The House of Helrings

Summer Crafts, Projects & Drawings

We haven't done too many summer crafts. We love doing crafts and projects but have been spending a lot of time outdoors this summer. The above picture are our homemade kits made from pink tissue paper and plastic straws.

Ava recently learned how to spell Daddy's name. She writes it on cards and note paper all of the time. She leaves notes for Ryan with hearts all of the time. I have a stack of twenty on my kitchen counter. Ha ha.

Using tape to make pretend roads for their toy cars.

For Charlotte this activity was to practice counting 1 thru 8 (dots).

Charlotte's octopus with rosy cheeks, hair, smile, nose and eyes.

Jelly fish and sea stars.

Fish made from a twisted water bottle and tissue paper and sea star with glued on rice.

This is fairy princess that Ava drew, along with the kitty cat.

Charlotte busy at work.

Ava's chalk drawing of herself and a cat.

Ava and Grandma Letty made this cute bird with markers and colored pencils. I had to take a pic.

Drawing #1. Artist: Charlotte

Drawing #2. Artist: Charlotte

Bluebird Park - Laguna Beach

Bluebird Park - Laguna Beach
We organized a caravan to drive about 25minutes to Laguna Beach to play at Bluebird Park. It was a nostalgic trip for me since my parents use to take me and my brothers her in the mid-late 80's. The space ship tower was and still is a huge hit with the kids. The park took on a outstanding upgrade in 2004. The park has playground equipment unlike any other park I have ever seen so far. It's very exciting for the kids and the parents to see the kids enjoying themselves. These are a few of my favorite pics from our play date.

My kids and the Lowrey kids. There are three other families that went with us too.

Say cheese Charlotte!

Merry-go-round

The spaceship!

Twist, turn and swiiinnngg!

Twist, turn and spin! Wow! Getting dizzy here.

Ava and Kaia at the top of the spaceship dressed in pink.

The kids taking a break on the 'hammocks'.

Natalie at 8 mo Old

Natalie at 8 Months Old

Natalie is a pretty easy baby still. She pretty much is only real fussy when she's teething. At the end of her 8 month of life she has 4 teeth. Two bottoms came first, then her two top teeth. She can stand up holding on to furniture and cruise a little bit. And just a few days ago she stood up all by herself for just a few seconds. She did this twice in the last five days but it was very brief. She loves to say 'dadda' and can wave bye, bye and clap her hands. When she hears music she rocks back on for on her tooshie. She is a pretty happy baby and a good eater. She is using an Advent sippy cup spout now to drink some water and apple juice. I plan on stopping nursing her when she is a year old. She loves getting in the bath tub with her sisters, too. She is a pretty fast crawler now too when she's chasing after her sisters around our home or trying to get Felix our cat. She weighs about 19.5 lbs now.