Lets Go Kiddo

So, it’s been a while since I’ve updated.  This post will be a lot of pics catching up, but I’ll do my best to catch up things here also.  It’s not that there hasn't been things to post about, it’s more been that things have been weirdly busy.  Kiddo finished up her 2nd Grade year, but then J had another 2 weeks of work before her summer started.  In that, I was on Kiddo for that time and her and I had some fun and played; However, it’s hard to blog and update things when you are on an 8 year old from 7:30am until approximately 5pm and then need to handle dinner and household tasks. Kiddo did have a day camp in there as well, Animal Helpers and Learning, so that was right up her alley, but I had chores to do in that time and med pick ups and the like, so I really only had one day in that week and used that to have a minute of down time and to just catch my breath for a minute.  The Samp was fun and she learned about a lot of different animals.  Kiddo made...

It was a long weekend here, because of the Dragon Boat Festival,  but it was also a rainy weekend here.  We didn’t let that stop us, though.  Saturday it didn’t rain so we got out and had a family lunch.  It was pho and then we got groceries on the way home.  Sunday was the rainy day.  It was just grumpy.  All day.  Luckily, I planned on that the day before and while shopping I also picked up everything that I’d need to make soup.  Soup was indeed made and we had some friends over for soup… and a little bit of wine as well. I started Sunday morning.  We all were having a lazy day, but I had to make stock for soup.  That’s not hard work, so it wasn’t taxing.  Just time consuming.  You kind of have to babysit the stock.  It also takes time.  You can’t extract all the goodness in an hour.  You need to give it time and love.  J and Kiddo just hung out, listening to music, and playing Legos.  In the a...

Sorry for delays in posting, but we’ve had some busy weeks and the end of the year approaches quickly.  On top of that, the weather has been great and so we’ve been doing more on weekends and I’ve been out and walking and doing during the week again.   The big news and event was International Day at school.  Each class is assigned a country and the decorate the classrooms based on that country.  Then, they have info and a performance or dance based on that country.  Sorry none of Kiddo, but the faces of her classmates were clearly visible in all, so take my word for it that it was amazing.  If you want to see, email or message me privately and I will pass that along for you to see.  I don’t want to post other kids on a public blog though.  Safety and being considerate and all that.  But, the dancing is GREAT!  Kiddo just nails it and she’s (imho) cute as a button doing it.  The class country was Puerto Rico.  Kiddo learned a...