Summer Randomness

Here are just a few things we have been doing this summer.
The boys took swimming lessons:

Zach moved up to level 3 and Riley moved up to level 2!

Sidewalk paint:

Riding in Granddad's new trailer (made by Uncle Bill) just for the grandkids!

Bowling!!

Those are just a few things that have been keeping us busy lately.

I hope everyone is having a great summer!!

Zach's Volcano

The kids like to use salt dough to sculpt things.
We bake the dough and then they can paint what they made.
This time Zach decided he wanted to make a volcano......
one that actually spewed out "lava".
He started out by shaping his dough into a volcano.

After it was baked and cooled, he painted it brown.

He added red paint to look like lava flowing out of it.

Then I sprayed it with a sealant so it wouldn't fall apart when the lava came out.

To make the lava, we needed these things:

Zach wanted his lava to actually be red, so we added red food coloring.

First, Jeff helped Zach add baking soda:

Then he added the vinegar mixed with red food coloring:

The more he poured, the more this happened:

LAVA!!!

Zach was pretty proud of himself!

Our 4th of July Weekend

#20: Go to the Drive-In

Friday night was a perfect night to head to the drive-in.
It was cool and there was a nice breeze.
We packed the kids' favorite blankets and pillows.
When we got there, we got them all settled in the back of Jeff's car.

We did have to wait awhile for the movie to start.
Lily kept pointing out that the sun was setting......
so the movie could finally start.

The boys told each other funny stories and jokes.

About 15 minutes before the movie started,

we gave them what they had been waiting for:

Popcorn and gummy worms!!

We saw Toy Story 3.

It was a really good movie.

The boys loved it!

Lily liked it too, and thought it was funny.....

after she finally settled down long enough to sit still and watch it. =)


By the time we got home (close to midnight)

the kids looked like this in the back seat:

I WISH!!

They looked more like this:

WIDE awake!

That's OK though,

they did sleep in on Saturday morning.

Lily even slept until 10:30!!!