~Five Guys and Two Gals~
Thursday I got a call from Kelsey asking if they could come over for a fire and make S’mores. I loved it. It was something on her list of Summer things to do. It didn’t work out Thursday night, but they came over Friday night and we grilled out and then had a fire for S’mores. Jacob was happy because he had been asking all summer as well.
Earlier today we went with friends to go pick Strawberries and the Straight River Farms. The boys and I picked 2 flats of them – almost 20 lbs. Yummy.
We had to go out with a bang.
Friday night we went up to Sky Zone in Plymouth. There are a few of them in the cities and this was our first time at it. The boys had a blast and it was hard to get them out after our hour was up.
After Sky Zone we went out to eat at Old Chicago and sat out in the patio. It was a beautiful evening.
Saturday morning mom and the boys and I headed up to Chutes and Ladder park in Bloomington. If you haven’t been there before and you live in this area, you have to check it out. It is awesome….and the best part….it’s free. It is a huge area with about 6 different play areas. It’s part of the Three Rivers Parks in the Hyland Lake Park Reserve. You also have options for swimming at the beach and renting canoes, kayaks, and paddle boats. There are a ton of picnic tables and little areas.
Noley was such a great helper with Lucas. He always tries to help him, but often gets over shadowed by the older two and today it was awesome to see just the two of them have some time. Nolan totally played the big brother, and played it well.
Just chillin’ with my grandma, she’s so cool!
Saturday night we had our friends the Hodgeman’s over. They have 3 kids that all match up grade levels with our three older boys and they get a long great. Noah and Connor are inseparable (though this year they are in different classes so that will be interesting). It was also Noah’s birthday.
Sunday after church the men had their fantasy outing where they go golfing, have a nice steak dinner, and then head to an alternating place to have their fantasy football draft. Mom, Kristin and the girls, and the boys and I went to the park and had a pizza picnic. The boys had been begging to go back to Mineral Springs Park so that they can catch crayfish and tadpoles and lucky for them it was also where Kelsey wanted to go. They played at the park, played hide and seek, and yes…went in the river. The boys caught 21 tadpoles but I would only let them bring four home – one for each of them. I figured it’s a good science lesson to watch them go through their cycle. We have quite the zoo at our house now with our tadpoles and hermit crabs! Aye Aye. What’s next?
This evening we had our fancy Back to School dinner. We had salad and Matt grilled steak and chicken kabobs, potatoes, asparagus, and then spoiled us by making malts for dessert.
Cheers to a great school year! I can’t believe it’s here and not sure if I am ready yet, but am so excited to see what it brings for these little men of mine!
