We used to spend a lot more time at playgrounds, but now the girls (Lizzie, actually) worries that it's babyish to go to a playground, so we ONLY go to playgrounds where there is NO ONE else around. Luckily the playground at poole forge is usually empty, so we went there to play:
The ice cream parlor that we've been going to for years closed over the winter and there was much sadness in the Rasmussen family. However someone bought the place in the spring AND kept it as an ice cream parlor so we did our best to support them on the 4th of July:
And, of course we NEVER miss a chance to support Yocco's so we drove out there on the 4th, too. Don't you love ROb's hat? Lizzie does NOT but she was loving the Yocco's so much that she barely noticed he was wearing it during lunch:
Cash was enjoying the summer weekend, too, as it was cool enough to drive with the windows open and what dog doesn't like that?
This was a momentous occasion this summer. I FINALLY got my clothesline. We're still working out some of the kinks ... like how to keep the heavy towels off the ground ... but I LOVE it. And for once the bathing suits and wet towels are not all over my floor or my deck. Summer WIN!!!
As I write this, the girls are at camp. They needed ALL new shoes for camp, so here they are. The good news is that (not including Lizzie's cowboy boots which were bought elsewhere) I got all seven of these shoes shipped to my house from Payless (those are my sneakers at the bottom of the picture, which are also new!)
THe girls LOVE Sonic and ROb hates Sonic, so we take summer lunchtime as Sonic time.
Here are some shots from our pool. As you can see Rob loves to do a little light reading. THat's Hannah in the background. I have no idea what she is doing! The dark spot underwater to her left is Lizzie:
We did go to WalMart and purchase some pool toys and here's the whale we got. Lizzie's holding him, but Hannah wants everyone to know that SHE was the one who blew him up, which was pretty impressive:
Our summer has been marred by some sadness, as Sunshine, our most beloved hamster (because she has never bitten anyone) passed away a week or so ago. We were all very sad, but Sunshine lived a good life and brought us lots of joy. She had a nice funeral and is resting peacefully in a hair color box in her grave out by the creek in our front yard.
THe girls each made grave markers for their hamsters. (Cotton died a year or more ago and has since been replaced by Cinnamon who bites EVERYONE). I had to mix the plaster. The kit came with this nifty mask, which I think makes me look like a surgeon ... oh what might have been...:
We finished off 4th of July weekend at Aunt Terry's pool/barbecue. It stopped raining for about 10 minutes so the girls took full advantage of the pool. Here they are being their usual serious selves:
While they were swimming Lizzie looked up and saw the sun shining through the clouds and said it was Sunshine saying hello, so I snapped a picture of it:
2 comments:
Great update, Tracy. If you get a long pole with a hook on the end you can use it to hold up the clothesline so the towels won't hang too low. Nice talking with you, too!
Looks like a fun summer so far!
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