More Summer Stuff

We had our yearly trip to Lagoon, thanks to Mimi and Papa and Sysco.  I know a lot of people don't like Lagoon.  I love it.  And, YOU love it.  Sure, it's crowded and slightly dirty, and hot and full of strange people who are in various degrees of undress.  But I'm a sucker for roller coasters and you're just about there too.  We were able to graduate to the medium sized rides this year (in addition to all the kiddie ones) and you loved it.  You're also getting really brave in the water and could have stayed at Lagoon a Beach all day.  (I didn't manage too many pictures, but trust me, you enjoyed yourself)

In other amusement ride news, you got to go to your 'best buddy's' birthday party last Saturday at Jungle Jims.  You just love seeing and hanging out with Josh, I wish we lived closer to him.  You had a great time and got a little sad when we had to leave, I think you know that you won't see him much anymore.  You're social kid that I'm sure that it won't be long until you have another best buddy, but Josh was your first!

We've been camping once.  And, I think once is good for me. Dad and I were in charge of our ward campout and you guys had a blast.  Well, you and Kate, turns out Milo prefers to not sleep in a tent.  At all.  There were these awesome trees that all of the kids played in all night long.

You've made a ton of progress in swimming lessons this summer.  We're just finishing up our second 2-week session and will probably sign up for one more.

You went to your first real baseball game.  Not Fenway real, but Bees real.  We went with the Lafeen's (and the auto shops) for the 24th of July to see the fireworks.  I'm not sure how much you really followed the game for you would watch for short periods of time and you were always VERY excited when the scored or made a play (which was a lot during this particular game).  I think you may have liked the ice cream and cotton candy the best, but you enjoyed the night.

We've been practicing eating school lunch and you let me take a few pictures before church and you were by far the best behaved kid during the Hardcastle cousin photo shoot.  Well, Charlotte was pretty good, but she wouldn't smile for anyone!

We went up to Mirror Lake over the 4th of July to beat the heat and most of the crowds.  You love hanging out with your family and being in the mountains, AND you had an awesome experience and caught a live fish with a net.  I'll add the video here, but I should translate.  You were playing in the creek with a buttery fly net and had caught a number of dead fish parts.  (People were obviously gutting and cleaning their fish just up the way a bit).  You were pretty impressed with the heads or the tails you were 'catching' and then a live fish happened to make it's way into your net.  You were pretty excited.



I fish story from Melanie Lafeen on Vimeo.

One last thing... Dad has been working with you on your bike for a while.  You've had it for a few days, but I finally went out and took some video.  You haven't quite mastered the breaking part, but you're pretty good just cruising down the road.



Hyrums bike from Melanie Lafeen on Vimeo.

Preschool program and graduation

Another year, another preschool program!  Maybe someday when we don't have little kids (so, for Milo) I'll be able to sit closer to the front and get a decent picture or two, but for now, we're always near the back and/or side.  Plus, since you're the older group, you were on the back row too.  You guys sang a bunch of songs, and you even knew some of the words this time.

You had the actions down, including a few that weren't practiced.  After a quick bathroom break, you seemed much more relaxed!  I love how much you've learned in preschool, you're reading and playing so much better with other kids.  You're still FULL of energy and always have one (or ten) things to say and add to the teacher (I've noticed this in other settings, like church, gymnastics, and now a music class).

Dad couldn't make it, so we have a few videos.

Oh, and Kate loved watching you and was so excited to see you after you were done.

And, I talked to your 'girlfriend', Kaylee's mom.  She was aware of you, which was pretty funny.  I'm so excited for kindergarten, and you make friends so quickly and easily, I'm sure you'll do great!