Those are just a few of the activites we have been doing to keep the family busy. We have also been swimming and playing at friends houses. It is nice to be busy and still have times when all you do is play pretend at home.
Andrew traveled to France in June and was gone for about a week. I either became delirious from all the time alone with the kids or just wanted to do something special. I let Beka and Jared stay up way past their bedtime so we could look for lightning bugs. They had a blast.
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Next on the list was the paratroopers. When Andrew had gone on another trip somewhere, he had brought back these paratrooper guys for the kids. You know the ones that you throw up in the air and then they float down. Well, these will keep the kids entertained for about 15-20 minutes especially Jared.
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Unfortunately one lone paratrooper got caught in the tree…..
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Luckily, Daddy was there to save the day!
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These last couple of pictures are of the kids trying to shoot baskets with Daddy.
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