Our First Week of Summer

We started summer with a bang this year. We were so busy last week, I can hardly remember everything we did.

Before the craziness began, Sunday afternoon we took a lovely walk together around our river trail. We always get comments on our hats. We all burn to fast, we have to protect ourselves. Cute or not, they are a must for this Nielson family!

 Monday morning, Adam started a week long Robotics class at UVU. That meant we had to be out of the house by 8:30 every morning. Luckily, these kids have their morning routine down, so we were on time all week.

Adam was so excited about his class. He loves learning new things!

 Since his class lasted a couple of hours, the other kids and mom spent every morning in Orem, running errands and whatnot.

When we got home Monday, the kids were dying to go play in the sprinklers. They had a ball!

 

 Monday was Make Something Monday, so they decided to make brownies from scratch. Each kid (besides Caleb) pitched in and they did most of the work themselves.

 Their favorite part of the whole adventure was licking the bowl.



They did a great job! The brownies were delicious!

Tuesday Adam had his class again and that evening, Mommy, Adam and Tessa got to go have a special evening out. We went and saw The Little Mermaid at the Hale Center Theater. It was such a fun show and the cast was awesome! 

 Tessa was pretending to be under the sea.

 We were so excited to meet some of the cast after the show!

 Scuttle and Ursula stole the show.

 I love these pictures! Prince Eric and Ariel took a few minutes to talk to Adam and Tessa before we took pictures. These kids were so thrilled!

 Ursula was seriously amazing!

 Sabastian and Flounder. Everyone was so fun to watch.

 They wanted a picture with the sign after the show.

 Wednesday morning we were back in Orem, bright and early. Tessa was extra excited because she got to take a special dinosaur class through UVU. I think she was the only girl in the class, but she loved it and talked about it for hours afterwards.

 She got to cast some fossils in her class. She thought that was the coolest thing ever. She is dying to go see the new Jurassic Park movie.

 Thursday, Adam had his class, Tessa started a new art class with a brother in our ward and Caleb finally had his 9 month check up. The doctor declared him perfectly healthy. He weighed in at 19 lbs 14 oz and was 28 inches long. That puts him in the 30th percentile for weight and 40th for height. Basically where he has always been. Doctor Paxton was impressed with how happy and interactive Caleb is. He is one happy boy!

 Friday was Adam's last robotics class and we got to go in at the end to see what he had learned all week. He showed us something he built on Friday. Then he hooked it up to a computer and it moved! It was pretty impressive!

 Tessa is loving her new art class and spent most of her weekend working on some art projects. She has discovered modeling clay and made several animals with it this weekend.

Saturday we had some of our old friends from Ogden down for a visit. It was so fun to see the Littlemore's and get a good visit in. We found it crazy that we met almost 10 years ago when we lived in our Ogden apartments. I will always be grateful for some of the wonderful people we have met over the last 10 years. Time has gone really fast!

 

Our first full week of summer was a crazy whirlwind with lots of driving, but Adam and Tessa loved their classes and it was a fun way to kick off our summer!