It's fun having a special day once every 4 years... almost to the point that I can overlook the extension of my least favorite month of the year. Since this was only Strider's and Rayna's third Leap Day ever, and Colsen's second, and Milo's FIRST, we knew we had to celebrate!
To kick things off, I hid a bunch of Leaping (paper) Frogs around the house with the instructions that the person who found the most by dinner time (and could bring them to the table), would win an extra treat.
Then, after Strider gave us a brief report on the history and necessity of Leap Day, we played some leaping games, both inside and out.
Leaping far...
Then we resumed a tradition we started last Leap Day... We traced the kids' bodies on paper so we could see their sizes, and on the backs wrote out some current facts and future predictions. Strider and I are calling these our mini-time capsules. We still have the ones we made 4 years ago and are anxious to read what we wrote then -- after we get back to NC. And we'll store these new ones, too, to bring out in 4 years.
It's very hard to believe how small everyone was last Leap Day (Just look how cute they were!).... and even harder to believe that by the next one I will likely have TWO teen-agers, and one may even be driving!! That seems like a big LEAP indeed!
What a cool idea Amy!! Love reading about your adventures!!
ReplyDeleteYou do the neatest stuff with your kids! I want to be one of your kiddos!!
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