What are you doing this summer??

This is what we are doing....

It's our summer fun list! I've seen this done in blog land for a couple years, but this is the first year I felt like the M's could appreciate it. At least M1 can. M1 thought of some pretty good things to do.

The complete list:

Go to the Zoo

Watch Fireworks

Ride a boat

Make a Tie Dye Shirt

See a parade

Go to the fair

Make homemade smores

have a cookout

Go to Kings Island

Go to World of Bounce

Visit the fire station

See a movie

Go to a festival

have a party

ride bikes

make homemade icees

fly a kite

go to the pool

shop at the flea market

see a baseball game

go on a walk

sleep in a tent

safety town

feed the ducks

VBS

ride a train

eat breakfast outside

drive remote control cars

make a lizard craft

go out for ice cream

sleep over at Mamaw & Papaw's

play with bubbles

play croquet

fly remote control plane

go on a truck ride

finger paint

play a soccer game in the backyard

eat popcorn

make an animal craft

have a picnic

go to Family Fun Night

School shopping

visit the library

run around outside

slip n slide

Go to Picnic w/ the Pops

catch lighting bugs

go to the horse races

swim lessons

eat food from our garden

go to the farmer's market

sidewalk chalk

have a potato sack race

start kindergarten

I hope we have time for everything! I'm worn out just thinking about it all!!

M1 meets a celebrity....

...of course he doesn't know he met a celebrity. This is M1 and his best buddy from preschool with Jack Hanna, the Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo. M1's preschool field trip was at the Zoo this morning and Jack Hanna was at the newly opened Polar Frontier. I was thrilled that we were able to get this picture. I still remember standing in line as a little girl awaiting a turn to meet Jack Hanna, probably over 20 years ago.
We love the zoo, and go often, Jack Hanna has done a lot of great things not only for our Zoo but with animal education on a national level.

So even though M1's first celebrity meeting might not have been overly memorable for him, it was for his Mommy. And that's all that really matters anyway, right?

It's that time of year.....

And this little guy is the graduate. He's graduating from Preschool. Anyone want to take bets on weather or not his Mommy cries?

Could he be any cuter? Look out ladies, he's headed for kindergarten. Assuming his Mommy lets him out the door come August.....

"Survivors That Surprise Even The Medical Staff"

Hello. I've missed you dear blog. I know I've been away from you for so long. I think of you often but somehow just can't think of anything to say.

It's funny, I thought of starting a blog for so long before I actually started it. And it took something meaningful in my life to start it. My first post was about how Thankful I was that we had moved to the house we live in now. So when THIS happened on Friday I felt it was meaningful enough to get me back to blogging. I can't guarantee how often I'll post but I will try to post as often as I can.

http://www.abc6onyourside.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wsyx_vid_4333.shtml?sms_ss=email

Yes, that was the NICU that M2 spent the first 6 weeks of his life in, those are even some of the doctors that treated him. And that handsome little boy in the orange tshirt, that survivor that surprised even the medical staff; that's M2 the day his trach came out. If you look close enough he is even holding his trach in his right hand.

That story was on the news Friday Evening, Hubby and I spoke about M2 at the Neonatal Conference Friday Morning.

Yep, that was meaningful enough to get me back to blogging. I miss you blog, and of course, blog readers.