Summer Bucket List: The Scottsdale Civic Center Library

Another item on our Summer Bucket List was to visit the Civic Center Library in Scottsdale.  Olivia and I had a chance to briefly walk through it when we were taking a break from her dance rehearsal, but we didn't get to spend nearly enough time there.  I took home a flyer with their activities listed and decided to come back on the day they were doing a Paw Patrol activity.  What I didn't realize was that the activity was a coloring page and watching a couple episodes in a back room.

While that was a bust, we did have fun spending the rest of the morning there reading books and exploring the children's areas.

➹ She did this all on her own! ➹

And, we topped off the afternoon with a trip to the infamous Sugar Bowl!

Liv was just a baby last time we were there.  See it here! 

Summer Bucket List: The Children's Museum

When we went up to the Arizona Science Center, we passed the Children's Museum and the girls begged me to take them!  We hadn't been up there in forever, and so we decided to go up the very next day!

We asked Brooke to join us, and we laid out snacks and lunches and headed up ready to tackle it.  It's so crazy because I remember taking both girls up by myself and feeling SO overwhelmed, but this time, with them older, it was a breeze taking the three of them!  They were so well behaved and they had so much fun!

➹ Ack!  I just love her so! ➹

➹ This climbing structure is my least favorite thing at the museum... can you spot Brooke and Olivia? ➹

Summer Bucket List: Arizona Science Center for Father's Day

The girls and I wanted to do something special for David {and for my dad} this year for Father's Day, so we decided to make David a special bowl and Poppy a special mug from As You Wish.  Sweet Sydney also gave David a present she had made him in school!

Knowing that David would want to do something together as a family to celebrate Father's Day, we took him to the Arizona Science Center, where he TRULY had a blast!

➹ That's Sydney's eye!!! ➹

➹ Olivia had done her bug report on the praying mantis, but this giant one scared her a lot! ➹

We girls sure are lucky to have such amazing fathers in our lives!  Love you both!

Summer Bucket List: Spanish Camp

I have to say that I am so very proud of Olivia this summer....she signed up for quite a few camps where she didn't know anyone.  One of those camps, was Spanish Camp.  It was offered through the school district and was open to students going into 2nd grade through 6th grade.  She was the youngest student in the class and was responsible for taking notes and everything.  She learned some conversational Spanish, numbers, color words, and parts of the body.  Not bad for only four mornings!

{Sydney and I enjoyed some Mommy and Me time while big sister was getting her Spanish on!}

Water Balloon Fight!

I'm not sure how this didn't make it onto our Summer Bucket List, but it definitely made it into our summer fun!  I bought some of those water balloons that are super easy to fill and one afternoon when Mom and Dad came over, we filled the balloons and carted them down to the local green space.  The girls had fun soaking Poppy and me with the water balloons!  {And they did a great job picking up all of the popped balloons afterwards!} Thanks to Nana for taking the pictures!

Summer Bucket List: Vacation Bible School

The girls both did VBS at The Grove again this year.  I'm so proud of Sydney, especially, because she was really nervous at first, but ended up loving it by the last day!  Ha.  So glad they had friends in their groups to keep them company!