One of the things we work on at our house is having an open mind when it comes to food. We don't want to hear, "I don't like it" unless you have actually tried it first...then you are allowed to not like it...but most of the time the kids will try something and be surprised when they actually like it! We move them beyond things like "Kraft" cheese and introduce them to feta, brie, blue cheese and more. It's a lot of fun. Last Saturday we went on a picnic after our Lewis & Clark history lesson and decided to try some Greek food. Scott and I LOVE trying new food and are pretty excited about the upcoming KC ethnic festival. In preparation of that event we thought the kids would enjoy a little taste of Greece so we got our lunch at Mr. Gyros. We ate Gyro Melts with lamb, american & swiss cheese and Tzatziki sauce and sampled Dolmades, Pastichio, Spanakopita and Pita Bread with Tzatziki sauce. The kids LOVED everything but the grape leaves...but that's ok...because they tried it first. Plus, we love them so that means more for us next time!
Yummy Greek food = full tummies and smiley faces...
Sat. turned out to be a perfect day...we learned some history, explored a new museum, carved little boats, watched an artisan work and then had a picnic in beautiful, cool weather. We took Lady with us to the park so she could run around with us and the boys introduced her to the playground equipment. She followed Noah all over the playground, went up all the stairs and rode down the slides in his lap. She was also introduced to the geese...and didn't try to eat or chase them...which surprised me...That morning the boys asked if Lady could meet their other puppy when we dropped them off at their mom's house. Since Lady had been treated for fleas twice before we adopted her and had been to the vet last week and treated some more we thought it would be a good idea. The kids love having a puppy at each house and they were dieing to have the two meet....but when we got there we were told that their other puppy had some suspicious looking bugs and their mom felt it was better if the two puppies didn't meet....so the kids are hoping that it will be taken care of soon so their two puppies can finally meet and play.
Pugs are known for their head tilt and the longer we have Lady the more tilted her head gets..it is soo cute! Boston Terriers are known for being cuddly & lovey and she is definitely that.
Her first slide...
This photo is from our last day of summer...the boys all got some new school clothes and Noah even took home an extra shirt so he could wear it to school on the first day...It's the purple one...I can't believe how fast summer flew by and that they are already back in school...
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