You wouldn't think a lot could happen between Mikey's Birthday and now.
It's only been a month.
It's only been a month.
Right?
But, oh-ho-ho, you would be SO wrong!
The first week of August brought theatre camp for both kids.
Granma and Granpa got to watch!
Granma and Granpa got to watch!
This was Mikey's second time on stage and would be Katie's first time learning the fine art of "stage combat."
Mikey was up first.
Psy the Archer is a pretty serious dude.
I bet he could give Binky Superhero a run for his money.
Up next was.....
"The Fluffy Kittens of Death Present:
The Fire Thieves vs. The Super Butt-Kickers and the Island of Infinite Possibilities"
(no really. that was the title).
Katie.....I mean Serena, the Shapeshifting Dragon Girl had to fight Elizabeth, the Demi-god Daughter of Athena.
Serena won.
And then there was an epic battle.
Serena took one to the gut.
"Oooof!"
See the action unfold here.....
After the crazy week at camp, it was time to sit back and enjoy some summer.
Doing artsty stuff with Granma...
...and building stuff with Granpa.
Granma and Granpa were extra brave and volunteered to watch Ralph while we took the kids to the amusement/water park for the day.
(Thank you!!!)
Katie, being a lot taller now, was able to hit all the water slides with Huzbend.
While they were busy, Mikey and I hung out at the wave pool and punched waves.
There's always time for the hot tub.
Katie is quite the daredevil.
Not only could she do all the slides, but she could do all the "water stunt" sections too.
Stuff like being shot out of a tunnel to land in water that was 9 feet below.
Slides like these....
And this.....
After the water park, we went on over to the amusement park section.
Katie, once again, was able to ride every ride they had there.
She rode the Timberhawk, a wooden roller coaster.
And even upside-down crazy rides like this.....
(These are not pictures of her on the ride. I stole them from the parks website. I couldn't watch.)
I was a little freaked out about that.
She loved every minute of it.
She rode the Timberhawk twice (once with me and once with Huzbend) and then wanted to ride one more time by herself! That last ride didn't happen. Still too young for that.
We did lots of other non-thrill rides too.
Sigh. There's gonna come a time when they can't ride together anymore.
Ice cream!
Mikey enjoyed his rides.
And Katie enjoyed hers.
(That's Huzbend in the red shirt and Katie next to him)
The kids were a tad bit tired from their adventures.
Later in the week, Huzbend and Granpa worked to set up a fence to keep Ralph away from the rhodies in our backyard.
He likes to eat stuff.
A lot.
And rhodies are poisonous.
Ralph has learned that our shoes are off limits for eating.
So, he likes to use them as smelly pillows instead.
He has also found a new toy.....
He cracks the kids up when he hops up on the deck chairs to take a snooze.
Did someone say, "eat"?
The following week, Mikey had sports camp and Katie headed off to Girl Scout Day Camp.
It was a pretty rainy week.
We were able to catch some video of Mikey's last day at camp.
Granma, Granpa and Huzbend went to pick up Katie on her last day of camp.
Ralph had his last set of vaccines this day, as well.
It was a pretty busy day.
But it wasn't over yet! It was also KATIE'S BIRTHDAY!!!
