The Last of Summer Adventures

As summer 2014 comes to an end I thought I would recap some of our last adventures. We did most everything on our summer list. Flying a kite and two other activities have to wait, maybe till next summer, but we definitely did more than two fun things in place of them.

Spending some time in the garden

Blueberry picking

Jackson was (is) still learning colors when we went blueberry picking. Since our tomato incident we were real cautious to talk about colors of blueberries that were ok to pick. Jackson caught on much better and would look through the plant and tell you if he saw any blue ones to pick or red ones that were not ready yet. 

The corn by the blueberry plants was already huge! 

We went to North Avenue beach with one of my friends. Since it was a bit cold I never put Jackson in his swimsuit, but he didn't care. He went in and out of the beginning of the water and had a lot of fun playing in the sand.

North Avenue Beach

We met some friends at the county fair by us. The kids had a BLAST!

County Fair fun with tractors and live stock

County Fair food and hugs

Jackson enjoyed some corn on the cob and a his first corn dog. The next day he was excited to tell anyone who asked about the fair what he ate. He knew it wasn't a hot dog and would try to remember. When you would remind him he'd smile and repeat the name also telling you he dipped it (in mustard). 

County Fair rides

The best part of the fair was watching, and hearing the laughter, as the kids rode the rides. It was wristband night so they could ride as many times as they wanted for cheap. They were so excited to pick out which car or plane to ride and were just overflowing with smiles as they went in circles. They would giggle and wave to you yelling hi and spinning their head as they passed. On the last ride the carnival worker started "scaring" them as they passed, making silly faces and a funny noise. The kids CRACKED UP and, the best part, turned toward each other as the motorcycles were spinning away, and laughed loudly looking at each other. They were on cloud 9, and so where us parents watching with a smile from behind the gate.

On our most recent trip to the zoo Jackson was less interested in the animals than usual and much more interested in climbing, running, and exploring. He would see some rocks or a ledge while in the stroller and ask to go climb and then for some animals he just wanted to stay where he was. He had been asking to see tigers and lions so he did get a little excited for those but the fossil area that he got to explore by the wolves was a bigger hit. He pretended to teach us from all the information boards, saying stuff about a "moo cow" for each one. 

For the second zoo trip in a row now we got J a lemon chill. His focus and patience to eat this thing is unbelievable. Each spoon scrape on the frozen treat would hardly get him anything, yet he slowly, and very quietly, kept at it. When I would ask for a turn he'd politely let me, waiting till I handed it back. Once I walked away with it for a moment and he just stared me down, now getting impatient for its return.

Summer 2014, you have been fun. Can't wait to see what this fall has in store.