More summer Activities

More of Our Summer Activities:

The Museum, Story Hour and an Indoor Playground

As we gear up for the fall. (I'm so excited about the fall!) We continue to seek out learning opportunities and fun things to do for the remaining summer days. Last week was our second year to attend a night-time event at Biedenharn Gardens. They have an annual Coke-Floats under the Stars event. You pay to get in, but then you get a free coke float and you get to enjoy their lovely gardens with fountains that are lit and a free tour of their Bible museum. This year, only me and the two older kids went. We had a great time. It's the only time they are allowed to have caffeine. We loved strolling through the garden at night and though I didn't expect a 6yr old and 4 yr old to enjoy the Bible museum, Micah was quite excited to find a Lego Bible inside. (It wasn't made of Legos but instead had scenes of Bible stories that were made of Legos. Seen below)

Then, this week, we were able to participate in story hour at our library. Our library has the best story hour with the best children's librarian. She is so funny and great with the kids and I'm ashamed that I haven't been taking them until now, but last summer N (the two yr old) threw so many tantrums in that room, that I was a coward this year about coming back with him and a 5 month old too. It actually turned out fine this time, though he did make a lot of noise, it was mainly happy noise. It was packed for some reason that day and there were other disruptive toddlers there which makes me feel better! M and A had a great time, it was a jungle themed day and they got to wear paper safari hats and come home and make elephant puppets.

Another thing we did this week was take little L for his appointment for shots. I dressed everyone in red and after the doc's office, we headed to a place I had just heard about, a local church has an indoor three-story playground open to the public. It has been raining all week (So Thankful for that rain too!) so we went to check it out. The local MOPS group I had been a part of last year was finishing up a play date there so I enjoyed seeing a couple of friends. We all had a great time, and I even got some home-school magazines that were left in a box marked free! How random!

I have begun to dress everyone in like colors when we have a day out. It might seem silly to some, but it really helps me to spot them in a crowd of kids! Not to mention, they love it!