Pool Fun

I am two weeks out from my first day of school but Logan starts next week. Man I cannot believe he will be in kindergarten. So this week is the final week to do activities with him. I have loved the cooler weather this summer but it has not made for great pool time. A few weeks ago we had a heat wave, so we made the best of it and headed to the pool. I don't have a lot of great pictures of Logan because he is fast and is usually jumping off the side of the pool or swimming underwater. We made about 4 visits and we are hoping to squeeze in a a visit to our favorite waterpark this week.

He loved going to the kiddie pool to cool off during the big pools break time

They made pool noodles a little more fun by sticking a head and tail on them and making them into sea creatures (why didn't I think of that)

Here I Go Again

We made the trip to Chuck * Cheese. Once again I will give you some good advice- 11 A.M. on a weekday. That is the best time to go to keep your sanity. We took my grandma with us and we had a nice lunch and Logan had run of the place. It is fun to watch the evolution from when we went 2 years ago. This time he was more into the games than riding all the rides **tears**.

On another note I am totally in back to school mode. 2 trips to the teacher store, a personal laminator and I am a happy girl. I still have about  3 weeks but I like to get things done a little early then I can enjoy the last bit of my summer. Plus I am only working at school for about 2 hours then doing some work from home. As much as I love summer, I also love a new school year, it reminds me why I love what I do.

Kingdom Chronicles

Thank you so much for all your sweet comments on my last post. I truly cherish the moments I spend with Logan and Madison. I know that they grow up all too fast and soon these little trips will not be cool anymore. Logan did inform me the other day that he will still want to spend the night at  my house and we will have to take teenage adventures!

So back in June, ( think I am almost finished) we had our bible school. It was a week long, every evening. I will admit it is a tiring week, but it is worth it when you see what the kids take away from it. I have so many wonderful memories of weeks spent at my bible school as well as attending all my friends bible schools.

This year our theme was Kingdom Chronicles and was a knight and castle theme. I was Logan's leader for the week so I have tons more pictures of his class than Madison's, but she was there! On the last night of bible school, they had a real knight come and talk to the kids and take pictures.

A Day Out With Thomas

It all began one early morning in June, as I was sitting drinking my morning coffee and checking FB. A site on their had done a review on a local railway, so I decided to check it out. Well I found out there was a Thomas ride, but it was in September. So I started thinking, that yes I could make it work but that is always such a busy time with the beginning of the school year for me and this year Logan. So I began to research if there were any other of these day outs around. Well the closest I came up with was about 2 1/2 hours away in Indiana. Well with my trusty GPS, I decided I would make it happen and we would take a day roadtrip. So I bought the tickets and decided to make it a surprise that would not be revealed until we got there. I cannot tell you how many times during those 10 days that I wanted to tell him, I am not good at keeping secrets.

So the morning of the train ride arrived. Logan kept trying to guess what it was, he thought it was a day of swimming at the waterpark. We got dressed, ate breakfast and hit the road by 10. Logan slept most of the way there, which was a good thing since I wanted him to be refreshed. We pulled into the town and made our way to the station. We paid for our parking and got out of the car and then we heard that whistle and I revealed what the surprise was. I am not going to lie, I had tears in my eyes because the sight of that little engine was magical especially through the eyes of a 5 year old little boy. Thomas has been a part of our lives for many years.

We made our way across the street to get our paperwork and start exploring the grounds. I was amazed at how much there was to do. They had mini train rides, bounce houses, stories, movies and a whole Thomas playland.  We grabbed some lunch and started playing. We had about 2 hours till our ride time.  Logan was in heaven and it made me so happy to see him having such a fun time. It came time to board the train and get ready for the ride. We had so much fun riding on Thomas and taking it all in. After the ride we explored some more and of course hit the gift shop where we scored a t-shirt and I got some scrapbooking supplies to scrapbook this magical day. I also got a CD of songs from the train ride for Logan's birthday. All too soon it was time to make our way home. We stopped at Friendly's for dinner and then made our way home. We were both tired from our busy day but it was totally worth. Don't worry Madison has a special surprise day coming up soon that involves some princesses.

Our first glimpse of Thomas

Logan loved looking at the model trains

Pictures in front of Thomas

Mini train ride

Playing a little mini golf

He loved the tent with all the Thomas trains

Getting ready to shout All Aboard

Excited to be on the train

Good- bye Thomas

We Have A Winner

According To The Random Number Generator, Kim you are the lucky winner. Happy Shopping. Thanks you everyone who entered, I wish I could give everyone of you a prize.

 

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Timestamp: 2013-07-22 01:32:40 UTC

Giveaway!

This post serves two purposes. I am going to tell you about a giveaway I am going to do on my blog and I will also tell you about a giveaway I won.

First off, I am doing a giveaway for my 400th post. I figure if you have stuck around for 400 post, you deserve a chance to win something. That something is a $20 gift card for T*rget. I do love that place and it is probably a good thing that it is a half hour away. I could spend hours and lots of money in that store! All you have to do is leave me a comment and I will select a winner on Sunday night. I would love if you would tell me a favorite thing you like to get at Target.

Okay now onto the second part. About a month ago I entered a giveaway on Ashley's blog. It was for Sesame Street Live which was coming to Columbus in June. I was so excited that I won 4 tickets to the show. I grew up watching Sesame Street since we didn't have all the 500 fancy cable stations that I have now! I knew the kids would love it. So the vouchers came in the mail, so I made a trip to Columbus to pick up the tickets. There you go Laurie the cat is out of the bag!!!  We chose Father's Day since the rest of the weekend was so booked up. We headed to Columbus after church. The kids enjoyed checking out the theater and then the show.

At intermission, they brought out these large obnoxious  balloons that were for sale. We said no but lady behind us went ahead and bought Logan one. Well of course this led to Madison being upset and who could blame her, so Aunt Court shelled out$10 for another balloon. Of course then they ask you to keep the balloons down for the rest of the show, seriously! So I ended wrestling two balloons for the rest of the show and then trying to keep them out in the wind and on the way home. GOOD TIMES FOLKS!

Of final stop of the day was F*rehouse Subs. Of my goodness these subs were sooooo good and my brother ate for free because it was Father's Day.

Madison ready for the show

In front of the theater

Checking our tickets

The best I could get on the beautiful staircase

Ready for the show

Checking out the stage

Mesmerized by the show

The show was all about music see Dorothy's little drum

The balloons

The characters even came out into the audience

I wanted to get a picture of the balloons before they popped or floated away!

F*rehouse Subs-a little Ohio Pride

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