Summer Catch Up - Lucas edition

Lucas started of his summer on a chilly note....

For his pk-3 graduation he decided to play the snowman.

Hmm...I guess he wanted to get on Santa's good side in case the elves were watching. He had such a wonderful year at tots.

Its hard to believe he only has one more year and then its off to the big school.
This year he made friends- real friends. Like...get upset if some one is not there friends.
Its pretty cool as a mom to watch him become a little person. For a while this summer we had a new superhero in town...

meet Shark boy! Best Buddies Luke also got in touch wit his artistic side. I have to say, he is too cute for words. At six flags he was consumed by a squid. But luckily he was rescued in time to show his buddy Woody around Philly. We also enjoyed a movie at the great Senator theater. New boots all the way from Tennessee. Two peas in a pod. Silly Bandz...need I say more. I have discovered that my kids will hug anything that looks stuffed and then Luke will look at me and say...

"There's a person in there." This summer there were a lot of forts being built... and ice cream being made. We also had up front seats for a balloon launch. Carnival Time and to close summer out... Blue hair for crazy hair day at cheer leading.

(Yes...he is in cheer leading)

Wordless Wednesday- Loved across generations

Luke discovered one of my cabbage patch kids from when I was a child. I think he loves her as much as I did.

Wordless Wednesday- Brothers

Brothers for life.

Special People Day

Here's another reason I love the carnival. Every year they open one day for special people.
It is a wonderful opportunity for people with disabilities to get to enjoy the carnival.
The improvement association provides free rides, food and games.

A few years back my dad was in a rehab after a bad motorcycle accident.

His rehab brought him to the carnival on this wonderful day and I think that it brought him some joy. So why did we come this year?Mikey has a very hard time with long lines and the commotion of big crowds tends to set him off. Now don't get me wrong, we had a blast at the carnival when we went a couple nights before. But, it was tense. It was so nice to not have the lines. Mikey and Luke could go ride to ride and get on pretty quickly. They had a blast. They even discovered the roller coaster. They loved it so much... They rode it five times. To make the day even better we got to spend it with MomMom and PopPop.

Carnival Time

Each year we head back to my hometown at carnival time.

We actually visit my family back home a lot,

but I am always extra happy to go back home at carnival time.

The kids love riding the rides... and so does Daddy! This year Mikey slid down the slide by himself. One of my favorite things at the carnival is the penny pitch.

I mean it is only a penny to play!
Where else can you find carnival games that cheap.

Basically, you shot the pennies into bowls and if one lands in the bowl you get a bead necklace.
The kiddie games where $2 a piece, a little steep but luckily this only comes once a year. Another thing that is pretty awesome about the carnival is that my dad lives right down the street. So, we usually get to see him, or in Luke's case, sword fight with him. We ended the night with ice cream.
Almost everyone was happy.