Fun Stuff

We have been having the best summer so far.  The kids are having a good time rediscovering their toys and playing together.  Recently Jeffrey suggested going to the Arboretum.  We brought our water bottles to fill up the rivers in the stone map.  After filling up the rivers the kids started playing with the palm sized rocks that surround the map area.  They found that if you sprinkle them with your water bottle to get them wet, all the colors in the 'black' rocks are revealed.  Then they organized themselves into a 'rock store' with many different styles of rocks and a 'sparkle shine' treatment.  We found rocks that looked like 'frog skin', tortise shell, and with circular grey markings on them.  After that, the kids had a great time soaking each other with their water bottles, it was a really fun warm afternoon activity.  I enjoyed being the 'customer' and sitting on the patio area with a wonderful view and a cooling breeze.

Jeffrey spiked his hair up with water!

We have also been going to Whipple Dam State Park on Sunday afternoons.  The kids like to play in the sandy beach area.  Jeffrey likes to dig 'hot tubs' at the waters edge where the lake water becomes warm in the sun.  Meredith is our little fishy, she always has a great time anywhere there is swimming, no matter how 'refreshing' the water is.  We bring burgers for grilling, pick a picnic table by the lake and spend the afternoon.  Meredith likes to eat 'butter burgers' - which is just a hamburger bun with butter spread on it and Utz potato chips, we need our chips!  

Its been a rainy summer here in State College, it rained every day in June.  Unfortunately it rained on one of our grilling afternoons, but Mike grilled us up our Cheeze burgers anyway! It was really wet so the kids played in the car and ate buns while Mike finished up the grillin.  

'This is the best tasting cheese burger I have ever had.'