Sputnik with some Colossal Cuties

What I love about summer is the freedom, so today it just felt like a day to get out of the house and hit the road.  We made a day trip down to Tucson and enjoyed a day at Colossal Cave.  It is the perfect first cave experience for the younger set and still enjoyable for us grown up kids.

Waiting our turn and enjoying the view

Here we go!!!!

Love all the history, beauty and mystery

After enjoying the 71 degrees in the cave we headed out to continue our adventure:

Panning for gold, Sadie was disappointed to learn she had
been fooled by the fools gold!

1930's Fun House Mirror
Hilarious

Our damsel in distress.
Where is Dudley Do Right?

Until Next Time..........Have Fun! 

Boredom Busters

I'm so not a TV/Movie parent, love to swim but what else can we do at home to entertain the kiddos. Love pinterest here are some of the pins we tried:

Made a bird seed wreath

The  kids painted pots and we did our tippy pots

Our naked egg experiment.

Soak an egg in vinegar and watch the shell slowly fall off

What pins have you tried that entertain the kids?  Love to hear your ideas.

Summer Nights

I love the summer, summer nights are filled with late night swims, games, movies and just a relaxed energy fills the house.

Swimming with glow sticks adds to the fun

Its too hot during the day, so in Phoenix we become children of  the night!

The best part of summer nights are the quiet summer mornings that last a little longer with sleeping children!

Long Beach

The summer started off slow, with everyone being sick. I feel like we are finally back to our normal crazy.

Feeling like summer was escaping me, we made a spontaneous trip to Long Beach.  I decided to take only the oldest, Teagan and Brendan.  We had a fantastic time exploring new places, the most moving was the Holocaust Museum.  Since Teagan and Brendan have both been studying WWII so this was a wonderful field trip to learn from this dark period of history and how even the darkest hour there were heros among us, people strong enough to step up.

On a lighter part of the trip:

The Long Beach Aquarium was awesome, with all of the touch tanks! Their aquariums were beautiful and educational.

Feeding the Lorakeets-my favoite birds

They even let you touch the sharks! Ok, not this one but
some smaller ones. 

We enjoyed exploring the Queen Mary and its history.

Whale Watching:

and some time wandering the surf shops in Surf City.  Now it feels like summer!!

I hope you are enjoying your summer.  

DeAnn