Duckwitz's: Summer Play

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Summer Play

Here is just a smattering of some things we enjoyed this summer!

Carnivals

First entry in the annual Firework Car Races.

Some friends of ours started doing this
tradition around the 4th of July.
Strap fireworks to a car and see how far it will go -
what guys wouldn't like this tradition?

Fun at the Cabin!

Kids love getting dirty at the cabin!
This was quite an assembly line bath!

Found these strange partnerships after putting Ashlyn to bed.

Our ridiculous apricot tree!

They grow as thick as grapes!

A tour of the Candy Factory. Mmmmm!

Cheap dress-ups!
(Thanks to the imagination of Haley)

Dragon

Knight

Having fun at Parade of Homes! Thanks Suz!

This house had a slide INSIDE the house!
I want one!

Lagoon! (Twice!)

Bulgy the Whale
I love her face!

Yeah, I don't know who he is either.

They were actually pretty fearless this year
and went on a lot of bigger rides with us!
(No pics of that though. Oops.)

We laugh at this sign every year.
Um, who would WANT to sit on that fence?

Felt sooo good on a hot day!

All giggles and grins! Love it.

Haley was part of the fabulous circus show!
She was adorable!

1 comment:

Julie Jardine said...: I love the comment about how you dont know that kid at Lagoon.... I laughed out load, and had to explain it to Jared. To cute. It looks like you had an awesome summer. I didn't know you did half those things. Take us along next year...! :); September 29, 2010 at 9:24 PM

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Ashlyn-isms

"Mom! It's a two-headed mailbox!" (After seeing a two-headed snake at the bean museum.)
-4/11

Mom: "I'm glad you're not crying anymore." Ashlyn: "Yeah, my tears are frozen."
-1/10/11

A paper that came back from Ashlyn's church activity: "I love my mom because... she gives me something to eat, she loves me, she takes good care of me, she gets mad when I pee my pants." -4/29/10

Poking at the bone in her arm... Ashlyn: "What's in there?" Mom: "Bones." Ashlyn: "My bones hurt." Pointing at her skin... "Open it!" -3/8/10

Haley-isms

--I randomly said the phrase, "Awesome Blossom!" Haley began to rhyme with it, including "Zawesome." I said, "That's not a word." Haley said it was French. (Riiiiight...) But, she gave a perfect example: "Eet eees Zawesome!" (Spoken with a pretty good French accent and expression!)

--I was helping Haley look for something she lost. She said, "You should know where it is. You have a big brain, I have a medium brain, and Ashlyn has a small brain."

--Talking to her baby boy cousin: "See? It's Hannah Montana. You'll learn about it later,... when you're a girl."

--"I love going shopping with mom! It's my favorite time of year!" (Definitely a girl...)

--"I will tell you what I got you for Mother's Day, if you promise to forget it tomorrow."

--We were talking about how members of family are related. When I told her Greg and Dan were brothers, she said, "That's why they call each other, 'Dude'."

--Haley asking her Aunt, "How old are you?" Aunt replies, "20." Haley excitedly asks, "Then, can you go UNDER WATER?"

--"Do Hanukkah people celebrate Hanukkah?"

--"Mommy! I'm giving Ashlyn a piggy-bank ride!"

--"I want daddy to be a daddy for Halloween. Then we don't have to buy anything." (Since when does she NOT want to buy things?!)

--I made a comment about how fast someone was driving. Haley said, "Maybe their kid is saying, 'Go SUPERfast daddy!' Or maybe they are just late."

--We were about to play a game. Haley left the room saying, "Don't do a peep!" When I asked her, she said that means, "Don't start without me."

--Pointing at a great big American Flag..."The flag is there to tell people on the mountain that there is food here." (Huh?)

--Singing the chorus to a popular missionary hymn: "Awkward, ever Awkward..."

--While making cookies: "I wish Lagoon had a ride called the rolling pin."

--"If we had two heads, we could talk to each other, and play together!"

--"I wish Miley Cyrus could babysit me."

--On the way to her performance on an outdoor stage, Haley sang, "Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. I need to do my performance. Rain, rain, go away."

--"I want a savings bond for Christmas, so we can buy a toy in 7 years, so 1 dollar can become 5." (Thanks to the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks)

--"Animals can go anywhere. But, they don't go to time-out. That would be silly!"

--Haley wanted me to do several things for her when when I was ALREADY doing something else she had asked for. Exasperated, I said, "I can't do 4 things at once, Haley!" She so wisely said, "An octopus can!"