Summer Fun

So much to blog about, so little time! :) This is my attempt to catch up on blogging a little. Coming soon: Birthday party and vacation!


This was just a random Friday at OT. I like watching Nate do the monkey bars.

This is a balancing board.

This was from the last day the kids spent at their previous sitter Bekah's house. Georgia will be going back to Bekah's when Nate starts school. They both love it there. This summer we have been fortunate enough to have my cousin Nicole as our nanny here at the house.

This isn't a great picture of Nate but I thought it was cool with the blurred trees out the window, and you can see Georgia's cute pigtails. :)

One day we went to Holiday World with the families from our Bible Study. This was really Nate's first time on kiddie rides, and he loved them.

Nate and Evan checking out each other's swim shoes.

Then we hit up the awesome water park. Nate is such a little fish--he loves the water. He found a kid slide that didn't go too fast or slow, and he could go down it himself and eventually didn't need anyone at the bottom to "catch" him, and he could make his way to the steps by himself, and up the steps and back down. We were so proud of him for being independent like the other kids his age, and we could just sit by the pool and watch him play. He went down that slide at least 100 times. Georgia took some time getting used to the water, but she eventually liked the splash pad. In the afternoon, there came a MONSOON. You'd think since we were already at a water park that we wouldn't mind getting wet, but we were soaked and cold and miserable. We had a great day overall though.

This was on Nate's actual birthday, June 25. I wanted to make it a special day for him. The kids made it difficult. :)

We went to see Cars 2 in the theater. This is only the third time they've been to the movies, and the first time since Georgia was an infant. We made it about 2/3 of the way through the movie before they were running up and down the steps and being loud and disruptive and we just left.

Then there was this huge commotion on the way home--something about Nate losing one of his cars in the theater. We decided to nap and try again later. I took the kids to Dairy Queen for an ice cream.

Then that turned into a huge mess and meltdown. Then I took them to church by myself ... that was fun. Ah, I tried. :) It's funny how we parents see these big days and try to make them special, and to the kids it's just another day to throw a fit.