Holy cow...1462 miles, a round trip count of 6 take-offs and landings on the airplane with me and two kids, over 1700 pictures, a dog bite, pink eye, cute cousins...we had so much fun. I weeded through the pictures, and got down to this: the longest post in the history of the world! but, here is day 54-67 (and as you can see, our 60 days of summer is now over)...
Day 54:
Airplane Ride
Who doesn't like an airplane ride? Jeff actually took Max to the park in the morning to get his wiggles out in anticipation of a really long flight. We stopped twice on the way there, and twice on the way back, which I preferred to having to get off the plane with my two kids and my large stash of things...
Day 55:
Day 55:Max's actual 3rd birthday...
we did our annual celebratory balloon room for Max and his two cute cousins Clara and Carter...the two C's had never experienced the balloon room before, so it was way fun! 
My sister, Brandy got Max the ultimate bug catching kit...and boy did we use it...we caught a dead june bug, a dead fly, a live jumping spider...aaah, and a stow-away larva grub thing. The next day, there were 6 larva worms in the container...Sick! someone was busy!
My sister, Brandy got Max the ultimate bug catching kit...and boy did we use it...we caught a dead june bug, a dead fly, a live jumping spider...aaah, and a stow-away larva grub thing. The next day, there were 6 larva worms in the container...Sick! someone was busy! 
We played outside a ton...This is Max being the master of his own destruction. My Brother-in-Law, Jeff, aimed the hose at him, and Max turned the water on and off...ha. He had so much fun!
So did Ives, even though it was sooo humid outside. 
Clara LOVES Ivy...LOVES 
Day 55:
We went to church, and then found a really fun park called Big Lake Park in Plano. We fed the ducks our cast-off bread, and played on the toys... 
Clara, Carter, Max
We played in boxes... 
And watched some shows...
Day 56& 57:
We went to a way fun playground called Pirate Park (this was the second time we went there). It's just a huge wooden playground with mazes and ladders, etc...so fun
Day 58:
Heritage Farmstead Museum in Plano
This was such a cute little farm-turned-museum where we got to see old tractors, some sheep up, some chickens, hang rags on the line, ring a school bell, iron with an old-fashioned iron, pretend to milk a cow...it was a fun place to run around and look at cool things. We met Brandy's friend Ann there and her kids...so fun.
Day 59:
DFW Plaza
At the airport, they have an actual park to sit and watch the planes...an upgrade from our previous outing. An awesome hill, which Max loved to roll down, a broadcast of the air traffic control radio, and telescopes to watch the planes land. They were HUGE, and so awesome to watch. I liked being there! We met Marji, another one of Brandy's friends, who moved away there...fun to see her and her kids getting bigger! 
I love this picture: 
Here are some of the kids watching the places: Clara, Thomas, Carter, Max, Matthew...
Day 60:
Spring Creek Farm:
Holy so awesome, we got to feed the goats out of our hands...they just lick-licked all the stuff off. Max did awesome pouring the stuff into his own hand from the cup and feeding them...I was really impressed. Then we got a hay ride behind a tractor...so fun.
We saw potbellied pigs, a huge horse named Captain Midnight, turkeys, chickens, goats, Longhorns, foals, etc. Carter took a digger into a mud puddle after chasing some geese, so he was nude for the rest of the time, but the kids were awesome listeners...and we had such a fun time!
Day 61:
Galatyn Urban Park
In the middle of a bunch of big buildings, is this awesome fountain...My Brother-in-law finally came home from his work training, and went with us. It was really fun to run through the water...A splash pad for grown-ups, kind of...but the kids liked it, too. The water shot up pretty hard, and a little funny to run around in my swimming suit in the middle of a city, but no one else was there...it was awesome. 
Day 62:
Galatyn Park Woodland Preserve:
We headed back over to the Galatyn area on Sunday to take a walk around the nature preserve. There were a bunch of animal statues that the kids could climb on half-way through the walk which was fun for them, and as an added bonus, the train kept going by...that was the highlight, they'd all run over and watch the DART go by. Fun Sunday activity...
Max and Carter had matching shirts...that we couldn't for the life of us get a picture of, and Ivy and Clara had matching dresses...soooo cute. Like I said, Clara loved Ivy so much, it was so easy to get a picture of those two... 
We went to the pool again with Jeff. (Not my Jeff, the other Jeff) and Ivy had her first experience with a floatie...so fun, while Max partied on with some water wings. (I was so opposed to them, but in order to be in the pool with him, and Ivy, that's what I have to do, and Max really likes them. But we stinkin' need swimming lessons!
Day 63:
Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas (The Children's Museum)
AMAZING!
We took so many pictures here that it was hard to sort out which ones to pick...the time flew by...I thought we'd only been there for an hour or so, and it had been 3...There was a pretend farm, backyard, kitchen, water area, sand area, fire truck...all interactive, and so fun.
This was the backyard area...it was a tunnel system like the ant farm they had on display...
Another fun thing they had there was a spider web made out of bungee that max kept playing in and pretending that he was getting eaten by the big spider.
This was the urban farm, there were John Deere Trikes to ride, horses to ride, another cow to milk, eggs to gather, seeds to plant, vegetables to gather and sort onto semi's trucks...
The fire truck station was a big hit for the two boys. Max kept ringing this bell, then running around to the fire truck and sliding down the slide...he was helping get the kitty out of the tree, like Grandma used to tell him to do. He was here for about 30 minutes...
The fire truck station was a big hit for the two boys. Max kept ringing this bell, then running around to the fire truck and sliding down the slide...he was helping get the kitty out of the tree, like Grandma used to tell him to do. He was here for about 30 minutes... Then we went to a dinosaur digging site...it was huge, and they loved it!
Then we went and blew ginormous bubbles, and played with Gravity...
This was about the only picture that we got of all of us...we were there...that's all we wanted
Day 64:
Then we went and blew ginormous bubbles, and played with Gravity...
This was about the only picture that we got of all of us...we were there...that's all we wanted
Day 64:Pump It Up Jr
A pump it up for just little guys...AWESOME...Everyone had so much fun, for the first hour or so, we were alone...which was great to allow Clara and Carter to test the waters...they weren't so sure about it at first. 
A really fun last-day activity
Again...another picture to just say that we were all there...Ivy was sleeping...
The time went sooo fast! We were in Dallas for 2 weeks, and I felt like it was only a couple of days. We were so busy. We had so many projects to do, as usual, and as usual, didn't get hardly any of them done...except our cute key chains and flannel boards...{so fun, another post}.
A really fun last-day activity
Again...another picture to just say that we were all there...Ivy was sleeping...
The time went sooo fast! We were in Dallas for 2 weeks, and I felt like it was only a couple of days. We were so busy. We had so many projects to do, as usual, and as usual, didn't get hardly any of them done...except our cute key chains and flannel boards...{so fun, another post}.The kids had so much fun, and despite the dog bit and the pink eye, it was perfect. Thanks again, Brand for letting us come! I miss you already!
1 comment:
i am loving your dark hair. so pretty on your tan skin.
little ivy kinda looks like daddy in the picture from day 58.
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