Splash Pad

Most often we have play dates for Julia but now that Andrew started school he's met a friend named Grant and wants to have his own play dates.  We've had a few other play dates with Grant but this time we went to the Splash Pad.  It was a hot day and Andrew had a blast with his friend.

Grant has an older sister who is one year older than Julia so it's worked out nice that she has someone to play with too!  Julia and Sarah Ashley had fun together too!

Great way to cool off!  

Cute boys having fun on a hot day!

Andrew cracks me up with these goggles!

Learning Time

We're having a great summer doing lots of fun things but we're also squeezing in some learning time too.  Julia and Andrew are hard at work in their summer learning books.

$1.00 Movies and Park Play date

Every summer the local movie theaters play past kid movies and since we rarely go to the movies they are ones we haven't seen.  Today we saw Paddington which was super cute in these comfy reclining seats at the brand new Avalon for only $1.00 each.  Such a great deal!

Afterwards we went to Gary Pirkle Park with some friends for some playtime on a super hot summer day but luckily the playground was covered and we were in the shade.  Julia doesn't usually climb the spider web but she gave it a shot for a bit today and did great.

Andrew was doing good on the web today too!  Not many people at the park...I guess it was too hot for most people even in the shade.

Vacation Bible School

Julia had another great year at Vacation Bible School and she even knew one of the girls in her class which made it nice.  Everyday when I picked her up she wanted to visit her two favorite teachers from last year, Bri and Jessica.  These teenage helpers were so sweet and Julia still really loves them and wishes she was in their class.  She was so happy to see them everyday to say hello and get a hug. Julia really enjoyed the theme this year which was Journey Off the Map and came home singing the songs everyday.  

Morning Snuggles

Julia is my little sleepyhead so I normally wake her up so she doesn't sleep too late hence wanting to stay up late and the cycle continues.  Andrew is more of an early bird so he wanted to wake her up and decided to snuggle with her in bed instead.  Looking at my kids snuggling in bed was so cute I had to run and grab my camera to take a photo so the image would never escape my mind.   I truly am the luckiest mom to be spending my days with these two cuties!

Transformer Birthday Party

We celebrated Andrew's birthday with a few of his friends with a transformer party at our house.  We only invited 4 families for a transformer BBQ birthday party and it turned out to be heaps of fun!  We're so glad everyone came to help celebrate our little guy turning 4 years old.  The kids had to complete three different missions.  The first was transformer Bingo which Thomas made and I neglected to take any photos (my bad). The second one was to uncover the transformer by throwing water balloons at the poster (it was covered with popcorn).  I guess I should have taken a picture of the poster before but I totally forgot about that too!

The last mission was to throw bean bags into baskets and score 50 points!

The birthday boy on the move but staying hydrated.  Thankfully the party started at 4:30 since it was a hot day.

The kids all loved playing with Andrew's transformers.

The birthday boy all ready for us to sing Happy Birthday!

It was a delicious cookie cake and once again from Publix.  We added the transformer toys to his cake since he wanted a transformer birthday party and transformer cake.

Andrew and his buddy Case who also loves transformers.

Almost forgot to get a family photo but surprisingly I remembered.

Julia and her BFF from Kindergarten Haleigh.

Andrew and Case.

Andrew and his buddy Grant from preschool.

We decided to have him open his presents after everyone left since he kinda says what's on his mind. I was worried he might say something about a gift that wouldn't be appropriate even though we chuckled about kids saying what's on their mind with friends during the party.  I didn't do the best at taking photos and getting pictures of everyone..I guess I was busy enjoying the party.  Happy Birthday to my happy little guy Andrew!

Andrew Turns 4

Wow this little guy turned 4 today! What a fun day we had celebrating our happy little boy!  He got to open one present in the morning before dad went to work.

We first went to a puppet show with his friend Case and his sister Haleigh and then headed to Roswell Park for loads of fun outdoors on such a gorgeous day.

The girls enjoying their picnic lunch.

The boys enjoying lunch too but probably doing more playing with the transformers.

The girls loved the tire swing.

I tried sneaking up on these two who were holding hands but they turned around before I got a picture so I took one of them smiling at me instead.

Can you spot Andrew's new transformer, Optimus Prime?

Had to get a photo with Nana since she traveled all the way from New York.  

Exploring the playground.

Don't fall!

Relaxing on the swing before it was time to head home.

Me and the birthday boy.

Glad Nana was able to join us for Andrew's birthday.  It was a special treat having her here to celebrate his birthday.

This little guy was fast asleep once we got in the car.  He was wiped out from playing at the park.

Andrew was excited to open more presents and it was hard for him to wait most of the day.

Julia was excited to give him her present which consisted of two transformers, $4 of her own money (although she wanted to give him $16) and a book she wrote about Rescue Bots.

One of my favorite pictures from the day.

Family photo.

Andrew playing with his new transformers.  All he wanted for his birthday were transformers.

Nana made him a yummy ice cream cake for his birthday dessert.  It was delicious!

I love this one of Andrew blowing out his candles which of course are green.

Make a wish birthday boy!

Looks like he's ready to eat that whole cake but think again birthday boy.  Happy Birthday my sweet boy!