I haven't been doing a very good job of keeping everyone updated with our summer adventures, so I'll try to do a quick summary.
Tayscen had his first birthday in June, and we had a fun little party for him with family and some of our neighbors! We went swimming in the community pool, and had a dinner/cake back at the house! We had a lot of fun! Meghan made organic low-fat chocolate cupcake and we iced the tops to make them look like baseballs! Believe it or not, those cupcakes were awesome!
On another day following my board exams, we took the kids, plus our nephew, Kameron, niece, Kelsey, and little brother, Jon to BounceU, a huge bouncing facility filled with inflatable equipment from giant slides, obstacle courses, castles and other fun things! It was a blast! And a good workout! It definitely made my foot sore, as I was still rehabbing from my surgery at the time, but it was worth it!
Throughout the summer, both Braylei and Tayscen were in swim lessons run by the city of Surprise. We took them 4 days a week in 30 minute classes until the beginning of August. Braylei was in the preschool class, and she learned so much! It was really nice to see her grow more and more comfortable with the water. Most of it was water exploration, playing games in the zero depth area, being able to reach for things underwater, and work on basic swim stroke elements. Tayscen was in the parent-tot class. Meghan took him most of the time, at least through June, as I still had my stitches in my foot and couldn't get them wet. But I did take him alot in July, although it showed the he preferred his mommy over me.
We won 4 free ticket to the City of Surprise 4th of July Bash. There were tons of things to do there. There were bouncy castles, baseball pitch/football toss, and for the kids, Home Depot had a design a tile where she used an assortment of markers on the tile. She really like it! She also got her face painted. The downside of the night was that it got really stormy and windy. There was a big dust storm and the fireworks show was delayed for like 2 1/2 hours! But the kids really wanted to see the fireworks, so they got to stay up really late and they ended up having the fireworks after all!
We also ventured a couple times to the Peoria Splashpark. It is a really cool place for the kids to have fun! We went with some neighbors and had a blast! Tayscen was having fun walking around and Braylei was splashing through all the sprinklers and fountains!
