Monday, July 25, 2016
ANW vs. Spartan
Tyler has been getting his summer fix of American Ninja Warrior (ANW). We also started watching Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge, which Tyler also likes. The Spartan show is a 1-mile obstacle course that teams of five compete in. Tyler told me that he would rather be an ANW than a Spartan racer because on ANW when they fall off an obstacle they only get wet (in clean water) whereas on Spartan they get really dirty doing the obstacles (e.g. crawling in mud under barbed wire and swimming under walls in murky water). Tyler is definitely his father's boy!
Friday, July 22, 2016
Lake McQueeney
On the way back from Houston we headed to Lake McQueeney with my dad and Mary. Michael drove down from Austin to meet us. We all enjoyed going out on Mary's boat and trying out her new tube.
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We took the paddleboat for a spin but it was a little hot without a breeze. Tyler and I took turns helping Michael pedal. |
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Jamie is the second mate on the boat. |
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Daphne and PawPaw hanging on |
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Daphne was fearless and even rode the tube by herself. She would have gone first but PawPaw took the tube for a test spin first to make sure it was good to go for the kids. |
Camp PawPaw Day 6- The Beach
Camp PawPaw Day 5- Playground
El Franco Lee Park has 6 covered play structures and was a great way for the kids to burn off some energy in the morning when it was cooler.
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Watching cartoons- apparently Noah has the best spot |
Peek-a-boo |
So hot- must rest and hydrate! |
Painting coffee mugs |
Tyler read to the kids and then I managed to get Daphne and Damon down for a much-needed nap. Little Micah took a pretty long nap every afternoon. |
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Nerf dart gun battle |
Dance party
Camp PawPaw Day 4- Movies
Day 4 was a recovery day since the kids were pretty wiped out.
Ready to watch the Secret Life of Pets in 3D. Between them the kids polished off 2 large popcorns and probably would have eaten more. |
Bubbles |
Play-Doh |
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My dad recently made a giant Jenga set |
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Tyler and Noah had fun trying not to knock over the large tower while they played with PawPaw. |
LEGOS will never go out of style! |
So exhausted! |
Camp PawPaw Day 3- Water Park
Texas City has a nice public water park that was perfect in size to manage 5 little ones. We spent all our time in the lazy river and on the play/splash structure. There were two tall tube slides for those 48" and over. Tyler was the only one of the kids who met the height requirement but he was too scared to go down.
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Lazy river |
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Ready for blast off- Micah enjoys this space- themed playground while the big kids are at VBS |
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