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June 3, 2018

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Well, now that Summer is here we’re in fun-mode and gearing up for our summer trip to Florida by getting some life jackets at Costco, of course! On Monday morning we headed to downtown Powell for our traditional trip to watch the Memorial Day Parade. This year we were joined by our neighbors too so Griffin enjoyed gathering up all of the candy with Abbie.  After the parade we headed home and had family, friends, and neighbors over for a backyard cookout and party for Reid’s 1st birthday! We had plenty of scrumptious food grilled by Kevin and numerous sweet treat options including Reid’s smash cake and a cute fox cake and sugar cookies from a local bakery. The cake was lemon and was so delish! Reid enjoyed smashing his cake – or rather eating all the frosting! He learns that naturally from his brother. Thanks to Amy for many of these great pics! And here are a few others from our week. Can you believe I took the boys to Graeter’s again? It may be a habit.  The boys sure love when Grandma and Grandpa visit!  Griffin has started swim lessons at Aqua Tots in Powell in preparation for our trip to the beach. He’s going to be going twice a week which I think will be really helpful as he’s pretty timid in the water right now. This pic is from his first lesson where he was NOT excited to get his face in the water and he held on pretty tight to his teacher.  I helped Jane and Kathy from our neighborhood plant our entryway on Saturday morning. We planted 50 Lantana and 48 Sedum pretty quickly and they look quite nice!

And here are a couple videos 🙂

February 7, 2016

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IMG_20160202_192642816This week was our last swim lesson at Goldfish. We’ve been having a lot of fun at lessons and Griffin has certainly learned a lot. He has such strength in his arms and legs and just loves climbing out of the pool only to do the “Alligator Alligator on the wall, Alligator Alligator watch me fall” activity. Kevin came along with us for our last class and was able to get some cute photos, including one with his teacher, Miss Paige.  He just loved her!

Kevin’s Google account put together a cute video of several of the pictures:

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Griffin has had fun this week with Debbie, making a box for his Valentine cards. He painted the box and got to decorate it too. Then later in the week Finn, Kevin, and I cut out the parts needed to make his Valentine cards for his Guppy classmates at preschool. Griffin got a lot of practice using his scissors – you can see a short video below. IMG_4233 IMG_4235 IMG_4236 IMG_4237IMG_4251 IMG_4253 IMG_4256

And later that afternoon we enjoyed a short visit with Grandma and Grandpa Armstrong!

IMG_4257 IMG_4259We watched the Superbowl with our Small Group and this year we incorporated a service project into the evening. All of our families brought food items that were used to make snack bags for families that are staying at the Ronald McDonald House while their children are receiving care at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Our group made over 120 bags and the kids enjoyed grabbing a bag and putting snacks in it for others to enjoy later.IMG_4266 IMG_4263 IMG_4335Check out our cute little Dr. Armstrong!IMG_4249

June 14, 2015

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Ice cream can brighten any day, right? At least for a little bit. Finn really loved his funny faced sundae with sprinkles and I really loved watching his face light up when he got it.  We’ve made a fair number of trips to Graeter’s so far this summer, I must admit.

In other fun adventures Finn began his swim lessons this week! He had so much fun splashing around in the water. It is a tropical environment with warm waters – that’s for sure! He wasn’t super excited about water in his ears though 🙂  For his age group a parent must accompany the child to help them learn to swim and practice the various exercises. It brought back a lot of childhood memories for Kevin, who used to spend a great deal of time at the pool as a life guard. An extra bonus is all of Finn’s cousins are taking swim lessons at the same time and he is in the same class as Greta! The kiddos do fun exercises to get them comfortable in the water, including kicking, grabbing floating animals to learn to stretch their arms forward and then placing them in a basket, laying on their backs and using a mirror to look upwards in order to get them used to having water on their necks and head, etc. And at the end of each class there is a fun activity, which today was riding around in a canoe!DSC_0117DSC_0073 IMG_20150613_103324404 IMG_20150613_103542383 IMG_20150613_103700659 IMG_20150613_103728094 DSC_0075 DSC_0078 DSC_0083 DSC_0085 DSC_0088 DSC_0090 DSC_0095 DSC_0096 DSC_0099 DSC_0101 DSC_0102 DSC_0104 DSC_0108 DSC_0109 DSC_0111

After swim lessons we went to pick strawberries at Hann Farms just south of Columbus. Despite the season being almost over we were able to pick a good number of strawberries in our short visit. It was a super hot afternoon!DSC_0141 DSC_0119 DSC_0120 DSC_0121 DSC_0122 DSC_0123 DSC_0127 DSC_0130 DSC_0134 DSC_0135 DSC_0136 DSC_0140Another of my favorites peeking in on Griffin sleeping. Literally, every night when we put him to bed he wants two animals on each side (doggy and fishy are always opposite, monster and elephant too) and to be covered up with his blue blanket. I often find him hugging his animals when I check on him.IMG_20150611_233826741And on this night he wanted to read Lily a story, give her one of his fishes, and share his doggy and blanket. He really has the sweetest, caring temperament. He regularly wants to share his toys and food with his friends and family 🙂 IMG_20150613_191751515_HDRIMG_20150613_191806561IMG_20150613_191824881IMG_20150613_191953723IMG_20150613_192055635IMG_20150613_192234536

 

And he went on a fun adventure to a castle park in Upper Arlington earlier this week where he worked up a big sweat pushing logs on the grass!photophoto(1)photo(2)photo(3)