Fun with Papa

I swear those boys have more fun with Oma and Papa Jim and it doesn't seem like they are doing anything out of the ordinary...Mowing the lawn, picking berries, or sitting in the truck. It's where they want to be. Not necessarily because of what they are doing, but because of who they are with. I never would have thought to just sit the boys in a the truck for 2 hours. They had a blast!

Boys will be boys

Nate learning to jump high.... off the concrete wall at the park

Vacation Bible School

I think 3 is a little young to participate in an all day program. But we tried it anyway. I have such good memories of VBS when I was little. Nathaniel's 4 yr old friend Micah invited him to join and it was only 2.5 days so we decided to go for it. While he was able to survive without a nap... he hit the pillow hard each night. When we dropped him off, I stayed to make sure he was comfortable (he's been having separation anxiety every time I drop him off at Kids Club or the nursery so I wanted to make sure he was okay). The leaders were super nice and let me know I could stay as long as I wanted and Logan could even participate too if I wanted. Logan wants to do anything and everything his big brother does so he was all in (although I did take Logan home for his nap so he missed the afternoon sessions). They enjoyed the crafts, storytime, singing, but they especially loved the puppet "ocho" who was an Octopus that showed up at the beginning and ending of each session. He would always hide and wait for the kids to yell "OCHO" before he would come out and talk. The boys are totally into hide n seek right now.

Stickers

Endless possibilities...

Mollala Train Park

We found the coolest park ever! At least for a little boy! The Mollala Train Park is open on Sundays throughout the summer. It's a drive to get out there... but bring a picnic lunch...it's worth the drive. They had 3-4 trains running and each ride was about 5 minutes. We got off one train and waited for the next one (thankfully it wasn't too busy and the wait was not bad at all). At first Logan was holding on tight but by the end he would let go long enough to wave at all the people we were passing. So fun....and it was FREE (donations were accepted)!!!

More Camping pics

But above all fishing was the best part! Thanks to Uncle Stevie and Aunt Betsy and a new little fishing pole. Nate's a real natural! We had a lot of fun in the water.

Timothy Lake Camping

The boys first time camping! They absolutely LOVED it! and came home filthy! We went with Uncle Stevie and Aunt Betsy and Oma and Papa Jim. We went on nature walks, drove our trucks in the dirt, and ate smores.

Library Storytime

Every summer the library sponsors a summer reading program which includes entertaining performances once a week. This week we saw the Magician. Nate was totally into it and kept laughing at all his jokes. Afterwards he got to give him a high 5. Cool!

Logan hard at work

Strawberry Shortcake ad

Don't you just want to have some strawberry shortcake now?

Couldn't find Nathaniel

Wait.... there he is.....He keeps asking me how old he has to be to get his driver's license.

Goofing Around

The boys love putting "funny hats" on using their shirts... and then wrestling of course.