Wordless Wednesday--- Preschool Graduation Pics/End of year Pics!

Here are my girls end of the year preschool pics! I loved them all, couldn't pick just one. :) Would like to thank my best good neighbor friend for the "bug" and "bee" shirts they are wearing. She bought the shirts about a week before pictures and they made everything perfect.

Things I plan to do with the kids this year....

I've decided to go Apple and strawberry picking this year. We like to make chocolate covered strawberries, and we also like to make apple pie.


Discovery Place Kids is opening in our area in the fall of this year so we'll take the kids there since Discovery Place just isn't in their age range yet.

There is a laser tag facility, so I figure we may go play a "nice" game of hide and seek there. But for some reason, I think Redmosqui and I would have more fun going without the kids....Hmmm. We'll see. Redmosqui (husband) is my big kid, right?


We also may take a trip to the mountains or the beach but not sure which one yet. The girls haven't been to the beach or the mountains either. Mountains are always a first choice here. We may even get to the ones in Pennsylvania.

There is one place we haven't quite made it to--- It's one of the largest farmers markets in NC. I've been wanting to take Bug the last few times we've gone uptown but haven't had the time. So that's something we could do. It's probably one of the only really good farmers markets in the area that we have not gone to.


I want to take the girls to Dan Nichols Park which offers over 300 acres of land for public enjoyment. The park offers camping, hiking, fishing, small boat rentals, petting zoo, and nature museum. The park is free to enter and open year around.

We also drive Uptown to see the skyscrapers and "The Queen City."

There MAYBE a possible trip to the airport to pick up a friend that might be flying in that I haven't seen in a couple of years! Generally, we'll go a little early, park at McDonalds and marvel over the planes taking off. :) I care more about my friend, but the kids care more about the airplaces. We can let them think it's about them, right?

Another thing I'd like to do is take the girls to Reed Gold Mine, which is actually the first documented Gold Rush the lovely United States has seen... however I think this one is more for MY benefit than anyone else.

Last but not least, I want us to take a train and/or Trolley ride. Those are my plans. Whether they happen or not, I'm hoping 4 of them get accomplished and I can roll over the rest of the list for next year. One special thing every quarter of the year definitely makes the year go by quicker. Also, now that we have the minivan, trips aren't such a big deal anymore. The girls are comfortable all the time. :)


So, in all honesty, I really haven't decided on anything. This list is still so long. With our work schedules we'll probably end up Apple picking and strawberry picking, train ride, going to the Park and going to Discovery Place Kids. :/

Eeny meeny miny mo!

As weird as this sounds, I'm laying in bed with a horrible stomach ache. So bad, it sounds like a thunder storm in my stomach. But the only thing that I have on my mind tonight is--- What are we going to do this year? I've been thinking about it for a while. I try to think of at least 4 special or unique things to do with the bugs each year. The year before last we went Apple picking, to the nature walks and butterfly pavillion. We also went Strawberry picking last year and to the Zoo. Throw in a couple of random trips other places and we have our total of four.

I thought about picking grapes but after much.... and I do mean much research, I discovered that all of the vineyards I would go to do not have seedless grapes. My kids love grapes but I'm not serving them the ones with the gigantic seeds in them.

I guess we do have several options for fruit picking. It just all depends on where we want to go. We have strawberries in May, Peaches in June, Apples in July. We've become so familiar with Patterson Farms, which is a farm that has been open in this area for almost 100 years. We wouldn't even need a tour. The girls are still too young for horse back riding. Redmosqui doesn't even approve of that. But I guess we'll make it a point to pick some kind of fruit or veggie each year. We enjoying the fruits of our labor afterwards by making pies, etc. When we went apple picking, we picked 22lbs of apples for $11. So I suppose that will be 1 thing, the pumpkin patch is a given every year, maybe the girls are old enough to make or just paint pottery? How old do children have to be to do that? I'm sure they'll want to get and paint more bird houses--- another thing we've done every year. There's so much to choose from and I'm at a loss this year. They aren't ready for the Circus. Most likely not ready for the State Fair either. (That or I'm not ready!)The Charlotte area mostly has things that are for older children. Like Discovery Place and Rays Splash Pad (indoor water fun). Discovery Place is opening up a toddlers Discovery Place this year I think but I'm not sure when.

What special things do you do with your child/ren? I will post a special "gadget" list when I've figured out our plans for this year. Sadly enough, it does have to be planned this far in advanced.