The REST of June

Okay, so admittedly, I’d hoped to not have to do a post like this, but it’s life.  Here’s the rest of June….One of our first boating trips.  I think this is before Jake dumped Ty into the freezing water.  Notice, one of the kids that came with us is still wearing a fleece jacket.  Welcome to boating in Wisconsin.
At the beginning of the summer, we had a “goal” to see some new parks in the greater Milwaukee area.  This was one of our favorites (and honestly one of the only “new” parks we tried out).  Hey, I tried.

The kids talked me into making “Piston Cup Pizza”.  This “fabulous” recipe involves frosting brownies with chocolate frosting, then topping with Disney Cars marshmallows.  I’m a chocoholic.  I love sugar.  This though, gag.  Kids loved it.

Throughout the summer, Brooklyn and Tyler played in a city T-ball league.  It was wonderful.  Only one time per week (practice and game); and they played on the same team.  Not sure that either learned any mad T-ball skills, but unfortunately for them, they are my kids, and I don’t know if any amount of training could amount to mad skills.

Given the amount of time our family spent on the water this summer, I really wanted the kids in swim lessons.  Yeah, I’m a bad mom.  Because the kids are so close in age, and up until a certain age you are required to be in the pool with your kids, this was really the first summer that everyone could take lessons.  They did great, despite the days that it was 50 degrees, and the fact that we couldn’t enroll all of them in the same session; so we ended up with everyone spending A LOT of time on the deck of the swimming pool. 

No matter how many times we tried, Sadie’s shoes were often like this.  Shoes on the wrong foot.  Toes in the wrong place.  Ouch!

Bad picture.  Highlight of Ty’s summer.  Me?  I thought the movie was a flop, but it was worth all that I got out of it to have the kids “earn” being able to go.

I was overly ambitious when I scheduled the kid’s summer.  During June, they all had swim lessons.  None of them had swim lessons at the same time; two didn’t even have the same weeks.  Brooklyn and Tyler took a FABULOUS art class, eight weeks worth in fact.  Those, luckily, were at the same time, together.  For two weeks, Sadie (as pictured) had “Jump Start”, a two-week class designed to prep kids for 4-year old kindergarten.  And, we still have the T-ball….then Jake had to go to Singapore for a week.  Yeah, thought I was going to die.  So did poor little Jack as he had to tag along all month.

Sometime, amid all that we had going on, I decided that summer wouldn’t be summer without strawberry picking.  A word to the wise, don’t go berry picking with four kids with no husband.