washed cars (well Dave would with the kids). I love that every time Joshua squirted the hose he would open his mouth like that. He wasn't screaming, just opening his mouth. I think he looks like a character from Charlie Brown, although I can't remember which one.
Had tea parties
The kids took such great care of me (ugghhh, more laundry. Clean though.)
Played puppet show
I loved watching his face when it my turn to put on a puppet show for him. My turn lasted about 20 seconds and then it was his turn again.
Water colored. My kids loved doing this.
Went to the movies (thank you $.50 days!)
Went to a baseball game (thank you C & M for the tickets!) It was so fun!
We celebrated our nine year anniversary. Dave and I went to dinner and then met up with friends to see a movie. I can't remember which one.
We watched some awesome rain storms (poor Dave was so frustrated with the weeds that when he went to kill them he ended up killing lots of our grass as well. Oh well)
We made our first trip to the ER after Audrey fell off a slide at Chick-fil-A and gashed her chin open. No stitches, just dermabond and and a cute little scar .
We tried one night mid-August to have a picnic outside and had fun for a few minutes until we got too hot.
So the kids played with the hose and got everyone all wet. Then we were all much cooler.
I also hired a manny... Curious George. Thank you Man In the Yellow Hat and George for entertaining my kids for hours. I will donate to PBS someday when we have an income.
My sweet mother-in-law sent us money and we drove thru a new fast food place every day. This is my first pregnancy having drive-thrus (San Francisco only had one drive thru McDonalds. Gross.) I could only eat something one time and then never again because it made me sick, so we got creative in our food choices. I love drive thrus! I put the back seat down in Francy (our mini van) and we would have a "picnic" in the back of our car in the parking lot of the drive through we had just gone through. It sounds so pathetic now, but it was all I could manage at the time.
Now that fall is here I am really glad for the weather change. I am also glad I took these pictures because I don't remember half of them! I have NO brain cells while pregnant. Summer 2010, I think you were fun. Before I got pregnant I wanted to make the summer awesome because it was Audrey's last summer before she started school, and I think it turned out pretty mediocre. I'm sure my kids had fun though. Drive thrus and Curious George...what kid doesn't love that right? Right? I am trying not to feel guilty!
7 comments:
i think it looks like the perfect summer!! love the pic of him washing the car- so funny!
I think you did great. I love the drive through idea. I bet your kids will remember that for years.
I'm sure your kids had a blast - it takes so little to entertain them, really, and they already know you and Dave love them dearly, so you're covered. :) Can't wait to see you and your cute little belly in Dec. We'll have to get pics of us all sporting bowling balls again. haha
No feelings of guilt!!(you sound like me!) It sounds like a great summer!
Hey pretty mama! Love summer lazy days enjoying the family togetherness. Sometime soon... summers will be filled with camps, lessons, trips, summer school and we will miss a simple time of doing nothing. Tim gets so jealous of my time to play with the kids. You did a great job of highlighting the moments Dave was included in the fun. Miss you cute girl! I hope all is well and the holidays bring a nice distraction. Much Love!
Thanks for sharing your summer highlights. I've been too lazy to move the internet connection to the computer with all the pictures on it. This computer will not recognize my camera when I plug it in for some reason. Also Blogger seems to take about 1 minute to upload each picture for some reason lately. I wanted to do a post for each summer activity and then thought about doing a highlight post to show the whole summer in review, after I'd been sick the entire summer. I have no idea what we did either. I laid on the couch while the kids read books and ran around the house making up imaginary stories and activities. When we lived in Elk Grove I used to always go through the drive through and then we'd eat in the parking lot because it was so much easier than getting three babies out of their buckles, walking through a parking lot full of cars and persuading them to leave the restaurant and get back in their buckles afterward. I wish we had a Chick-Fil-A here!! That's about the only drive through I like these days. Elk Grove had one but there's not one anywhere near our new house. I had so many dreams for this summer, too and it turned out to be an icky struggle each day. I even made a calendar in May with multiple outings for each day (The Zoo and the Bouncehouse, for example.) If we went one place, maybe for an hour, we were having a fabulous day. It was the summer of laying low. Even the heat and bright sun made me nauseous, and usually I have every window open. I had the shades drawn all summer long in our dark little place!! Miss you! I can't wait for your big surprise when your baby's born since you and Dave have been so patient. Happy 30th birthday, too!!! Make some amazing plans for Spring Break or early summer to look forward to. Love ya, M
uhh the drive thru picnics sound amazing. i'm not a child and i want to do that! so glad you are feeling a little better. (you are feeling better, right?)
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