Parky's Farm

My cousin Nicholas had his therapy at Parky's Farm a few weeks ago so we joined him and his family. Nicholas did an amazing job.

Patrick fed Nicholas' horse, Breeze.

He was so proud of himself.

Our little cowboy!

And our little cowgirl.

The cousins on the wagon ride.

Smoothies

Mary asked to make Smoothies a few weeks back. She found the recipe in a kids cookbook that YoYo and Rice gave her. They were delish! The kids loved making Smoothie mustaches.

Do you even notice his mustache with his baby blues staring at you?

Naples, FL

We had multiple delays on our flight down. The kids actually fell asleep. Patrick is laying on my lap and Mary is laying on Patrick's lap-so sweet.

We went hunting for sea turtles one night. The turtles lay their eggs on Clam Beach which is where our hotel was located. We didn't find any:(

This nest is safe from beach combers. Did you know only 1 out of 1,000 baby turtles survive?

I'm in HEAVEN!! We woke Patrick up from his nap but he wasn't ready to be awake. I asked if he wanted some lovin' while he woke up. He ended up falling back to asleep for 20 minutes.

Giraffe neck.

We found a yummy cupcake shop.

The men.

The ladies.

We had a great time together.

Digging.

Searching for shells.

Our goof balls

We have a lot of fun together as you can see from the pictures. The kids have been getting along quite well for some time, it is fun to watch them. They are both protective of each other. Mary is very encouraging and supportive and Patrick is caring and a great at sharing.

Mary is helping Patrick wash his hands.

Now they are playing barber shop.

At St. Cecila Festival.

Mary used to get so upset if her clothes got wet, lately she doesn't mind at all. Mike is pouring water on her from our rain barrel.

Mary ate this entire strawberry shortcake at Nana's birthday dinner.

Patrick did NOT want us to cut the corn off the cob.

Ball Game

Patrick won one of the raffle prizes from the Cincinnati Library's Summer Reading Program. He won 4 tickets to the game and was asked to participate in an on-field parade. He loved waving to everyone. He keeps asking to go back to the ball game and "wave to body" (everybody).

 

We are right behind the library's banner.