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Last weekend we said a (temporary) goodbye to some family friends who are headed to the States for the summer.  The girls double-sleepover-ed the weekend .... the first night at our house, the second night at theirs.  Friday night they made a double batch of cookies to sell on Saturday morning.  I decided to totally step out of the kitchen and see where they ended up.

And where they ended up was with over 20 dollars in profit!  They also learned a few hard(ish) lessons in teamwork/cooperation, and there may have been a few small measuring errors.  ha.

We often stop at the playground on the way home from preschool pick up.  In the winter I'm trying to soak up the warmest sunniest part of the day.  Today I realized that this schedule is going to have to change.  Noon is HOT.  We've got lots of daily schedule changes headed this way as we finish up home school, and then taking a break from both local elementary and preschool too.  Still not sure what it's all going to look like but I. DO. LOVE. SUMMER.

My older three spent Monday evening at a dino-themed birthday party and 24 hours later the talk is still dinosaurs dinosaurs dinosaurs.  

The hatch-your-own-dinosaur-eggs party favors are a big hit.  Isaac got a dinosaur book off the shelf and started identifying his new pets.  I wish you could have seen his face when he heard the word "velociraptor" for the first time.  It was a mix of "that is the coolest name you could ever have for a dinosaur" and "how have I lived six years and never heard this word before".

We definitely have a few emerging themes for the summer.  Dinosaurs might be one to add to the list!