Exploring & Learning

 Now that Brooks has learned to walk, he is all over the place.  He likes to make circles around the kitchen, circles around the couch, and he loves going up the steps.  He often goes into the office and closes the doors.  When he wants out, he will knock and babble.  Another funny thing he likes to do is crawl into my bedroom and shut the door.  He then waits for you to come get him, and he giggles, giggles, and giggles.  I often find myself reminiscing about when Kylee was Brooks' age.  She loved to pull the tupperware out from the cabinet and crawl inside.  The other night, Brooks pulled out some bowls and was making a racket in the kitchen while Daddy was cooking.  I immediately thought of Kylee.  Some might ask why I let my kids play with the dishes on the kitchen floor, but what other way to explore and learn, than playing with the things around you?!?

 Same goes for Charlie.  What other way to learn to cook, than to get in the kitchen and cook!!!  It isn't very often that Charlie prepares dinner.  He was being a sweetie last night and made hash browns, eggs, and sausage.  Bless his heart.  He burnt the hash browns, microwaved the sausage, turned off the wrong burner, melted a spatula, etc...  He tried, and it was a delicious dinner.  I think he needs to step into the kitchen more often.

 It's so hot already, so I let Brooks hang out in his diaper. 

 Kylee can't get enough reading this summer.  Since Daddy was making eggs, Kylee decided she wanted to read, Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss.  She read it aloud so we all could enjoy.

 Event though I love summer time, it can get a little boring.  Kylee and I, neither one, like to sit at home for too long.  Thanks to Pinterest, we found some really awesome science experiments.  Kylee choose an experiment that we could do right then.  I asked her questions, had her explain her thinking, and little did she know that she was learning.

 The purpose of the experiment was to see if the water could travel from one cup to the other.  It's called, walking water.  Kylee's prediction was right on.  A few minutes after we placed the napkin in both cups, we could already see the water walking up the napkin. 

When we woke up this morning, this is what we found.  The water had walked to the second cup.  The once empty cup, was now filled with a little bit of green water.

What other way to spend your summer, than exploring and learning!!