Fun Times!

A couple weeks ago on a Friday, I took the kids to the Birkdale Fountains for the first time this year.  Emma was so excited and ran out there, jumping up and down! ...and then the water shot out of the ground right beneath her and scared her to death!  She darted back to me and was ready to eat her lunch instead!

Drew loved everything about the fountains and wanted to get soaked!  But he came and sat down to eat with Emma for a bit.

Something was wrong with the fountains and they kept shutting off for about 10 seconds and then coming back on.  Emma would get brave when they turned off and she'd walk out there with Drew.

Drew liked to stand over the fountains and wait for the water to shoot up and hit him in the face!

Emma decided it was more fun to sing songs and dance in the dry areas!

Later that day we went to the Movies in the Park.  It was Chad's birthday, so we wanted to do something! The kids had helped me make him a birthday cake, and they really liked singing to him as soon as he got home from work.  Then Chad and I got Chinese food and the kids got happy meals from McDonalds and we got to the park plenty early to claim a spot and eat our dinner. We met up with some other friends too.  Then the kids enjoyed the glow sticks and popsicles they were handing out! 

There was lots of time before the movie started, so the kids played in the big field.  Not sure what was going on here...

Drew actually took this picture of Chad and I - I was impresssed how good it turned out!

Emma was so tired, but stayed up until we left close to 9pm.  The movie didn't start until it got dark, after 8:30pm, but we left soon after that (like a lot of other people with little ones).

Then on Sunday, we had some friends over for a cookout.  The adults got to eat on our back deck, and the kids had a blast eating at the picnic table by themselves!  They kept asking for more chips...and later I realized these four kids ate an entire bag of chips! OOPS!

Later in the week, Drew's buddy Luke turned 4 and had a bowling party.  The kids have never really been bowling (Drew went with us for Garrett's surprise party when he was barely 2, but that doesn't count), but they had a great time! Here's Emma...before I figured out that I needed to be there to give the ball a second push just to get it down the lane! haha  Several times she crossed the line and her feet flew out from under her.  She would just laugh and say "uh oh."

There were 3 kids per lane, and Emma got bored waiting...so she entertained herself...

Drew had some interesting technique! haha

Here he is trying to figure it out...as Emma rolls a ball down the lane next to us (that's closed!).

Here's another turn by Drew...as Emma climbs onto the ball return!  She really wasn't that out of control...guess I just caught her crazy moments!

Once I showed Drew how to put his fingers in the holes, he figured it out pretty quick.  But then, after about 5 frames of that, I guess he felt like an expert...and tried to coach Luke on how to do it!

Last weekend, our town had a festival.  This is my new favorite picture! I LOVE Emma's expression!  As soon as we got to the bottom, she said, "again," and got back in line.

Both of the kids loved the swings!

Here they are, doing a little dance!

Being drug around by Daddy is always fun!

For Mother's Day, we took a picnic lunch to Jetton Park.  The kids posed for a cute picture with Chad, but by the time I asked for a turn, they wanted nothing to do with the camera!  =(

Drew has gotten really good at swinging!

Here's the kids being silly together.

Emma was a cranky pants when we were leaving, but at least Drew would take a picture with me!

It was a rainy day, and the kids were standing on the couch, looking out the back window, and Drew says, "Mommy, look, a snake!"  I thought he was joking...

The kids weren't scared at all!  We were standing on the deck, and they wanted to get down in the bushes to see him!

Chad named him Reggie.

Here's Reggie leaving our yard...and heading straight for our bunny family's home!  We didn't see the bunnies for a couple days, but finally saw them in a different spot in our neighbor's yard! Shew!

YUCK!