Where to begin?

We did so much over the holiday weekend that I almost don't know how to post about it all.  But I want to remember it all. Sometimes, when I run out of fun things to do with the kids, I look back to years past on my blog for ideas (silly, huh?) So, this might be a long one (aren't they all?)

Friday night, we had our good friends (Snicker's Godparents) over for dinner and family game night.  That was SO much fun.  I highly recommend the game Balderdash for family game night.  We always have some great laughs.

Then on Saturday we went to a fun pool where Kate went off the diving board swimming to the ladder (in 13ft deep water) solo for the first time.  Last summer, she went off the dive at another pool but I think Dave was in the water "just in case."

Harry had fun going off the high dive.  Will did also but I did no get any good ones of him.

Kate loves the water.  She would swim all day everyday if we let her. We are thinking she should do swim team next summer.

Sunday morning the boys asked to go to an indoor rock climbing place or a laser tag place.  They both researched their ideas and presented them to me and Dave.  And while both places sounded like fun, they were kind of expensive and our whole family could not participate.  Kate is too young.  A few days ago, Will made a comment to me about how awesome our city would be to visit on vacation because there are so many fun places for kids and families. So, I decided to treat our city as though we were visitors and I looked for free and fun things to do as a family.  Dave and I found some interesting options.  First, we headed to a downtown spot to see Dockdogs.  This is an actual national sport thing where dogs jump off a dock into water.  It was really interesting.

Any breed of dog can participate but the labs really seem to dominate the competition.

After watching the dockdogs, we walked around the park.  There was a pro soccer table which immediately drew my little soccer player, Harry in.  Harry won a soccer ball.  I guess last week's soccer camp paid off:)

Then we wandered over to the splash fountains.  The kids had a great time there!  Please no comments about how lean my kiddos are.  They eat a full nutritious diet and are active, physically fit kids.  They also have good genes:-)

Harry had a blast jumping over the sprays of water!



I love seeing all 3 peanuts play together despite the 9 year age gap.  That does not happen too often!





Of course, boys will be boys.  Harry and Will found a way to fashion the sprinklers into guns to shoot each other...









It was a fun way to spend a few hours on a very HOT day!!

On the way home, we saw a building being demolished.  While we much prefer preservation efforts and  we were sad to see an old building go, we all found the demolition process quite fascinating.  Will and Harry both appreciate architecture and the building process, so we pulled over and watched for a few minutes.

(from the car window)

I think I will save the rest of our weekend for another post.  By the way, we are still exploring our city as though we are tourists this week.  None of the kids have volunteer work or camps this week, so I am trying to find a fun thing to do each day. Wish me luck.