End of Summer fun

Connor on his "higacycle".....what a ham waving to all the kids.

They really liked this ride...
Karly and Dylan preparing to be shot into the sky on a bullet!!
They are in that car - looking at nothing but sky!!! OMG>>>>>
Tyler loved all the rides.

Well Labor Day I guess is the end of summer around here. School starts on Wednesday and this weekend marks the end of summer. Because if you know NY at all - snow will be flying soon. Today we took the kids to the JC field days. Similar to a carnival but all the booths are sponsored by companies in JC or booster clubs for the school. So it's nice to spend a little money and know it's going for a good cause. And the best part was it wasn't that much as it's really meant to be a nice weekend for families. The kids had fun. They rode a lot of rides, played a couple games. Oh yah, another nice point....the games - everybody wins. So you can't beat that. It's not those cheesy carnival games where you have to spend $25 to get a stupid small stuffed animal. The game they played was at the lacrosse tent and they got to pitch a ball into the goal. Have to say Dylan looked like a natural. Cody, um - took him 3 tries. Tyler got it on his second. But the kids one nice blow up hammers and Smile buddies. Auntie Tanya spoiled them for that game and then the sucker picking game. If you picked a sucker with a black marker at the end you won a book. Dylan won Cowboy Octopus - cute book! They had a lot of the "little kid" rides. Connor found his "higacycle" and didn't want to get off. I think he rode it 4 times. Cody and Dylan loved the big slide. As they all went up the first time, they grabbed their bag and Tanya and I couldn't help but say "sit on the bag"....anyone from back home knows what I am talking about! Then as the little kid rides weren't enough - we had to do a couple big kid rides too. So Karly and Dylan got on the bullet. OMG!!!! They had a blast. Couldn't believe they rode it. As they would come around they were bent over the bar and we couldn't tell if they were having fun or not. They got off and LOVED it! Then the did the texas round-up and Brett went with them....well that was marked as the not so much fun ride. Brett and Karly came off of it pretty white.

Saturday Brett had his first varsity scrimmage. That went well. He is ready for the season to start. He's hoping to have a game Friday night. Saturday night we went to the Smith's for dinner. Then it was home to get signed on to the fantasy league. Sunday we went to my Mom's for a cookout and swimming. Always to much food and a lot of fun.

The boys don't start pre-school until the 8th so we have one more week of normalcy. Karly starts 2nd grade on Wednesday! WOW!