Cheetah underwear and best bike trick of the day.

"I was biking along with Rory ... then I went around a turn and there was a scout's house, then there was this metal thing, then I hit it  --- flew side ways.  Did not some flip wheels (and that's after my front tire popped off) and then when I landed, my handles fell off .... then I slid.  And I stopped sliding like two feet away from pavement."

That was Seth's rendition of what was nominated the "best bike trick of the day."  Don't worry, he completely decimated his bike (the fork in his bike snapped; his bike is in three parts) ... has scrapes on his stomach..  dented his helmet ...and it's reported he did four somersaults and slid off of this small cliff/hill/ditch--thing.  Seth's first concern was for his bike, and didn't cry until he saw Grace (a girl who was biking with them) bringing him his severed handlebars.  Scott (Rory's dad) said that Seth was very adamant that I was not to be called ... he didn't want to go home, so he didn't want Scott to call me and he still wanted to go to the skate park with the other bikers.   Seth was pretty shaken up at first, but now it's an adventure story which he tells with great enthusiasm.  He has already told two strangers about his adventure today.


Onto the cheetah underwear....

We tie-died (underwear) w/ Rory and Scott's bike camp group (if I was going to buy something... it had to be something that they needed!  Lucky them it was underwear :) at least they're too young for it to be embarrassing).  I seriously laughed and laughed when I noticed that Seth wrote cheetah on  his crotch.  Slightly inappropraite? Probably, but I'm still laughing.

I thrive... love.. live summer.  There's so much sunlight and our days are so full and we're never indoors.  I wish summer would last all year around.

Summer Lovin' and a sidenote

It was the Summer Reading finale tonight -- crazy, this summer has gone by quick.  I look forward to this concert all summer --

 Victor Johnson @ Reaney Park :)

I love our library and the staff, and I'm glad that the kids have such a great relationship with them.  Today I decided I would walk to the library with the kids (a little over a mile) and they stopped to pick wild flowers along the way for Ms. Kathleen.  

We really do love and appreciate her.

 Concert, dancing, wrestling, warm summer night, giant lentil, free ice cream .... perfect.

Side note memory:  Something I don't want to forget (and kind'of do), we had to take Levi to the doctors last night, he wasn't able to walk on his foot because of an infection .... small, green, gross, red streaks. It was a thorn buried deep in his foot.  I was so impressed at how stoic Levi was... the doctor was digging with tweezers in a sensitive infected area... and still not getting deep enough to get the thorn out started digging with a needle.  You could tell he was in intense pain, but he stayed calm and braced the  pain.  Even with a tear trickling down his face he never yelled or cried.  I'm pretty sure I would have cried with someone digging in my foot like that.  The doctor was so impressed and said, "I wish every kid was that tough!"

I called the doctor at 5:20 ... got an appointment at 5:45 ... made it to Levi's tball game at 6:10.  That little guy is such a trooper, he still wanted to go to his game!

1 Summer day ='s 4 Regular days ... continued

I took the kids + Rory to Boyer park this morning.  I love the beach, even if it's a miniature one.  I remember the first time I saw Boyer Park, and thinking what an ugly place it was ... that it was tacky with it's parking lot camping.  After being away from the ocean for 6 years... I'll take what I can get, and now it has become a pleasant spot for me.

Is it weird that I like hanging out with kids?  They're so entertaining!  We made sand art...  pretended the water squirting from the squirt toys were fireworks, we buried our feet in the sand, and ate oreos.

"My Precious," -- I think Raya looks like Gollum here ... ok maybe not looks like Gollum, but her stance... you get the idea:

The day continued with more water fights... Raya got the hose to even things out, popsicles, Reaney Park, the kids first venture to the skate park (it was fun until the older kids showed up... and they were unbelievably rude), more bike riding at Lincoln Middle school (my new favorite hide out...), and $1 scoop Tuesday at Baskin Robins.

I love that there is still light outside as I type, and that my kids are up giggling in their bedroom -- talking away like they haven't seen each other all day.