Monthly Archives: July 2010

While we were up north, we checked out a place called "UberBlast" with the kiddos. It's got bouncy-house inflatables, an arcade, and games of the tickets-for-crap variety. We had a pretty good time, but the kids didn't jump nearly as long as I thought they would before they got bored of it. And considering it was $8 per kid, that irked me a little. But they both were enjoying the games so much that I got over it. Sean really loved that motorcycle game, even thought he could barely reach the handlebars. You had to lean to steer, and he thought that was awesome. I included the photo of them jumping, even though it came out terrible, just because I love the position Sean is in. He was trying to do a flip - as you can guess, it was not a success. :) And I especially like the photo of Carter and I playing air hockey. She's so tiny compared to me, but I love the adoration on her face when she looks at me. Love you too, sweetie!

When I first bought this mask, in Texas, Sean was only a year old and he was scared to death of it. Just last week, as I was puttering around in the attic looking for hiking gear, I found it again. Now, Sean absolutely loves it. He and Carter both have been wearing it all the time, and talking in their deep Darth Vader voices. I think Carter looks hilarious in it, as it's adult sized, and she's got such a little body.

Sean's been asking me to let him drive the mower for a long time. I always told him it just wasn't safe. It wasn't until I was mowing the lawn right before our vacation that I realized that I didn't have to engage the blade. D'oh! He had an awesome time tooling around the yard, even though he almost crashed us into just about everything in sight.

Sorry I've been neglecting the blog - I've been super-busy at home and work, and we were getting ready for our vacation. So now that we're back, there should be a whole bunch of posts showing up here over the next few days.