Sunday, June 10th we headed to Wake Forest to celebrate Olivia's 4th birthday. They had a bouncy house and a brand new swingset, so Drew and Emma were in heaven! And it was awesome to finally see their newly built home - and it was beautiful!
Here's Drew in the bouncy house - with his necklace that he made at the party. (at least he didn't make a crown - he must not have seen that station!)
Emma had fun and did NOT want to leave the bouncy house!
After all the kids left (there were a TON!) Olivia, Drew and Emma played outside together for a long time, just the three of them!
Emma (all sweaty from the bouncy house) liked petting Owen.
Last week, I was sick (again!) with a fever, aches, headache, nausea - the whole deal for a couple days. So, as soon as I was feeling somewhat better we needed OUT of the house! We headed to the park to work on a Father's Day gift for Chad. Here we are eating our picnic lunch.
This little sneaky squirrel took Drew's sandwich right off the table!! It was actually pretty funny and he was a good sport about it! (hey, the rule was, when your food was eaten you got to play, so the squirrel helped him out!)
We filled a three section frame with the kids holding pictures of the letters "D-A-D" for Chad. Emma was not in the mood for pictures at all, but we got some good ones!
My brother and sister and I actually did something similar for my dad. We had Sarah's kids holding "happy," Ben's kids holding "Father's," and my kids holding "Day!"
The next day my friend Ayesha invited us to go swimming at her neighborhood pool. Drew had a blast - he's completely independent in the pool with his swimmies. Now, we just need to get some more swim lessons so he can lose the swimmies. He's definitely ready to learn!
Here's Drew with Sofia and Meena. Emma was eating a snack at the time...and she's a little more challenging at the pool. She likes to run around and thinks she can just jump in, so I'm a nervous wreck chasing her. You'd think I'd relax with the second, but water freaks me out!!
Chad's parents came to visit and watch Drew's t-ball game this past weekend. He had one amazing stop when a grounder came right to him, but a lot of the time he wasn't even paying attention! haha Here he is stomping on home plate!
After Drew's game we went to Fuel Pizza, b/c we'd recently found out they have a dairy free option! It was so exciting for him to be able to enjoy pizza with us at a restaurant!! I don't think he loved it, ut he ate a whole piece and seemed happy!
Then on Father's Day, we drove to south Charlotte and took the light rail into uptown Charlotte. The kids thought it was so cool!
We walked around for a bit. Then we ate lunch at Firehouse Subs at the Epicenter. The kids actually shared a turkey sandwich! We are making huge progress with our eating issues!!
These fountains are so cool, right near the center of uptown! Emma was scared of them at first and didn't want to get any closer, but Drew wanted to get in!
Drew jumped over the water and ran all over. Here are the guys flexing their muscles! =)
And the crazy kid that luckily made it home dry!
A lady walking by offered to take a family picture of us.
Then we walked to a park a few blocks away. I think this is the park that the Bachelor recently filmed an episode at (yes, I make Chad watch that show every Monday, and the girl is from Charlotte). The kids liked watching all the ducks and their babies.
And here comes the light rail to take us back to our car! That's the Bobcats arena in the background (Time Warner Cable Arena). They are hosting American Idol auditions there this week (we saw signs)!
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