So what do you wanna do?

21.

My inspiration, of sorts, for things to do during summer vacation.

There's 104 days of summer vacation
And school comes along just to end it
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it.

Like maybe...
Building a rocket
Or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Surfing tital waves
Creating nanobots
Or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird
Painting a continent
Or driving your sister insane

As you can see
There's a whole lot of stuff to do
Before school starts this fall
So stick with us 'cause Phineas and Ferb
Are gonna do it all!

He did it!

20.

Last week, he would not jump off the diving board at swim class. Not sure why, since he did it last year. However, none of that matters since he jumped off today! Way to go!

Human waterfall

19.

Another hot day. It rained overnight and a bit in the early afternoon, but it was still hot enough for the Little Prince to want to get the pool out again.

1 - 2 - 3 PC

18.

PC, as in the initials of the Little Prince's hometown. The team participated in the "Battle of the Bats" Tournament in a neighboring town. After 1 game Friday and 2 games Saturday, they ranked 3rd out of 10. They lost the game today, but got really cool medals.

Say "Cheese"

17.

A 10am game and a 2pm game (which didn't start until 3:30) left a lot of time in between for goofing off with teammates. What a long day!!

Let the games begin

16.

The Little Prince's first at-bat of the All Star season. Know how I can tell? His shirt is still white and his pants are still black.

Summer collection

15.

Perfect night for catching lightning bugs. The Little Prince counted 22 in the cage.

Plan B

14.

Plan A was foiled by an accident on the highway, causing us to sit in traffic for 1/2 hour, therefore missing our lunch date with Dad. We went on to Plan B which was to clean out Mom's truck. Look at the concentration on the Little Prince's face. He did a great job! Dad's truck will have to wait until next week.

Different water

13.

Today after swim class, we visited the Municipal Authority building to pay the water bill. Appropriate landscaping, eh? The Little Prince got a lollipop. I think that's something that never gets old - lollipops.

Welcome to Summer!

12.

And what better way to spend the first day of Summer than at swim class? I can't tell if the Little Prince is laughing because he's having so much fun, or frantically trying to breathe. Hmmm...

Happy Father's Day

11.

Today's post is in memory of my Dad, who has been gone for 26 Father's Days. Your girls miss you very much!

A very merry un-birthday to you!

10.

Since we were not home much yesterday for the Little Prince's birthday, we celebrated with cake and ice cream tonight.

O what a night!

9.

Celebrating the Little Prince's 8th birthday in Baseballtown. He got to throw out a ceremonial first pitch, netting him the new hat, a shirt, signed ball, an awesome photo of the first pitch and a visit from one of the mascots who got everyone in our section to sing "Happy Birthday" to him. As if that wasn't enough, the R-Phills won and there were fireworks after the game. Their fireworks are the best! Like I said: "O what a night!" When we finally got home, the Little Prince was most excited about the fact that if he stayed up another 20 minutes, it would be tomorrow. Happy Birthday, Little Prince! We love you lots!

Stand this way, pitch this way

8.

An early birthday present for the Little Prince - pitching lessons. Coach Z is great and is teaching the Little Prince a lot.

Spider on the playground

7.

The coolest thing about this is that the Little Prince's dad played on these very same playground toys when he was the Little Prince's age.

Bored already

6.

Please tell me it isn't so! OK, it isn't so. I just happened to catch the Little Prince in a rare moment of rest. Another beautiful, beautiful day and he spent the late afternoon in the pool.

The Crown Prince

5.

Who needs to buy pool toys when you can crown yourself with a plastic ring from some long-forgotten yard game? The cups were left over from a Christmas and Halloween party 2 or more years ago. I love it! One (make that 2) less things for me to clean around in the house.

Day of rest

4.

Another scorcher. After our only Sunday game, it was time to relax in the AC with some of Mom's delish peanut butter fudge and a little TV. And some Nerf gun play when TV got boring.

Beatin' the heat

3.

It was 90 today, but felt like 99 with the humidity. The Little Prince inflated the pool himself this year. He had such fun, it was really hard to pick one shot.

And so it begins

2.

We got the news tonight that the Little Prince made the Minor League All-Stars team.

Uniform free

1.
Leaving the house on a Thursday morning, not wearing a school uniform. This, in honor of the first day of summer vacation.

Baseballtown

Summer vacation doesn't officially start until tomorrow, but we snuck in a little trip to the ballfield last night with some friends.

All-you-can-eat buffet for 2 1/2 hrs and the kids requested dippin' dots soon after we got there. Of course dippin' dots were not included on the menu, but they were greatly enjoyed.

Towards the end of the game, the Fan Cam was looking for sweetheart kisses. And, yes, that's the Little Prince trying to steal a kiss. She would have none of it. Yikes! Am I really ready for this....

Wordless Wednesday

The Little Prince's first experience with waffles and ice cream. Yum-o!