Summer Bucket List Days 8-14

Our second week of summer included our first trip to the Farmer's Market, more trips to the library, movies with a friend, golf, water balloons, swimming, and a birthday celebration for Josh. Summer was shaping up to be lots of fun! 

Day 8: Bike riding to the farmer's market for some fresh blackberries, jam, and peaches and then seeing Angry Birds with Eli's friend, Hayden, later that afternoon. 

Day 9: Rode our bikes to the library again and while I was browsing for some books for me, this kid finds his books and checks out all on his own. He is getting so independent! 

Day 10: Eli cashed his checks from his lawn mowing business (Eli's Tiger Mowing Service), played Legos and other games, and donated old toys and clothes to the shelter. 

Day 11: Celebrated Cooper's 7th birthday with a swim party at his house and then got a treat from the ice cream truck later that afternoon. 

Day 12: My two favorite boys decided to go play a round of golf together.

Day 13: VBS with Hayden and Stephen, more treats from the ice cream truck, and water balloon games in the backyard. 

Day 14: We celebrated Josh's 37th birthday by baking him a strawberry cake (his favorite) and spending the day with him. 

Our Week with Tinsley-Day Four

We started our fourth day with Tinsley in the pool. Barkley was happy to join the kiddos for a little swimming. We swam for a little bit and then came inside to get dressed to go to the Farmer's Market for our weekly produce run.

When we got there someone had cages full of chicks, ducks, and rabbits. We're all suckers for cute, little, fluffy animals so we had to take turns holding them all. 

We put the ducks and chicks back in their cages and then walked down a few booths to get some peaches. These are some of the best peaches EVER! On our way back to the car we had to hold the ducks, chicks, and rabbits one more time before leaving. (Don't worry... we used Germ-X in the car and washed our hands really, really well as soon as we got home!)

We ate a quick bite for lunch and then Tinsley went down for her three hour nap. I was amazed every single day that she was able to nap that long. Eli rarely ever did that! After she woke up from her marathon nap, we played a little Candyland. Tinsley loved playing! 

We didn't do very much this day but it was very nice relaxing at home. We still had a lot more fun planned for the rest of our week, too!