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We officially finished our Summer Fun List last Saturday, and not too soon. The kids start school tomorrow!! There's a few photos so, I'm just going to throw the rest of our summer fun list into one post. :0)
We had cousins come into town, so we went to Exploration place with them and cousins who live here too!
Then we had our annual Outdoor Movie Night at my mom & dad's. My sister Kathleen & I got all kinds of snacks & popcorn, then we set up the projector and watched Big Hero 6!
My niece Rachel had a princess tea party that Lily went to. She had a ton of fun!!
While she was there, the boys and their cousin Johnny played Laser Quest!
We checked Glow Golf off of our list a few weeks ago too!
Lily finished he Summer Skills Workbook!! She was very proud of herself!
We bowled a lot using Kids Bowl Free. Just sign up and the kids can bowl 2 games once per week. The only cost is the shoe rental, but that's only $2.00 each!
The kids enjoyed egg shell painting again this summer. mainly because they get to throw the eggs....
Jeff found several Geo Cache's for the kids to do. They love following the GPS to find the "prizes" and leaving new prizes.
We also went to the zoo a few times. The kids always enjoy that!
I still have to post about our Mini Vacation, but that deserves it's own post.
We have had a fun filled summer, and now we're (or at least I'm) ready for a fun filled school year!!
A few years ago, the library did a fun life size Candy Land game. I remember the kids had so much fun, so I thought I would recreate it with my kids and their cousins. I made all the pieces big and then set them up in my sister Mary's basement.
Sorry these pictures are not in the order of the game. I just took them as I was going, and I'm too lazy to try to put them in the right order. :0)
So, this is Queen Frostine's Ice Cream Sea:
Candy Castle, where you win the game!!
Lollipop Forrest:
Lord Licorice's Castle:
The Molasses Swamp:
Peppermint Forrest:
Gumdrop Tree:
Grandma Nut's House:
Gumdrop Lane:
The whole board:
We had to split the kids up because there were too many! Here are the little kids going first:
Then the older kids:
It was a lot of fun!!!
I feel SO behind on this blog!! Hopefully I will get caught up since the kids are heading back to school on Wednesday!! :0)
Anyway, Jeff & I went to a wine making event at Grace Hill Winery. It was so fun!! It wasn't too expensive either. It was $25 each, you made the wine, & got a bottle of it.
Before we came, we were encouraged to email them a label we wanted on our bottle and they printed them off. We found our labels and sat down at a table.
They had three types of red and three types of white wines for everyone to taste.
Then you started mixing them until you find the taste you want!
You also have to do math. :0/ You write down the measurements you use in your glass, then you have to multiply them and make them add up to the amount that will fill the bottle. I made Jeff do my math. ;0)
Then you take your equation up to the wine people and they make your wine!
You get to pick your bottle color, the foil that goes around the top, and then they cork it for you and put your label on for you. I chose this color because I thought it would go well with my label. It's a picture of Lily I took when she was little. :0)
Jeff picked a blue label because that went well with the picture from St. Maarten that I took a few years ago.
Us in front of the vineyards.
It was a lot of fun and I would love to do it again!!
