Summer fun

The summer of 2016 is in full swing and already the boys are having the times of their lives! That is, after they do their chores, brush their teeth, get dressed and do a little summer homework. I know, I'm such a mean mom! They'll thank me for it later...or maybe not. But anyways, here's a recap from the past few weeks. 

They clean their bathroom all by themselves! Well, they have a 4-page list of things to do in the bathroom complete with which spray to use on which apparatus, but they don't need any help to make it shine!

Polly loves watermelon! She can't get enough and she takes it outside to eat it, like we're going to take it out of her mouth and eat it for ourselves. Silly goose!

Our cousin Kim came through Atlanta with Mike and the girls so Dawn, her girls, Todd and the boys and I went to meet up with them at Atlantic Station. 

One of the first McVentures of the summer was Lake Acworth and the giant inflatable slide. We took our third son, Grant with us and he loved it! I'm sure we'lł be back here later this summer. 

Woodstock city hosts outdoor movies and we took the boys and their friend Bryce with us to watch Zootopia. It was a perfect night to watch a flick under the stars. 

The boys got fitted for some orthodontic appliances at my office. They're actually pretty excited for then they come in. Let's see if they're still excited to wear upper and lower retainers with expansion devices in them! That didn't hurt! LoL

Todd took the boys on a father/son golf day. They actually played 9 holes and loved it!

I took Linde, Leah, Keely and the boys to Panther Creek Falls near  Tallulah Gorge. The trail was a bit hard to find at first but once we found it, we were on our way. It's a 3.5 mile hike in and the same 3.5 mile hike out. It was a bit of a difficult hike traversing along cliffs, loose rocks, copperhead snakes, and over creeks, but everyone did great! Each kid fell at least twice, most thrice and came home with some bumps and bruises, but they were worn out and dog tired...just the way I like them!

Another father/son outing at the Atlanta Silverbacks game and thank goodness they are back after a season's hiatus. The boys really enjoy going to watch the games and now they get to play on the field before the game starts. 

At Camp Gramps, they did all sorts of Athens-fun stuff. Here, they got to meet Greg McGarity, the Athletic Director of UGA and surprisingly, he was in Larry's band! Who woulda thunk it!?! Just kidding. If you grew up in Athens, chances are, you were in Larry's band and even if you weren't, he still knows you!

The boys were super stoked that that got to see Herschel Walker's Heismann trophy and his helmet that they have on display at the Butts-Mhere building on campus. They said, "mom! Herschel had a LOT of stickers on his helmet!"  Yep, son. They don't make 'em like they used to. 

More adventures to come, so stick around!

A lot of lasts...

Last Thursday marked the last day of 3rd grade for our two. It's come and gone so fast and they couldn't have made us more proud. We ambushed them when they got off the bus, and even though they knew it was coming, they were all good troupers and we all got soaked. 

Then, this past weekend was their last soccer game/tournament with their awesome Striker family. They had 2 tough losses on Saturday in which, they played against one of their best buddies, Reed got a slight concussion, we went to lunch and the movies in between games, Nolan headed the ball awkwardly and hurt himself and then they passed out on the way home. 

Sunday was their last game of the tournament and the whole team played amazing! The coaches feel like they had a load of rust to shake off and if we could have started the tournament on Sunday, we would have won it all. Oh well, they made the most of it and brought home a win over a team that was likely to go to the finals. 

Thank you to Jammy and Grandy and Nana for coming to the game and cheering them on!

The morning of the last game, Reed wrote this on the chalkboard before we left the house. 

Last but not least... Polly said good-bye to her long locks!