It's AWFUL that I'm trying to do so much catch up on our blogs and was so neglectful for so long. (Sorry Carter and Amelia, too, for not documenting the happenings more specifically. I'll fill your portfolio with more specific posts soon. Yes everyone...I am totally obsessive and print these off, 3-hole punch them, and put them in books for the two kids! I don't scrapbook, so it's my way of treasuring memories!) Anyway, here's an overview of some of our favorite summer happening locations (at least thus far):
Here's Amelia and Mommy "helping" at vacation bible school at our church. Mommy thought she could volunteer, but she wasn't much help! It was fun when Carter's group made their way to our station though!
Another of our favorite summer happening spots is the Science Museum! We received patches for free admission for the rest of 2009 following our camp in this past May, so we've been making good use of them this summer!
Anything with bubbles involved is AWESOME!
This is the section of the museum that is about your body and health. They have situations set up where a "person" presents with symptoms and your job is to diagnose them. Right now that's a little beyond our kiddos, but it's still fun to check out the gigantic replicas of germs and scabs and blisters...
Carter was able to make a "fossil" on this day. The shell made an imprint in the cement that he mixed and set.
I love the flower "maze" that's outside to walk through and so did the kids!
There are lots of other moms with little ones that work (or worked in the past) at Poplar Bridge and we've formed a playdate crew for the summer! We meet each Thursday at different locations around the cities! Here are 4 of the little ones on one playdate morning!
Mommy's Heart Attack #1 at the Park - Amelia climbing up the stairs at the "big kid" portion all by herself.
Mommy's Heart Attack #2 at the Park - Carter climbing ON TOP of all of the tunnels and tunnel slides when I was trying to keep track of Amelia.
Gotta love the 100s of different little playground areas around down here. This one is close to our house and our favorite spot to bike ride too! (Carter rides his 2-wheeler like a pro now and Amelia loves the pull behind trailer on Daddy's bike!)
All that playground equipment around and Amelia's most interested in the sand and dirt! At least she doesn't eat it...yet at least!
Carter has been a monkey bar pro for a while, but this was the first time he crossed the kind that aren't stationary bars! Way to go champ and thank goodness for the inventor of the Band-Aid brand special blister band-aids 'cause once he starts, he doesn't like to stop!
Edinborough Park is another favorite play spot! There is a gym with lots of scooters and balls to play with (and LOTS of room to just run and run and run) and a HUGE (as in 4 stories high) climbing structure. What a way to burn off energy!
The HUGE climbing structure has a little toddler section attached to it. Amelia loves to climb and slide and jump, and it's so nice to have a responsible little guy who plays independently in the big structure so I can watch her. I LOVE the 5 year age difference right now! (The reason why no pictures of Carter in the big structure are included are because once he's in, we don't see him again until he's out!)
Amelia enjoys the opportunity to have "freedom" to play and Mommy loves that there's only one way out of this toddler area so she can stand and block the door!
The wheels on the bus go round and round...
Carter and Amelia just LOVE to hang out with Nana and Papa at parks (well, they love it anywhere, but parks are fun too)! They crawl and run around right with them! Nana and Papa - you're the BEST!
What better way to spend a summer evening than eating out at Sonic! This was our first venture to the new restaurant that opened in Bloomington this past spring. It was crazy busy, but we enjoyed eating outside at a picnic table (once Mommy and Daddy figured out how to order from the big order box near the area)! It's funny that the servers bring the food wearing rollerblades!
Oops...didn't plan on the fact that there would be no high chairs at this restaurant. So, here's Amelia's first attempt ever at eating on a regular chair! Good thing it was just a chicken strip and not messy macaroni and cheese (the other staple of our kids' diets when we eat out)!
Here's Amelia and Mommy "helping" at vacation bible school at our church. Mommy thought she could volunteer, but she wasn't much help! It was fun when Carter's group made their way to our station though!
Another of our favorite summer happening spots is the Science Museum! We received patches for free admission for the rest of 2009 following our camp in this past May, so we've been making good use of them this summer!
Anything with bubbles involved is AWESOME!
This is the section of the museum that is about your body and health. They have situations set up where a "person" presents with symptoms and your job is to diagnose them. Right now that's a little beyond our kiddos, but it's still fun to check out the gigantic replicas of germs and scabs and blisters...
Carter was able to make a "fossil" on this day. The shell made an imprint in the cement that he mixed and set. 
I love the flower "maze" that's outside to walk through and so did the kids!
There are lots of other moms with little ones that work (or worked in the past) at Poplar Bridge and we've formed a playdate crew for the summer! We meet each Thursday at different locations around the cities! Here are 4 of the little ones on one playdate morning!
Mommy's Heart Attack #1 at the Park - Amelia climbing up the stairs at the "big kid" portion all by herself.
Mommy's Heart Attack #2 at the Park - Carter climbing ON TOP of all of the tunnels and tunnel slides when I was trying to keep track of Amelia.
Gotta love the 100s of different little playground areas around down here. This one is close to our house and our favorite spot to bike ride too! (Carter rides his 2-wheeler like a pro now and Amelia loves the pull behind trailer on Daddy's bike!)
All that playground equipment around and Amelia's most interested in the sand and dirt! At least she doesn't eat it...yet at least!
Carter has been a monkey bar pro for a while, but this was the first time he crossed the kind that aren't stationary bars! Way to go champ and thank goodness for the inventor of the Band-Aid brand special blister band-aids 'cause once he starts, he doesn't like to stop!
Edinborough Park is another favorite play spot! There is a gym with lots of scooters and balls to play with (and LOTS of room to just run and run and run) and a HUGE (as in 4 stories high) climbing structure. What a way to burn off energy!
The HUGE climbing structure has a little toddler section attached to it. Amelia loves to climb and slide and jump, and it's so nice to have a responsible little guy who plays independently in the big structure so I can watch her. I LOVE the 5 year age difference right now! (The reason why no pictures of Carter in the big structure are included are because once he's in, we don't see him again until he's out!)
Amelia enjoys the opportunity to have "freedom" to play and Mommy loves that there's only one way out of this toddler area so she can stand and block the door!
The wheels on the bus go round and round...
Carter and Amelia just LOVE to hang out with Nana and Papa at parks (well, they love it anywhere, but parks are fun too)! They crawl and run around right with them! Nana and Papa - you're the BEST!
What better way to spend a summer evening than eating out at Sonic! This was our first venture to the new restaurant that opened in Bloomington this past spring. It was crazy busy, but we enjoyed eating outside at a picnic table (once Mommy and Daddy figured out how to order from the big order box near the area)! It's funny that the servers bring the food wearing rollerblades!
Oops...didn't plan on the fact that there would be no high chairs at this restaurant. So, here's Amelia's first attempt ever at eating on a regular chair! Good thing it was just a chicken strip and not messy macaroni and cheese (the other staple of our kids' diets when we eat out)!
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