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Last week we headed out to our little town’s main street to do some parade watching.
I have to admit…I didn’t do much parade watching before having kiddos. Well, I guess I did when I was a kiddo myself, but not much since then.
Now it is a much anticipated summertime event in our home.
The kiddos are always excited when people in the parade hand out fun stuff like bead necklaces and flags…
and, of course, tons of candy 
Last week we took the kiddos to the carnival…
the sun was shining and the weather was hot, hot, hot,
but each of the kiddos had “all you can ride for one price” wristbands, gifted to them by grandma and grandpa…
so of course we had to make sure they didn’t go to waste
and they didn’t…the kiddos rode lots of rides,
and had lots of fun
and were tired and happy by the end of the night 
We’ve had a packed week around here…packed with lots of fun activities and lots of hot weather. Earlier this week we headed out to watch our local minor league team play some ball…our evening out began with a rain delay.
After a bit of a wait, the game finally started ~ over an hour after originally scheduled.
In between chatting and playing with their friends and heading to the snack bar for munchies, the kids did watch some of the game.
After the game ended we were treated to a fantastic fireworks show.
I thought ds5 was asleep…but he was just mesmerized by the lights exploding in the sky 
We tore down our old swingset a couple years ago…and the kiddos have been asking for a new one ever since. Back in the spring dh and my in-laws spent the weekend putting up a new one.
Ds5 was so happy to have anytime access to a swing!
The other two kiddos love it too…
I tell ya, our new swingset is the most used piece of “equipment” around our house these days 
An American Girl Store opened near us last year {well, it’s about 1.5 hours away}…so for dd’s 8th birthday we took a trip to the store.
Her plan was to get Emily’s {her American Girl doll} ears pierced. Our dd won’t have the privilege of getting pierced ears ‘til she’s at least 10, but we did allow Emily to get them pierced 
Dd also spent a large part of her savings at the store. And she left a very happy shopper.
There was a Lego store at the same mall, so the boys got to check that store out. It made a trip to the American Girl store just a bit more enjoyable for them, too
We checked the first thing off of my “make-sure-to-do-this-Christmas” list a couple weeks ago…
It’s been on my “want-to-do” list for the past couple years…
but it’s never been crossed off…
‘til this year…Operation Christmas Child boxes filled and dropped off 
One of our favorite fall traditions is visiting a nearby pumpkin patch.
Between vacation and uncooperative weather, I was worried that we wouldn’t be able to make it to the patch before it closed for the season this year.
But we found a way to squeeze a trip in. Dh couldn’t make it {we went during the day}, but some of our favorite friends did 
The weather in our area this summer and fall made for slim pickings at the patch…
However, we were able to find three pumpkins worthy of carving to bring home with us.
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It was our last full day of vacation before the long drive back home. The weather wasn’t quite as warm as it was at the beginning of the week…but it was warm enough for just a little more beach time…
And now that everyone was feeling better and our vacation was about to end I wanted to at least attempt to get some family pictures 
I do believe at least one of these will be appearing on our annual Christmas card
Thankfully, ds5 woke up on day six feeling much better so we made plans to have some fun.
A cool front had come in overnight, the wind made for a brisk day…but the sun was shining. Not so much a beach/pool day, but a great day to head out to explore some local sights with the kiddos.
Ever wonder how much fun three kiddos and a dad can have with three quarters?
A ton of fun if you spend your three quarters on fish food…
Ds9 was drawn to this store by the humungous boxes of Nerds in the window display.
Inside we found the biggest candy we have ever seen…Reese’s Cup anyone?
How about a giant Tootsie Pop?
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