More Summer Fun

As we are winding up our summer I wanted to catch up on my blog posts.  With this one I am officially caught up.  :D  Just in time for an upcoming trip to Dallas Texas to have some last fun family time before Jake starts Kindergarten.  We are super excited to see a Rangers game and also take the boys to the Lego Discovery Center.  And then of course we also have AJ's 3rd Birthday coming next week.  At lot of fun to finish out a great summer!  But until then I will invite you to check out some of the other fun things we have done to enjoy our time...around many play dates and fun lazy days at home.  :)

Going to the zoo has been a fun activity this summer.  We were also able to go to story time twice which the boys really enjoyed.  That is what they are doing here.  Juice Box, stories and a craft...fun times for my boys.  And then of course we would enjoy the zoo for a hour or two before it got hot.  I love having a year pass to the zoo, especially since it is so close to home.

One weekend we also went to family day at Ryan's work.  There was face painting and a bouncer...my boys were thrilled.  Oh and also as AJ now calls it "Dunk a Duck!"  lol  the game where you throw a ball at a target and try to dunk someone in the water...no idea where he got this name.  hehe  But here is Jake, I mean Captain America.

And Iron Man himself

The boys loved their faces and I was amazed that they held so still to get them.

We also took advantage of a big 4th of July sale this year and got an above ground pool.  It has been so great to have to be able to cool off on a hot day and the kids adore it.  These pictures were taken when it was brand new, we had not filled it all the way, and it had not heated up under the sun yet...but they could not wait another minute.  :D

Even AJ has gotten a lot more courage.  Although after some heavy rains it is much more full than we were keeping it for him and so now he is addicted to his little floaty ring.  Oh well, going to start him in swim lessons this fall.  But he LOVES his ring and is pretty cute in it.  Gotta get some pictures to share.

"Maybe it is a little cold"

One of those moments where you can tell they are brothers..almost identical pose  :)

Jake swimming and AJ walking :)  Although AJ would walk around in the pull yelling "I doing it,"  little guy thought he was swimming :)

Adorable brothers enjoying cartoons together one morning

Jake also got to enjoy VBS at the same church he goes for AWANA.  He loved it, especially since they gave them glow stuff at the end every night and had "Glow People" come out and dance.  They were people with black sweats on and they made stick figures out of glow sticks on their backs and then with the lights out they came in and danced around...it was really quite awesome to see.  AJ loved it to when we all got to go to closing the last night.  VERY clever.

Jake of course was front and center showing off the songs.  :)

My goofy boys playing at one of the neighborhood parks

One morning I took the boys on a donut date.   :)  We had a lot of fun and the boys loved their sprinkle donuts.  Duncan Donuts was a hit!  I think AJ is thinking here..."I can take a bigger bite than that."

....and he did.  lol :)