We have really kept busy this summer, and sometimes I just am enjoying the things we are doing and then later remember that I was not taking pictures! Luckily, I have been pretty good at getting photos of most of the fun stuff we have been doing - so here goes the installment of the happenings before we went on our Big Vacation!
Touch a Truck Event!
Literally one of our most favorite things to do!
The boys absolutely love getting to get into all these vehicles and explore. Most of them are completely disabled, so they can climb in, look around, pretend to drive - although Jack will often find the buttons that do make noise or honk the horns! That's my boy!
Jack and Tom in an Army vehicle
Jack LOVES the buses - just wait until he can ride one for school!
Quent on a John Deere tractor
Jack daydreamin' on that same tractor
Quent is learning how to fix the utilities in the consumers energy truck
Waiting for the Army Helicopter to take off -
the cool part was when it did take off it circled round the field over and over. It made me a little nervous to have them sweeping by that close, but the boys thought it was so cool!
That same day we went to Alex's Birthday party (one of those times I was not taking pictures but just enjoying myself) and then went to a skating party with Uncle Dan and Aunt Betty.
Jack, skating with Daddy and the lady from the rink.
This was the boys first time on skates. They each made it around the rink once, then they were done with the skates. Quent was done before we got Jack's skates on so I did not even get a picture of him on his skates.
Gramma lends a hand with Jack on his skates but he is done - can you tell by the look on his face!
Tom then enjoys some skating time!
Playing catch
Aunt Kyle teaching Quent how to catch and throw.
They were using the ball and mitts that the boys got for their birthday.
Quent making the catch!
Now Jack is giving it a try and making a catch!
Oops, missed it, but good try!
Daddy and Quent practice a little too.
Reading fair at the Zoo
We went to this fun event at the children's zoo with some twin friends of ours and had a great time! Got lots of freebies, did some fun activities, had a picnic lunch, rode the train and carousel, and saw the zoo animals too!
Quent, Teddy, Amelia, and Jack pose with Cat in the Hat
The boys eating suckers and watching the big crow
High five Giant Cardinal!
Jack was trying to show me his zebra tattoo, but he was trying to figure out if it really was a zebra!
Quent got a turtle and was pretty proud!
That pencil he was carrying was his most prized find of the day and bonus that it had an orange eraser!
4th of July
Spent a very hot and humid 4th out at Uncle Dan and Aunt Betty's, chatting with the family, eating some good food, and having a good time!
Going through the kid wash - the coolest pvc pipe invention that ever was!
It was a pvc pipes with holes strategically placed and attached together to make a 'car wash' like sprinkler for the kids to ride and run through.
Is that the coolest?!
My guys riding in the water while the grown up kids play kickball in the background
That is one serious game of kickball!
Jack gets Gramma to go through with him!
Its fun for all the kids -really this was an all day activity that they all played at for hours! There would be a food break or bathroom break, but all the kids stayed in suits the whole time and kept coming back to this!
Oops - sprung a leak!
My guys staying cool on a hot day
Okay! So they got me to go through it once too!
Splash Pad!
A trip with the Mothers of Multiples group to the Splash Pad in our area, very cute and fun place to cool off on a hot day. Quent loved it right from the start, it took Jack a little bit to get used to the idea, but once he got in, he was having fun too!
Go Quent!
Quent coming back to the bench to convince Jack to go in too.
Hey, this is not so bad!
Cute and Happy wet boy!
My next big post will be about our Vacation to the Outer Banks at the end of July! I am so excited to share those photos we had so much fun on our first big family trip!
