Rain and Chores

It's been very rare this spring and summer to get any rain, but even when it does rain, chores must continue. I think Lauren had fun running out into the pouring rain to get the newspaper.

KS Aviation Museum

The kids and I got to go to one of Lauren's friends' from co-op birthday party at the museum in April I think. We've been before, but this friend's dad volunteers there, so we got to see some different rooms where they are working on restoring some airplanes this time. Plus, we also went inside a different airplane we had not been in before. It was really neat--I couldn't tell you what it was, but some of the seats faced each other. Kind of an interesting idea, but what if you didn't know the other passengers you were facing? That would be kind of awkward. Also, those seats couldn't recline. They have many different planes sitting on the lot from commercial to freight to military. It is really neat to go see.

Look What We Made: Patriotic Strawberries

Lauren helped me make some red, white, and blue strawberries to take to our 4th of July party. Very cute, and very yummy!

4th of July

We went to some friends' house for the 4th of July. The food was great and the fireworks were fun. One of my favorite pics below is the one showing some of the kids plugging their ears. The very last pic is Lauren wearing a glow-in-the-dark necklace.