Splash!

One of our favorite things to do is go to Splash!  Courtney loves the water and is turning into a great little swimmer.
This summer we have made her swimming trips something of a reward for keeping up on her summer reading.  For every 10 books she reads (or we read together) she gets a trip to a pool.  We hope to try out several of the local pools over the summer vacation.  (We had to make it 10 books otherwise we would be headed to the pool 9 times a week!)
Last night Mike was at a training thing for work so Court and I headed to the pool.  She likes crashing into the waves in the wave pool and going down the slide.  Last night she made up a new game where we pretend to be mermaids in the mermaid lagoon (the shallow part where we can swim around on our hands so our feet stay together like mermaids).  We laughed like crazy and had a great time.  Here are a couple of videos of her coming down the slide doing crazy poses and having a great time.
Happy Swimming!
This one is her "surfs up dude" impression...

And this one is just a crazy arm flailing extravaganza with a "big finish"...

Apparently I don't know how to make them appear upright.  I hope you don't get a kink in your neck watching them sideways!

Legos!!

One of my favorite things to do is Legos! Usually my dad helps me, but recently my mom has started helping too. Mom wants me to tell everyone that the Toys R Us "Buy One Get One Half Off Sale" is a very dangerous situation for the Tiernan family. We tend to go a little bit crazy with this sale.

Our most recent trip was last weekend where we FINALLY got the Public Transport set. This is a big set, there are 864 pieces making up a tram, bus, sports car, street sweeper, two bus/tram stations and a little coffee shop. It's really cool! We put it together in two days and then spend two more days playing with it.
(Kate here - she is so creative with her little scenarios that she puts together. Last night she had the train rescuing people before the wall of avalanche destroyed the entire village. It was quite intense in the living room for awhile)
Hope you like the pictures. Next we are going to start on the Train Station that we also bought. That one has tracks and everything. And don't get my mom and dad started on the Passenger Train!! It was a good thing I was with them at Toys R Us last weekend to talk them down! We'll post more pictures soon!
Hope you are having a great summer vacation :)

River Walk

One of the best things in the world is a river walk with my dad. Today was a daddy-daughter date to the river!!
Here are some pictures Dad took of me and the river.








We walk along the river and check out all the cool wading pools and fun things to watch.

Here I am 'surfing' on the rocks!


Then we came home and Mama made us ice-cream floats. Mama and I had rootbeer and Dada had Orange. Yummm!!!

Recycle Project

Today we made a recycle project. We had a huge box of Otter pops for the summer, but there were too many to put in the freezer at once. Mama likes it when they freeze standing up, so when you cut the top off you don't get a sticky mess. So we cut up an old Popsicle box and taped it back together to make a standing box. Now they are all standing up while they freeze.
Check out the picture of Peep modeling the box, and the picture of the box nestled in the freezer.











For those of you who don't know, Courtney is an avid recycler. She even started a Capri-Sun recycling project at her school last winter. If we get a chance we will see if Mike can link the article here so you can read about her recycling efforts.

Fun Fish Facts

We had to go to the pet store for some supplies for the dogs. Then I saw the wall of fish tanks...so I tell my mom, "Oh can I have this fish and this fish?"
"Okay!" Mom says. So we bought two new fish and some cool plants to go in the tank. One of them was green and looked like a plant of grass. The other was pink and looked like a flower plant.
I will name them Ocean and Desert! Because one is blue like the ocean and the other is red like the desert.
(If you look closely you can see them in front of the pink flower plant)

We called Dad and we said "We got new fish!" We took them home and got their tank all ready for the fish to move in.
Now they are settled in their tank on my dresser. There is a cool light in the tank so I can see them when I go to sleep.
Sweet Dreams Fishys!

The fun fish facts we learned today---two betas in one tank is okay, as long as they are girls. Apparently girl fish get along much better than boy fish. Who knew?!

The First Day of Summer!!!!

Its the first day of summer and we went miniature golfing. Then we had pizza by the river and road the carousel. We had fun!!!

Courtney does not want you to know that Kate won the golfing round, but since she is not the one typing I guess I can sneak that in.

:)

So far, we are off to a great summer!

It's going to be a Not Bummer Summer

It is our goal to have a "Not Bummer Summer" in the theme of Judy Moody's Not Bummer Summer Movie and Book. We are going to read the book and see the movie for even more great ideas, but in the meantime we are going to blog about all the great things we do this summer. If you have ideas for us please comment and we will share all the fun that is to be had.

Happy Summer Everyone!!!