Friday iPhone Dump #219

Last Friday, Jacob finished up art camp.  We were able to go a little early that day to have snacks and see all of their work from the week.  Although it appears it was more of a "craft" camp than "art", Jacob really enjoyed it.  This was his teacher who he liked a lot.

Randy bought a new toy for himself and the kids.  Actually, it was just a lot of work for him!

On Monday, we swam at a friend's house where the husband is a big kid like Randy.  He went to the store one day and came home with this inflatable bull for the pool!  Hannah loved it.

And riding this roller coaster straight into their pool!

On Tuesday, we went to Bellville to visit the "real" castle.  Basically, this man is building it himself and actually lives there.

The kids each got a wooden sword to play with for the day.  Mika, the niece of my neighbor, decided to photo bomb our picture.

This castle has a dungeon area with a bed of nails.  Jacob would sit on it but would NOT lay down on it.

And a few other ways to keep prisoners...

This castle even has a moat...

And a huge hamster wheel that raises and lowers the bridge.  The boys tried to do it but it was too tough for them!

The girls just wanted to pose for a picture.

It was interesting...

On Wednesday, we headed to Fiesta Texas in San Antonio.

Hannah got to ride her favorite ride, The Roadrunner Express, about 10 times.

Jacob likes it but he really likes the bigger coasters.

He rode this one, the Iron Rattler, 6 times.

My pickle snow cone...

And Hannah posing with characters...real and not.

The kids also did the antique photos and they came out hilarious.  We can't stop laughing...

~Nancy

Friday iPhone Dump #218

One of the things on our summer bucket list was to make tie dye shirts.  Jacob wanted to try for the spider web look, and Hannah wanted a heart in the middle of hers. We love how they turned out!  (Although Hannah is not modeling hers, she does love it)

Last weekend we went to the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Sugarland.  It's a much smaller museum but we liked it.  One of the things to do is to watch a movie inside an inflatable dome.  You could lay on the ground or sit in chairs.  Jacob laid down with his arms behind his head and Hannah used one of his arms as her pillow.  It was adorable!

Jacob wasn't crazy about the dinosaur bone dig, but Hannah really liked it.

With the big giant dinosaur.

And, of course, acting like it was going to get us...

~Nancy

Friday iPhone Dump #217

Last Friday, the Captain Underpants movie came out.  These are from some books that Jacob loves, so we had to go see it.  It was actually pretty cute, and so were my dates.

However, when my kids find a huge pair of underwear, they are going to be silly!

Jacob is LOVING that he can ride a bike now.  However, he's getting too big for his 16 inch bike that we took the training wheels off of.  I wanted to be sure he could ride a 20 inch bike (without being scared) before we buy him one.  So, he practiced on the neighbor's bigger bike and LOVED it too!

Saturday morning, we headed to Kemah for some fun.  Hannah loves this Jungle bounce ride and it's right next to Jacob's favorite ride.  So, she got to ride it a lot!

Just waiting for Jacob and Daddy.

Taking a break for lunch.

We then headed to Galveston to also do Pleasure Pier (they are owned by the same person so you can buy a wristband for both).  We first checked into our hotel and went swimming.  I was just enjoying my view.

And this was the view from our balcony.  It looks pretty but the pool stays open until 2:30am and was loud until about 3am!

At Pleasure Pier, they did a lot of rides.  But Hannah's favorite is the Pirates Plunge where you get wet.  Look at her face in this picture...love it!

Dinner at Joe's Crab Shack so that Jacob could eat some crab.

Sunday morning was very stormy, so we were killing time in the hotel room to see if the storms would pass.  The kids loved the robes and shower cap.

Since the rain didn't stop, we left the hotel and went back to Kemah to ride some more rides.  During our lunch break, I noticed that a bird had left a present in Hannah's hair.

We all did the Iron Eagle zip line.  Everyone loved it except Randy!

Last ride of the day!

Hannah was pretty exhausted on the way home.

On Tuesday, the kids and I went to the Fort Bend Children's Museum.  Jacob found Anakin Skywalker!!

And...some planets.

They also had DIY face painting.  Worst. Idea. Ever.

Hannah loved playing in the pretend Vet Clinic.

And Jacob liked being the security guard at the pretend bank.  He stood like this forever so that no robbers could come in.

At home, we finally used the last of our bubble wrap.  When all of the popping was done, we had a little fashion show!

Hannah pretending to be a vet at home too!

~Nancy