Rides, Slides, & Smiles

In addition to a quick but super fun detour to Busch Gardens during our visit with Steve & Mava in Gwynn Island, we also got to make a quick but super fun trip to Funland at Rehoboth Beach in August! Lots of excitement packed into two afternoons!

The kids wanted to go on all their favorite rides from our first visit to Busch Gardens back in March, and this time Ollie was a daredevil with his interest in riding the big Battering Ram ride! He only liked it for a moment, and then was a bit unnerved but we were proud of him for trying it! We lucked out again with beautiful weather and manageable crowds and it was another highlight from our summer.

The next weekend, we took a day trip up to DE for a few hours at Funland, followed by dinner with Mary Catherine at Grotto's in Dover. 

The kids had a blast! One of our favorite summertime traditions. They were all tickled over their stuffed animal "prizes" and the best end to the day was getting to spend some time with Too-Mom for dinner. We all miss Too-Dad dearly and are so grateful for opportunities to get together still.

And finally, the Friday before school started, Steve took a day off work and we had high hopes of having a fun afternoon of some apple picking before it got so late in the season that all the good apples were gone (our usual problem!). The weather forecast promised clouds without rain, but as we got within minutes of the orchard, the skies opened up and poured down! The trek was almost an hour away so we quickly searched for any indoor kid-friendly alternative we could find and we came across a little bounce house play space! At the end of the day, we don't think the kids minded one bit.

More pictures HERE!

And that pretty much wraps up our August!  Pics from September to come soon.  One of these days I'll be caught up!