July Jumble, #2

This summer, we had two litters of kittens born.  We did not discover either set of kittens until they were 2-3 weeks old.  One mama cat had 3 kittens, and the other one had 4.  

Anthony with the prized near-white kitten.

So cute!

Cat-hole into the shed.

Look at that little face peeking out!

Needless to say, the kids love it when there are kittens!

 The garden really began booming in July.

That is a ridiculous pile of cucumbers.

Shucking corn.

Beans headed to the freezer.

A pause for a week of Totus Tuus.  The four oldest attended.  Next year it will finally be Anthony's turn.

Performance at the Wednesday night potluck.

Who do you spy?

Anne front and center.

Back to the garden we go.

Scrub that corn!

Cucumbers and onions all sliced up and mixed in some salt.

Cooking in the big pot.

Bread and butter pickles.

Totus Tuus 2014

A little later in July, the four big kids got to go to the Totus Tuus day camp at our church.  They had a great time.  Anthony and I hung out together all week.  He liked that!

Singing Totus Tuus songs for the families at the Wednesday evening potluck.

You can see Anne, Joseph, and Dominic in this pic.

Anthony watches "Peel, Banana."

On the afternoon of the last day of Totus Tuus, the kids always get to have a water fight.  Anthony and I came early to watch.

Catherine is back there in the purple shirt.

Anne.

Don't shoot!

The fire truck came to spray water over the kids.  Fun for Anthony to watch!

Totus Tuus

Catherine, Dominic, Anne, and Joseph were all able to go to the Totus Tuus day camp for a week in the middle of July at our church.  The three big kids loved it.  Joseph was in the youngest class and it was all new to him, with long days, so he did not enjoy it as much.  He also had a bit of trouble with another kid picking on him, which I did not find out about until the last day, so that made him reluctant as well.  However, I was able to get that resolved and he really enjoyed the last afternoon - the famous water fight time!

Anthony and I pulled up to see all of the kids engaged in a giant water fight.

Catherine was aiming at me.  She knew better than to actually shoot me with water, though!

Then the fire truck let loose with the giant hose.

Everyone got soaked.  Anne is in the middle of the picture.

There's Joseph, loving the spray.

How could you not get excited by that?

Joseph happily showed off his water gun.

He let Anthony squirt him.

Joseph will definitely remember the water fight!

Even Anne got soaking wet.

The fire truck hose made a big puddle, guess who was out in the middle of it?  Yep, Catherine and Dominic.

Look at those grins.  They had a great time!

Anne and her cousin, Olivia enjoyed popsicles after the water fun.

Totus Tuus 2012

This year was the first year that our kids participated in Totus Tuus, a week long day camp at our church.  It was awesome!  Catherine, Dominic, and Anne got to go and they all loved it.  They were sorry when it was over.  It took place a month ago, but I'm behind on posting things, so here it is.

On the Wednesday night of the week, they hosted a potluck dinner, and I took Catherine, Dom, and Anne.  Joseph was sick so Dan and Anthony stayed home with him. After everyone ate, the Totus Tuus teachers got all the kids up there to put on a little performance of songs they had been learning. 

You can see Anne and Catherine slightly right of center in the front and Dominic is further to the right, also in the front.

The twins are singing the "Banana" song in Super Slow Motion Style!

On Friday, the last day of Totus Tuus, Joseph, Anthony, and I headed up to the church early to catch the last of the activities, the water fight.  We arrived to see this:

The kids got to take water guns and boy, were they having fun. 

You can see Catherine in this pic.

Anne got cold (it was a hot day!), so she went to the safe zone, where no water spraying was allowed.

After the water fight, it was time for popsicles.  These were some wet kids!

They had a great week!  They got to go to Mass every day, and learned things about their faith, and made crafts and sang songs.  And they made some new friends.  They can't wait for next year!