We started with some sprinkler fun on Monday while the day heated up, followed by a yummy lunch on the back deck on our new picnic table slash bench ensemble. Lunchables from Costco are a sweet deal!
It took a little convincing to get Jake to jump through the spray but after Daddy demonstrated, he was more willing (but only once).
Jordan only ate her crackers and left the meat and cheese.
Doobie loves him some food.
Next we ventured out on a bike ride. This was to be Jake's first long ride without his training wheels. He learned to ride on two wheels last summer but his little bike was stolen and now he rides a bigger one. Up until last weekend he was pretty nervous to ride it. Lately though, he's been tearing up on our little street so Darrin decided he was ready for some high adventure. I was a nervous wreck because we were riding along busy roads and going up and down some hills. I was certain he was going to take a digger into traffic or bail off his bike going down a steep hill. HOWEVER, Jake did awesome and I was so proud of him. He learned a lot and gained a lot of confidence in his bike riding skills. We rode to McDonalds for ice cream sundaes, Blockbuster for a movie and Carrs for some dinner ingredients. We also stopped at a couple parks along the way. All in all it was a fun AND functional family outting.
The caravan.
The leader of the pack, Big Daddy.
The Super Amazing Big Riding Ninja boy.
The tagalongs. What a life.
After we got home from our great ride we busted out the old swimming pool. It was pretty disgusting and nasty from being in storage all winter so we scrubbed it out and filled it up. The bitter cold Alaskan hose water isn't much fun to play in so daddy lugged buckets and buckets of hot water out of the house to make it tolerable.
Waiting patiently. Not really.
Hurray for Daddy!
Entering very slowly because even several gallons of scalding hot water can't compete with that frigid Alaskan hose water.
Where you going, Doobie?
Let the fun begin! You might notice in the next several pictures that Josh is airborn. That kid loves to jump in the pool!
Ready, set, JUMP!
That boy is STILL jumping!
Finally settling down for some more serious play time.
On Tuesday we took a journey to the mall, we visited Jordan's future dance studio (she starts next week!) and spent the rest of the day in the pool and on riding bikes while Darrin spent four hours of a beautiful sunny day taking a college math class. While he was solving for X, we all got sunburned and mosquito bit.
Making our hopscotch go to TWENTY! Ah yeah!
Crack kills Jordy!
The only way Jake would stop and pose with me is if I forced him.
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Sure miss you guys! Sounds like I might be seeing you soon though.
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