Summer and the Ohio State Fair

I just love Summer -- I wish I could bottle it up and enjoy it throughout the year!  We've had a lot of good times this Summer.  I must admit, as much fun as football season can be, I get a little sad when I hear the countdown begin for the start of the Ohio State Football season.  It means colder weather is on its way!  I'm trying to get better about enjoying everything that all of the seasons have to offer, but Summer will always be my favorite!

My mom ran to Kroger with Colin last week and captured this cute pic of Colin.  I just had to share!

He held my keys hostage one afternoon after school -- he wouldn't give them back and thought it was a riot making the car alarms go off and the lights turn on!

Danny got some '80s accessories from a work function and brought some of them home to share with the kids.  Oh, this girl is just too much...

Colin would make a great addition to any window washing company...he would just have to wear some clothes! 

Cadence lost tooth #2!  Her new teeth are already starting to come in!

My mom sent me this pic on a Friday morning.  It's so sweet!  He'll make a good daddy one day...

We've had a couple recent play dates with Cadence's friends at a park in Westerville.  I sent a text to her boyfriend, Blake's, mom one day asking if Blake would like to meet up at the park some time before kindergarten starts.  Cadence was ecstatic to find out that she'd see Blake again!  

A couple of weeks ago, Danny and I left work a little early to meet my parents and the kids at the Ohio State Fair.  We had a lot of fun!  

We got to ride the Sky Glider before the rest of the gang showed up.

The butter sculptures this year were dedicated to the National Champs! There are always the impressive cow sculptures, but this year they added, Brutus, the National Championship trophy,  Coach Urban Meyer, and a giant football helmet.  And yup, it's all made out of butter!

We only saw the last 2 minutes of one of the horse competitions this year.

While Danny and Cadence played some of the fair games, Colin and I decided to try out a ride.  He was tall enough to go on this airplane ride he gravitated towards.  Yeah, he totally is not ready for this stuff yet.  He was shaking the entire time!  Ugh, I felt horribly for him!  Here's a pic of him before the ride started.  We typically don't let him have his paci during the day, but it was turning into a late night for him.

We each took a turn riding the carousel and the giant slide with Cadence.  We had a blast!

I'm not sure if this video will work, but we'll try!  

The kids' favorite part of the fair, again, was the cool down center.  They ran through that thing until they were dripping wet!

Colin had fun practicing using some toddler scissors.

All ready for the pool!

Adorbs

Flowerama!

Danny and I decided to take this past week off from work and spend some time with the kiddos.  Cadence's last day of daycare was last Thursday and she didn't start kindergarten until yesterday.  It worked out well that we were able to spend some time with her and Colin before her big day! 

 Weather-wise we couldn't have asked for a better week to be home.  We've been able to go swimming every day and have had a lot of fun doing other things.  Right now, I'm actually at Danny's office while he attends a short meeting.  I was able to get a couple of things done for work and update the blog a little.  We are going to head downtown for some lunch soon.  Cadence is hopefully enjoying her second day of kindergarten.  I've been told Colin is being a good boy for my mom.  I will post about our "stay-cation" soon!

Danny took some pictures of our house/yard recently that I wanted to share.  Danny and my dad have spent many hours helping make our house a home.  My dad received some wildflower seed from a work function and we were able to spread the seeds out front in our yard.  It was something we've wanted to do since we moved into the house last Spring.  For one, the yard takes a long time to mow if you cut all of the grass; and secondly, it's so pretty!  Enjoy the pictures below and soak up the rest of the summer before it's gone!

Summer Time and 4th of July

Wow, it has been one soggy summer so far!  It seems like all it does is rain lately.  I feel like the weekly trend has been rain, rain, rain, sunny, rain, rain, cloudy.  Sometimes we're lucky and it rains during the week and it's nice on the weekends while we're home.  That was the case last weekend.  We had some friends over and we were able to swim and hang out outside for most of the day.  It was a lot of fun!  I'm ready for some hot, dry weather though!  Our poor pool must feel so abandoned.  Ha.  Anywho, here's a little update on our summer thus far!

Here's little "Cutie-Pants McGee".  She gets her hair cut about 2-3 times a year.  Her hair is getting thicker as she gets older, so we might start going to get it cut more often!  The last time I went to the salon, I took Cadence with me to get her hair cut.  Erin, who has been cutting my hair since about 2003, Cut Cadence's hair that day.  Cadence thought she was so cool at the grown up salon!  She was such a chatterbox and a very good girl!

All done!

Mom got a cute pic of Colin on a "Grandma Friday"

This picture is a little old, but I found it and had to share.  The day my mom stayed home with Colin when he was sick, he wanted to hold her hand while he watched TV.  So sweet.

Uncle Mike let the kids color his "cast" before he had surgery.  They had a good time!

I saw something posted online about creating your own 4th of July window stickies by using puff paint and plastic baggies.  Boy did the kids have fun!  They turned out well!  Cadence tried to make stars and fireworks while Colin just liked to squeeze out the paint!

Just chilling on Grandma and Poppa's porch floor...

Cadence and I ran errands and drove by our old house a couple of weeks ago.  It looked good!  The ash tree that my dad and Danny saved from the Emerald Ash Borer looked big and healthy!  The magnolia was gigantic and the new owners have added a little railing to the front stoop.  

I had to take a pic to show Mamaw and Papaw Cadence in one of her birthday outfits.

Here are the kiddos before we left to go to the 4th of July parade in Sunbury.  They didn't really want to cooperate, but I got a picture nonetheless.  Look at the cute shirt Cadence made at school!

Colin sat on my mom's lap pretty much the entire time we were at the parade.  He just sat there and waved his little American flag.  He was such a good boy.  He loved the tractors and horses that came through!

Cadence got a ton of candy!  I reminded her to stand up, wave, and "look cute" to get candy thrown her way.  

We all got a kick out of this "float".

After the parade we went down to the square -- they have antique booths set up, free hot dogs, horse riding, etc.  Both of my kids wanted to try riding a horse.  I was amazed!  Cadence did an awesome job.  Colin was a little freaked out when the horse started to walk, but they both had fun!

Sparkler and snaps time while waiting for the fireworks!  They were a big hit with the kids!  I think Colin is still a little young to go to a fireworks show, so we stayed at home and watched some from afar.

The kids and I went for a walk the next day and we saw some horses on the way.  They were so pretty!

Both of the kids enjoy playing on the iPad.  Here they are doing a good job sharing!  So sweet.