Summer Lovin!

We are lovin' summer over here... even though it has been miserably hot, too often. Luckily, that is the perfect time to go swimming. 

or surfing :)

We have been busy crossing things off of our summer bucket list:

4th of July Fireworks

For fireworks on the 4th we headed over to the Sandy Pines and spent the evening with Aunt Pat and Uncle Duane. It was about 150 degrees out but the girls didn't seem to mind. They were over the moon about the firework display. Nearly every single one got a "wow" or "oooooh" out of them. 

Build-A-Bear

Build A Bear was part of the girls' birthday present from Grandma D.

Did you happen to notice the underwear on Georgia's cat? I was TOTALLY trying to coach her on a girlier/cuter selection but no... she was sold on her decision for some "whitey tighties"

This picture makes me laugh...

Chalk Paint

 Chalk painting (equal parts cornstarch and water + food coloring) quickly turned into Charlie painting.

 and then "child painting"

Picking Blueberries

We picked blueberries not once but 3 times. This was the response I got when I asked Georgia to show me the blueberries she picked.

Whitecaps Game

Technically we went to less than half of a Whitecaps game (local minor baseball team) since we didn't show up until the 6th inning.

 Who am I kidding? We were mainly there for the fireworks.

Slime and Moon Sand

We have made slime (borax + white glue)

and moon sand (baby oil + flour)

Ice Cream

LOTS of trips to get ice cream...

Flying Kites

Maddy came up to me with tears in her eyes because she couldn't ride ON the kites. Apparently we need to go hang gliding one day... in like 20 years or so.

I brought a blanket but Sofia LOVED crawling through the grass.

In addition to all our "bucket list" activities we have been having lots of fun practicing our tricycles...

blowing bubbles...

water guns...

riding dogs?

teeball...

and tunnels :)

We have about a month left and some pretty big projects still ahead of us!