First Baseball Game

We met up with some of Daddy's coworkers, and took the girls to their first baseball game this summer. There are decidedly no baseball fans in this family, but we had a great time anyway. We happen to go on the weekend featuring a Lego play station in the vendor area of the stadium (building race cars, creating pictures, constructing buildings, and admiring Lego statues). They also thoroughly enjoyed the fireworks during the 7th inning stretch and the ice cream we splurged on shortly after.

On your mark! Get set! Go!
The girls are preparing to race the Lego cars they created

Busch Gardens

Spending the day at a European-themed amusement park totally counts as geography, right?! We had a great day at Busch Gardens, and the girls got to go on roller coasters for the first time! We unintentionally threw the big girls into the deep end on this one, when Monkey and Bug hopped on the first one we came to. The line wasn't bad yet, and it didn't look too intimidating. What we missed were the two loops out of our line of vision! Oops. Bug declared that she did NOT like,  roller coasters, but we still managed to talk into trying a few others. She did enjoy the Mach Tower, though. Monkey enjoys coasters but was struggling to process the difference between scared and thrilled (when she got off she would say she didn't like it, but she had a big grin on face and cheerfully got on the next one). Lion LOVES roller coasters, but sadly she was only tall enough to ride one of the real ones (she rode it twice, and went on the kiddie coaster as many times as we would let her). In addition to the many rides we went on we ate some tasty food and poked through a few shops. Besides having tons of fun, it was also a character building experience for the girls: Monkey and Bug faced their fears, and Lion practiced patience and processing disappointment. We did not, however, end up with any pictures of all this fun. You'll just have to imagine it.

Hello, Nana!

Nana and Papa Bear moved this summer and are now only 3 hours away! Nana took advantage of this is August and came for a weekend visit. We did our seasonal clothing shopping for the girls, went antiquing, and just enjoyed some time hanging out. (Nana, I have no pictures of this weekend. How is that even possible?!)