Worlds of Fun

On the hottest day of the Summer, we decided to take the boys to Worlds of Fun! We all had fun and discovered that on super-hot days, there are no lines for any of the rides. Score! Thankfully, they have air-conditioned areas where we were able to get cooled off before braving the heat again. We caught a music show while we were there & Sean and I even got to ride the biggest roller coaster in the park while Mimi & Grampy watched the boys. One was enough for me, but I think Sean would have enjoyed riding a few more "big" rides. Next time...

"Planet Snoopy" is just the right size for Carter & Davis. It was fun to see them on the rides since we have never taken them to an amusement park before. Davis would get mad when the rides stopped and said "RIDE! RIDE!" He wanted to keep going and going and going, despite the heat.

Hi Mimi!

Wheeeeee!

One of the rides Davis did not want to get off of.

Grampy rode, too! Our favorite ride was the Viking Voyager (aka: the Log Ride) and we rode it four or five times. You splash down at the end so it was the perfect way to cool off after our hot day at the park. Can't wait to go back again!

Zona

Our last night in KC was spent splashing, dancing & dining in Zona Rosa. Once again, it was hot (noticing a theme?), but the boys loved the splash fountains and we had a good time watching them get soaked. At least someone was cool!

After dinner, we came outside to find live music playing in the courtyard area. Davis showed off his moves wearing the new shoes Aunt Sister got him. Pretty snazzy!

Winnie the Pooh

I took Carter to see the new Winnie the Pooh movie on Saturday & we both loved it. We decided to leave Davis home to take a nap, so we were able to relax and just enjoy the show. It is fun to be able to do things like this now that Carter is getting older. Mommy loves any excuse to eat popcorn!

It's hard to tell, but Carter was dancing to the music as the credits rolled.

He is quite a dancer these days!

Trying it Out

We decided to check out the playground at Carter's new school last week. It is only a couple of minutes from our house and has quite a bit for the boys to do. They were playing on the jungle gym that was for 5-12 year olds (the smallest one there), but Davis really wanted to go on the "big kid" slide. That child has no fear. Often times, Carter will be apprehensive about climbing something and he will look up to see Davis already at the top! Anyway, we are happy to have a playground so close, because our neighborhood parks and pool won't be open until next Summer. Can't wait!!

I love that you can see the mountains from the school...something we rarely saw in our old neighborhood.

Notice the drool? The true sign of a good time!

Sister Visit

We had a visit from Aunt Christy last week and, aside from the torrential downpours, had a great time! We love that she has clients in Denver now...a great excuse to visit her two favorite nephews! Thursday night we had planned to go to the outdoor concert and carnival at our local mall, but since the rain changed our plans we decided to just do dinner instead. Attempt #1 was at a "nice" restaurant with cloth napkins and no kids menus. The first hint that things wouldn't go well was when Davis grabbed a burning candle off of the hostess stand within seconds of us getting there. The teenage hostess said "Ummm...that's fire." Davis just looked at his hand, then looked at me and said "Hot. Hot. Hot." After that incident, two table changes and some dirty looks from other diners, we decided to head to Red Robin. Sorry, Christy! You just can't take us anywhere apparently.

Wearing the bear blanket hat that Aunt Sister fashioned.

4th of July

We had a low-key Independence Day this year but decided to venture out to the local fireworks display. Turns out, they put on a really good show! The boys were about done for the night right when they decided to start shooting off fireworks. We ended up staying for the whole thing & loved it. I think this will be a new tradition for us! From our spot on top of a hill, we could see the fireworks displays from all over the metro area and had a clear view of downtown. Pretty cool! Next year, we'll bring our grill and do it up right like the other people around us.

Carter was getting impatient and Sean & I were getting nervous that maybe this was a bad idea.

What are we waiting for? I thought you said there were going to be fireworks!