End of Summer Bucket List

The end of summer is upon us and it's feeling like every day is just a blink.  Christian and I sat down and made an end of summer bucket list.  On it were things like, swim at Spring Mill Pond, visit science museum in Toledo, and visit the Outdoor Adventure Center in Detroit and have lunch along the Detroit River.  So, we did all those things this week.  It's been a blast.

Spring Mill Pond:

Imagination Station Museum in Toledo, Ohio: 

The museum had a classic video and arcade game area where you could play the original super mario bros, tetris, donkey kong, pac man, sonic the hedgehog, and of course, guitar hero.  Christian and Peter loved that one.  

While we were in Toledo, I had Peter and Christian recreate the picture I'd taken of the older three kids so many years ago.  I can't believe how little they all were - ages 4,6, and 8!

The Outdoor Adventure Center in Detroit:

We can never visit the outdoor adventure center without eating lunch on the banks of the Detroit River looking out to Canada.  It's always so beautiful in summer.

While Peter, Christian and I have been living summer to the fullest, the older two have already been so busy with marching band.  Practices every day, sleep-away camps, and football games.  Having kids in two different high schools and two different marching bands makes for crazy schedules, but I love that Bella's school is just down our street!  It has made drop off and pick up so much easier!  And with Benjamin driving himself to all his activities now, things have been much easier than in the past years.

Benjamin got to play at the University of Michigan stadium today - the largest football stadium in the country!  

He's the snare drum on the right with the super curly hair.

Bella's game was at the high school this week, so we got to enjoy the band from much closer to home.  In fact, we could hear it from our back yard.

One night parents were asked to come watch the band practice and to participate in some activities with them.  No one was available to watch Peter, so consequently, Peter came along and was part of the activities.  He had a great time out on the football field with all the high schoolers and marching with them.

Here is one of my favorite pictures of this week of just Peter.  What is he, you ask?  He's a roman gladiator fox riding his horse into battle, of course.