July Outings

A few smaller outings in July:

We got more comfortable riding our bikes around the neighborhoods and finding the trails nearby.

We went to the library.

We rode our bikes to Barfield Park as a family...4 miles.  The littles were so hot and tired.  So Nels and Isak rode back to the house, got the car and picked us up. :)

And sadly, this is the last picture of my helmet.  Somehow, somewhere I lost it!  :(  Now I'm wearing a boring black one.

Pictures while we waited for our ride.  :)

Nels took us to Sonic for slushes after the hot, long bike ride.  That helped everyone's moods.

Yay!

Lots of time this month was spent in this pool.  

So glad we had it.

Yep, I'm counting Target as an outing.  What did we buy?  Socks and underwear.  

I signed Kira and Isak up for Science day camp that was for two hours.  While they did that, I got some special time with Sofie and Noah.  We read a the story walk...Super Bat.

We played at a new park - Oaklands Park.

Just in case you wanted to know the Tennessee official symbols...

It was a pretty area.

This was different...closed in swamp area.  Fascinating to six year olds though.  Is there an alligator in there?  A monster?  Oh, the stories.

There was a lovely trail through the arboretum.   We enjoyed reading the sign and seeing the different leaves, nuts, blossoms.

Spiky things...

Cute girl!

Noah liked to lead the way. 

Then we went back to the Technology Center and played while we waited for Isak and Kira.

We played Jenga.

And built with duplos.

Isak and Kira learned about biology.  They tested pH levels in water and learned about humming birds.  They made a bird feeder.  They said they didn't like it and "It was kind of dumb." But they were smiling and happy...

Since we all survived the outing, we ended it by getting donuts at Dunkin' Donuts.  

All of my kids like donuts.  Yes!!

July 22 - 

I took the kids bowling!  We went to Strikes and Spares.  A nice bowling alley that I would go to again.  Wow.  The kids loved it!!

Isak was pumped and tried so hard.

Kira enjoyed it.  The ball was kind of heavy for her.  But she still liked it, although she did not like the shoes...they are not cute shoes.  :)

Noah loved to push the ball off the ramp.  He got pretty good at aiming it just right and adjusting for how the ball naturally went to the right.  

Of course, Sofie is just happy to be with everyone and do everything.  

The shoes...

Yay for bowling and trying new things together. 

They didn't spell Isak and Sofie's names correctly...but here's the scores for the first game.  Noah got a spare on his last frame and almost beat Isak!

The second game, everyone improved except Noah was a little lower than the first game.  

The kids watched each other and cheered each other on.  It was very sweet and fun.

Backyard treats...

We went to a friends' house for dinner and they had a fun porch swing.  You can see Molly behind the kids.  She was pushing them.  

And it's a great day when you get to go on a bike ride just with Dad. 😁

And that's it for July's outings.  It's always nice to get out!