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Every summer, we have a cousins water balloon fight at the park, with a picnic following. Some years, it is cool, some crazy hot, and we've even had an almost cold year! This year was perfect, not too hot, not too cold! We filled up our balloons and headed to the park.
This year, I thought I would be smart and get those water balloons that are already "tied" and you fill up a lot at one time. Those things are not the best. First of all, you have to fill them up right before you use them because they slowly leak. They aren't really tied, they have rubber bands on them, and most of them we had to tighten the band after we filled them, because they were leaking badly! Also, quite a few had holes in them, so they either didn't fill or leaked out. They were ok, and were definitely faster. I'm just not too sure they're with the price. Live and learn, though, right?
Also, I forgot to take a picture of the balloons like I normally do. :0(
Here are the kids spreading them all out though:
On your mark...
Get set...
GO!!!
Another successful water balloon fight in the books!
Summer is over half over!! I can't believe it!! We have been busy checking things off of our Summer Fun List! Here are a few things that have been keeping us busy!
We had a fun day at my sister, Amy's house making cookies and doing a science experiment:
The kids have found all kinds of wildlife in the backyard. Most notable: a baby bunny and a butterfly!
We've been reading a lot and have turned in our summer reading goals to the library!
The kids' have all had friends over to play:
We also visited Cousin Lindsey at Exploration Place!
We've gone to the library to check out books and to go to fun programs:
And we've watched movies at the Drive-In!
The kids showed off their putting skills at All Star Sports:
And they jumped out a ton of energy at Urban Air!
We still have a month of summer, so we plan to fill it with more fun!!
I realize that I am a few weeks behind in posting this. I don't really have any reason, I was just being lazy. ;0)
We had a small-ish Fourth of July this year at our house. We started out by going to get fireworks the night before. The kids were super excited about the amount we got. We always plan on not getting as many, but it never turns out that way....
And of course they just HAD to set a few off that night....
On the fourth, they couldn't wait to start setting fireworks off!
These fireworks were called the "Weird Twins". I thought it was appropriate. LOL!
Parachutes!!
After awhile, we came in side to cool off and to save some fireworks for when their cousins were coming over.
Lily & I made this patriotic banner out of coffee filters.
They also went swimming:
Ceri, Lily, & Brigid in their cute 4th of July outifts!
When the cousins got to our house, they started lighting fireworks off again!
We all took a break to cool off inside and eat some of Jeff's delicious BBQ!
My mom & Kathleen made yummy homemade ice cream. My three decided to eat theirs outside.
Then, you guessed it: more fireworks!!
Zach was trapping the smoke from smoke bombs in water bottles!
And that was our 4th of July!!
