A couple things...

Looking at the Ohio River, Yoda said, "The river is supposed to be blue like the sky."

While watching Frozen, Mimi said, "Did they just wear capes?  How's that supposed to keep them warm?"

A couple of silly things I made, Greg took pictures.  

Top photo is some variation on pizza, not a winner.  Below is eggs in a basket, a total winner! 

Keeping busy...

 The adventure buddies.....

 Yoda's "X-box"  (it was a treasure box, where "X" marked the spot)

Eating chocolate chips...

 Mom's glasses

 Lego Guy Creations

 Making necklaces

 

I made a great batch of waffels, then I put the last of the batter on the waffle iron and walked away.  A few hours later this is what I found!  AH!  

Lots of World Cup Soccer watching.  (tweeting and texting about the game as well...)

A few more things off the list...

#25 Another Day Camp (as opposed to a Scout Day Camp which they will do later in the summer).  Parker used to do Jujitsu all the time when he was 5, but he hasn't gone if quite some time.  This time Mimi went along and they loved it! 

#15 COSI, we went with cousins!

 #30 Knight's Ice Cream, it's seasonal so it's fun to watch when it will open in the spring. 

#55 Pick fruit, maybe we'll do peaches later in the summer...

Of course a stop at Velvet's ice cream factory :) 

Check list

So I made up a list of things to do this summer and I'm trying to check things off.  

Item number 16, Drive-in Movie!

We went to see Maleficent.  There is a Narrator in the movie.  Once when she said something Yoda asked, "How does SHE know the story???"

School's Out

 Parker first day 2013

 

 Parker last day 2014

 Mimi first day 2013

 

 Mimi last day 2014

 Yoda first day 2013

Yoda last day 2014 

(forgot my camera and forgot my phone has a camera, oops, so one of the teachers sent this photo to me) 

Pre-Summer Fun

We wanted to get a few things off our Ohio list before summer even hit, and we took photos to share just with you, whoever still reads this blog :) 

Ohio has a National Park!  Who knew?  

We went and enjoyed a very long hike along with many other people from all over the world.  When we got home Greg read the map again, the hike we went on was about 4 miles and considered moderate to difficult.  But it was beautiful.  We did NOT bring enough water.  I panicked a little. Lesson learned. 

Parker did a little orienteering.

 The hike went along an old canal and up and down some hills and over creeks and bridges. 

We saw a deer and a toad. 

All the way to a waterfall with a million other people who wouldn't move out of the way even though they had already taken about 3 minutes worth of pictures.  So this guy got to be in our picture too. 

And this guy, with the tree, neither one would move!  

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We also visited Cincinnati and Newport, KY.  There are TONS of things to do!  

President Taft's house.

I could tell you all about the informative duck-boat tour, but I'll just show you this amazing bridge.  It was one of the first suspension bridges in America and built way bigger then needed at the time (the river was like 5 feet deep).  The Brooklyn Bridge is modeled after it a little.  And that awesome building right behind it was built to mimic the bridge.  Rumor has it that famous people have condos there. 

Here's another bridge, just for pedestrians to cross the Ohio river. 

There's a piece of the Berlin wall at the museum that memorializes the Underground Railroad. Remember how I said the river was like 5 feet deep, it made for ideal crossing for the Underground Railroad! 

Off to Jungle Jim's grocery store (with lots of international and hard to find food)

And Ikea of course.