Summer Break

School has started which means summer break is over & fall will be here before we know it! But before it gets here, I need to update you all on what we did this summer...

We played in the Splash Blast!

We went to the library a couple of times to play chess with one of Alex's friends from preK.

And to read & check out books.

We painted.

We went to the mall & rode the merry go round.

We went bowling with CiCi

and look who won!

(Yes, I'm such a bad bowler that my 8 year old beat me! Lol!)

We went to Bounce Zone

and to the Beaumont Art Museum

the Fire Museum

and the Energy Museum.

We went to a birthday party for Boone & Charlie & Emery

and to another party for Alex's friend Ryan.

We went to the pet store (my version of bringing Addy to the zoo when it's too hot outside!)

(Look at these lizards snuggling. Isn't it just the cutest thing ever!)

and to a Disney Pirate & Princess show at the park in Sugar Land. It was awesome & it was FREE!

Addy went to Brownie Rocket Day at Brazos Bend State Park where she turned a water bottle into a rocket. 

And then took it outside & launched it! It was a super cool event!

We went to Vacation Bible School at the Harvest United Methodist Church in Sienna. While the kids participated in the bible school, I volunteered in the 2 year old class!

Alex doesn't like to try new things & so he was nervous about going to VBS. 

It took me 20 minutes to get him out of the car on the first day.

But once he went in, he had a great time!

Addy, on the other hand, had no problems going in the first day.

She had such fun every day

and had this awesome girl as her teen helper all week!

We bought ice cream from the ice cream man!

We celebrated my 35th birthday!

And the best thing all summer was that we got to see this girl, Addy & Alex's older sister Maryse!

It was a fun & relaxing summer break which made me sad to see it to end!

Insta-Friday

 This week we had a mini vacation in Beaumont before our real vacation to Florida next week. We did lots of fun stuff & I have lots of pictures from my phone to show you on this Insta-Friday!

Saturday -Addy making Bailey, aka Bawee, aka Gilbert pose for a picture. She held his head to look at the camera & said "Ok Gilbert, say cheese!" That poor cat!

Addy likes to play in her room because she can shut the door & trap Bailey inside play with Bailey. And Alex likes to play in Addy's room, well, because Addy likes to play in her room. I went to go check on the kids & found this.... A sweet little boy sitting in Addy's bed reading a book to Diego, Pablo & Uniqua.

On Sunday we went swimming. Addy was a scary monster... Booga Booga Boo!

 

We stayed for a couple of hours, but she didn't want to leave :(

Neither did he!!!

Nick had to be in training for work Monday thu Friday so I packed up the kids & we went to Beaumont for the week. This time we brought Bailey with us.

On Tuesday, CiCi & I brought Addy, Alex, Hannah & Peyton to the Piccadilly Circus at the Beaumont Civic Center. They were excited to go & raced to the entrance.

There were some loud booms & bangs during the circus & they scared Alex. He crawled up in Hannah's lap for a little bit, and then in mine, & then in CiCi's.

The circus was OK, not great, but not horrible either. Some of the acts were the motorcycle cage riders, a couple clown acts, a cute little horsey act & a girl in a cage that turned into a white tiger! Still not sure how they did that!

Wednesday we met Brooke, Boone, Charlie & Hannah at Chuck E Cheese.

When we cashed in the tickets, all Alex wanted was 3 boxes of pink Nerds. He started eating them one at a time, but Hannah showed him the way cool people eat Nerds!

I took the kids & Hannah to Rogers Park for a little while. It was really hot so we didn't stay that long.

Wednesday night, I met Kelli, one of my BFFs, at Pei Wei for dinner. It was so great to see her, I don't think we've gotten together in about 6 months which is WAY TOO LONG!

Then we went over to Winestyles & had a glass of a yummy moscato wine.

On Thursday, we met Brooke & her kiddos & Hannah again at the Beaumont Library for storytime. Alex sat by Hannah & listened to the stories & sang along.

Addy, she was not as interested in storytime. But she did enjoy making the monkey craft.

After storytime, I took the kids to Toys R Us to look at presents for Addy's birthday. We weren't even there for a whole minute before Alex was loaded down with toys that he wanted... A hula hoop, a pool noodle & a Madagascar 3 stuffed zebra.

Friday, June 15th was Addy's 6th birthday! I had to go back home to meet up with Nick & get everything packed up for Florida. So I left the kids with MawMaw & Granddaddy for the night. Addy got to have one of her presents (she'll open the rest when we get back from Florida), a Caillou doll. Sadly, Caillou bumped his knees & Addy had to make sure he was ok.

Alex also got a toy for Addy's birthday, a Chuggington train set.

We're leaving for Florida on Sunday so stay tuned for some great photos next week!!!