Fireflies!!!!

J has been waiting. and asking. and wondering. and anticipating. WHEN 

can she stay up late one night and catch fireflies.

I thought we had missed them, but last night they were out in full force. I got J and G out of ben (poor K was sick with what the other two kiddos had earlier in the week) and they were so excited. couldn't wait to catch them.

 G was so funny, he would chase after them saying come here little guy, and holding his finger out hoping the firefly would land on it. then he would try to catch them and shiver 'cause they kinda grossed him. So funny!

J was in her element. when I told her to go to bed she was so sad she would have stayed up all night chasing them if she could.

love summer nights like this!

gone

This little cutie lost her first tooth!

look at that grin.

Ironically, G also lost his first 2 teeth about a week ago, but he wouldn't let me get a pic.

Tooth fairy made an appearance on both counts!

please touch!

its a long story how we ended up here.....

we had intentions to go to NYC, but woke up Friday morning with 3 sick kids. one with a fever and two throwing up. 

plans changed. we stayed home on friday and headed to philly on saturday. we took the kids to a great museum there called please touch! it was awesome!

 b loved the piano!

 he loves ELMO! he pulled all of the stuffed animals off the shelf and was surrounded in them! SO CuTE!

 human hamster wheel

I have often wanted one of these for my house for my kids to get rid of extra energy

 the kiddos loved playing with these ballS!

 b loved playing in the water

 C decided it was my turn to take b on the carousel. he WAS NOT loving it!

So we swapped placed and we he was a much happier little man

 at least C was happy to see me

 italian ice anyone?

It was such a great day! 

We also stopped at the King of Prussia mall (second largest mall in america). We ate at Cheesecake factory (I had to keep taking C out who wasn't feeling too great) and then we went to the lego store. G was bound and determined to get there, we had promised we would take him in NYC and he was heart broken that we couldn't go. So we stopped by and he bought a small harry potter lego set. it was such a nice calm day (i was geared up for NYC) it was great fun!

bounce fun

in trying to keep the kids entertained, i took them to a bounce plex place. they had a blast and didn't want to leave. it was a little tricky because B kept following them around which made it hard keeping an eye on c and b, but he had a great time. j took him to the top of a very tall slide and he got stuck, i had to climb up to the top and rescue him.

everyone was tired

splash park and bubbles

We have had some great sunshine lately, we took advantage of it and headed to our sanctuary, the splash park

look at this cute girly in her suit

 the kids didn't want to leave, they had so much time splashing around!

B was here too but was a lot more timid. He found one little sprinkler and would just barely stick his foot in.

Baby C got a bubble blower for her birthday and ALL the kids loved playing with it.

 B was hysterical to watch, running all around trying to pop all the bubbles

 J was trying to pop them with her mouth

 C was a little more worried

summer in a nutshell

Tons of fun in our pool. We have another one, they were loving this one.

 Enjoying ice cream at our favorite amusement park

 G thought this was going to be a super delicious snow cone, but alas, it was basically an ice cube with cherry flavor on it

 K trying to grab the metal ring off the carousel

 B LovEs sharing his ice cream with his baby sister and she was more than happy to oblige

fun exploring the tank