Frederick Keys Faith Night

This past Sunday we got tickets through our church to the Frederick Keys minor league baseball game. It started around 4pm so we headed up there with both boys after Max's nap (which thankfully he took so he was able to last till the end of the night). They had music, food, games, moonbounces, a playground, and a carousel. The boys had a lot of fun and so did we! They were great and really seemed to enjoy it. They even got to play catch on the big field before the game. We watched most of the game, played, got some souvenirs, and ate some ball park food. I think their favorite part of the game was yelling "Charge" after the preceding music. They do that A LOT at the Keys stadium! Max also loved their mascot, the Keyote and was thrilled to give him a hug and get his picture taken with him. After the game the boys got to run the bases, which they loved! And we ended the night with fireworks. This was a first for both boys and they really enjoyed it! I was worried Max wouldn't like the loud noises, but he was fine and thought they were really cool. They were both in great spirits and it was a really fun night!

Splash Park

Today I took the boys to Splash Park. We had a great time! Max took about an hour to warm up to the idea (as expected). He spent the first hour in the cave that usually has a huge waterfall running over it but was not working today, as well as eating snacks. Once he finally got used to the idea of getting splashed and wet he had a great time running around with Kyle. Kyle loved it
as always!

Water Day

To celebrate Kyle finally being cast/ace-wrap/sling-free we decided to have a water day! He can finally get his arm wet and run around without anything on it. He still has two more weeks of no playgrounds, climbing, push ups and pull ups, but after that he'll be back to normal activity. Today we set up the sprinkler in the yard and got out water guns for some water fun! The boys had a blast! I think they most enjoyed getting me wet! And the boys were quite excited that they were making rainbows on the ground as well. which I was able to capture in several of the pictures.

Graduation Party

On Saturday my cousin, Derek, graduated from high school. We went up to Mechanicsburg, PA to celebrate with my extended family. It was a fun day - lots of yummy food, the boys enjoyed playing with the cousins, lots of outdoor fun, and it was great to catch up with everyone! Poor Uncle Brian tore his achilles tendon while playing volleyball so he joined Jillian with her hurt knee and Kyle with his recovering broken arm in the injured group! Kyle didn't let his arm slow him down though and still managed to play lots of games. And Max was a little social butterfly and kept saying how much he loves Aunt Lauren's house - he can't wait to go back!

Craft Time

We've been trying to find ways to keep busy this week since it's our first full week of summer and we can't do a whole lot of active things at this point with Kyle's arm still recovering. Both boys enjoy doing crafts so we've been doing a lot of those. Here are a couple we worked on the past 2 days and there are more to come the rest of the week. Yesterday we made toilet paper roll T-rex dinosaurs and today we did sponge painting with animals. Max was thrilled to get to use scissors to cut(although he clearly needs a lot more practice) and they loved how their dinosaurs turned out. Both boys had fun sponge painting and are excited to do it again!

Happy Father's Day!

A couple weeks ago I took the boys to a ceramics place called Color Me Mine. The boys got to choose something to paint for Jason. Kyle chose a dragon and Max chose a mug. They were thrilled! The painting brought out their personalities and the final results were very indicative of those personalities! They both had a good time and worked very hard. Kyle was very meticulous and chose his colors carefully. Max mixed all his colors together and was covered in paint himself when he was done. They were both very proud of their work and hoped Daddy would love it, which of course he did! We gave him their creations today and then took him out to dinner at Buca Di Beppo - a yummy family-style Italian restaurant that Jason loves! Happy Father's Day to Jason and my Dad - the two best Dad's ever!