Sailin' & Stompin' in the creek

Today we had a fun day building and decorating sailboats.  After we finished constructing them, we went to the Oswego Creek to set sail! :)  The sails were a little heavy and made it hard for the boats to travel, we still had fun.  Although, I think Hayden's favorite part was stomping in the creek and looking for crawfish with Daddy.

July Random Pictures

Random pictures from the last few weeks...

 Poor Daddy... he is being attacked! :)

 Cannonballs in the little pool.

 First Doggie Fatality... my good brown sandal! :(

 Water Blaster Fun

 Fun Silly Straws!!

 Legos, Legos, and more Legos!

Fun Park Time

First Hornet Sting :(

This morning, Hayden was playing outside on his playset, when he started crying!! :(  He had his first bee sting!!  I felt awful for him!!  Since I have never been stung by a bee, I had no clue what to do. It definitely gave me quiet the scare, when it swelled up like grapes! :( 

When Jake came home from work, he investigated his playset and found the makings of a Hornets' nest! 

You can see the welt on his poor little head! :(

Riverwalk

Since we added Feed the Ducks at the Riverwalk on our Sand Pail list, we decided to stop after having lunch with Jake at his work.  We fed the ducks, tried to skip rocks, and Hayden's favorite... listen to our echoes under the bridge. :)  We stopped at Sugar Monkey before we left for some yummy cupcakes!!  Hayden enjoyed a cookies n cream one, we bought a Chocolatey Chocolate cupcake, & I tried the maple bacon one. :)  Very tasty!

New Addition to our Family--- Tanner

After a lot of discussion the past few months, we decided to take the plunge, and adopt a doggie!  At first, I REALLY wanted to get a baby Basset Hound... she was so unbelievably adorable, but thankfully I came to my senses about adopting a 10 week old puppy!  So we decided that Tanner would fit our family perfectly!  He is a one year old Basenji mix.  Hayden ABSOLUTELY ADORES him!  (Hopefully, even after the novelty of a dog wears off, he will still enjoy him.)

2nd Annual Tedding Bear Picnic

Today, we had our 2nd annual Teddy Bear Picnic!  This year though it fell on a weekend, so Jake was able to join us!  We enjoyed a nice picnic in the park, despite how humid/hot it was today!  We also enjoyed going on a bear hunt and finding gummie bears, along with reading books about bears in our bear cave... aka... fort! :)

S'mores & Lightening Bugs

We surprised Hayden tonight, by waking him up around 10pm to enjoy some s'mores on the new firepit that Jake built!  He was asleep for about a little over an hour, so he was pretty out of it when Jake brought him outside, but once he woke up, he was pretty happy!  After eating a few s'mores, we caught some fireflies and talked about stars.  Jake's effort with the patio and firepit this summer, definitely paid off with a night like tonight!! :)

National Chocolate Day

What a yummy day to celebrate!! :)  We did a few chocolate activites in honor of the day ... finger painting with chocolate pudding, although there was more eating than painting. :)  We also found a yummy recipe for chocolate play-doh, again... a lot of taste testing.   Then we read a few books about chocolate and ended teh day with some chocolate fondue!!   Both Hayden and Jake asked if National Chocolate Day could be celebrated at least once a month. 

Cloud Watching

One of the activities Hayden added to his Summer Sandpail List was to watch clouds. :)  So we did exactly that today!!  After reading some fun books about clouds, we layed outside and watched the clouds... it was perfect weather with TONS of cumulous clouds today!  After cloud watching, we enjoyed a Muffin Tin Cloud lunch!  We also made a part two to the book Looked Like Spilt Milk, by painting our own clouds. 

Cloud Muffin Tin (Cirrus Marshmallows, Sunny Cheese, Stratus popcorn, cloudy yogurt w/airplane, Cumulus Muffin & Bananas)

Our favorite cloud of the day... we thought it looked like a crab with one of his pinchers up and two antennas :)