When we first started Samantha wasn't sure what to do. We helped her a first, and then she did a little on her own. She wasn't really "into" finger painting. We will try again another day and see if she liked it better another time.
As soon as I got done making mac & cheese, we all sat down to eat together. We had a very child-friendly lunch of mac & cheese, applesauce, and chocolate chip cookies. Yum!
After lunch we got done with lunch, we all went out to ejoy the beautiful sunny weather. We had our sprinkler, pool, and bucket of "outside" toys out. Marc had fun in the sprinkler for awhile, then he carried water from the sprinkler in a caution cone, over to the other side of the yard and dumped it on the ground. He had the most fun hitting balls with his bat.
Samantha played in the pool most of the time.......
then she proceeded to crawl out of the pool and over to the bucket of toys.
We all got our fill of sun for the day and had a great time catching up!! :)
Marc had a blast running through the sprinkler, playing with water squirters, and splashing in the small kiddie pools.
When I told Marc it was getting to be time to go, he said, "but I want toplay inside with Ainsley for a little while before we go". How could I resist...so we stayed a little longer so they could get to know each other a little better. I think they will havw fun next year. :)
The state police was there with one of the boats and a couple of their motorcycles. They were letting the kids climb onto them and see what it felt like.
The fire truck was there with a continuous mist of water spraying. We let Marc play it for awhile. He was amazed at the the fact that there was a rainbow in the mist.
While Marc was playing in the mist, Samantha looked, pointed, and made a noise like she wanted to go in the water. So, we took her. I took her through and she goggled, so Marc took her through so I could take a picture of it.
It was a beautiful night to be outside! :) It was a great opportunity to educate Marc about all the different officers and to raise money for the police & fire stations. :)
While I was blowing it up, Samantha climbed onto it and was wondering what it was.
We (I) finshed blowing it up and let Samantha explore it while it was still in the house.
While they were napping I took the pool outside and filled it with water so the sun had some time to warm it up. After nap, we went outside for some sprinkler/pool fun.
Samantha was a little timid at first, then she warmed up and as much fun in the pool as she does in the bathtub. :)
Marc wanted to give little Marc a frisbee lesson.......
and they "rung" Samantha. ;)
Both og the kiddos spent some time swinging, which they both love!
After some good-hard playing in the park we headed for Rocky's, the local icr cream stand to cool us off a little. :)
On our walk back to the car we popped into a new candy store in town. They gave the kids each a balloon. Samantha was fascinated! She loved pulling the string and watching the balloon bounce around. She was adorable! (Sorry for the sideways picture, I don't know how to rotate it).
It was a beautiful day to be in the park! :)
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All done!
Hello?
My furture is so bright I need to wear shades.
Playing a tune for Mommy
Marc playing horseshoes.
Marc playing ring the pop can
Marc playing super big inflatable basketball.
Marc playing ladder ball
Marc playing football toss
The theme to this year's reading program was "Be Creative at Your Library". All of the kids were encouraged to create a work of art for the library. Marc's won!! We don't know what his prize is yet, we have to go to the library to pick it up still.
We went to the library and picked up his prize. It was a popcorn bucket from Wesco gas station. We can go get it filled with popcorn for free as often as we like for the rest of the year. :) Here is Marc with his prize-winning piece of art and his prize.
They also had fresh-popped popcorn and ice cream sandwiches for us to eat. Yummy!
The Cedar Springs Fire Department is there also. They gave a coloring book to each child and let the kids climb up in their new fire truck.
In addition to the coloring books and letting the kids climb in the truck, they turned on the fire hose and got the willing children wet....or maybe I should say soaked! When daddy took him over to get wet he did not take the camera to get pictures of him in the process of getting wet, but here is a picture of what he looked like when he came back to me......
like I said...soaked!! There were also 2 of the bouncy inflatables for the kids to play in. Marc took him to those as well, and once again failed to take the camera....what are we going to do with that Daddy?! ;)
