Summer Round Up, Part 3: Final Episode

So I'm just going to go ahead and cram a whole bunch of summer pictures into one post because, quite frankly, I'm ready for summer to be over. Bring on the fall! Jeans, sweatshirts, apples, leaves, pumpkins, mums, football, chili, soups, stews. I'm ready for it all.

"So this is what it feels like to walk a mile in Dad's shoes."

"Do I look as good as Mom in her sunglasses?"

I may have made a tactical error letting her get a cone instead of a dish.

King of the Jungle Gym

A fun afternoon at the winery for The Dog Days of Summer.

Looking at the dried-up creek.

It's the Tickle Monster! Oh, wait. It's just Uncle Joey.

Just chillin'

Bubble fun!

A pant-less Bubble Monster.

A little help from Auntie Care-Care

Gotta love the expression on Matt's face. Looks like he's having as much fun with the bubbles as the kids.

Trying to catch butterflies with her new net.

Slide train!

"Get outta my way! I want to go back up."

Watching to see who will win the stick race.

Looks like a serious brother-sister chat.

Mr. Grumpy

"Are you really going to take my picture, AGAIN?"

Is that a hug or a headlock?

Watching our garden grow:

Our friend Banana who lived in our garden for 2 days. Kaelyn could tell she was a girl because she was pretty.

Perfect gardening outfit if you ask me.

The only thing that grew well for us this year. It's a good thing they're so fun to watch grow and pretty to look at.

Buh-Bye Summer! See you next year!

Summer Round Up, Part 2: Museum Fun

We went to The Children's Museum a lot this summer. Yet it still felt like Kaelyn was asking me every day, "When are we going to go to the Dinosaur Museum again?"  I especially took advantage of any time we had visitors in town or were able to get friends to go with us.  It's pretty necessary to have an extra adult around these days. They both have a mind of their own and tend to go in different directions. Needless to say I am always super paranoid about losing one of them. Especially when it's crowded. Which it was a lot when we went.

They both loved the new Hot Wheels exhibit.

 

In the dinosaur exhibit, a perennial favorite:

Time to dig!

Uncle Joey had to turn on the flashlight on his phone so Bren wouldn't be scared in the cave.

Lego time. They had fun building. And Kaelyn spent about 20 minutes in the flight simulator on a non-busy day (no other kids were waiting that time). We had to drag her away to go eat lunch.

Train Time! Choo Choo!

No visit is complete without a ride on the carousel.

Summer Round Up, Part 1

Today marks the unofficial end of summer.  So I've decided that over the next week or two I'm going to do a "Summer Round Up" series featuring some of my favorite pictures and memories from the summer that haven't already made it on the blog. Without further ado...

Wearing Mama's shirt. Around his neck. His father is so proud.

Playing nice.

Snuggle time!

I don't really have any words for this one.

Snuggle time with Maya.

Make a wish!

Is she trying to get her coin back? Maybe she wants to change her wish.

We visited the library every couple of weeks to return books, pick out new ones, read and do puzzles.

Fourth of July at the David's.  It was so hot we changed into our suits five minutes after arriving and didn't change back until we got home.