We brought some of Utah to us, since we couldn't go there in the form of Sharon. She happened to come on a super fun-filled week. Monday is the cheap admission day at the Children's Museum of Tucson, and the kids had listed that as one of the things they wanted to do before summer ended, so off we went.
Of course Ryan loves all things mechanical and loud. A motorcycle seems to fit the bill.
Annie made electricity:
Megan's favorite part of the museum was probably the grocery store room. Luckily we were able to snag a grocery cart as a girl was just getting ready to abandon it. There were so many kids in there, the grocery carts were in high demand.
The next morning I noticed some skeletonizer caterpillars on my grapes, so we rushed off to Civano Nursery (which is a cool place to go even if you don't need anything for your garden). We saw a pretty butterfly.
And we pet the goats, tried to catch the bunny, and looked at the chickens from afar.
Then I left the kids to play in the sandbox/boat while I went to ask questions about trees and tomatoes.
I got what I needed and we headed home just as it was starting to get hot.
Megan's major request for her birthday was to go to Jump, an indoor inflatable gym. They were closed for the 4th, so we went the day before for some fun.
The kids seem to spend more than half the time on the game projected on this floor screen. It happens every time we go. It's so funny. We go for the inflatables, then spend the time on the video game. It is pretty cool, though.
The jumping pillow is a big hit, too, though.
All around, really, it's a pretty good deal. The kids had a great time and got all their energy out. We went home and Sharon had their undivided attention reading books to them for a while.
That night Jacob wasn't feeling fabulous, so we left him at home and headed out to Vail to watch the fireworks show they put on on the 3rd of July. It was a great show, and we hit the traffic just right and were home in 15 minutes after it ended.
The next morning we woke up and headed to church for our ward's annual 4th of July pancake breakfast and parade. There were a ton of people.
A good time was had by all. I didn't even get a picture of the candy cannon, but that was probably the biggest hit of the morning. "If a piece of candy is on fire, DON'T PICK IT UP!" was the watch-cry of the day.
That afternoon we headed down to Sierra Vista to check out The Cove, an indoor acquatic center with a couple cool slides, a big pool that was NOT 85 degrees, no matter what they say, and a smaller heated pool. Once we found the warm pool it was hard to want to go in the other pool. But the slides were pretty cool. After swimming there for a while we headed back home for some kabobs on the barbie and Megan's birthday party.
The other kids were, of course, more than happy to help her open her presents.
She was pretty excited to get a new baby doll from our awesome neighbor, Shannon.
She wanted rainbow cupcakes. I should have gotten a picture of our awesome job at making the actual cupcakes layered in different colors, and the icing on top swirled, along with rainbow sprinkles. Rainbows all around.
Megan got some blankets from Grandma Campbell that she promptly put to use for her little baby dolls, including the new one she got.
And she was excited to get all decked out in her birthday clothes. She had already been wearing her skirt and shirt all day, but her new socks matched perfectly, and she got some star necklaces that matched the whole star motif as well.
The next morning everyone was sad to see Sharon go, but glad she had been able to come and write many poems, and play many games, and read many books while she was here.
Aunts coming is always great, but then when they leave it's no fun. Maybe they should all just move here permanently. ;)
A friend in the ward invited us over to swim on Thursday afternoon. The kids had a great time, and Megan was all about showing off her swimming skills.
After a while I was done being in the pool, so I put Megan in a Puddle Jumper so I didn't have to worry so much when she was climbing on the floaties and such.
We brought Amber and Jesse home with us since their mom was going to help someone clean. Megan was happy to put on her new clothes after her bath and thought she looked so cute.
She was right.
Ryan and Jesse had a great time together. I came out from getting Megan dressed to find that Ryan had passed along his ninja outfit to Jesse to wear, complete with black underwear for the head. 😂 I texted a picture to his mom so she could laugh along.
They eventually quit with the ninja stuff and got to more important stuff like making a car or airplane out of the box.
It was a good way to spend the afternoon and get their minds off of missing Aunt Sharon.
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