Building El Chupacabra

Once again, the kiddos LOVED building their planes at 

This time, G decided needed some extra helping hands and Barbie Pop Pop was happy to come.

Daddy did plenty of help building but he was behind the camera ;-)

Eli has been having a blast flying Dusty "Grampopper" and El Chu.

Trolley Ride

Today was the last day of First Grade Camp for Alli so we all decided to ride the Trolley around the Harbor

Being that I was/am a HUGE fan of Mister Roger's, this was a dream come true for me too!

And, the kiddos have been begging to ride it all summer.

It did not disappoint!!!

I was impressed by how well they did given that it was about an hour ride.

They had so much fun changing seats and checking out the Harbor.

For $.25 per rider over 5 years old, I highly recommend it!!!

Our Little Builders

After seeing Planes, the kiddos were even more excited to go build "Dusty" with Daddy at

Garrett said they both had a blast and Eli has been playing with Dusty "gramhopper" nonstop!

{I absolutely LOVE the names he comes up with!!!}

They had so much fun that they will be going back next weekend to build Dusty's pal.

Have I mentioned what an amazing Daddy G is?!?!?!

 



How to enjoy a trip to Lowe's

Our boys LOVE tractors so much that the promise of sitting on one after behaving while Mommy shops does the trick every time we go to Lowe's :-)  Love it!!!



Planes

Today I took the bigs to see the new movie Planes.

While I realize the reviews haven't been great, the three of us LOVED it!!!

Of course, the goodies were a hit too ;-)

Popcorn, Icee, and Candy ~ followed by pizza and gelato at Fondi with Daddy.

We had so much fun!

Lighthouse Olympics

Last week, Alli participated in a week long summer camp at her school.

Although she was very nervous at drop off the first day, she had a blast playing games and crafting.

It was from 9am to 3 pm each day and most days she got to go on the slip and slide!!!

Luckily, there were 9 other kiddos she knew going into first grade so that helped ;-)

She was even picked as a "camper of the day" on Tuesday for being a good listener and helper!

She had Wacky Wednesday and as "wacky" as she was willing to go was a monkey tied to her shirt.

Silly girl!!!

Turns out, Alli is great at rock climbing and shooting hoops.

I was in awe watching her scale the rock wall, making it from one end to the other.

Lukey and Eli both loved playing with balls both on drop off and pick up ;-)

On the last day, we stopped an Menchie's on the way home for some frozen yogurt.

Poor Eli had a stomach bug and was with Gramma, but he felt so crummy I don't think he missed it :(

Lukey and Alli both loved their treats!!!

Summer camp was a huge success and Alli is already looking forward to her next camp in two weeks.

Luke's {REAL} Beach Fun

Playing with Great Pop's scooter.

The little turkey figured out how to insert the key and drive!!!

Luke's first "swim" to the dock

was a hit!!!

Daddy swam him out in the inner tube and Lukey thought it was great.

Both big kids missed the fun for behavior issues but had fun cheering on their brother.

Sunny backyard fun for the fish

Alli started Lighthouse Olympics this week and is out of the house until 3 each day so the boys

are so excited when she finally gets home that they want to play, play, play with her.

I LOVE days like these, watching the three little fish run around giggling together!!!

Eli, as usual, did his own thing most of the time . . . 

I think he was a pirate setting his anchor for his ship!!!

Luke was happy to run around and swing, lucky for him (and me!) big sis LOVES to push him.

She really is such a great big sister . . . to Luke, still working on her relationship with Eli.

Then again, Luke is still little enough that he doesn't argue with her too much ;-)

And Luke adores his big sis so much.

Watching them snuggle and giggle was too cute!!!!

For his birthday, Eli was given a dinosaur bone kit so we've spent lots of time trying to dig out bones

and all three of the kiddos love doing it, including Luke.  Definitely supervised play but so fun!

Takes lots of time to gently remove the bones so here's hoping we do it by Christmas ;-)

Another fabulous Summer day . . . I'm going to miss these once school starts again.

“A great many people, and more all the time, live their entire lives without ever once sleeping out under the stars.” ~ Alan S. Kesselheim

I am pleased to say, that our big fish are no longer part of that crew!!!

On Saturday, G became the coolest dad in the world {according to our children}

when he announced to Alli and Eli that the three of them would be going camping that night.

We only have one tent, weren't ready to try it with Luke AND had no idea how it go

SO we set up our tent at Fisher Campground {i.e. our backyard}

BEST campground in these here parts ;-)

First step was setting up the tent . . . 

Eli was all over that one, trying so hard to help however he could!

Alli on the other hand, decided she would test out the air mattress ~ great for flopping and jumps.

We haven't been camping since we lived in Massachusetts {pre-Alli} so it was like a time capsule

opening up our camping bins ~ brought back lots of great and funny memories!!!

Once the tent was set up, the kiddos couldn't wait to get out the sleeping bags and play in the tent.

Watching how excited all three of them were was a hoot!

It really was a very cool campground . . . it was private, had soft grass, a bounce house, a playground; a sandbox, a water table, a gas grill AND a clean bathroom with hot water!!! :-)

Lots of fun was spent playing and lounging around our "campsite" Saturday afternoon and evening!

This campground even included hiking!

As you can see, one little guy wasn't too happy that he wasn't included in the hike.

Oh well, he settled for swinging on the playground :-)

After dinner, the kiddos cleaned up, got in PJs and hunkered down to roast marshmallows for some

"gooey" s'mores.  Eli was so cute and referred to the roasting of marshmallows as "roasty toasties."

Once we finished our s'mores, I went inside with Luke 

while the three campers headed into their tent for games, stories and sleeping.

G said they did great!!!

Alli zonked pretty quickly but Eli was having too much fun with the flashlight :-)

Still, they were all asleep by 9:30 and G had to wake them at 8 a.m. 

to come inside so we could get ready for church.

The first camp out was a HUGE success and the kiddos are begging to do it again . . . at the beach!