Owen and Avery are Caite's good friends from Maumelle. They were both in her preK class and Owen has been in Caite's class ever since. His mom tells us he has a major crush on Caite...can you blame him? Anyway, they have family in Indy and made a special trip over to see us for the day. We spent the day at Kings Island. We had A LOT of fun even if it was the hottest day of the year.
We are getting familiar with our new area. It has a FABULOUS parks and rec program. One of the parks has an annual Crazy Cardboard Regatta. Hilarius!! the rules... make a boat only using cardboard, tape, glue and paint. Paddle around the cones on the lake, the boat with the best time wins. There were about 35 entries this year and they were split up in several heats. It was so fun to watch the boats slowly (or sometimes rather quickly) sink as they paddled. To my surprise a few made it to the finish line. We had a great time cheering them on.
This poor swamp thing (below), sunk just before reaching the finish line.
We have made lots of new friends. With Wilsons invited us over to swim for the afternoon. Swimming is good these days, it's been hot (for Cincinnati) the past few weeks. But we're glad we're not in Little Rock with their record breaking highs of 115 (or there abouts).
Isaac being silly! He has, however, perfected his back flip of the diving board. Something to be proud of.
Monica and Caite
We have TONS of parks around us. We found this one that has a skate park in it. Isaac's dream come true. I'll have to take a pic of him actually at the skate park next time.
It also has a splash pad and play ground for the little kids. So everyone was happy and had something to do.
The best part (in my opinion) of this day was that as we were getting ready to pack up and head home for lunch, a group of teens came with cooler and offered free lunch to every kid at the park. Apparently there's some type of program the city has established that offers lunches at different parks and churches. I think it's supposed to be for under privileged kids, so when they asked I said "No thanks", but they insisted it was for everyone. Yay for free lunch. And I have to admit we have gone back a few times.
We have made lots of new friends. With Wilsons invited us over to swim for the afternoon. Swimming is good these days, it's been hot (for Cincinnati) the past few weeks. But we're glad we're not in Little Rock with their record breaking highs of 115 (or there abouts).
Isaac being silly! He has, however, perfected his back flip of the diving board. Something to be proud of.
Monica and Caite
We have TONS of parks around us. We found this one that has a skate park in it. Isaac's dream come true. I'll have to take a pic of him actually at the skate park next time.
It also has a splash pad and play ground for the little kids. So everyone was happy and had something to do.
The best part (in my opinion) of this day was that as we were getting ready to pack up and head home for lunch, a group of teens came with cooler and offered free lunch to every kid at the park. Apparently there's some type of program the city has established that offers lunches at different parks and churches. I think it's supposed to be for under privileged kids, so when they asked I said "No thanks", but they insisted it was for everyone. Yay for free lunch. And I have to admit we have gone back a few times.
We are getting used to our new place. Our house feels and smells like home. People from church and the neighborhood have been overly nice and friendly. We have been invited to birthday parties, playdates, outings, and other fun activities. We feel pretty settled. Now I just need to find me a new craft/sewing buddy.
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Wish it could be me. Looks like you are having a lot of fun.
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