4th of July

We let the kids do some sparklers, worms and smoke bombs.  I totally remember them being way more fun than what we experienced that night.

Birthday Stuff

We introduced something new to the kids...ice cream floats.

 

Hmmmm, do you think Alex likes it?

 

A guest arrived for the floats too.

 

Present time!

 

Cutie Pa-tutties

 

He got a bow and arrow.  It is surprisingly fun to use.

 

Showing some love for the lego gifts.

Legoland Birthday Fun

For Tony's 6th birthday we went to LEGOLAND in Dallas. 

 It really is a place you have to try....it's fun!

 

Noni's is trying to spell.

 

Oh, it says Tony.

 

Off we go on the tricycle with a lego dude.

 

Exiting the Magic Quest ride where we had to shoot down something bad to save the princess.

 

Next, the 4D movie.

 

Then, police go-carts.

Waiting patiently for their turns.

Look at their cute little faces!

 

An awesome Lego display made to replicate the Ranger Stadium.

 

A place for girls to build and sing karaoke.

 

An they tried it.

Hehe, it was really funny.  My mom ended up pretending to know the words since the TV's, where the words were being shown, weren't in their view.  So it got a little dramatic.

 

She loved this giraffe amongst the jumbo blocks.

 

The boys were building and racing each other with their own creations.

 

Mark and Papa even joined in on the completion.

 

Another ride but this time with a wizard. 

Pedal your hearts out girls so you can stay at the top.

 

This picture is absolutely so adorable.

She was hiding from me so I put the camera around the corner to surprise her and this was the shot I got without looking.  A great one!

We ended the day with the gift shop and an hour back home.

Noni & Papa's Visit in July

For the 4th of July and Tony's birthday, Noni and Papa flew themselves down to visit. 

We had a lot of fun.

 

Tony loved to see all the buttons and wanted to know what everything did and what would happen.

 

Aliana was a little bit stand-offish and felt uncomfortable, can you tell?

 

Getting all the bags unpacked and doing the final checks before handing it over to the flight crew.

 

Just waiting for everyone to get ready to leave.

 

After Tony's birthday, we went out to the playground and shot the bow & arrow at a target Mark made.

 

Noni jumping in to participate. She did this when she was in high school.

 

A little pool time

Well we've bought yet another pool, but this time with appropriate groundings and no dogs to pop anything.

The kids are in it every day. Great and worth it with how much it's used.