Week In Review - Fairies, Butterflies, and Bees Day 2-5

The rest of this week was soooooo busy that I did not have time to write about it until now. Here goes:

Tuesday

After breakfast three of my girls worked on making caterpillar's made out of an egg carton. It was a simple craft, but even my older girls seemed to enjoy it. DD4 decided that painting her scrap paper under her egg carton was much more fun.

Then it was off to the lanes at Hurlburt Field to join the festivities of the awesome Hurlburt EFMP. I forgot how fun it was to spend some time with my family at the bowling alley. We did this a few times in Japan and the girls really loved it. I have yet to get DD4 to bowl, but she had a great time running around.

I even tied for first place the second game with my horrible bowling form. :D

 

After bowling, we went to the Hurlburt Spouse's Club Thrift Shop to find items for our fairy garden. Then, I took DD1 to the Hurlburt Library summer reading program for teens. Their theme is Hunger Games. She seems to like it and I am so happy. 

While we waited for her we went to the Base Exchange to get some things for our garden. I was researching why the leaves of my plants were yellow and why my plants seem so small. I found some awesome information about Epsom salt and iron supplements. I thought might as well try it and bought some. I also found some rooting hormone for a nice price and figured why not try out growing some new rosemary bushes from my huge bush on the side of the house. It did not take long to get what I needed, so I sat down and watch DD4 play with all the toys....what cheap entertainment for a toddler and she did not even make a mess.

We also had some fun playing at the Library's outdoor classroom area as always. 

After all this fun, I still had my Tuesday business to take care: menu, grocery list, coupon clipping, budget, bills, banking etc. Tuesday is my "office" day. I "follow" the flylady ideals for getting things done as much as possible. It really helps having this business day so I am prepared for grocery shopping and errands the next day.

Wednesday

This is usually my busy day no matter what because it is the day I do my grocery shopping and errands. We did not have time to craft today because everyone was so slow getting ready, but no one seemed to mind. I had an appointment in the morning and the girls were really great while waiting for me. 

Afterwards, we visited a friend at Elements of Divine Wisdom and went to Uptown Station Park for a picnic lunch. I was very pleased to hear that my DD2 loves when we pack a lunch much more than grabbing fast food. (BTW today is one of those beautiful Florida days that I wish I had a working laptop so I could blog outside)

DD3 won this shirt for having the fastest cardboard sail boat.

After the park it was time to take DD2&3 to their summer reading program at the Hurlburt Field Library. This was a great time to get my grocery shopping done. I only had two children to keep in check while doing my shopping and things went swimmingly.

DD4 let me take a picture of her with her baby watermelon.

That night we worked in the garden a bit and DD4 decided it was time to pluck a watermelon. She said "got it mommy" to which I replied "oh no!" to which she responded with loud sobbing.  I felt so bad. I hugged her and told her it was okay. I tried to explain to her why she needed to wait next time. I hope she gets it because last year we had no tomatoes because she kept pulling them off the plant too early (lol). I convinced her to let me cut it open and there was enough melon to get four bites.

Thursday

Thursday was full of fun crafts. We first worked on coffee filter butterflies. DD4 sure does love to not do the offered craft. This time she decided that coloring on the newspaper under her craft was way more entertaining.  If you look close enough in the photos you might notice that my older children decided to tattoo themselves with colored pencils and water. I guess this is one of the consequences of having a mother who loves getting tattoos. :D

Next, we worked on all natural bug repellent. (here are some links for information: Bug Spray 1, Bug Lotion, Bug Spray 2, Essential Oils that Repel Bugs, How To Blend Essential Oils ) I took information from all of these sites and created our bug repellent. I let my children pick three essential oils from the stock I have - 1 top note, 1 middle note, and 1 base note - and added the correct amount to their spray bottle. I had a master bottle that we now keep outside that I made myself.  We have not had the chance to test these out, but when we do I will report how they all did. 

Then, we worked on our fairy garden.

DD4 started working on this wonderful coloring page. I am so proud of how she stays in the lines already.

The rest of the day we were relaxing and I watched a cute movie, Monte Carlo, with my older girls.

Friday

This was a very unorganized day. We finished up the fairy garden and watched a movie, Stick It. 

I was frazzled by the end of the day. I guess most people would have been after two kids get glass in their foot at two different times and a crabby toddler. See my post about lunch breaks. (On a side note, lavender oil is the best antiseptic I have ever used)

Finished crafts: