Happy 14th Birthday, Amelia!

Amelia was thrilled to be in the middle of her summer ballet intensive during her birthday week, but she did not have dance on the Sunday of her birthday. So we were able to celebrate her that day. Breakfast crepes were requested.

We made the ice cream cake she requested.

Gift opening

Amelia's special birthday activity was to take a tour on the Santa Barbara Land Shark. We rode around downtown, learning fun new facts about the town. Then the Land Shark transitioned to the water where we boated out to the buoys where Sea Lions and Harbor Seals hang out.

 

WWII Double Feature Field Trip

I planned a "WWII Double Feature" field trip day for our homeschool group. We started at the Commemorative Air Force museum in Camarillo.

The docents divided us up into multiple groups. Colleen and I were with the littles so she could be with her friend Jedidiah.

 

 

Austin went along with a group of middle school boys. Apparently their docent really enjoyed all the questions and knowledge the boys had.

 

After a picnic lunch at a park, we went to the Seabee Museum just 15 minutes away.

 

 

It was a great day full of learning all about two different groups of people and technology that went into WWII.

 

Butterflies, Beach, & Park Fun

A beautiful Monday at the Natural History Museum to visit the butterflies.

 

 

 

Austin, Colleen, and I spent an entire day at the beach. We started the morning by meeting Kailey, Riley, Wyatt, Fritz, & baby Fischer.

In the afternoon, our homeschool group met to play.

Deb had two sleeping kids so she handed one to me to hold. We were pretty happy campers.

An afternoon at a park with a sledding hill, games, and friends.

 

 

Austin's Special Week

Colleen enjoyed Kinsley's beach birthday party

This second week of summer break started with Amelia's first week of State Street Ballet's Summer Intensive. Colleen had her week at Ice Skating camp. So Austin had his special week with Mom while his sisters were in camp. We did a variety of activities, but one of our goals for the week was to teach Austin how to sew. After getting the jist of the mechanics, he decided he wanted his first project to be a tool belt. He worked on it slowly over the entire week and did a great job.

 

 

We waited for Dad to be home to have a celebratory last day of school ice cream.

In other big news, meet Sport. Our new car. 

Our 17 year old RAV4, Sapphire, finally died after serving us so well.