Summer Playing

Some of the best parts of summer are just the days of random playing …

Ricky and Billy were in a theater camp for a week in July.  They were gone all day, so I took the younger three on adventures.  We had sat a lot in June and this was my way to try and make up for it.  Our first stop was the Hill Air Force Base Airplane Museum.

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We met up with some friends and the kids got to run around and touch all these old airplanes.

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Then we went inside where they could look at a few more airplanes and other air force memorabilia.  I was particularly fond of this replica of the M*A*S*H directional sign post!

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The kids had a good time, which was good because they’ve been bugging me for years to take them to the museum!

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The next day we went to the Dinosaur Park.  It is always a crowd pleaser for my boys.

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It was even better this time because I let Rusty play Pokemon Go as we wandered around!

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It wasn’t too hot which makes it all the better of a day at the Dinosaur Park.

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And my favorite photo spot of the park …

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Most every Wednesday all summer, we met with friends for “play group.”  Sometimes we went to parks, sometimes we went to houses…just something fun for the kids to do and a chance for us moms to sit and visit.  This particular play group, I was able to catch 4 of my boys on the swings at once!

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One play group we went to a splash pad.  Ricky was gone to Scout Camp this week.

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The kids really liked the splash pad.  I really like that play group forces me out of my comfort zone to go places like that – I’ve never taken the boys to a splash pad before!

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After the splash pad, since they were in their swimsuits, I put the boys to work washing my van!

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Sometime Momma goes out to play by herself!  I am in two book clubs and I adore my friends in those groups!  Sometimes we go to restaurants for book club rather than meeting at someone’s home and sometimes that restauranting turns into going to a disturbing shark movie!  The things I do for my friends!  Here is book club 1 …

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Here is book club 2 …

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We didn’t put up a big pool this year, so we appreciate friends who invite the boys over for water parties!  I couldn’t resist this picture.  Watching my five walking down the street … some day they’ll be big and I wanted to remember this cuteness forever.

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There you go.