Thursday, July 28, 2011

DurhamTown Adventure

This week, we took the boys to DurhamTown again and had several friends join us. The boys would much rather ride dirt bikes, cook marshmallows on a campfire and get very muddy than spend time at the beach in the extreme heat. They are definitely David's boys as David would rather be in the mountains on an outdoor adventure too! As a mom of two boys, I find happiness in doing whatever brings a smile to their adorable little faces!!

Zachary and David each rode their dirt bikes while Will and I rode the four wheeler together. Around the cabin area, Will rode the PowerWheels four wheeler...

The first thing Zachary wanted to do was....RACE DAD on the drag strip. He has talked about it for weeks! And boy is he fast! That is David on the left and Zachary on the right...



Zachary also loved riding the Pee Wee track with jumps. I wish I had my camera on this other track which had hills like mountains but nothing held Zachary back...he did it all with a smile.


William, on the other hand, is just as smart and excited as Zachary. William was responsible for starting the four wheeler and loved it. One afternoon, we went to the shop where they sell stuff. I turned around and William was on a little bike saying "mine, mine." I think we might have another one with the interest in dirt bikes....


David has "talks" with Zachary before riding to review everything and Zachary listens great. Just like a man, he listens when it is something that interests him...



Parker joined us...Parker just got a PW 50 too...it even has training wheels (I do not think he will have those for long)!



Tres & Drew also joined us...



The boys after an interesting ride where David and Tommy (Tres & Drew's Dad) were intentionally trying to splash in every mud puddle to get us all muddy. Best part was... David thought Tommy was directly behind him so he hit a mud puddle and splashed a trail of wet mud behind him...only it was not Tommy behind him...it was his wife Kristy! Don't worry, Tommy got me several times too! Turned out to be a big game of hit the mud puddles!!


Never fails at DurhamTown...you get very, very dirty!! That would be why there are no pictures of the women on the trip!


Friday, July 8, 2011

Cow Appreciation Day

My two cows and I went to Chick-fil-a this morning for free breakfast...chicken minis, hash rounds and choc milk for both cows. Wanted to take a picture with the Cow Princess this morning but both baby cows were terrified of her...
Zach helped to make his own cow costume...

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Upstate Children's Museum

The boys and I enjoyed a full day in Downtown Greenville. We spent the entire morning at the Children's Museum, enjoyed a picnic lunch outdoors on the grass, visited the Downtown library and returned for a second round at the Children's Museum. The boys could not get enough of the museum! They had a great time! I can not believe this was our first trip to the museum!

Children's FInger Painting class...


Test your strength...surprisingly, Zachary was able to pull his own body weight!
Will in the construction zone...
Zach loved being the cashier & scanner person in the grocery store...
Will (impatiently) waiting in line to check out...
Zach racing...

Playing with the water area...

There was so much more too! I recommend it to everyone, young and old!!

Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy 4th of July

Thanks Mariko, Jason, Haley & Hunter for having a July 4th party with us today. We started with a colorful bike parade, watermelon, popsicles and bubbles at the Williams' house. The kiddos each had their bicycles decorated and raced down the driveway! Then, we came back to our house for water balloons, pool play, water guns and the soapy slip n slide. We played with tattoos, sparkers and bubbles! We celebrated with a Pizza Dinner and Strawberry Shortcake! What a great way to celebrate the day! Best of all, the kiddos were worn out and in bed shortly after 7pm!!


Sunday, July 3, 2011

Clemson Fest 2011

We spent the afternoon / evening at Clemson Fest at Y Beach. The boys enjoyed it and loved the fireworks!

FUNNEL CAKE for the first time...Will had to lick the remaining sugar off the plate!!
And Icecream...
We did not get home until almost 10pm and then enjoyed sparklers at home. Great day!