I've fallen behind again. Several different excuses but I'll spare you and just skip to some summer fun in the month of June. I don't want to overload you, so I'll save July for another post.
We had a busy June spending a large majority of it visiting family. MariCagle and Nate spent a whole 6 sleeps at Grammy and Poppop's without the parental units. They each have attempted this before, but backed out when it was time for us to pull out of the driveway. However, this time no tears were shed at all. (It nearly broke their mama's heart, but it's a good thing I guess.) They spent their week doing all sorts of fun things including swimming at Uncle DJay and Aunt Terri's pool, McDonald's every day for lunch, Chuckie Cheese, going to the movies, playing in the sprinkler and just playing and spending time with Grammy and Poppop. I have to make special note of their trips to McDonald's. As tasty as Mickey D's food is, that was not the draw to the restaurant. During the month of June they featured Kung Fu Panda toys in their happy meals and my kids quickly became obsessed with collecting all the different toys. (This came to be a huge advantage come time for swimming lessons, more on that in my July post). Bottom line...they were spoiled rotten which I guess doesn't make that week any different than any other, but they certainly had a good time. Grammy and Poppop have pictures but I failed to get them from them at our last visit, so you'll have to take my word for all of it. :)
And as if that wasn't enough fun...towards the end of the month we spent about a week and a half going between both sides of the family's homes. We got to spend some quality time with grandparents, great grandparents and aunts and uncles which is always very special. Picturewise, I have some awesome shots of both MariCagle and Nate tubing at Nana and Pa's house. This is was their first tubing excursion and they just love spending time with Nana and Pa on the lake. I have to say these times are especially sentimental for me since we spent a great deal of my childhood on that lake. Lots of memories then and now...check out the tubesters...
We had a busy June spending a large majority of it visiting family. MariCagle and Nate spent a whole 6 sleeps at Grammy and Poppop's without the parental units. They each have attempted this before, but backed out when it was time for us to pull out of the driveway. However, this time no tears were shed at all. (It nearly broke their mama's heart, but it's a good thing I guess.) They spent their week doing all sorts of fun things including swimming at Uncle DJay and Aunt Terri's pool, McDonald's every day for lunch, Chuckie Cheese, going to the movies, playing in the sprinkler and just playing and spending time with Grammy and Poppop. I have to make special note of their trips to McDonald's. As tasty as Mickey D's food is, that was not the draw to the restaurant. During the month of June they featured Kung Fu Panda toys in their happy meals and my kids quickly became obsessed with collecting all the different toys. (This came to be a huge advantage come time for swimming lessons, more on that in my July post). Bottom line...they were spoiled rotten which I guess doesn't make that week any different than any other, but they certainly had a good time. Grammy and Poppop have pictures but I failed to get them from them at our last visit, so you'll have to take my word for all of it. :)
And as if that wasn't enough fun...towards the end of the month we spent about a week and a half going between both sides of the family's homes. We got to spend some quality time with grandparents, great grandparents and aunts and uncles which is always very special. Picturewise, I have some awesome shots of both MariCagle and Nate tubing at Nana and Pa's house. This is was their first tubing excursion and they just love spending time with Nana and Pa on the lake. I have to say these times are especially sentimental for me since we spent a great deal of my childhood on that lake. Lots of memories then and now...check out the tubesters...
First mate Nate. Riding on Pa's boat feeds right into his current pirate fetish.
Cindy went with MariCagle the first time out. A little into the ride MC very sweetly asked what would happen if Cindy just let go and if Cindy thought her mom might let her do it all by herself. And so off she went...
Nate too had some company his first ride. Thanks Aunt Jodie. Aunt Jodie taught him a little lingo too...Cowabunga Dude. But he was also off on his own before we knew it. He was quite the daredevil for a kid who , at the time, couldn't stand the thought of putting his face in the water. When he wasn't going over bumps he tried to make them on his own bouncing up and down.
The kids also enjoyed the slip-and-slide while at Nana and Pa's. It took some warming up to, particularly on Nate's part. Again, he wasn't too fond of water in his face, but quickly got over it and enjoyed dancing up and down the slip-and-slide. Nate also took the name of the water fun literally, he would slide down and on his way back up, would purposely 'slip,' hence the name 'slip-and-slide.' :) MariCagle is always quite the princess, and that didn't change on slip-and-slide. After one slide into the grass and dirt at the end, she was very careful to stop herself short each turn so as to avoid getting dirty.
Notice she has already started slowing herself down at this point. :)
Eeeeww!! Dirt and grass!
Nate was still warming up to the idea at this point. Notice he's over to his right trying to avoid the sprinklers on the left side. You'll be amazed at the progress come July during swim lessons!! I know I am.And there's still more for June!! Can you believe it?!?! We were lucky enough to celebrate five very special birthdays. Three whose actual birthdays are in June...Happy Birthday Pa, Quinn and Ward!! And a couple that were early celebrations for July...Happy Birthday Cindy and Ryan!!. Everyone loves birthday parties and Nate and MariCagle are no exception. Thanks for letting us celebrate with you guys!
Stay tuned for more of our summer fun! Hugs and kisses to you all!
Stay tuned for more of our summer fun! Hugs and kisses to you all!
1 comment:
That looks so fun! We are sure the kids had fun and we can't wait to do "slip-n-slide" at Poppop's and Grammy's.
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