Jungle Jack's and Good vs Evil

There are no slow weekends in our household.  This one was no exception.  It's Monday - time to relax! I'm exaggerating a bit, but we did have our fair share of fun.

We spent some time at Jungle Jack's landing and let the kids ride rides on Saturday.  I can't stand and walk that much yet, so I was confined to one of those electric scooters, which turned out to be quite fun.  They rode just about everything, from the little kiddie rides, to the bumper cars, all the way to the old wooden coaster.  They rode the coaster about 6 or 7 times!  Go figure that Emma loved that thing.  She and Matt rode in the front car!  I didn't take any pictures or video of that, mostly because I just wanted to watch them and enjoy their faces.  Laura and Hannah rode in a car together too, but they never put their arms up.  They kept riding it though!  We went over to the camel rides and the pony rides too.  The kids particularly liked the camel rides.  When we were leaving Laura asked me if I had fun.  I think she was asking since I didn't ride anything.  Of course I had fun.  There's nothing better than watching your kids exude joy!

They're in pirate territory!

Daddy's getting wet again!

Emma wanted control of the spinning wheel...haha!

What Daddy's will do for their daughters

Ever since last week when Mom and I taught Laura how to play Monopoly, she has been asking Matt to play.  So Sunday morning Laura, Hannah, Matt, and I launched into a rousing game of Star Wars Monopoly.  You can guess who Matt was - Lord Vader, of course.  Hannah was Princess Leia.  Laura was the Emperor, and I was Luke Skywalker.  It was an epic battle, and unfortunately due to Lord Vader's questionable tactics, the dark side won this battle.  Lord Vader convinced Princess Leia to join him, and she and he eventually conquered the Emperor and Luke.  But fear not.  Good will come back and conquer Evil!

They won the battle but not the war!!

Only a couple more weeks and school will be here!  We got the kids' new tennis shoes this weekend and a couple of uniforms.  They are pretty much ready for school.  Laura is excited for the start of school.  She can't wait to see her friends again.  I think Hannah is excited too, but she is naturally just a little nervous.  The girls will really be pumped when class lists come out, which is next week.  They are anxious to see what teachers they got and what friends are in each class.  Ahhhh...another summer almost in the books.

So now that Matt and I are done with Stranger Things, do any of you have any show suggestions to get us through until kickoff?

These are some bonus shots of E singing to the radio in the car on the way home from church Sunday night.  That hair do is an Emma original too.

Rocker Emma

Just look at that hair!