Racing through "R"

In our first week of "R", we tried some new recipes, endured a rare summer's day of rain, listened to rock and roll music, saw raptors (eagles and hawks), listened to the radio, drove on Rutherford Road and Renee Place, started a bible lesson about Ruth and Naomi, and Mads had a riding lesson.

We pulled out the racetrack toy:

Painted some rainbow canvases:

Jacob ate his favourite morning snack of raisin bread:

The kiddos chose raspberry body butter for church this week:

We read "R" library books:

They made red, ridged "R" paper plate crafts for our wall:

I brought out the recorder.... (and then asked myself "why?"):

In Parksville, we discovered a garden full of red flowers:

Nana became a redhead:

We saw Dr. Reed:

The three of us cleaned out the refrigerator:

Jacob relaxed in Nana and Grandad's reclining deck chair:

The highlight of our week was having a family reunion with some of our relatives:

The littles rested, played, ate, and ran around:

While the bigs played Rounders:

Our favourite car snack continued to be rice cakes:

We made rice krispie treats to bring to dinner at a friend's:

I also made ricotta cheesecake topped with raspberry-cranberry sauce:

Thanks to Grandad, we listened to some "R" classical music, and even recognized some of it!

Friends up from Victoria invited us to their RV resort for an evening of roasting marshmallows...

...and riding bikes:

Madison joined Jacob and I this week when we made robin crafts:

During church, Jacob worked on a rocket pattern:

We returned to the beach where we found rocks:

Madison tried her hand at building a rock structure:

Nana and Mads threw rocks into the ocean and watched them ricochet off of bigger rocks (or just ripple in the water):

We found a wild rose plant on one of our walks:

At the end of the week, Madison and I picked up Warren's race package from here:

"Q" went quickly.

So quickly in fact, that here I am posting a week late! We filled our second "Q" week with lots of fun.

Jacob coloured a Qantas airplane picture:

The kids made a Q paper plate letter craft for our wall:

Madison went here for dinner with Nana and Grandad:

We fed the ducks a great quantity of food... QUACK!

Madison rode her favourite quadruped:

Our bible lesson for this week was about when God provided quail to the Israelites. We coloured quail pictures...:

...and made a quail craft:

Jacob and I visited the closest thing to a quarry that we could find:

We did some rubbings of quarters. We learned that the animal on it is not a moose (Mommy's idea), nor an elk (Daddy's idea), but a caribou! And of course, the Queen on the other side!

The kids and I found a new school playground to picnic and play at:

Mads did a 'book' all about quarters (fractions):

During bathtime one evening, we brainstormed a few quatrain poems:

Jacob and I found a quay:

Aunty Linda visited and felt queasy on the quilt...:

...but then felt better and had some quiet time with Daniel:

We visited another new-to-us spot:

We read our "question and answer" books:

Jacob coloured another quetzal bird, this time he gave it "3 suns and a truck":

Uncle Dan and Madison found quite the quicksand spot on Qualicum Beach:

Mads took a Highland dance summer camp this week and learned a very quick dance:

We stopped for a photo of this store that we pass by almost every day:

We worked together to make quilts for dolls and stuffies:

While Mads was in camp one day, Jacob and I popped into this store:

Jacob and I coloured pictures of quince (couldn't find any to try at the store!):

We had an outdoor Quiznos picnic on our quilt:

I thought it would be fun to practice being a quarterback, find some quartz, and make our own quill pens, but other than that, we didn't quit and did it all!