And...we're off on our summer adventure. This summer is less adventurous than last summer -- we did not drive, which means that we won't be hitting 23 states like we did last year!
We were happy to see Gram Rooney and have spent a lot of time playing legos on her floor already. She even let the kiddos venture into the basement to take some of the lego pirate ships, king chariots, etc. that Grandpa built years ago before he passed away. They are building little police cities, hospitals, and all sorts of cool things. We're also dragging Gram along with us most places we go...because we like to :-)
The kiddos dragged their bikes out of the basement. Gage is cruising on his Big Wheels, piling the back of with "interesting rocks", and racing his sister down the driveway.
And Savannah..well...she seems to have inherited Gram Rooney's knack for finding four leaf clovers. The whole family is amused by this because Gram is known for her lucky clover finding talents. She has Gram's gift! On just one day, she found 6 in Gram's yard. And..it hasn't stopped there. She keeps finding them!
We also have twin calves this year. We call them "the babies" -- their names are Crash & Stash. Here is Gage out in the field with Crash, being so patient and careful as he tries to lure her over to eat some purple clover flowers out of his hand. They are still a little skittish, but getting better... won't be long.
Gage is such a big boy now, he is helping Grandpa give the cows hay at night.
I love how he looks so satisfied with himself when the job is done!
There are all kinds of things to mess around with here. The kids played with the trailer for hours. They threw poppers (those firework things that snap) at it for a while. Next they threw two bouncy balls at it and chased them all over the driveway as they bounced. They ran around and performed. They even crawled underneath it to recovered "duds" (poppers that didnt' pop on the first try). Crazy little people.
Savannah loves hanging out under the new rock that Grandpa put underneath the crazy tree.
And...we broke out the slip & slide we bought for $2 last year, put it on the hill, covered it with dish soap and let them rip!
Savannah has been checking out butterflies, and picking wildflowers along the pond while she can ... we know Grandpa will mow that thing down soon!
