The Doeschers: August 2011

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Saturday Morning with Daddy

Iria is attending the "Women of Faith" conference today, so I'm watching all of the kids.

Katharine has been taking piano lessons, and Iria says that she is starting to practice by herself for the first time. It's nice to be the first born- in addition to the piano lessons she has swim lessons, choir, and around 4 or 5 dance classes every week.

Kassidy loves the piano as much as Katharine does.

Iria sneaked out when Kassidy was preoccupied.

It was a success- no "Mommy is leaving" meltdown today!

In the grand tradition of my youth, Saturday mornings mean "Saturday morning TV".

The kids are excited!

Kassidy joined me in the studio for some drawing.

Unfortunately, her favorite crayon is the white one. I hope that doesn't lead to any long term frustrations.

I worked on some level design for Gearbox- using crayons of course!

The color book was popular today- I read it to both Keira and Lennon.

Kassidy went on to slowly finish off her breakfast waffle.

She likes to takes her time when eating...

She also likes to climb all over chairs and sneak around the kitchen.

I need to keep a close eye on her when she is in there.

Katharine and I worked on the bunk bed project that we planned out last week. She wanted to convert the two single beds that came with her doll house into one bunk bed. So I dusted off the drill and grabbed a serrated knife for the saw, and got to work. The first version came out a bit too tall, but we re-measured and succeeded on the second try.

Charlotte then came over and helped Katharine move it up to the doll house. You can always tell who your true friends are when you need to move furniture...

Back downstairs Keira was doing some dual-TV action, which means that she must have found the iPad lying around somewhere.

It was snack time, and as you can see we have quite a diverse range of tastes.

Lennon = waffle

Keira = spicy chips

Lukas = apple slices

Kassidy then went down for her nap, snacking on a fresh bottle of milk.

The kids got crafty downstairs, and did some "face painting" on their arms (I guess that is a tattoo).

We had pizza for lunch- two pies just about covered it.

The girls then went on to the computer to look at the 'American Girl' website- Katharine is writing a short story for them that she will enter in a contest.

Kaira sneaked off with the iPad, and decided to wear my shoes for a change (I don't have nice purple ones like mommy).

And as I was snapping away, I finally solved the mystery about why the paint had rubbed off the top left edge of my glasses. That is where the camera rubs up against them. I guess I take a lot of pictures...

Lastly, Iria texted me with a message for Katharine:

She loves you too!

Friday, August 26, 2011

Bottle Bubble Bobble Heads

I left my new case of Perrier water in the front seat for one afternoon, and they all expanded like balloons.

The kids quickly turned them into a game of "bottle family".

A quick glance at the 10 day forecast shows some relief in sight by next Saturday, where the temperature might dip down to 99 for a day or two. We just had our 60th day of 100 degree temperatures, and are closing fast on the record of 69 (set in 1980).

Monday, August 22, 2011

Art Class

Katharine and Lukas are already a few weeks into home schooling, and the cool art projects are starting to come in.

Katharine drew this map freehand (looking at a printed map for reference). I was really impressed by how well she got the scale and shape of the geography. Tomorrow she is going to draw in all the borders of the countries...