Paws to Read

Our library has a cute summer reading program:

Dax is loving all the animals and Cole and Ellie are so excited to read!! It should be a fun addition to all of our big summer plans. I love it!

Ribbit

Cole found a frog in our yard today! 

He kept picking up the poor little thing and wanted to keep it. It was kind of cute, but I do not want that thing jumping around my house :)

Dax wanted to hold it...and dropped it the second Cole put it in his hand. Ellie was brave enough to pet it for about a half a second and said it was too slimy :) The neighbor boy, Quinn, was over and he wouldn't go anywhere near it! 

Cole had a blast with his little frog friend and it was just what he needed for his first day of summer!

Summer!!

Let the summer begin!! It should be a fun one with these crazy fun kids :)

ER Regular

Ok, so it was pretty bad. Ben and Dax ended up in the ER again last night. Poor buddy!

Dax is lucky he has the worlds greatest daddy doctor to take care of him :)

Bronchiolitis

Dax has been sick the last week. I thought it was just a bad cold, but he has just been lying around and crying the last few days :( It's so sad! We finally took him to the Prompt Care and found out his oxygen levels were low and he has bronchiolitis! Poor baby!!

Ben has been reveling in all of the snuggle time though, so I guess it's not all bad :)

Cherry Festival and/or Good Neighbor Days

Cole, Ellie and I had a date night at Washington's Good Neighbor Days, Previously known as the Washington Cherry Festival! It was a blast!!

The kids were too nervous to ride the big rides...until we ran out of tickets. Then Cole wanted to ride all of the rides :) Maybe next year buddy. This year they got to do:

Bumper Cars

  The Jeep ride and the spinny pumpkin ride (I don't remember their official names)

 The not so super Super Slide :)

 The one big ride that Cole dared to go on was called the Tornado...go figure! 

We ran into Cole's best friend, Josh, and his family and the kids rode all of the rides together. They had a ton of fun...until we ran out of tickets and then Cole and Josh were both in tears. Life is rough when you are 6! We ended up finding free balloons and water bottles and everyone was happy again :) It was a great night!!

A Memorable Memorial Day

It's a happy Memorial Day at our house because Daddy got the day off work!!

We made the most of our day by going to Detweiller Park in Peoria. We had a picnic lunch (that Dax slept through), hiked the trails, and played on the playgrounds.

The kids had so much fun hiking and playing they didn't want to leave...but I bribed them with ice cream :) We headed over to Emack and Bolio's for some yummy ice cream to cool off after our adventures in the park. 

We ended the day with a BBQ off course! It was a perfect holiday for our little family!!

I didn't get very many pics because we were way too busy enjoying our day :)