Summer Fun!

Summertime means sunshine, shorts, t-shirts, outdoor play, and ....... WATERMELON!!  It's one of our all-time favourite summer snacks at Susan's and boy, does it ever go fast (down into our tummies and from the bowl).  Friday we dined outdoors at our Mike-made, perfect size for us picnic tables.

Afterwards some of us felt the need to "chillax" a little! It's funny who will emulate who!! ;)

Swinging Fun

On Friday, we had such beautiful weather for an excursion so that's what we did and we ventured over to the "Wooden Park" (the kids have names for the various parks in town; everything from "Freaky Park" to "Train Park" to "D&J Park").  At the wooden park there are a bunch of tire swings.  Well.....these were a hot commodity as you don't often find them at many parks in the city.  So we just had to enjoy them, and that we sure did!!!

Garbage Day

Today was garbage day at Susan's (every Wednesday) and everyone on the street has their own garbage bin.  Well, it's amazing what kids find interesting.  Anything involving a big "truck" and a loud engine is sure to do it.  Therefore, we decided to see what this garbage pick-up all entails.  So we all wandered out into the yard and watched how the garbage man disposes of our trash.  The children thoroughly enjoyed watching the arm grab the bin and dump it out into a chute on the top of the truck.  We even got a wave and a honk from the driver!  Maybe we'll get to explore more jobs that big trucks do in our community.

Picnic in the Park

The weather has been absolutely beautiful the last couple of days so we decided to enjoy our lunch al fresco and picnic in the park.   It was a little gusty so we had to hold on to our milk glasses!

Planet Week

This week we've been studying the planets in our solar system here at Susan's.  This has sparked some debate amongst the adults as we still don't agree on Pluto being downgraded in planet status. Sigh.  How things change.  Needless to say we've still had fun creating various projects that involve our planet.  It's fun to see the children's perspective on what is a planet and whether Earth is one or not. ;)

Boat Week

Last week was boat week.  Boats are a fascinating mode of transportation and the children were quite inquisitive as to how they stay on top of the water.  Throughout the week we did many boat related crafts AND even created and floated our very own boats.