Bohrer Park

Today I decided to take the boys to the pool. Bohrer Park has a water park with a separate 5 and under pool that is fenced in. They were super excited to go and could barely wait till the pool opened at 11am. We got there right as it opened and headed in! Max was a little weary at first, but eventually warmed up and was running around in the water and playing with Kyle. He only lost his balance once and went under, which surprised him a little, but he kept right on going. This was Max's first trip there and the last time I took Kyle was 2 years ago so it was quite different for him now. The water isn't deep so he can be pretty independent and can go down the frog slide without me catching him at the bottom. Max didn't brave the frog slide, but he did play on the playground slide (they have a little playground within the fenced area) and it was practically a waterslide. They were so wet that they went super fast down it! We packed a picnic lunch and ate there. We stayed for a little over 2 hours and then headed up home for Max's nap. On the way out Max kept saying "I like the pool. That was fun!" We all had a great time!

Happy Birthday Nick!

One of Kyle's best friends from preschool, Nick just turned 5 and we were all invited to a birthday party at his house. It was a fun party with indoor and outdoor play. We were told for the children to be prepared to get wet and they definitely got soaked! Unfortunately Jason wasn't quite as prepared and decided to join in the fun. I had a change of clothes for Kyle and Max, but Jason had to stay wet till we got home! They played water games outside and everyone got a water shooter and they had a blast! They got snacks and birthday cookies and watched Nick open his presents. It was a fun morning!

Adventure Playground

Yesterday after Max's nap we decided to take an impromptu trip to Adventure Playground. We packed some food in the cooler and headed over to play. We haven't been there in quite awhile and it's one of the boys' favorite playgrounds. It's pretty hard for me to keep track of them both myself while we're there because it's so big and they're always headed in different directions it seems. So, since it was Sunday afternoon and all our errands for the day had been done, Jason suggested that we head over and the boys had a great time!

Blueberry picking

Last Thursday was an absolutely beautiful day! Finally felt like spring the first day in July! We decided to head over to Butler's Orchard to pick blueberries. This was our first time picking blueberries there. We found out when you arrive that you park and then ride a trolley (pulled by a tractor) over to the blueberry bushes. That was a fun surprise that the boys enjoyed! Then we were assigned our bushes and started picking. We had one huge bucket that we ended up filling about halfway - 3 1/2 lbs. of blueberries in all. Kyle worked very diligently and was very meticulous making sure to pick only the best blueberries. He and I collected 99.9 % of the blueberries that ended up in our bucket. Max managed to contribute a few, but mostly he ate and ate and ate. He actually sat himself down under the bush and just picked them right off and plopped them in his mouth. It was quite similar to our strawberry picking trip . . . Kyle collected lots of berries with me and Max ate them. We then rode the trolley back to our car where we payed and took them home. We ended up eating lots of them for lunches and snacks over the next couple days and they were absolutely delicious! We also made blueberry smoothies on Friday evening which we enjoyed during movie night. And Saturday morning Jason and Kyle made blueberry muffins - very tasty! So we got some good use out of them. If we weren't experiencing 100 degree days this week we'd head over and pick some more!