End of the Summer Fun

The summer went out with a bang this year. August was a busy month full of activities and adventures. First was our trip to the MN Zoo thanks to Great Grandpa and Grandma Eisenmenger's Christmas gift. The kids loved it! As soon as we got there Jameson was off and running and was in awe of all the things to see.

Not sure how this worked out but the older too need the ride while the little guy did the walking.

Okay, so my favorite animal has to the be the Giraffe and this summer the zoo had the Africa exhibit staring the Giraffe. I don't know who had more fun watching them, me or the kids.

Jameson liked watching the goat milking but was quite ready to try it himself. Maybe next year...

This is the excited face that we got to see all day as he walked around looking at everything.

The next trip was to Minnehaha Falls with Grandma. Believe it or not I had never been to the falls so we decided to take a Thursday morning and spend it there.

At the bottom of the falls we all took off our shoes and splashed in the water for a while. It was a hot day and the cool water felt great.

Ben was posing in the tree. I decided we will have to come back here when he is 18 and taking Senior class pictures, then I will have one from the start and finish of his Hopkins career.

Olivia thought she better try too.

The following week I took a Friday off to go on the class field trip out to Galewood Farm. The kids learned all about how a farm works, the soil, the animals and where our food comes from.

The highlight was running on the hay bails.

After the farm I took the kids home so we could head to Jessie and Lucas's cabin for the night

The kids loved the sauna

James was stuck like glue to Ben for the entire night.

Ben tried (or was forced to try) the tube and lasted 2 minutes and screamed the whole time.

 

We finished our short weekend with a nice boat cruise around the lake. It was a beautiful late afternoon.

   Thanks Jessie and Lucas for sharing the cabin with us.

The last weekend of the summer was spent at our cabin. We returned Monday a little early to get ready for the school year. Kindergarten here we come!