Another busy weekend

On Saturday we headed down to Franklin for the day. I guess it's one of the oldest towns in TN. Of course we had the kids with us so we did the downtown retail stuff instead of the historical, cool stuff. 

In a toy store

At dinner

Charlie got her ears pierced! 

Eating frozen yogurt

In an oversized rocking chair

The sunset.

On Sunday we went to a water park called Nashville Shores. It's on a lake, has loads of water slides, a lazy river, and 5 pools. Too much water to keep my camera handy. So here are a few shots I got. 

Maryam showing off her new glasses! When I showed her this picture she said, wow! I look like a teenager! 

The kid zone. The kids spent hours here! They loved it!!

Maryam relaxing after a busy day. :)

Family Fun Night

Wilson Bank & Trust puts together a family fun night for everyone to enjoy. They had the fire department there hosing everyone down, had Chick-Fil-A there feeding everyone, had a water slide, and had music for dancing. After all that was over, they showed Hotel Transylvania. It was a super fun night. 

In line for the water slide

M going up!

M coming down

Jax coming down 

Waiting for the movie

Doing the locomotive 

Watching the movie

Ranger Camp

Maryam & Charlie had Junior Ranger Camp at the Cedars of Lebanon, Tennessee State Park. They went Monday-Thursday from 8:00am-12:00pm then on Friday night for an awards ceremony & camp fire. They had loads of fun! They went hiking, went down into a cave, learned about emergency training, had a swim day, made paper from leaves, made walking sticks, went birding, and looked for butterflies. 

Day one

Day 3

Day 4

The group photos came from the Cedars of Lebanon Facebook page. No, I didn't stay all day at camp with her. I wanted to! But I had Jax & Addison to take care of. (Maryam is top middle above, Charlie is toward the right)

The kids with the walking sticks they Made. 

(Maryam is on the right)

Maryam and Charlie are in the center for this one.

Maryam is the one in the pink hat & backpack. 

Maryam is in the center up a ways. Pink hat. 

Maryam is down front on the left. Charlie is in the center. 

Maryam is on the left side in the pink hat. Charlie is in the center. 

Here are the girls before the awards ceremony started. 

Here are the girls taking their Ranger oath. 

Maryam being pinned. 

Pinterest Boards to curb being bored

The big girls had Junior Ranger Camp and Auntie Jennifer/Mommy had only 2 kids for four hours in the morning! I got creative and hit up my Pinterist boards! 

On Monday I made Cloud Dough which is 8 cups of flour and 1 cup of baby oil and INFINITE fun!!! I highly recommend this activity. The 3 year olds enjoyed it immensely then when the 6 year olds got home, they enjoyed it too! 

Addison holding up her "snow ball".

Jax holding up his.

Check out the mess! I HIGHLY recommend doing this outside. 

My Jax. 

Shaving cream on the kid table. This wasn't a Pinterest idea, it came straight from the mind of the kids. $.97 for an hour or so of entertainment! 

It was a bit messy, but it cleaned up quick & easy. 

Look how much fun they had!

Hair chalk on the babies! Yaya sent us some hair chalk so I put it on the little ones one day while the big girls were at Ranger Camp. 

Addison got pink & Jax got orange

Summer snow, at least that's what Pinterest claimed. 

Apparently all you're supposed to do is freeze some shaving cream and voila, fun. Not. So. Much. The kids hated it. So, we moved on. 

Kool Aid paint. I froze some Kool Aid, bought a huge pad of paper, took them outside, and boom! Fun. 

I'm not going to lie, it was messy & sticky. And who can resist the yummy smell? Not Jax or Addison, they ultimately ended up eating theirs. ;)