Summer 2010 Highlights

I realize that I have not been the greatest blogger the past little while. Considering my recent baby coupled with the move to Texas, I am giving myself a pass. However, we did have a fun summer with a few things worth mentioning. So here is a quick recap of some of our summer highlights here in the Metroplex which have not yet been blogged about.

-Random street carnival. It seems as though there is always some sort of carnival or festival going on around here. This one happened in May. The girls loved winning blowup hammers which they used to bonk each other for the rest of the evening. FUN. They also enjoyed all the little rides that we did. What can I say, so did I. I'm a sucker for a good carnival.







-Chick-fil-a. We've spent many great evenings this summer at Chick-fil-a. They've been having Tuesday night = Family fun night where you get a free kids meal for each adult combo purchased. Plus there is usually some other sort of activity going on. A few that we've participated in have been cookie and cupcake decorating, a balloon artist and a bounce house. After the girls finish eating they go play while Brett and I enjoy lesiurely chatting for awhile. Plus, the workers come around and ask if we want refills on our drinks. And to make things even better. . they serve diet dr. pepper. Yeah, its just an all around great place!!


-Free crafts and projects at Michaels, Lowes and other places. We LOVE all the free crafting projects available. We've taken advantage of several throughout the summer. And will continue to throughout the year. :)




-Library summer reading programs. We enjoyed attending and participating in several different library summer fun programs. We live pretty close to several libraries so there were always a lot of things going on. A couple of our favorites were a dance dance party and a clownin around show.





-Bass Pro Shop. Who knew that a hunting sports store could be so fun. Turns out that the Bass Pro Shop is. They host several family friendly events throughout the year and we went to their "family summer camp". The girls got to make leather key chains and we enjoyed shooting rifles and arrows.




-Nash Farm. We headed out to a historic farm a couple of times this summer. The farm is a cute little place which hosts different theme days throughout the summer. We went a couple of times but our favorite was on "Milk" day. They had a bunch of dairy cows there with their young calves. As one point we even watched the young calf go to nurse. She hit up against her Mama a couple of times and then grabbed the udder and started nursing, slurping loudly. This reminded me of my little Maddie. The whole process seemed oddly familiar. . . . Anyway, they also had goats for the children to milk. Emmeline got a kick squirting milk out but Mabes decided she wasnt quite daring enough to give it a try. Maybe next year. The girls also enjoyed looking through the garden and playing amid the corn. Good times at the farm.







When we weren't out and about exploring, we were swimming. We spent a lot of time swimming at the pool in our apartment complex and also the girls continued with their swimming lessons at the YMCA. Mabel and I did a "mommy and me" class. At first I wasnt thrilled because Mabel had taken lessons by herself in Birmingham and I didn't think she needed to have me with her in the pool. And really she didn't. But it was fun to swim with her anyway. It was really fun to have some time just with Mabel and to sing the little water songs and play the little water games. I was really happy for the swim lessons because when we did go swimming all together, I could hold Madelyn without having to worry about Emmeline or Mabel, who are both happy to swim out on their own.

We had a really busy, fun and adventure filled summer. And now on to my favorite season. . . .the Fall!!!