g is for greta

When my brother Shane comes to town, there are always lots of fun activities in the works. He is so good about planning things for the kids to do. I don’t think my kids would have seen half of the things they have if it wasn’t for his trips to Ohio with his family. Here’s some of the highlights from this year’s trip:

Linesville Spillway–The fish pile up on top of each other waiting to get a bite of day old bread.

Conneaut Lake Park–A bit rundown since we went as kids but still lots of fun for our kids!

We were there on a bargain day and got all day wristbands at rock bottom prices. The kids took full advantage.

Mason and Ethan really liked this ride. Mason was partial to the Larry boat. I think he misses our friend Larry that moved to Utah. Sigh.

Roman and Corinne rode this FOREVER! They would jump off, run around the gate, and get back on.

I love Ethan’s face in this one. Ha!

Mason wouldn’t even get off of this ride. There were no lines so he just stayed on. I think stopping the ride was just to give the guy a break from holding the button down.

We also celebrated my nephew Roman’s birthday with a six foot sub.

The kids had a blast riding 4 wheelers and just being together.

We took up a few pews at church on Sunday.

Thanks for coming, Shane and family!

-g.

I want the kids to be more active. I asked Corinne to pick one activity to do this summer. She said, “Dance.” I searched the internet and called numerous dance studios. Most require the student attend for a full year and charge tuition even if you move/quit. Lame! I found one offering a summer course and jumped at the chance. Corinne is taking an 8 week class. It is a sampler: 2 weeks each of ballet, jazz, hip hop, and tap. Last night was her first class. She was so excited to get ready.

The first class was ballet. I am not a fan. That said, Corinne did great! I was really impressed. She listened to the teacher and did the moves just right! It brought tears to my eyes. (I’m emotional, okay?!) She has been on cloud 9 ever since. She is already counting down the days to next week. I’m curious to see how she likes the other types of dance.

-g.

The fam left for Hartford immediately after Corinne got off the bus on the last day of school. The kids stayed there for a week after Tony and I came back to Columbus so that I could fill in for someone vacationing at work. That made this the first week with them at home. Now I have to figure out how to fill our days. Seems like I need to come up with a destination for every morning. Stretch that out until lunch then come home to eat. After lunch is a brief playtime until Ethan naps. Then it’s all downhill until Tony gets home (if he’s in town).

Any ideas for a fun outing? Where do you take your kids? For inspiration, here’s some pics from a recent trip to the zoo:

-g.

I can’t believe it! I WON! Okay so 1500 people won, but that’s not the point here. Scroll down a few inches and read the post about screaming for ice cream. Well, Edy’s must have heard my scream because my street is about to PAR-TAY! I guess a release form is in the mail. Once I sign on the dotted line, oodles of ice cream with all the party fixings will be on the way to my front door. Unbelievable. Guess I can’t say I’ve never won anything now.

Don’t you wish you lived on my street?

-g.