Saturday, August 10, 2013

Erie County Fair

We managed to fit a day in at the Erie County Fair before we left for vacation.  Papa and Grandma brought the Lafferty girls, and Duane and Brynn and Bransen came with us, too.  

We saw some animals, of course...




And saw some shows, including a trampoline stunt show, sea lions, and a balloon guy.



Bransen wasn't overly impressed with Cirque Zuma Zuma...


We played some Duck Duck Goose while we waited for the men to bring us dinner.




Papa bought all the kids (and us too) ice cream cones!


After we checked out Brynn and Bransen's 4H projects, we made some beaded keychains with some of the helpers there.  Jonas made a snake!



Railroad Tracks

Duane and I took the kids for a walk down the railroad tracks by his house.  They had fun balancing, exploring, and throwing rocks off the trestle.  Don't worry, there were no trains!




Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Black Lake

Jonas got home from another fun vacation at Black Lake with his dad.  He told me he had fun playing with his zillions of cousins, fishing, playing bocce, and eating ice cream.  He listed off 30 things that he did (he counted)!




Summer Fun

Jonas and I always have fun together in the summer.  These are just a few things we've done in the past couple days.  There's no real theme, just good old-fashioned quality time :-)


We spent a lot of Monday baking and cooking in the kitchen.  Jonas loves to help out, and he's getting good at it, too!  We made chocolate chip cookies, pasta for dinner, and ice cream cake for dessert on Tuesday.



Tuesday we spent some time at Grandma and Papa's house.  Jonas had a blast playing with all his cousins and Brynn and Bransen.  We took a walk around the block, played with chalk, and played chalk bowling!










After all the excitement, we cozied up with Aunt Lisa to read some stories before bed time.

Monday, August 05, 2013

Toothless!

Jonas came home from Black Lake missing a bunch of teeth!  The tooth fairy couldn't find him on vacation, but luckily she came here last night and gave him $2 a tooth.  Love that toothless smile!