The Last Days of Summer

Well here we are, the last few weeks of summer are here. We've had so much fun this summer and I can hardly believe it's almost fall. Don't get me wrong- I'm totally ready for Autumn but we are enjoying these last few days of summer!

On a Monday morning we met up with our playgroup and did a "Krispy Kreme tour". It was pretty adorable. Check out this pic of some of the kids looking at the machine making the donuts.

Love this- Tanner was totally enthralled and Bailey was trying to reach through the glass to grab herself a hot one.

Then one of the ladies took the kids into the kitchen and gave them a short tour of how the donuts are made. At the end of the tour, the kids got to make their own donut.

And of course, the kids got to eat their donuts afterwards. I love this picture of Tanner!
Pretty sure life doesn't get much better than this for a kid!

And Bailey was pretty happy too!

That night, we used our leftover donuts and had a donut eating race for part of our FHE lesson. It was so hysterical. I told the kids they couldn't use their hands and it was so funny to see them struggle. Bailey was too interested in her donut to mess around with the rules- she used her hands almost the entire time.
Tanner only used his hands occasionally. He really tried not to use his hands and that was the funniest part!

Later that week we finally got around to making "rainbow slime"

This was a big hit with Bailey. For being the little diva that she is, she loves playing in slimy textures.

We are also still doing swim lessons. The kids are doing great. Tanner especially loves swim lessons. He loves his teacher, Ms. Jo, and he loves wearing goggles. Bailey likes walking in the water, but hates getting her hair wet. Yes, she's my diva.

 

Then on Friday, we met some friends at the splash pad in Bentonville. It wasn't really cold outside but the kids still had fun. We packed our lunch and hung out there for a couple hours. I love days like this, when I can wear the kids out and have them take really good naps.

Last week our playgroup toured a farm. Tanner was at preschool, so I only had Bailey.

She was in love with all the animals. On the drive there she kept asking me "are we going to see animals?" "We see the chickens?" "We see the cows?" We see the elephants?"

Unfortunately, there were no elephants but she was thrilled with the rest of the animals we got to see.

She was particularly interested in this poor kitten. She would not leave it alone! 

Then we got to see the baby chicks. Bailey even got pet one. I was surprised by how gentle she was with the little chick. It was so cute!

Then we got to feed the chickens. Bailey mostly just chased the chickens around with the bread never leaving her hands.

I love this picture of the kids checking out the cow...

Then we got to pet the "Horsey"

We even tried some goat milk. It wasn't that bad, surprisingly.

 

It was a beautiful morning and I'm glad we got to spend some time with friends and explore the farm.

 

Then on Friday, we met some friends at a park. This park was awesome and I'm so glad we tried a new one. Tanner loved the curvy slides and the weather was amazing. It was like 75 degrees and we hung out for about 2 hours and ate lunch there.

 

Hopefully we will be enjoying more awesome weather and we begin the fall season.

We have some fun fall activities planned so I'm looking forward to that. Stay tuned!