Moms Summer Camp

So school is out and the kids are home wondering what to do. You take a look at the summer camps around town and see that they are $200 or more per kid. Times that by six kids and that is WAYYYYYYYYYY too much money! Plus, do you really want your kid around people and other kids that you don’t know?!?

So Becki had the most fabulous idea and coordinated such a fun week. It was a summer school for ALL of the kids. The moms got together before school was out to plan the week and what each of us would teach. Brooke put together all the charts to keep us organized. She even had a carpool chart to make sure we got all the kids where they were supposed to go. Here is what the schedule looked like:

The kids had a blast! The first day the older girls had service and did a bake sale for a little 10 year old that has cancer. They earned $360 and were even on the news. My girls were so excited to be on TV. The jealous brothers made fun of the girls jumping up and down on the end of the news clip and told them that its more embarassing to be on the news jumping up and down than NOT to be on the news.

I wish that I had more pictures of the week. It was way busy and crazy sometimes to even remember to take a picture. I need to get some more pictures from the other moms. Here are some:

The older boys did stilts and tye dye T-shirts over here. The older girls made different jewelry, like water bracelets.

Becki had made fun flip flops with the older girls and painted nails. I’m just so made that I don’t have a picture with all the kids or even each group!

Both sets of boys made marshmallow guns with Becki and had a little war.

The Busy Boys did a dinosaur day with me. We dug for dinosaurs, made plaster of paris molds of them, paper mache eggs, ate dinosaur breadsticks, and sent them home with a dinosaur that grows.

The little girls had a ladybug day. They made ladybug hats, beanbag toss, picture frames and colored. They also had a fun science day where they planted seeds, painted wooden flowers, played with their little garden gloves and watering cans.

The older boys did science experiments from these little kits. The kits had everything to make a clicking telegraph, spinning motor, real radio, and light generator. Skittles and M&M’s kept the boys going.

Like I say I should have taken more pictures. The cooking class was a lot of fun and I don’t have any pictures of that because everything was eaten. She had the little girls do peanut butter play dough and made gingerbread men out of them to decorate. All of the older groups learned how to make an entire meal. My kids came home with the recipes and have been so excited to make dinner for the family.

I know that the service class was filled with picking up trash, planting flowers for a neighbor and delivering cookies. I just wish that I had photos of all of it!

The Older Girls and Busy Boys had a Mad Scientist party for their science class.

I’m missing some of the girls in this picture, but better some than none!

They were given lab coats with their name tags, goggles and gloves and went to work on flubber, homemade ice cream and Pepsi Volcanos. (What a waste of Pepsi!!!)

Can I just say that moms and kids were exhausted every day, but oh how fun! On Friday afternoon we chilled out at the 3D movie UP

I was supposed to work with Tara on Friday with the little girls, but wouldn’t you know she had her baby the night before. I was kind of sad because I was so excited to work with her.

So before we enjoyed our delicious dinner at Melinda’s, we ran over to the hospital to see Tara and her new little BOY!!!

Brooke’s not in the picture because she was enjoying a fun weekend with her hubby in Vegas!