Summer Fun

(Our next few posts will be out of order as (My) Mom’s computer died and many photos were already loaded onto it. Nothing should be lost, just not accessible at this time)

ON WE GO!

Country Living
Our friends Jayne and Mary had a fire table that they could not use any longer and offered it to us. We of course jumped at the chance knowing we don’t actually live in the city limits though we are in the city limits. What does this confusion mean? We can have an open fire in our back yard.
John, Cole, Karly and Jo

The table’s first full day at it’s new home seemed quite happy as we gave it a bath and set it on fire for it’s first marshmallow roasting here.
Not many marshmallows were left alive this evening.

Tables Second Night?
Hot Dogs of course!
Cole, Keenan & Jo

And S’MORES too!
Jayne & Mary gave us great advice with this treat and table. Laying the crackers & chocolate on the edge of the table while roasting your marshmallow allows the chocolate to soften just right.

Hungry?

Brothers
What do two boys do when they get together? Play inside a recycle bin of course.

Keenan and Cole love each other so much they just laugh and laugh and laugh.
And they even let Jo play.
Here they were trying to hide from Keenan’s Mom, as it was time to go home. Nicole opened the lid and they all jumped up laughing and yelling.

Training wheels no more.
A little planning when doing something Jo will not want to do.
Step 1: Food. (Called home from work and ask Oma to please feed Jo so she has energy and along with this energy comes a happy girl.)
Step 2: Make her think it’s her idea. (Lay wrench on bike seat and ask Jo to come to the garage and guide her enough to see the wrench)
Step 3: Jo does the work. (Mom loosening nuts on bike before she comes to the garage so Jo is successful at removing training wheels the first time)
Step 4: Confidence. (Making Jo think this was all her idea all along and then giving lots of encouragement that she can do it)

She is FREE!

Jo took off with little help from me. It was definitely time for the removal of the training wheels as I jogged beside Jo twice up and down the street but never touching her or her bike.

Oma then took her for a ride around the block. AND then Cole, Jo and I went around the block and she asked to go further so we took another block. (two blocks in our area is about 1.5 miles)
The last little bit of riding I heard her sing loudly “THIS IS FUN” and she continued to sing songs the rest of the ride home.

I think Jo has found a new freedom!