Summer Begins

Our Summer has been pretty busy so far.  I am determined to create fun, memorable experiences for James this Summer.  Not sure if it's because things are going to get a lot harder to do once there are two kiddos, or that I'm wanting to pack in the one-on-one time with James in the little amount of time we have left with just him, or that I just don't want to sit at home and watch Thomas or Cars all day ha.  It gets kind of lonely being at home all day, I think especially for James.  He loves kids and really needs to be around them more often.  Last year he had just recently learned to walk so we were still sort of limited but after Summer was over I kind of felt like what did I even do this Summer?  I sort of felt guilty for not being more of a fun mom.  So far we are enjoying doing fun things with cousins and friends.  Though I worry I may wear both of us out after this last week.

There are so many "free" or inexpensive things to do around here, I never realized.

Monday we went with Grandma Cullimore and Courtney and her kids up to Grandma Cook's house to eat lunch together and feed the ducks- FREE and the kids LOVED it!

We also went to the farm at Thanksgiving Point for Family Home Evening Monday night.  We have a membership so we took advantage of that.  We have been avoiding Thanksgiving Point on Monday evenings for fear it would be crazy busy but decided we'd try it out this once.  To our surprise, there was hardly anyone there!  It was great!

he did NOT want to ride on the pony

Tuesday we didn't really do anything fun, but ran a bunch of errands (specifically Father's Day) in town that made our day seem really busy.

Wednesday we went to Seven Peaks with my sisters and their kids.  We have a Pass of all Passes and this was the first time we had gone.  Carson was not able to come because of work and has never been before so we will definitely go back with him.  James had a blast!  

Thursday we went to the Kids Summer Movie Club movie that Cinemark is doing.  They show kid movies every Thursday during the Summer for only $1.  This was our second time going.  James has so much fun going with his cousins and he LOVES the popcorn!  He doesn't sit the whole time, but it is so laid back that we just sort of come and go as he needs and I don't feel that we're interrupting because the theater is packed with noisy kids.  

Friday we went to This Is The Place Park in SLC.  It was John Huntsman day so it was free admission!  They had tons of fun little activities for the kids and free ice cream.  It got really crowded but was still really fun.

We only spent maybe $5 this week on activities and had SO much fun! Score!  But boy are we pooped.  Maybe we'll spread out the activities a little more from here on out.  :)