Happy Summer!

We kicked off our first day of summer on Friday!  

Of course, our day started entirely too early at 6:30 am with Andrew running into the room yelling "Happy Summer"!  Aiden pitter-pattered behind them with both climbing into bed, which lasted all of about five minutes before one asked for "a show" while the other asked for cereal.

We headed downstairs for soem cartoons and cereal before really moving around for the day.  We did the usual morning routine, which included getting this rascal dressed...

And this one kicking off his summer school...

We kicked off the morning with a play date with one of Aiden's close friends from school.  His mom dropped him off over here for three hours (we have been swapping back and forth and it's truly lovely) where I decided to take all four kids on a walk with bikes & scooters to the neighborhood park.  They ran and played & we also ran into another great family that we are friends with to play!  We headed home for lunch, the big boys jumped in the bounce house, and the little ones took some rest time in.  We finally said good-bye to our friends and I have to say that I am loving the 5 year old age.  They played SO nicely together and are sweet and fun together that I would take him over here anytime.  

Chris worked half day so when Aiden said good-bye to his friend, we said hello to our beloved cleaner and our family headed downtown for a run on the trail.  This is our new jogging set-up and can you believe that two kids out of three fell asleep.  Which one stayed awake?  Abby!  (I don't know why the picture is blurry, possibly my OLD phone!)

After the run, Abby decided that she wanted to join big brother...

 And we walked down to the local ice cream shop for some ice cream and Fanta in the bottle!

We arrived home for a later afternoon of play in the backyard and Jimmy John's subs for dinner.  The perfect way to kick off the summer...