Budding Engineer

Is is possible that Jocelyn got Daddy's Engineering brain?  (Notice I said "Daddy", not "Mommy")  Jocelyn has a new-found love....

LEGOS!!!

And I'm not talking about the big Legos, I'm talking about those little pieces, that magically fit together to create something.  In our case, cars are the current favorite something.

I'm pretty sure that Daddy is enjoying this new passion as much as Jocelyn!

I sat and watched them put a Lego car together yesterday and I was amazed at how clearly she understood the directions and where the pieces went on the car.  And she was pretty proud of herself when it was done!

I do have this tiny fear that Legos are about to take over my world...  I wonder why???







Kids and Chickens and Fireworks, Oh My!

So if you remember in February, I made a solitary trip to Connecticut, but I couldn't wait to bring Jocelyn back during the summer.  Well we made it last week, and it was just as much fun as I had hoped it would be.

Jocelyn got to feed the chickens and collect the eggs.

She loved playing in the pool with the kids!

And we got to pick blueberries at the local blueberry farm.

On July 4th, we went to visit with other members of Joye's family.  They have a big family bar-b-que every year and they end the day with their own fireworks.

Jocelyn did some more swimming, "played" crochet, played on the swingset, and had her first experience with fireworks.  

 

I love these pictures of her with sparklers and watching the fireworks.  Now these were not your average fireworks!  This was easily the best fireworks display I have ever seen, and it was right above our heads!!   WOW!!

We had such a great trip and it was so much fun for both of us.  I hope we can do it again soon.   Thank you so much to my friend Joye.  It was great to spend so much time with her this trip, and it was so much fun for Jocelyn to have the kids to play with.

You know she had fun when she ended the trip looking like this!

Family Trip to PA

Once the kids were out of school, we headed out for a long awaited trip to PA to visit Pat's family.  It took a lot of planning and coordinating, but we managed to get the whole family together, including Pat's brother Scott and his wife Rachel from Indiana.  We had a lot of fun!  It was so nice to have everyone together.

We spent a lot of time at the homestead, swimming...

And playing in the yard...

We had the most fun though, when we all spent the day at the Erie, PA Zoo.

We all took a ride on the train.  And Jocelyn played tag with the otters.

At the end of the day, we enjoyed the pool at our hotel.

And Jocelyn played with her "new" school house.  For those of you as ancient as me, this is the Fisher Price School House that Pat played with as a kid.  Pat's mom gave it to Jocelyn while we were visiting.  It's her new favorite toy.

It was such a great trip and it was so nice to see the whole family together.  It's not easy to get this clan together from three different directions, but hopefully we can do it again soon!