So busy...

We've kept ourselves pretty busy for the past few days! Here's a quick (?) recap.

Friday: Got up early to go garage sale-ing with some friends. I found some good buys including a kids' picnic table (for the back deck), snow boots for me, jeans for Conner, and lots of clothes for Aud. Then we all headed to Chick-Fil-A for lunch and to play. After Eric got home from work we went to Kings Island for the evening - got there a little before 7 and stayed for the fireworks at 10. The kids were obviously very tired, but they did great! Both Conner and Audrey were tall enough to ride a few new rides, which was very exciting. This is a little video of them (mostly her) on the bumper cars:

Saturday: Conner went to Woodland Lakes Christian Camp for the day (from 9 - 4) and had a ball. He couldn't remember much of what they'd done for the day, so thank goodness they sent a CD of pictures home with him! It looks like the kids had a ton of fun!

Sunday: Very low key. After church we came home and hung out for the rest of the day. I met some friends at a local coffee place for book club ( this month we read Those Who Save Us, by Jenna Blum).

Monday: I took the kids to Coney Island to play in the morning. We normally get there around 10 (when they open) and leave between 12:30 and 1:00 so we can get home for Audrey's nap. After a quiet afternoon the kids and I headed up to Fouss' so they could hang out while I had a softball double-header. We ended up playing from 6:15 to 9:15 - it was a long evening! (And came out of it with 2 ties!)

Tuesday: Conner's behavior wasn't great Monday evening when I went to pick them up, so I told him that we weren't going to do anything "fun" on Tuesday. We went up to the library to return some videos, then I took the kids to McDonald's for lunch and to play (so, ok, I went back on what I told Conner, but they'd both been really good!). Conner loves the climbing and sliding; Audrey does too, but she has trouble with the climbing part of it. Fortunately, her big brother was willing to help (for a while, anyway... then it was all Mommy!).

Wednesday (today): The weather was supposed to be a bit iffy (but of course it looks beautiful now!) so I wasn't too sure about going swimming. We ended up meeting our friends Amber and Brendan (who's 3) at a playground by Lunken Airport called "The Land of Make Believe". We'd never been there before, but I'd heard good things about it and was really impressed with what they had! There were several different jungle gyms and slides, swings, a little shelter, and a little sandy area. The kids had a ball and it was a great way to spend our morning!

Miscellaneous notes:
1. I'm sorry that I ever taught Audrey the word "up". She loves to be carried around, and it seems that all I hear these days is "Up! Up!"

2. We're on day 2 of her wearing panties and all is going well! I actually don't worry about it at all when we're out - it's when we're home that she has the most trouble. She did great at the library and McDonald's yesterday and the playground today. Hopefully we've turned a corner!

3. The novelty of sleeping in the big girl bed has worn off. Last night she was not crazy about going to bed and very very soon was coming down the steps. Today's nap seems to be going ok, though she got up early (7:15) this morning and was climbing up in bed with me!

4. Aud's figured out that she can open the fridge. We've never gone through so many apples so quickly!

5. Conner's last 2 t-ball games are tonight and tomorrow. It'll be nice to be done, but I'm sure he'll miss it (at least the playing in the dirt part of it!). He's signed up for fall soccer, which is supposed to start in August. I'm sure that will be a nice cool activity.. not!