Summer 2011

I'm so far behind and have missed posting about a bunch of fun things we've done this summer. So here is a very brief rundown (especially for me!).

We went to the lake in Minnesota back in June. Hightlights for this year included the fact that we could not get Molly to stay out of the water, even though it was freezing (thank goodness for the wet suit), and with her life vest on she was able to swim around by herself and made us both very proud. She went on the "Disco" for the first time, which is a large flotation device pulled behind the boat at frightening speeds, to which she exclaimed, "this is the greatest thing i have ever done!" She became fascinted with fishing, and is determined to catch a fish someday. We hunted for dinosaur fossils and found a T-rex! (a model out of a box, but still) And she became a bit obsessed with her cousin's Nintendo DS and comic books. Here is all the fun summed up in 261 photos!


Near the end of the trip my camera went kaputz (AGAIN!) and so there aren't many more pics from the rest of the summer, but we did a ton of fun stuff!

The Montessori House of St. Johns had another ArtFest, here's a video of the kids singing their Summer Song...you can really hear Molly!


Charleston Ave had another block party, with special guest my brother-in-law Sean, which was awesome! We sang songs, played in kiddie pool and ate delicious food! Here are some pictures (mostly thanks to our wonderful neighbor Cosette and her super cool new camera).


Molly announced her "best friend" was Adriana from across the street! Here they are playing together, with wings of course. And Molly is in her "kid flash" costume (i mentioned the obsession with comic books, right? Tiny Titans is her current favorite)

Though you would not know it to look at it, we did a lot of work in the yard this summer. Check out Molly's gardening ensemble!

And we did get quite the strawberry crop this year!

Zero started up his historic walking tour of downtown St. Johns. If you find yourself in our neck of the woods on some Saturday morning, you should really go on it. Here is a sneak peek from his beta test tour for Shani, Sarah and I, with Molly as his sidekick...


and here is the "show" Molly refers to at the end. an interpretive dance showing the "spirit of St. Johns!"


Speaking of performance, here is a great (but long) video of Molly's singer/songwriter talents (she made up this song on the spot).


And last, but certainly not least, I finally listened to my friends and took the family to Enchanted Forest last weekend and we had so much fun! There were fairytale houses to explore, rides the whole family enjoyed and you could even pan for gold! Here is Molly and Zero at the entrance to the castle.

And here are a bunch of videos of our super fun day!

Molly and I talk about what we'll do at Enchanted Forest when we get there!


Molly and Zero go down the "there was an old lady who lived in a shoe" slide!


Molly tries out the bumper boats!


On the kiddie train - she wanted to go by herself, and ended up getting seated with another family - pretty cute.


A big girl all by herself on the ferris wheel. This was her favorite, next to the log ride of course!


[big thanks to Greg, Frank and Jen for convincing me it wasn't just some creepy place off the I-5!]

Hope everyone else is having a lovely summer as well!