We didn't do too much for the 24th, but we had a nice day. I would have loved to take the kids to the Days of 47 Parade downtown, but I was babysitting that day, and I knew I couldn't take 5 kids by myself and stay sane. Maybe next year. I did take the kids on a walk in the neighborhood in the middle of the hot day. I talked to them about the pioneers and how they didn't have scooters, strollers and bikes to make their walk easier. Thankfully for us, we only walked around the block and not across the country. I can't imagine. While we were talking about pioneers, McCray was asking me to tell him stories about when I was little. I guess he must think I am old enough to be a pioneer.
That afternoon we made little covered wagon snacks. That was a cute idea if any of you ever want to try it. Basically, you take 2 graham cracker quarters, and stick them together to make the wagon box. Then you glue the wagon box onto a whole graham cracker. Put frosting on the top of the wagon box, and put two BIG marshmallows on top of this to make the wagon cover. Then we took two animal crackers, stick them together with frosting, and stick them on to the whole graham cracker, in the front of the wagon. Put 4 mini marshmallows on for the wheels, and then, Viola! A covered wagon.
Camille's horses were tired, and fell over from exhaustion.
I hope you all had a nice day too!
5 comments:
You can tell your kids about walking in the hot Florida sun and pulling weeds that were higher than the (baby) orange trees.
The wagons look really fun!
how fun! i may try this for FHE this week!:)
What did you use for buffalo chips?
Looks like fun!
Jay
That is really cute; I can tell by the photos the kids really loved it. Fun!
See how creative you are. I love it! Of course you told him about walking to school in the snow barefoot up hill both ways right?
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