Showing posts with label summer fun list; summer; kids; 2013. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Picking Peaches


On Saturday, we went to Steffen Orchard in Conway Springs to pick peaches. Last year we picked them somewhere else, and were not happy about the cost (we had to pay just to go into their fields!!) or the quality. We were very disappointed. :( In the fall, though we heard about Steffin Orchard & went there to pick apples & we LOVED it! So, we decided to come back this summer to pick peaches. We were not disappointed at all!! The peaches were big, juicy, and delicious! 

The kids had so much fun picking (and eating!) lots of peaches!





At first the kids were calling these snowman peaches which I thought was cute, but then the boys started calling them butt peaches.....of course.....















We came home with almost a full box of peaches. It cost us a little over $22.00. I know we can go to the store and get peaches for probably cheaper, but we can't have these fun memories of eating while we pick, climbing ladders to find "just the right one", or laughing together out in the summer sun. This is a tradition we have done for several years, and one I hope we keep up for years to come. 

Friday, July 19, 2013

Shooting Balloons with Darts

I saw this idea on Pinterest. You get helium filled balloons and put ninja faces on them, and have your kids shoot them with Nerf darts. I got happy face balloons from Dollar Tree and stuck them in the yard with golf tees.


It was a little windy, so they didn't stay straight up, but Zach said that was OK, because it was more of a challenge that way. :0)


This is how Lily started out:


then she decided this was easier....








They did this for awhile...with NO fights!! Yeah!!
$6.00 worth of fun, that's my kind of activity! ;0)