on friday we decided to try something different...instead of eating at brooklyn pizza, my parents took us to eat at the Red Elephant. the kids love this place mainly for two reasons: 1) they're amazing funnel-cake-like, melt in your mouth, cinnamon-y dessert they call "elephant ears" and 2) because they have a [teeny tiny and overly priced] arcade room which the kids think is the coolest thing ever. if they didn't tell you this already, THANKS GRANDMA & GRANDPA!
on saturday morning we headed over to Borders for a Toy Story event they were having. they played the Toy Story 1 movie and handed out freshly baked cookies and mini milkshakes for the kids and also gave out toy story activity books. the premiere of the new Toy Story movie is right around the corner and the kids cannot wait. in fact, we are all excited about going to see it when it comes out! we didn't stay for the whole event at the book store because russ had a lot of yard work to do that day. when he finally finished with all of that, we set up the backyard for some water fun for the kids. The weather was perfectly hot and we spent all day out back. the kids had fun in the blow up water slide/pool while russ and i slaved in the hot sun bleaching our fence and cleaning some areas in the front of the house. it was a good work out but definitely rewarding in the end. later that evening we grilled out some hot dogs and nana and papa walked over to join us for dinner. papa and russ decided to fish afterwards, while natalie and russell helped and then we fed the ducks. i have a feeling the kids slept really well that night!
after church on sunday (and then a dreadful trip to wal-mart) we stayed at home to relax. celena came over to hang out for a while and natalie watched [the old] Alice in Wonderland. later that evening we took the kids out front for some more playtime outside. they're favorite thing to do lately is to play on the driveway and ride their bikes. russ even breaks out his ancient roller blades to "ride" with them or he'll pull them on the bike trailer.
it was a great weekend for us...a tad bit hot (more like a scorcher--and it's not even officially summertime yet) but i have to say, i LOVE relaxing weekends like that.
our sunflowers are about to bloom!
our garden plants have grown SO tall!
well over their heads:
playing in the backyard after we "closed" the pool
(i was too afraid that russ would get another ear infection)
enjoying a homemade popsicle, courtesy of titi celena, on sunday afternoon:
i can't believe her hair has gotten so long. we may have to cut it because there is just SO MUCH of it!
russell multi-tasking :)
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