Summer weeks 6 and 7

Yes I know I'm behind. I cannot believe that school starts on MONDAY!! That's the day after tomorrow. I feel like summer is just getting started .... but when I look at these pictures I am reminded that we have, indeed had quite the summer. So here are pictures of more of our adventures!

We live very near the Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines and with Lizzie's renewed interest in horses and Hannah's general love of all animals, we decided to go spend the day with the old horses. We brought carrots and the place actually has treats that you can feed the horses, so we used some of those, too.

Hannah feeding a big horse:

Both girls feeding a mini horse (don't ask me why they are wearing matching tee shirts, by the way, as I have NO idea!)

Hannah getting bolder with feeding. The horses are nice, but some do bite, so you have to be careful.

See what I mean? They bite (but wasn't it nice of this horse to pose with the sign?)

We also spent time at Diane's Discount pets and ALMOST came home with this cat. I seriously wanted to. I loved this kitten and this kitten loved us. But we thought that Dad might not love the kitten and we love him more, so we left this adorable little girl at the pet store.

We also decided to have lunch at my office on day. Pizza and pierogies are always a happy lunch ... moreso when Happy Medium Intuitive Life Coaching is paying for it!

Here's another picture of (a couple?) of old geezers who have been/should be put out to pasture!

Lizzie was a little more worried about the whole biting thing, but soon discovered that horses don't leap for treats the way dogs do. :)

 This was the week that I built our fire pit, too! So we got to make s'mores in the backyard AND burn some of the brush that Rob's been clearing away. Win Win!

Here's a better shot of the fire pit. In the background you can see the box it came in that Hannah turned into a s'mores station, which the dog is guarding.

Oh, and Hannah invented the Oreo S'more, too. It's the regular s'more stuff, but you put it all inside an oreo cookie instead of the graham crackers:

We also put up the tent, although so far no one has spent the night in it. (Well maybe some spiders!) It's fun to hang out in during the day though!

Hannah used the last of the sparklers during our camp out, too!

There was some rainy weather during these two weeks, too, so OF COURSE the girls worked on a craft project. Here are the finished products. Oh and if you know the girls really well, you'll be able to figure out which girl made which cat. I'll tell you in my next blog post, which will probably be tomorrow, since I am behind!!

70s Summer, Week 5

What's summer without a few sniffles? A sore throat?
Or a 103.5 fever?

That's what stopped all the fun around here during the fifth week of our summer. Lizzie picked up a virus (probably at Hershey Park) that spiked her fever up to 103.5 for a couple of days, gave her a sore throat and a lot of congestion.

For those of you who know (and love!) Lizzie, like I do, she simply does not DO sick. She hates it more than anything and we must ALL hear about it ALL THE TIME. Her throat hurts. She's hot. Her back hurts. Her nose is running. Etc. Etc. Etc. Oh, and did you know her throat hurts and her nose is running and her back hurts?

But then you look at this face and you can't help but forget all the complaining (almost). Girly girl was sick for the better part of week 5 and even a couple days into week 6. I am happy to report that despite her best efforts, the complaining stopped and she was healed!

We did manage to get in a few activities before the sickness struck though. First and foremost (and always a favorite of mine!) we got to hang out with our friends the Entrekins. We don't see them much during the school year (well, I do) because Amy homeschools and I do not. So she's always busy doing fun things with her kids and I'm always busy filling out paperwork and buying school supplies for mine. So during the summer we try to get the kids together and this was the week that it happened.

And of course there was lots of swimming. There is always lots of swimming (although this summer the girls have been playing with our neighbor most days and going to the pool in the evening even though we ALL belong to the pool. Anyway, here they are working on their handstands:

And finally the happily jumping into the pool shot: