Here are a few more pictures from our August:
Mike texted me this picture from Costco - the first time we have seen Clorox wipes in stock for months!
Sam took this picture of Oliver, and thought he looked just like a sleeping Megalosaurus in a video game he plays
A screenshot of the Megalosaurus from the game - hehe
Mike taking a selfie with Juno
Mike saw a deer on one of his runs
Cute sleepy Oliver
The kitty boys being silly
The power of wielding the treat container
Playing Ticket to Ride
Marolynn comes for backyard visits, and Dorie and Oliver join us
Opening a Japan Crate!
Kate came for a backyard visit too, and Dorie was soooooooo thrilled to see her!! She loves her Aunt Kate!
This is a meeting of the "Juno is scary" support group
Nora saw some cute embroideries online, and that got her interested in learning how to do it herself. She found some tutorials on YouTube, and some sampler patterns to learn the different stitches.
You have to be careful of sneaky Juno when trying to do crafts!
After doing the sampler patterns, Nora did this unicorn embroidery pattern, and it turned out so cute!
Oliver brought a katydid in the house this month - better than a snake or a mouse
We got some Crumbl cookies during shark week, and the sugar cookie had a giant gummy shark on it
Cats look so funny when they are in tummy grooming position
Oliver patrolling the berry patch in the backyard
I accidentally turned on the light and woke up these sleepy boys
Nora is taking a Foods and Nutrition class from BYU Independent Study, and needs to cook some different recipes for each unit
Ugh, spoke too soon about Oliver not bringing in more snakes - poor Mike was working in the office, and when he closed his laptop, he saw something slithering on the desk. It was a very small garter snake.
We tried to catch it, but it was too fast and disappeared behind the desk where there are tons of cords. We looked and looked using flashlights, but were unable to find the snake!! We put Oliver in the office and closed the door, hoping he would find it and catch it again, but that didn't work either. At this point, we decided we'd just have to wait for it to come out again. Ugh. Nora said they can go a pretty long time without eating, so it might not come out for a while. Great. 😑
Max really loves Evie's Viola for some reason
Being Evie's study buddy
I was sitting in the chair and looked down to see these little crossed paws sticking out - hehe
I found out from Sam's teacher that neither the online classes, or the in-person classes were doing a social studies curriculum this year, and were focusing on the core subjects (math, language arts, and science) because of the shortened class times. 5th graders are supposed to be learning about US history and government, which I felt was important, so I found a home school history curriculum to do with him at home. The in-person students are also doing specialties - art, PE, and computers - but those aren't part of the online curriculum, so we've been doing those at home with him also.
Doing some art
When I was a kid, I LOVED this show called "The Secret City" that taught you how to draw, and I found some episodes on YouTube to show Sam. Someone had transferred them from their 30-year-old VHS tapes, so the quality was not great, but it was still fun.
What school-day mornings look like these days
Doing a history worksheet
Another exciting thing that happened this month is Evie got contacts, and has been learning how to put them in and take them out. It is a pretty tricky thing to learn, but she has been getting a lot better at it. These are her backup glasses, but I haven't seen her wear them much.
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