Heiner Hullabaloo: July 2013

Monday, July 15, 2013

Port Discovery Children's Museum 3/13

Children's Museum's are the best. Well, except they can cost a bit but luckily this day was half off, or something like that. It was just me, by myself, with all the kids. We spent about 3-4 hours there and were able to make it home in time to pick up Benjamin from work. We really had a good time.

A Mummy Adventure! The younger kids were a little scared especially when Entegra went in the sarcophagus and a mummy body lit up behind her.

The had a Wizard of Oz theme which we really enjoyed. It's one of our favorite movies.

Father's Day 6/16/13

Okay, so I'm a bit behind. I wanted to post the cute picture I took of the kids for Benjamin to take to work. It came out funny looking but cute...just take a look.

This is the picture I ended up choosing. Can you read their feet? (We heart/love Daddy) I got the idea from a friend on Facebook. Such a cute idea. Now look at the bloopers. :)

Would've been really cute but Bracken forgot to show us his feet.

Inara and Bracken are super cute here.

Inara's making sure we can read her feet. Braddock is smiling cutely and holding the marker.

Still can't see Bracken's feet.

I don't even know what happened here. Braddock fell over, camera askew, Entegra doing jazz hands and Bracken's feet. At least sweet Inara is looking at me.

The kids thought it was fun to have their feet drawn on and kept laughing because it tickled too much. Benjamin enjoyed his gifts.

Things We Did Today 7/15/13

It's not like we did anything fantastical, but Entegra and Bracken were very excited so we wanted to write it down.

Entegra practicing her sewing skills, Bracken distracting her, and Inara making funny faces at Mommy. Braddock was taking a nap.

Entegra was sooo happy to have an opportunity to sew, especially after Grandma Kathy brought her a few homemade outfits.

Concentrating hard.

Helping Sissy stuff her project.

The finished project, a soft, squishy pillow. She's so proud.

Bracken is super excited about his new bed. A neighbor down the street was kind enough to let us have it.

He was sweetly reading a book in bed, calmly and quietly. The boys now share a room.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Happy Independence Day! July 4, 2013

We had quite the busy day. Actually, a busy weekend. I'll just start with the one day.

We started the day by enjoying breakfast at our Church Breakfast. The kids put on their 4th of July shirts they had made, mostly by themselves, and off we went.

While we were at the breakfast we learned where the local parade was and followed a couple of people and enjoyed that. Talk about candy! Those parade people threw TONS of candy. Some passed out water and one even passed out popsicles. It lasted for about 2 hours but it was worth it to see one of the Young Women's group float. They made a temple on their float and passed out "Pass Along" cards.

After the parade we went home to cool off and try to get Bracken to take a nap, which of course didn't happen and instead he fell asleep in the 5 minutes before getting to the place for the fireworks. We found a perfect place to sit and wait for the fireworks and this year we were there for about 5+ hours. We always enjoy that though. This year was the easiest we've had for waiting for the fireworks. We have this half tent thingy that provided shade, we brought blankets, food and water in our cooler, a soccer ball, glow sticks and sunscreen. Plus the weather wasn't too bad. It was mostly sunny but not too hot and a nice breeze would blow through now and then. As always, our fireworks were spectacular!