This past week

Last Tues. there was a carnival at Sunset Park. As part of Hayden's summer park program, they gave the kids a chance to earn money by having a game. They provided the prizes, you provide the game and someone to man the booth for three hours, then you split the profits. Hayden decided we should do the Clothes-Pin Drop. Daddy made the poster (Hayden helped), and Mommy maned the booth. We ended up making over $25 dollars which isn't bad considering we didn't put any money into it! The fire department was there giving rides to kids on the ladder. Hayden liked it so much he went up twice. He also liked the shark slide. I thought that looked cool too. At the end of the night they had a fireworks display that we thought was very good. Connor kept saying "ooh-wow!" Thursday morning I went over to my Mom's house so we could make tons of zucchini bread. We try to do this once each summer to try and use up Dad's zucchini that he has harvested. Then we freeze the bread and hope it lasts a while! I made a few (more healthy) adjustments to the recipe this year and they turned out great. Even my mom liked it. (I don't really look very pregnant in this picture, but I sure feel it!) After baking all morning, I met Mike and the boys at the pool for the afternoon. They told me about how they got interviewed by WGAL 8 News about the pool. It was on the 6 o'clock news Thurs. night. They were on for about 10 secs. The boys were excited to see themselves on T.V. Mike took Connor down the slide for the first time today. He loved it! He ended up taking him down about ten times! These are some pictures of Hayden and his friends that he made at park. He loved going and was sad that the last day was on Fri. It ran for 6 weeks, but somehow time seems to go by quicker in summer. On Fri. they had a pizza party and awards program for the kids. Each child got a certificate. Hayden's was "being a leader." Daddy and I were excited about that. I was really pleased with the program. They did lots of different things like pinatas, water day and craft day once a week, a parade, roller skating, and lots of different games. He also made lots of friends which I'm always excited about. Not to mention he got a really great tan!

Salad Dressing recipe

Some of my friends requested this recipe that I simply titled "Yummy Salad Dressing," but it's kind of like a honey mustard style. It's meant to be mixed with baby spinach, sugared almonds, apples, and cranberries, but honestly it tastes good in any salad. Mix in blender: 1/3 C vinegar 3/4 C canola oil 1/3 C sugar Add to blender: 3/4 Tbsp. poppy seeds 3/4 tsp. salt 1/4 C finely chopped onion 2 Tbsp. mustard

Connor's Day

Today was the first day of Mike's actual summer vacation-no college classes, no tutoring, no appointments. We spent the morning shopping for Hayden's birthday, this afternoon we are spending at home getting things done. Mike is moving boxes from the attic down to the basement to make way for the boys new room. We're excited to clean up the walls and paint. We think it will be a great room for them. They'll have the biggest room in the house too. I'm spending the afternoon on the computer catching up on my blog and updating pictures to scrapbook. Connor has been doing other things. We put him down for a nap after lunch and like other days, he stayed up talking for a while. After about 45 mins. though, he started crying. Mike and I went in to check on him, and this is what we saw! Apparently he had gotten under his blanket and couldn't get out of it! It was so sad, but so funny! We let him stay up for a little while after his tramatizing event. Mike and I were looking on the computer and the boys were downstairs. All of a sudden Hayden yelled for us to come down. Connor had gotten into my lip gloss. It wasn't a terrible mess, it was just funny. I was impressed he knew to put the lip gloss on his lips!

It was a summertime day

After church on Sundays, we usually get together with Gram and Pap, alternating homes. Yesterday we went over to their house, and I got in the mood to take lots of "summertime" pictures. This is one of Hayden's pumpkins that he planted and that he hopes to enter into the York Fair.

After dinner we had ice cream, popsicles, and watermelon for dessert. Doesn't that ice cream look yummy! Connor got messier last night than he did for his first birthday cake! Hayden and I had a watermelon contest! (Not really, we just posed.) When it started to get dark, the boys started looking for fireflies. They were having so much fun, I got a lot of cute pictures. Just before we were about to leave, it started pouring down raining. For those of you who live in York, you know what I mean. We ended up staying for another hour till it slowed down and when we came home, we had several detours because of flooded roads. The Fairgrounds were even flooded and we've never seen that before.

While we were waiting, Hayden drew a picture of Gram and Pap's house. He drew the back porch with table and chairs, ceiling fans and blinds included, fireflies, and the lighting in the sky. He doesn't miss a detail!

Busy Saturday

We went over to the Coys around lunchtime for Ewan's first birthday party. There were lots of kids there to celebrate with him, along with their parents. I couldn't believe we got all the kids on the bean bag sofa to get a picture. (Ewan is in the front with the #1 t-shirt on.) After the party we met my parents at Project 70 to go out on the boat for the afternoon. It looked a little cloudy when we got in the water, so Pap decided we should head over to the bridge just in case it rained. That is Hayden's favorite place to fish anyway. Well, we ended up staying under the bridge for at least an hour and a half. We survived a huge thunderstorm! You probably can't see from the picture, but it was pouring! The radio said some areas even got winds as high as 50 miles per hour. Boy, were we lucky! Connor liked driving.

Hayden caught 3 fish again! Keeping up his record. Connor felt robbed when he pulled his line out of the water and all he got was a weight!

Mini-golf

On Fri. night (after it rained) we went miniature golfing with Gram and Pap in Columbia. It was Connor's first time and he really got into it. Hayden loves to golf and does really well. Hopefully he won't turn that into real golf-we can't afford that! Connor was getting excited running around, and on one of the holes, there were hills as obstacles. Apparently he didn't notice them and went flying over the first hill! He wasn't hurt so we were all able to laugh about it. I wished I would have had video of it!

"Look what my shorts can do"

I was upstairs in the boy's room getting Connor dressed for the day while Hayden was getting himself dressed. He said, "Mom, look what my shorts can do!", and proceeded to show me how they unsnapped on the insides. I thought that was weird, and that they didn't look quite right, but it still took me a few minutes to look at the tag in the back and figure out that they were Connor's 18 month pants!!!! I think I couldn't believe that Hayden could still fit into them. I guess we do have skinny boys. Hayden is on the run in this picture because he didn't want me to take it. Why, it's just a little embarrassing!