Summer vacation is officially over. I took a few days off work to celebrate the end of summer with the girls. We packed as much excitement into a few short days as humanly possible. Their first request...Pojo's. We rode the carousel, played video games, cashed in our tickets for cheesy prizes and rode the bumper cars. The girls talked me into joining them on the bumper cars. It was so much fun. The girl operating the ride even gave us a complimentary ride. I think we were laughing so hard, she could not help herself.
The second day, we hit the ice rink. The girls even got to climb on the Zamboni machine. The Steelhead mascot was skating. Sidney kept chasing him around the rink claiming that she wanted to skate with him. After about 20 minutes of chasing him, he finally turned to skate with her. She screamed in holy terror and literally ran off the ice. She refused to go back out until after he left. All talk...no walk.
Next on our end of summer tour was Powell's Sweet Shoppe. The girls each had a cotton candy coupon from the summer reading program. I picked up some overpriced European candy to remind Kevin of our military days.
We found a pretty cool new park on one of our adventures. I saw an awesome gardening idea for next year but failed to get a picture. Someone had planted some colorful bell peppers in large pots in front of their house. Love the idea!
What is a celebration without a little creativity? I found this idea for race cars made from toilet paper rolls. I helped the girls with the wheels and cutting the drivers hole. Then I left them to their own devices. Here are their cool creations. They even managed to find some little people to fit in the car.
It is back to school for Kendall. Sidney is doing preschool with Grandma. Kevin is heavy into football and volleyball season. I am off to my next work adventure. The nights are getting cooler. Bring on the fall!
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