Not the greatest picture... but it was super fun under here... lots of turns and tunnels... the Thomas tent... trains to play with... and the kid couch to nap...er...sit on...
What activities do you do on rainy summer days?
Braeden... who I had dressed as "Prince William"...instead of a princess getting ready to go down the slide.. and Braeden's Great Grandfather up in the tree house...
Sir Braeden going down the slide...
We had a princess scavenger hunt... we used clothes pins as markers...
I think Marc was working security to the castle ?!?!?!?
Princess mosh pit...
Jumping in the jumpy house...
The Princess Pinata...
Gathering the goodies from the pinata...
Princesses on the slide...
Gathered around the cake...
Singing Happy Birthday to Ryleigh...
Ryleigh turns 4!!!
Happy Birthday Ryleigh!!!!!
Braeden was so excited to ride his car outside...in the street...and was in fact... quite FAST on it... we took turns jogging after him....
Ryleigh played on this giant bouncing slide for 3 hours...
Weeeeeeee!!!!!
Our house rented snow-cone and cotton candy machines...big hit for the block party... and a great way to interact with your neighbors!!!
Yummy snowcones.....
Gathered around to sing Happy Birthday to Braeden...
Enjoying a cupcake...
Dancing in the street...
How low can you go? .......
Waiting patiently for a turn at the pinata....
Senorita cuteness hitting the pinata....
Ryleigh hitting the pinata....
Gathering the goodies... 
Braeden having a great time with the girls...
Grandma attempting to corral Braeden back to the house... he had been going straight for HOURS....
Watching a demonstration of how they made glass beads/ bowls in the (1600's ?)... I don't remember exactly what era this was... but... a fascinating process!
Looking at so many pretty glass objects from the 1600-1700's... all behind glass... and keeping Braeden contained... can we say Bull in a china shop... YIKES!!!
From the late 1800's....
Glass Music Instruments... including a glass flute... from the 1700-1800 hundreds...
Glass Science instruments...
Looking through a telescope at the City of Corning...
Looking through the glass... for special effect...
We got to watch a live showing of how they make glass mugs... so fun... and interesting... we got to watch from the beginning where they have a glob of melted glass... to the end...after they have shaped it and added color...
Putting the handle on the mug...
To see what others did this week check out Tot School at 1+1+1=1; Preschool Corner at Homeschool Creations; Mom 2 lil Posh Divas and the Weekly Wrap-up at Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers.
Running around the house at full speed.. I am not sure who was chasing who... or if it even mattered...
ROAR!!!!
The older kids (ages 4 and up) caught on to this project and were able to do it themselves (wanting to stick their hands into the goo was a different matter)....
The younger kids (ages 14 months- 3) had a different reaction...they were either SO into it...or really appalled at the thought... Can you guess how Braeden felt about it?
Appalled....
Ryleigh loved it...
Since the shaving cream balloons were such a big hit from earlier this summer, I decided to do them again... and water balloons...
Still a kid favorite!
I think pretty much all the kids were covered...
I'm not sure exactly how this happened... but I have an idea... Sorry Kara!!! :-)
For the water activity/ gross motor skills... we set up a bounce house with a water slide...
How many kids can you fit in one of these?
The water-slide was a fun way to end the messy summer...
The water slide resembled sprinklers too much...so Braeden watched from the top of the club house..
Ending the day with Popsicles...
Hopefully I haven't completely scared away the mommies and they will come back next summer!
