weekend fun!

friday 7/25: we did some outside art today. experimenting with colored bubbles and tried to make some paintings. it was a bit windy and the bubbles were blowing away! we drew with chalk for a bit and then i made a game for them to play. they had to find the path of same colored circles from on end of the driveway to the next. it kept them busy for at least a half hour!  

we went to zhang's for dinner. it was malloy's pick - she LOVES chinese food! her favorite dish there is the coconut shrimp. rex also likes that he can pick out what he wants to eat. especially the jello! 

 saturday 7/26: we had a fun morning!!! we went down to the farmer's market and bought some molasses cookies (the favorite pick for 4 years in a row!) and do a craft. they made magic wands! after the market, we took a walk through glen park, in the streams and up some rocks. then, the glen park art festival was going on, so we walked around and looked at the booths, got some popcorn, and then sat in the shade and ate a hot dog and some chips while listening to live music. after the festival, the walk for hunger was going on at island park and there were fun activities for kids! malloy loved bouncing in the bounce house and running in a relay race! rex loved eating the "rainbow"- different colored fruits and veggies- to win a prize. before we left, both kids got their face painted.  it was fun morning full of surprises! we finally got home around 1pm!

sunday 7/27: the kids had a cozy morning on the couch with their stuffed animals. they love to play with their animals! and this if only half of them - the other half is packed away. this afternoon we went to island park to swim and play at the park. rex is swimming really fast these days!!! and malloy is trying really hard to do the monkey bars. it's been her goal all summer. she's getting a few bars on her own now!! 

taking turns riding around on the big wheel

 tonight, we were all sitting on the couch reading bedtime books. rex was in between me and neal. he started squirming and said "dad! i'm getting hot of you!" neal was making him hot, i love the words that he chooses sometimes!!! ha!

7/18: we had a morning full of painting! it was nice and relaxing and so much fun to watch little creative minds at work! 

we went to wkids and rex got a sticker. he wore it on his head the rest of the afternoon! 

my beautiful wildflowers that i got from malloy on mother's day have bloomed!!! 

7/19: trying to spend some one on one time with the kids as much as i can these days! we've been super busy fixing the house up and getting it ready to sell. malloy and rex have been pretty good about it but have been watching way too much tv lately to keep themselves entertained. malloy and i played a LONG game of memory before bed but it was great to smile and laugh with her. it was much needed! 

7/20:

watching tv on their perches! rex fell off after a few minutes and the fun was over! 

i was making a to-do list for rex's upcoming birthday party and he decided he wanted to write his wish list. :) i think this is the first time he sat down and asked me how to spell words and wrote them out!! 

7/22: our realtor came took pictures of the house today so we can finally put it on the market!! the kids were fanstastic!!! the games on the tablet and phone had a large part in that! i can definitely see how easy it would be to give them the tablet all the time in order to keep them quiet! i needed to go to wegmans and they were being really good so i let them finish the games at the store. i didn't hear a peep from either kid!!!!  they hadn't played with the tablet since the south carolina trip! it was kind of great! BUT they need to learn how to be normal social human beings so we'll be putting the games away for a bit! 

we went out for ice cream after dinner because the kids were such great listeners while the realtor was here! 

7/23: we were reunited with the wolfangers after 2 weeks or so!!! the kids were so happy to play together!!! we made some yummy pretzels for a snack in between playing monster, dress up ("fashion!"), games, and watching tv. 

 7/24: we packed up our swim suits, buckets and shovels, and some lunch and headed to olcott beach for the day! what a great day!!! singing frozen and laurie berkner at the top of their lungs, riding rides, winning prizes, playing at the beach, the splash pad, and the playground - can it get any better??

rex got strapped in and then panicked! he got off and just the girls instead.

dancing in the mirror