fun time

I have not given up on my New Year's resolution for us to do something fun every week.  But, with Kyra's broken arm those "fun times" turned into outings to the library or Barnes & Noble or other places for "safe/low-risk" activities that just aren't ideal for taking pictures.  As of this past weekend she is off activity restrictions (she doesn't go back to the doctor for her final check-up on it 'til July 23rd).  So, here are pictures of our first trip to "The Rides" this year...

Riding in the cattle car....her brother was on the other end of the car sitting between two other kids....

Driving a train

He chose the fire truck

The ferris wheel was a bit mellow for his taste (pun intended)

A little more his speed

Riding the carousel

she loves the horses

driving a spaceship

it was fun....

until it was boring

traditional ice cream cone after the rides (excellent motivator to get the OFF the rides)

who can resist that face?!?!?

she loves her some ice cream!

so sweet!

picture overload, but we've been absent awhile so what do you expect :)

The Wednesday before Memorial Day weekend the kids and I headed to my folks' "Mountain House" for an extra long weekend.  We had tons of fun and none of us were ready to come home (we never are!) 

We went to Mr. Brook's to see his chipmunks....

Liam brought his net along just in case!

PopPop took Kyra to look at the bones of a bull (cow).  She was in HEAVEN!  She's talked about it constantly even since she saw them....

One of my favorite views!

:)

Climbed on some big rocks....See how well her sling (or slink as she called it) was working!

Found a few stumps to climb on (and I even brought one home for my front yard!)

Made cherry cobbler with Mommo

Played lots of harmonica

They both picked out toy guns (their first toy guns)...They had more fun with them than I thought was possible.  There were lots of "1-2-3 (draw), BANG! BANG! BANG!"  The rules are you can't shoot people....

He got PopPop to put the bear hat on so he could shoot him!  He thought it was so, so, so, funny!  But, he did not like it one bit when PopPop did the same thing to Kyra or me.  He screamed and cried.  So protective of his sister and Mommy!

Got Mommo to be the bear....somehow the "game" progressed to them dressing up as a bear and deer and shooting Mommo Bear, but whatever!

Read stories in bed

Did lots and lots of fishing (and caught quite a few, but threw most of them back!)

This boy took to a fishing pole like he was born with it in his hand!  Makes his mommy happy.

Kyra absolutely LOVES to go fishing!!!  When asked what she wanted to do each day, she always said, "go fishing!"  and she does a great job!

What's going on PopPop????

Mommo and Kyra caught one!

Sweet girl playing in the old ore cart!

Cast Signing Party

When Kyra broke her elbow our good friend Lynda sent her a get well gift.  It was awesome!  It was everything we needed to have a cast signing/ice cream party (she lives in Atlanta so the ice cream came via gift card).  She sent invitations, all the toppings, the cones, and even markers. 

The set-up.  Looks yummy huh?

He couldn't stay out of the spoons!

She fell asleep on the couch about an hour before party time!

She loves ice cream, especially when it has sprinkles and cherries on it!!!!

See that cherry!

Most of the partiers.  Unfortunately, there isn'ta good shot of everyone, so I'm posting the one with me looking at the camera :)

She is so ready to ride her scooter and bike!

And well if that isn't the cutest and orneriest face you've ever seen I'd like to see what is!!!!

An update on Kyra's arm....

We went to the doctor on Monday and she got the cast off.  The x-rays show the bone is healing nicely.  So, she has to wear a sling for the next 2 weeks, limit "high risk/impact" activities for the next 4 weeks (hello?!? I think the cast was easier to make that happen!) and then sees the doctor again in 8 weeks.  She is in no pain which is a wonderful thing, but makes it so hard for her to understand she can't ride her bike, play on the tire swing, ride her scooter, etc etc etc.....

Indiana Trip, finally :) (otherwise known as picture overload)

I finally have a moment to put some (a lot) of pics up from our trip to Indiana.  We've had a "challenging" couple of weeks around here.  As you know, Kyra broke her elbow two weekends ago.  Last weekend my dad was hospitalized with blood clots in both lungs.  He is home and doing better, but very scary and still more questions than answers.  This past week Kyra had her follow-up appointment (in Denver) for her elbow.  It looks to be healing very well and she should have the cast off and pins out a week from Monday (little one's do heal VERY quickly!).   Back to Indiana pics  :)

This playground was near Aunt Debbie's house and was HUGE (obviously) and tons of fun!

Their favorite slide

Climbing, climbing, always climbing....I could post a whole diatribe on how strange it is to me that Kyra climbs as much and as well as she does and it was when she was doing something very safe that she busted her elbow....I won't, but looking at these pics hones in on those thoughts for me :) 

Sliding

If only there were volume to pictures, you'd hear nothing but squeals of delight from this boy!

He loved the slide

So much fun!

Kyra convinced me to go on it first, then Aunt Debbie....To say it went a lot faster than I was expecting (or Aunt Debbie) would be an extreme understatement :)

Going home from the playground does NOT make us happy :)

Playing on the iPad with sweet Libby

Lovin' on and playin' with his Mamaw

So good to see Mamaw!

Aunt Debbie took us to this indoor playground.  It was awesome!  The kids climbed up and down on this structure too many times.  They just loved it! The shadow on the left is Liam and the one in the middle is Kyra.

Had lunch at this park in Salina, KS on the way home.  Parks were our best friends on the long drive there and back :)

The back of my car :)

The passenger seat :)

I had a pic of the backseat, but it didn't upload....Imagine the biggest mess you can.  Ok, now you've seen what the backseat looked like!  But, we went to the carwash and managed to get it all clean again!