Pumpkin Patch Everyday Play

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Summer: week 3

Hmmmmmm, only on week three and already i cant pick a best day!

This week was an awesome week. Summer has truly arrived bringing with it warm days filled with new adventures, discoveries and growth!

Earlier this week Wesley, Kai and Jasper came to watch as I emptied the new package of laundry clips into the bucket.... well that led to making monster claws! Love the imagination that a simple piece of wood can inspire!

My next favorite moment this past week was our beach day!

Even though it was still windy Sam's hat stayed on this time .... making for a much happier beach day!

We rescued starfish, clams and some tiny crabs from the scorching sunshine. Rosie and Kai tried to "swim" though the splashing waves while squealing and giggling with glee!

Fridays adventure took us to the Coquitlam river for a play on an empty playground, a walk through the cool trees with the most fantastic filtered sunshine shinning through the leaves , and a discovery of a small trail that led us to the river! We spent our time in the river enjoying the sunshine, splashing, throwing rocks, building a "hot tub", exploring and enjoying those little moments in life that make you want to smile!

Thanks for another awesome week my little friends!

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Summer: week 2

Week 2 of summer break was a little weird as it had the Canada day holiday part way through it. Monday was a bit of a blur for me as i was still a bit fuzzy from having the flu Saturday night. Tuesday was the holiday, so really it felt like a 3 day week! My favorite day this week was definitely our kite day. The kids spent a long time at the art table decorating their kites before walking up to the park to fly them. They had a blast running around the field trying to make their kite fly on a windless day. Afterwards it was decided that because we were so hot (and it was suppose to rain latter on in the afternoon) that we were going to mix up the day and have Popsicles BEFORE lunch! Its amazing how a 1/4 cup of frozen fruit juice at a different time of the day can bring on such excitement in a group of small children!

Summer: week 1

My favorite day for this first week of summer break has to be our adventure down Huckleberry trail (AKA... trans Canada trail)

We took containers with us to go see our secret huckleberry spot that was absolutely loaded with berries! We sang songs, raced down the hills and then picked and ate tons of berries! We even discovered that Hazel likes them as well! Our plan for the berries is to make huckleberry muffins, scones and pancakes!