"F"ireworks!!!

Of course the letter "F" for our Alphabet Summer was for FIREWORKS on the Forth of July!!!  We headed to The Meadows for some tailgating with friends and watching the fireworks.  We had the perfect spot this year, right by a big field for the kids to play and easy to get out with the show was over!  The kids got to pet a few farm animals and there was a helicoptor show.  We had a great time hanging out with friends and all three of the kids loved the fireworks show.

Earlier in the day, we went swimming with Uncle Ken and then had a BBQ with lots of friends.  And of course we had to have a Flag cake!

"E"dible Art

For the letter "E" we had fun making edible art!  We made two different colors of pudding and let the kids use it like finger paints.  It was edible and messy!!!  The kids loved it...of course. 

After we made our "artwork", we asked Brynlee what letter we learned and she said "E....I have an E" and she ran into the play room and came back with this:

Don't pay any attention to the cookie pieces in Bryn's teeth...we made barf (no-bake) cookies...yum!

"D"inosaur Land

Today we went to Dinosaur Land for the letter "D".  Dinosaur Land is about 45 mins away out towards the Shenandoahs.  Everyone I talked to about it said that is was pretty cheesy, but the kids loved it.  I would totally agree with that.  It was so old and cheesy, but my kids definitely loved it.  It's just a little park with big plaster dinosaurs and other animals.  All three kids were really well behaved and we had a great time! 

Lincoln's first solid foods

We started Lincoln on solid foods almost a month ago.  It didn't take him long to catch on and now he eats tons of different baby foods....yum!!!

These pictures were taken on June 3rd.  This is the very first attempt at solid food.

"C"huck - E - "C"heese

We headed over to Chuck-E-Cheese for letter "C" of our Alphabet Summer.  We've been to Chuck-E-Cheese several times in the last few months and we've been saving up our tickets for "something big".  The kids had a blast and we actually went home with something "bigger" this time...cotton candy, two packages of modeling clay, bugs, tattoos, and a rocket launcher.  We love Chuck-E-Cheeses!

This last picture is from when we went for our end of preschool party.  Brynlee's driving the Jeep with Truman.

"B"usch Gardens

Next up for our alphabet summer was the letter "B".  We headed down to Williamsburg, VA with our neighbors to go to "B"usch Gardens.  We had to make up for the not so good time we had two weeks ago there.  We definitely made up for it...the kids had a blast!!!  We were able to swap with our friends too and each of us went on two big roller coasters.  It was an awesome day and we can't wait to go back!

Carson on the airplanes

 Brynlee, Dan, and Carson on Escape from Pompei

 Madison and Lincoln

"A"lphabet Summer!!

My friend, Erika, did an alphabet summer last year with her kids and I thought that it was such an awesome idea I'd try it this year!  For our first letter, "A", we got together with our awesome neighbors and did worksheets about the letter "A" and ate Applesauce and Angel food cake.  It was a simple way to start off the alphabet summer, but we have some big ideas coming up later!  The kids are super excited already!