Summer fun has begun!!

Our summer is in full swing.  So much fun stuff going on!!  Where do we start??

So far, Jocelyn and I have been blueberry picking, and she has been to the pool many times, including for her first swim lesson of 4 she'll have this summer.  She did really great!  She's going to be swimming without a floaty next time!

Every summer I sign Jocelyn up for summer reading at the county library.  This is something fun we have done since she was a baby, believe it or not.  This year, when I signed her up, the Historical Society was handing out books of places in the county you could visit to learn more about county history.  If you visit 15 or more, the kids get a prize.  Well we don't care about the prize, it's the touring that's the most fun of all!  We got our friends Nicki and Colin to join us one day last week and visited 6 places!!!  We made a day of it, brought a picnic lunch and learned a bunch about local history.  

The only existing iron bridge left in the world.

And we also learned a bunch about this giant bug we found!!!  He is called a Dobsonfly and he was at least 3 inches tall.  Ewww....  gross but fascinating!

We had an awesome ending to an awesome fun day by topping it off with a trip to Rita's!!  We can't wait for the next adventure!

The 4th of July we spent the evening with more friends.  Lily and Jocelyn had fun chasing fireflies before the fireworks.

Jocelyn's first fireworks finally!

This week Jocelyn is in Lego Girls Camp in the afternoons.  More crazy fun!  Last night we decided to compound the Lego insanity by going to the Lego store for the monthly Lego build.  Traffic was horrid so we decided to stay put and have dinner at the mall at Chick-fil-a.  As luck would have it, our change of plans turned out to be a blessing in disguise.  It was kids night at Chick-fil-a.  We visited with the cow (Eat more chicken!) and they had and AMAZING balloon guy there.  Have you ever seen a balloon shark??  Incredible!  We're terrified to touch him now.  We don't want him to pop...  ever...!

And this brings us up to today.  This year we raised butterflies again and this morning we released them.  And then we were off to the park for a play date with an old Mom's Club friend.  We forgot to take pictures of the girls, but that just means we will need to see our friends again soon!

Our summer has been a blast so far.  And it's barely started!  So many more great times to come!  Stay tuned!!