Smurfs

The Smurfs came out today and Mimi and I took the big boys to go see it. I loved the Smurfs when I was little and was excited to see the movie. Parker stayed with Miss Sarah and had a great time playing!
They loved the movie. The Smurfs were so cute in the movie. Coop was really sad when it was over. He wanted to watch it again.

I told him he was going to turn into a Smurf from drinking all of his blue Icee and he thought that was funny.

Baylor sat with Mimi.

Coop was a little scared of the bad guy but did great.

It's always fun when stuff that was popular when we were kids come out again. I remember having some of these little Smurf characters.

I remember these too and think I had the girl one. I remember watching the cartoon with Jen and eating salami sandwiches after swimming lessons at the YMCA is the summer.

I loved these puffy stickers too. I also loved the Smurf blue ice cream at King's Island. They still have it but don't call it Smurf ice cream anymore, maybe after this movie they will.

Night on the Boat

We had planned to go to the zoo for Jazz night but it was so hot we didn't think it would be that fun. Tom suggested spending the night on the water and we were all excited to cool off. We had fun with Tony's family and Kelly's cute kids. Baylor had a great time with Jake and Noah.
Mojo is my favorite dog and Parker was really intrigued by her life vest. He kept trying to pick her up.

He was so proud of himself whenever he petted her.

I had fun floating with Parker and talking to Tanya. The water was so nice.

Tom thought this was relaxing after another crazy travel week. We miss him when he is gone.

Parker loved the water tonight.

Coop didn't play with the younger kids he liked staying with Bailey and Olivia. He loves Bailey.

He also loves Mojo.

She seriously is the best dog and loves being on the boat.

Bailey is going to be a 7th graders and is so sweet. Coop loved cuddling with her on our boat ride. She is such a cutie!

The boys played on the tube the entire night and had the best time.

Jumping in the water!

Conner Prairie Splash Park + 2 More Checks

We headed to Conner Prairie today to visit the new Civil War area. We got there when it opened to try to beat the heat. The boys were very interested in talking to the soldiers and hearing about the war.
We stopped in the field hospital.

Coop talked to this soldier for a long time and learned about how his gun works and how to load it. He was quite interested and wanted to make sure his horse was safe.

There were some fun computer games too.

Then we headed to the new Civil War play area. We went to the indoor area first. There was a great train table with lots of play mobile toys with the Union and Confederate soldiers. The boys loved it all.

There is also a big climbing fort area with a bridge. It was really neat.

The train table is huge and has places where they can crawl inside to stand in the middle.

Ethan and Parke had a great time together.

There are also North and South soldier outfits to try on.

Parker was happy.

Coop thought it was funny that he was the bad guy.

Next we headed outside. It is really a cute area. We had wanted to go to the splash pad but part of it was not working today. The actual splash park part of the outdoor area was hit by lightning in the storm on Sunday and is not working yet. There is a huge water table that was working though so we made the best of it and the boys all had fun. We didn't need to wear our suits though, oh well.

There's a really cute store area outside too.

Ethan liked playing in the water too. It was a good height for the little guys.

It wasn't very crowded which was nice.

Parker was quite busy.

The water table is connected to a big steam boat that the kids can drive and climb up in and go to the top.

Little shoppers.

During nap time today Baylor stayed with Mimi and made the watermelon cake. It was even pink inside with chocolate chips for the seeds. After dinner tonight they iced the cake and we had it for dessert.

It turned out great and we were able to check off another item on our summer list.

After dinner Pop and I took the boys on a golf cart ride and to the park to play. They had a ball.

It wasn't quite as hot and there was a little breeze.

They were all sweating though from all the fun they were having.

It was nice to let them burn some energy.

Parker had a great time at the park with Pop.

I love summer nights, and school starts two weeks from today:(.

After the park we went back to Mimi's house to catch lightning bugs. We had a great time and caught lots. We were able to check off another item. We got these bug catching kits at the Christmas Tree Shop for 1.99 and the boys couldn't wait to use them.

What fun.

Baylor ended up with ten and added grass in his bug container. He kept them inside while we ate dessert and then released them at home before we went in for the night.

Bug catching with Pop.