Boxcar Adventure

While growing up, Mom read all 19 of the original Boxcar Children books by Gertrude Chandler Warner. Amanda has been reading them, too. So, we visited the Boxcar Children Museum.

Just down the street from the museum is the house that Gertrude Chandler Warner lived in (the green one):

Odds and ends from July 2015

Memories from July 2015 . . . There were flowers . . .

We had a family outing . . .

. . . with a trip to the hardware store:

The older Muffins built a large tower together:

We found a rainbow dolphin:

Clarissa had fun exploring another play place:

We took a scenic country drive:

Whilst on the drive, we got ring pops:

Jared got some planting supplies:

Lydia found a new place to play:

The kids got some wiggles out as we saw some houses:

We had fun at a friend's birthday party, which featured a shark theme:

We repainted a few walls (they used to be blue):

Mom digitized a bunch of actual, printed photos:

Lydia decorated a crown:

Jared created an elaborate board game variation of Plants vs Zombies, with a bit of help from Amanda in the game board department (all illustrations on the pieces by Jared):

The middle Muffins tried a craft project:

We found a nest:

We visited the library:

We celebrated Hot Dog Day:

Clarissa had fun visiting ponies at the store:

Dad did a bit of shopping, too:

There was park play time, of course:

There was pool time, too:

We saw a lovely country lane:

Curtis did a bit of photo work:

The boys had fun with building:

And Mom got a (very fuzzy) picture of the blue moon at the end of the month:

Superhero Adventures at the Library

One of the libraries in the area hosted some superhero costume activities in July. We got in on the masks:

Behold, the double hero, a mask within a mask!

We also got in on logo/chest plate day. The boys were especially pleased with their handiwork: