Good times!

I can't believe that we went to the Bridgewater Lawn Party Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ,and Saturday and I dont have a single picture to show for it! There were some times when I could have gotten some awesome shots of the kids (big A and M riding in the cars, coming down the super slide, eating their snow cones) and I never remembered my camera! Now today I was determined to remember my camera, but I gave it to Bob for his trip to Russia. So, I decided that I would just borrow my Mom and Dad's camera but, initially couldnt find it anywhere. Finally found it and put in my bag. We got to the lawn party and there was no memory card in it! ACH! The pains of trying to take a few picts of my darling kids at their favorite lawn party!

Well, I will try to describe it for everyone who yens for that picture on the blog (like me): Alexander was so excited on Tuesday night. "Mommy, this is my favorite time of the year. I love the lawn party." Me, too. I can remember the fun: the thrill of the rides and the excitement of seeing friends from school during summer break. I remember laying in my bed at night, listening to the bands playing until what seemed like the middle of the night (that was before we had air conditioning). I dont remember the actual lawn party when I was Alexander's age but I do remember it when I was older. I loved all the rides. They were so much more fun that those at Kings Dominion, etc because there was always the risk that they would actually just fall apart! They were also pretty jerky which added to the thrill. We would pack 4 or 5 kids in the Octopus and try to get that thing to spin so fast! Good times-Ok- back to the here and now.

Wednesday night Alexander rode the swings for the first time. I got to ride, too! He loved them and laughed the whole time. Today he rode the Scrambler for the first time. What a dare devil. I dont think that I would have let him go by himself but I was on the carousel with Maggie and couldnt do anything about it. My Mom and I were making faces at each other (hers was guilt ridden and mine was an Oh my gosh face). I think that I have eaten way way way too many cheesburgers this week (but they are so good at the ole lawn party) and anyone that knows me, knows that I dont typically eat cow. I will be much better this coming week. My kids have had way way way too many snow cones, which they would refute, saying that no one could ever have too many snow cones!

Okay, I think that I have written enough about the lawn party. We rode a lot of rides, ate a lot of food, had a lot of fun, did a lot of sweating (it was hot!), and spent a lot of money! Good times! Oh, the big parade was Friday night. Other than the candy, it really didnt have a whole lot of substance. Has anyone been to a really good parade lately? The Treasure Mountain parade in Franklin, WV in Sept is actually a good parade.

I have to tell on Alexander a little bit. Since the lawn party has opened he has decided that we are going to make our own lawn party in our back yard. Today he decided that we needed a sign for the food options we have available, so he brought a pen and paper to the lawn party. He then decided that we needed to copy the menus from all the food stands and write them on this paper. I'll be he was the only kid at the lawn party to do that! That's my boy! Good times!

And he's off!

I had trouble getting the video downloaded the other day so my newest post is below the slide show! Check it out!

Check out my Slide Show!

And he's off!

Andrew is definitely getting around these days- by crawling! He is so cute at it! I just love to watch him make his way around the house! He tries to go really fast and ends up falling on his little face which is a little bit funny and a little bit sad at the same time!
Oh, Andrew, do you really have to grow up so fast?

"Heavy Breathing"