Hopscotch and Smoothies...

I think that I am the only person in America that did not learn to play Hopscotch as a kid. Well, I wasn't going to let my children have the same fate, so learning how to play Hopscotch was on our "summer fun list". I found the rules in an old-fashioned game book, we got some chalk and went at it...


I had no idea that so much throwing was involved, I just thought that it was all hopping. Oh no, you must first land your marker in a specific box before the hopping begins. It is a LONG game when you have four players with no aiming skills! We also chose a super hot day to do it, next time, we'll play when it's a bit cooler. But it was definitely fun and I'm glad that we tried it...


Since we were hot anyway, it was a good excuse to try out a couple new smoothie recipes...

Lots of helpers = lots of messes. But it's all part of the fun, right? I'm pretty sure that this was right before the whole thing exploded everywhere...

Yum!! Healthy and delicious...

Bikes...

This really was the summer of biking. Ana learned how to ride her's without training wheels, Hayden became an off-roader, and our family took it's first long bike ride, 11 miles round-trip (can I get a Woohoo?!!). We rode part of the Platte River Trail, from the Cherry Creek area to Confluence Park and back again. It was so fun! Especially because I was only pulling 1 kid!

 

We brought a picnic dinner and ate at the park...

 

Sophie thought the whole thing was wonderful. The only complaining I heard from the trailer was that she was hungry about 5 minutes into the ride. I turned around a few minutes later and she had snatched a huge sandwich with lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers from the cooler and was chowing down (she never eats raw veggies, so she must have been hungry). It was pretty funny to see her eating that big sandwich...

 

First bike trip... Success!!