ja itsellä loma, joten seuraavat pari viikkoa nautitaan!
a story walk now that's an awesome idea, would love to do something like that with the kiddies... great pics!
ReplyDeleteLeena, kannattaa ostaa, niin hauska! Nauttikaa tekin miniperheestä, meillä menee viimeinen päivä, huomenna haetaan koululaiset kotiin. Mutta melkein koko elokuun miniperhe taas: kaksi lasta lähtevät Suomeen.
ReplyDeletegypsyreeves, we would have loved having you and your girls along!!
Pete the Cat is such a sweet book! Adorable pictures of your little sweetie in this post!
ReplyDeletewow, i've never heard of an outdoor story reading like that, cool!!!
ReplyDeletelove those pics, enjoy your time with little miss while it lasts, she is so precious :)
Thank you, musicalmary! We really enjoyed ourselves.
ReplyDeletemountain mama, first time for us too. Yes, savoring these moments... They grow too fast!!