States that I have been in at one time or another.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Fibi's Color Changes
This is Fibi as a puppy. She was born January 13, 2010.
This is Fibi almost 18 months later in June, 2011.
She is a havi-bichi-poo. Her mother is a Havanese, her father is a Bichipoo (Bichon Frise/Poodle). She came from an Austin breeder and I highly recommend Deb and Steve!! They are at www.storybookpuppies.com.
Fibi's color lightened up as you can see but is still beautiful! She is a great companion dog and is great with children.
She is a great Lap Lander with a Licker License!
We gave her a first birthday party and several of the neighbor dogs came!
She is definitely an important part of our family.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Summer Calendar for Child Activities
It's my motherly job to fill in activities for Emily's 12 weeks of summer vacation. When you have an only child who is social, it can be difficult to have a fun summer. You have to schedule playdates, because you are not guaranteed the children who live on the block will be home to play outside. Plus, the Austin, TX summers are brutal and playing indoor is safer most of the time.
So, like the past 3 years, I've created a calendar template and shopped for fun things for her to do. It takes hours to plan and organize, and this will be the first year I don't hit up my group of friends to sit her during the day while I work in the mornings. This year's summer calendar will be much easier for me.
So far we have three major activities, a family wedding, a week of church day camp, and a week of overnight Christian camp. Plus I'll add in the annual favorites, like VBS volunteering and art class at Laguna Gloria.
My activity brainstorm list for last year looked like this...
Bake goodies and deliver to elderly neighbors
Something new this year is the actual physical calendar. I used the MS Word 2007 calendar creator. There is a quick helper for it at http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/how-to/Pages/create-calendar.aspx
So, like the past 3 years, I've created a calendar template and shopped for fun things for her to do. It takes hours to plan and organize, and this will be the first year I don't hit up my group of friends to sit her during the day while I work in the mornings. This year's summer calendar will be much easier for me.
So far we have three major activities, a family wedding, a week of church day camp, and a week of overnight Christian camp. Plus I'll add in the annual favorites, like VBS volunteering and art class at Laguna Gloria.
My activity brainstorm list for last year looked like this...
Bake goodies and deliver to elderly neighbors
Bike/walk trails in
Austin http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/trails.htm
Bird watching
Camp in back yard
Clay bead project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ5v8wY2mV8
Go to overnight camp for a week
Kayak or canoe
Learn Spanish
Make a craft and sell on etsy.com
Make and serve a formal dinner to parents
Stargazing with planetfinder app
Swim Barton Springs
Take a painting class
http://theartschool.amoa.org/
Try geocaching http://www.austinexplorer.com/Default.aspx?Category=Geocaching
Email/skype friends
Visit a farm or ranch
http://www.boggycreekfarm.com/pages/tours-of-the-farm.php
Visit and research Texas historical markers, take pictures,
document
Volunteer at food bank, soup kitchen or animal shelter for a
day
Volunteer at VBS
TX Nature Challenge
I've put the three known activities on it and will use it to fill in the rest in pencil as summer draws near.
If you have any additional activity ideas or suggestions, please send them my way!!
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