glowing 4th

Happy 4th from some glow guys!  Wild eyes could see the fireworks even through the cloudy skies. We shared our sparklers and glow balls as we waited patiently through the fireworks delay.

bonfire

The bonfire hosted at the beach was the perfect time for kites and roasted marshmallows!

sand minions

The community were we staying with hosted a sand building competition! It was a pretty big production complete with judges and awards.  Some teams even had sprint bottles with coloring in them to add to their creations.  We were excited to execute some Minion Madness (although unbeknownst to us there was another family doing the same thing a few yards away).

cam tram

The tram to the beach was quickly dubbed the Cam Tram. The boys were sold that it was as fun as an amusement park ride. 

There was an practically a wall of hydrangea at the tram stop! Beautiful.

splash

The splash pad was a hit... Still not sure what the ranking would be between beach, pool, splash pad?! I think Cam would pick splash pad!

jurassic golf

The whole crew completed two rounds of golf through the Jurassic period. There were so many cool putt putt places - we will have to go back just to play them all ;)

family pics

Meh, the beach. Meh, Lizzie's 30. Meh, J has tenure and David is finished with his residency. Meh, it's Father's Day. Meh, we're all together to celebrate. Meh is the most ironic word I can think of for this circumstance...which makes me giggle (or maybe cackle is a better word) at my own joke. I have a friend that says 'Meh' all the time and I think it's just so freeing.  If something isn't working out or someone mentions they are worried about something, her response: Meh.  Can't take anything too seriously... What's important is important and this crew is.

fishing

Here are some snaps of some fishing fools who caught two fish with bread and ham (other bait included cheese and blueberries since we couldn't find any worms big enough even after a big rain)! Turns out fish like ham sandwiches?! The fish were pretty big but the really big guy eluded the catch but was spotted chasing one of the fish we had on the line. Then he proceeded to break the line and take the hook with him twice!  That little dock was right at the end of our driveway and the owners had these fishing poles for us to borrow. It was a nice activity on a cloudy morning. Thanks to David for letting these guys help reel it in and hold the fish before we released them.

bubbles

We are back from our beach bubble!  What a fun full week!  Here are some cousin buddies playing with big bubbles to kick off the photo frenzy.

instagrams from the beach

#bkofuninthesun2015

more good list

Keaton made me a nice card with the help of his brother.  He drew a picture of us on a heart he cut out and asked Aiden to write "Mommy calming me down" to describe it. 

This ukulele band does quite the concert at 6:30am!

We have a playdate swap going this summer.  Woot for extra time to get some work done without kiddos and routine playdates!

Aidan's class put together a scrapbook for their teacher and this was the page that Aiden made...classic.

A good day ends with these two guys curled up reading together.

This funny goof is going to love having his brother home this summer.  We said good bye to blue bear and blue bird at his music class, for that may have been his last class since he's in school five mornings a week next year (and they don't usually run afternoon classes)... That means that was my last kiddie music class too, and I'm a little bit sad that an era is over.

tenure!

Our rockstar daddy officially added tenure to his list of accomplishments! It feels like the biggest deal in the most anticlimactic way. Ironic like a smiley family wearing Meh superhero shirts ;) We are proud of you J every step of the way!  Glad we were at the beach to cheers a little and I know you're enjoying that new fancy guitar!

jet

Creating with paper fun!  During their discovery time at school, the kids would use paper to make up so much cool stuff.  Aiden was especially excited about his jet pack creation complete with controllers and extra engines.

tidbits

Some bits of tid...

This guy with his froggie umbrella wanted a picture with the sunflower he planted that is getting taller every day. 

He also remembered these funny photos of him coming out of a cup and wanted me to take another one. 

Then the rec center had just started painting their summer camp murals and he really wanted a picture of them to show his brother.

This cool cat with red sunnies is even cooler with an ice cream cone.

The last two weeks of school were really exciting for Aiden - I don't have photos from his field day fun, but his dad went into help and lead the kids from station to station.

His music teacher did a showcase for the parents and Aiden was on the xylophone for the retelling of the gingerbread man story.

We met up with friends at this play area full of giant fruit to climb on... perfect for this fruit lover extraordinaire.