July Entertainment

Catching up on a few things we did in July:

#1) Dress Like a Cow Day at Chick-fil-A.
We love Chick-fil-A and make it a point not to miss this event every summer.  The kids helped make cow costumes (you'll notice Corbin is wearing Quincy's old cow shirt, hence the puffy sleeves and puckered collar. whatever, it fit. kind of.) and even the baby belly sported a giant udder.

Some might say this is a strange tradition, but I'll tell you, 90% of the restaurant was filled with people dressed as cows, so it didn't feel weird when we got there. And it didn't feel weird to eat $37 worth of Chick-fil-A food for free, either. We heart Chick-fil-A!

#2) Grandma Lynda gave Corbin a fat stash of Chuck E Cheese coins for his birthday, and we finally got around to using them.  What a great day.  It has been like 5,000 degrees outside every day this month, so a trip to Chuck E Cheese with friends was a perfect way to release some pent up energy out of the children.  Their favorite parts were the "photo card maker" and the little nerf pop dart guns they bought with their tickets.

#3) Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Another great way to escape the heat...that place is an ice box!  Perfect for this hot and tired mama.  A copy of the Declaration of Independence was on display for the month of July, so I took the kids to see the exhibit and play in the children's area.  They discovered washi tape and pastel crayons in the art room and made some pretty cool projects with it.

 #4) This girl got her ears pierced! 
What a big, brave, beautiful lady.  It's been a few weeks and she never forgets to clean her ears and twist her earrings.  She's taking such good care of them that we will definitely take her back to Claire's to pick out an additional pair of earrings when her 8 weeks of wearing the stud posts are up. Lookin' good Miss Reese!

 #5) We caught a lizard in our house.  Yes. INSIDE of our house. It ran across the living room on a sunday morning and I nearly peed my pants.  Nasty!!!!  The bugs, snakes, lizards, grashoppers and all creepy things in general have been really bad this year.  Ick.  Anyway, we caught the lizard and kept her (it was decided that the lizard was a "she" by Reese and Quincy) in a (closed) tupperware on our countertop for the day as a pet.  The kids named her and enjoyed watching her scurry away when we let her go on the front lawn in the afternoon. Now, every time they see a lizard in the front yard, they say it is their lizard coming back for a visit.