Wow the summer here just flies by, which is ironic because the temperature stays so hot for so long. It is September 9th today, and we're still looking at triple digits for the next 10 days. Yesterday the high was 108.
Even still, the Phoenix summer seems to race by. One highlight of the summer was when our realtor rented out a theater, and our family was able to see Incredibles 2 for free. We watched the first Incredibles leading up to this, which was fun. Our kids loved it! They especially loved going to the theater. Holland called it the "fancy place." It really blew her mind. It has been so funny to see how animated she gets talking about it. "Member when we saw the I get smashed at the fancy place." We didn't understand what she was talking about at first, but we realized she was talking about the Pixar intro where the lamp comes out and jumps on the I. Another favorite part all of the kids wanted to talk about for a long time was when Baby Jack Jack fights the raccoon. Never-ending humor in that. :)
We loved having our lazy summer days together. I love the slower pace of summer. Although, we do still stay busy, it isn't the constant badgering of the kids to stay on schedule.
We did another successful summer of the Summer Bucks Program. They did great this summer and earned a ton of stuff that we haven't even had time to get to all of the rewards yet. One memorable activity was a water party. Eliza bought this one. Buckets, water balloons, a hose, and water guns make for a good time.
One set of waterballoons kept popping in the bowl and the other wouldn't pop even when you threw it at a person or even if it landed on the concrete sometimes. We learned that the best technique was to throw it really hard at the ground right next to the person you are trying to get wet.
Another buck reward for Miriam was making something out of clay. She made and painted this flower. she did a great job!
She wanted to revisit the water party for another one of her Buck rewards. So we found this cute donut pool on clearance and had a great relaxing little soak out there in the kiddie pool.
Another fun activity was when we went to the Mary Poppins storytime at the Library. Of course we had to dress up and make use of our Mary Poppins costume from Christmas. It was darling. They had the Mary Poppins actress from the broadway play that was in town come read stories and sing songs with the kids. Not surprising but she had a gorgeous singing voice.
Another fun activity was on the 4th when we went to the neighborhood party where there were blow up slides and water games. We didn't realize that there were so many water activities because we had to go back home and change into swim suits.
The girls also did a round of indoor soccer this summer. Always a good time.
We only did one round of swim lessons this summer, but they were fun. It was kind of a trick to sit poolside with Holland for 2 hours, but fortunately she had a 1/2 hour lesson in there. They all did great.
Our girls shared a room all summer because Daniel was still staying with us on and off. They are big cuddlers, and we regularly saw them in uncomfortable looking positions.
We had another fun activity one light of taking a giant bubble bath. They are such good friends.
Our older girls had a lot of fun playing at the gym this summer. They made a lot of creation with those lego sets. Mainly they designed a extravagant house-cars. :)
One of the main things I wanted to do with them this summer was teach them to do a few things in the kitchen. They made a lot of eggs, fruit and green salads, and a few other dishes. They did great!
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It is nice to have that threshold done and and the new baseboards done. The trickiest part was moving the washer and dryer, but renting that appliance dolly made all the difference.
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