Get in the Zone! Sky Zone!

Vanessa has been begging for months to go to Sky Zone. We added it to our summer bucket list. Check! The kids loved going back and forth between the wall of trampolines to the foam pit and Vanessa even enjoyed a little Dodgeball. Once our session was over, they added their names to the Sky Zone sticker ball, just to prove they've been. And the trip was topped off with a double rainbow, with Sky Zone at the end of it. :-) And Hilliard is getting its own indoor trampoline park in the next year!

Life Lessons

It seems Vanessa is always wanting to teach Zane something. He's a willing participant. I hope she is able to relate her life lessons as well as she relates roller skating basketball and roller skating sword fighting. Like all of us, he won't always get something until he goes through it himself. But just maybe he can remember and relate to what others have shared.

Happy 8th birthday, Vanessa!

Cool Man Zane

Zane is cool. And cute. :-) The other day while at the pool, and as we were reviewing letter sounds and rhyming words, I pointed out that this winter he needs to get ready to preregister for school and it would be helpful if he didn't act silly and answer "poop" for almost everything. He replied "I don't want to go to school. I just want to do what I want and play all day." I was impressed he appreciates how good he has it.

*top photo credit to Grandma

At the Car Wash

The kids love to go to the car wash. Now, anyhow. Yeah, it's a pretty fun thing for most kids. They only want to go if I'm buying the one with colors. I get that -- it looks cool, doesn't it?!

When Vanessa was a toddler and we would take her, she would freak. She also freaked the first time she was aware of other vehicles on a speedy highway, though. I remember when she was 9 months old and she first realized we were driving 65mph beside a tractor trailer -- her whole nervous system was rattled.

When Zane was younger he just hid his eyes at the car wash. I remember his eyes welling up with tears the first time.

Zane still studies the machinery as it moves around the van. And Vanessa spends the time reassuring others, most likely to just reassure herself.  We've paid for the colors before and have been disappointed when only one color came out. Talk about a huge disappointment. :-)