Roscoe Village - back in time

Jenna, Matthew, Grace, Regan, Sarah, and John

Last week we went to the pool every day. Every day!! In the morning they do 3 chores and a page in their summer workbooks (I just read to Matthew) so they can buy something at the snack stand at the pool. This has worked well as incentive to doing chores and their workbooks.

 Then on Friday we went to Roscoe Village with Jenna's friend Grace (and her brother John and sister Regan). Roscoe village is a town preserved from the 1830s. They have a scavenger hunt where you go to different buildings and pick up a little trinket and get a signature from one of the people working there (in period costume). 

At the old school house

It's a fun place to go and since Jenna and Grace just had Pioneer day, it is something we thought they would enjoy. We had a great time there.

Another view of the schoolhouse

At home we are cat-sitting our friends' cat. We have him until June 18th. He is a pure-bred Ragamuffin cat and is beautiful. He is soft and silver colored and FAT. I love fat cats. Scruff was always a little chunky and Theo makes Scruffles look anorexic. I hope you can see from the picture - he is almost the same size as Sarah.

Sarah and Theo (aka "fatso")

In other news:

1. While Amanda was brushing Sarah's hair she found a huge tick. I'm not sure how long this tick had been there but it was engorged. Yuck. Poor Sarah. She is afraid to go outside now for fear she will get another tick.
2. Erik has lost so much weight. He started at 223 and is now at 201. He is so close to his goal - I'm excited for him. He is sticking with his funky coffee breakfast now.
3. I read Divergent, Insurgent, and now am in the middle of Allegiant all by Veronica Roth. These books go fast and have a lot of action. I'd like to see the movie at some point. 
4. Jenna has begged, and begged, and begged to read the 7th Harry Potter book. So I finally relented. She is now reading it. I hope it is not too scary for her. 
5. Silk brand Dark Chocolate Almond Milk is pretty amazing. 
6. 52 points on quiddler today