The Talens' Tales

Some random photos of life lately.  Mataya's preschool had an end of the year party and she got a pretty rainbow on her face.  The rhubarb plant in the garden is doing quite well this year. Mataya used this leaf as an umbrella...  And she could also use it as a shirt.  Gideon and I went to a park one day while the others were in school. He was fond of the tunnel.  The older two had fun with clothespins at Oma's house the other day. Summer is here on the Island and we are loving it!

Wilbert got some lovely and thoughtful things for Father's Day this year. Mataya went all out making things at school and a card at home.  She filled out this questionnaire about Wilbert as well. She knows him pretty well.  And Joash made this cool card at school. He was especially proud of the pocket and the $5 bill he made that fit in the pocket.

I will admit, we are often home bodies. We all like to be home, in our normal space and routine. But sometimes we need to get out of the house and take in some fun things on the Island. This weekend, Joash, Mataya and I went to Reading Street, an event put on by Reading Town PEI . It was supposed to outside, but rain moved it inside.   They had a great variety of activities for the kids, different authors reading and lots of free things. We were all pretty excited about the free books we got.  It was a fun event and I hope that we can take in some more of these things in the future.  And Joash has been doing jobs around the house since February to earn money to buy a Lego set he wanted. Well, Saturday was the day he finally had enough money, so we stopped by Toys R Us to pick up the lego set. He was very excited about it! It was a nice change of pace for a weekend for us.

I managed to get in 15 books this month. I am not really sure how I added 5 more than usual, but a few were rather short and a few were impossible to put down. And there were a few that I sped read because I just wanted to get through them, so there were a few duds in the mix. But the top three would be: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah - This is by far the best book I have read all year. I loved it! Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman- A unique book written from the perspective of a teenager with mental illness. Very interesting and very eye opening. The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence - A fun book, that deals with some pretty heavy topics.