Hershey Park

John took a vacation day today so we went to Hershey Park for the afternoon.

Landon rode many new rides today. He loved being on the Scrambler with his dad and brother. Both Bryce and Landon squealed in delight the entire time they were on this ride.

Another first for Landon - he rode an airplane with Bryce. In this picture, they are fighting over who gets to push the button on the missel. I told Bryce the park manager was going to tell him to get off the ride if he didn't stop fighting with Landon. He quickly kept his hands to himself!

Arcade Time

There was an arcade at the water park resort. It was a very special treat for the boys to play a lot of games! They both had a great time....actually, John may have enjoyed it more than Bryce and Landon!

Landon loves ski ball! Ann enjoyed bonding with the boys at the arcade!

Water Park

The boys had many hours of fun this weekend at the water park resort. They both loved going down all of the slides!

Bryce loved exploring all of the features in the water park!

Landon loved getting on all of the water toys!

Landon blowing bubbles in the water. Too funny!

Bryce was a great swimmer in the water!

Weekend Getaway

We met John's mother and step father this past weekend at a water resort. The boys loved all of the attention they received from them!

Big Truck

Bryce and Landon went to Molly's house on Tuesday while I worked for a few hours. My parents are having a patio poured so there was a "big truck" (as Bryce and Landon called it) in the yard. The boys watched the digger from the window. We expected them to be really excited about watching all of the work, but I think they were scared. Landon kept telling my mom, "too loud, too loud." They only watched for a little while then they moved on to their usual routine at Molly's house - playing with the toys and the Lionel train.

Wolfgang Candy Factory

My mom and I took the boys to the Wolfgang Candy factory on Monday. We took a tour of the facility and purchased a few items from their "candy shop."

Special Time With Daddy

The boys enjoyed special time with John today at the park. They had a great time together!

Landon checks out everything. In this picture, he was fascinated by the grates in the ground.

Where ever you find Bryce, you find Landon two steps behind!

The kids saw their friends Grant and Kenzie at the park. They love when they have friends to play with at the park!

Sticker Boy

Bryce has found a renewed interest in stickers lately. Yesterday he decided to use his body as his canvas and put stickers everywhere. That is the last time he will do that...it hurt terribly when we took the stickers off!

Roller Skating

My mom has been cleaning out her attic and she found my roller skates from 1983! Still in the original box and packaging! Bryce was so excited when he saw them and asked if he could use them to skate. Here we are getting laced up.

Bryce had fun going down our sidewalk with the skates on. Landon wasn't too far behind!

Oops! Bryce fell down! We were preapared for falls with a helmet, knee pads and elbow pads.

I had a tight grip on Bryce so he wouldn't get hurt!

Sprinkler Fun

Both Bryce and Landon were restless this afternoon and kept getting into trouble. So, I took them outside, turned the sprinkler on and let them burn off their extra energy.

Landon was curious about the sprinkler then lost interest pretty quickly.

Bryce ran through the sprinkler water much longer than Landon did. He had a blast getting wet!

Swim Day

The daycare center Bryce attends has "swim day" every Thursday. Bryce only attends on Wednesdays and Friday mornings so he always misses this activity. About half way through the summer, he realized "swim days" are on a day he isn't there and ever since then he has been asking to participate. So I took Bryce and Landon to Stillmeadow today and stayed with them so they could particpate in "swim day."

Landon fit right into the group without any trouble! He is our social butterfly! Our children are so different.....Bryce stood by my side and Landon went off on his own.

The boys really enjoyed going down the sliding board into the swimming pool. Landon became buddies with the two girls who were keeping the slide wet and insisted they hold his hand on the way down.

Baseball With The Boys

John played baseball with the boys this evening. Bryce had such a good time playing yesterday at Becky's house so he wanted to play again this evening. As you can see in this photo, Landan was more interested in playing with the lawn mower.

Bryce hit the ball! Yeah!

Landon did exactly what Bryce did...he went to home base and picked up the bat. However, he lost interest before John could throw the ball to him!

Noah and Sam

Bryce and I went to cousin Becky's house yesterday evening to visit (Landon stayed home with John). Bryce loved playing with Sam and Noah and really enjoyed playing baseball in their back yard.

While Becky and I visited each other, the boys decided to play dress up. Bryce dressed as "Woody" from Toy Story, Noah wore a "Bible Man" costume and Sam was "Pablo" from the Backyardigans.

Water Battle

Bryce and Landon played with their water squirters this evening in the driveway with Christian. They had so much fun!

Bryce looked like he was ready for combat! He was sporting his bike helmet and his super soaker squirter which includes a back pack water storage unit.

Here is the back view of Bryce's super soaker. When the back pack is full of water, I worry it might topple Bryce over!

Happy Birthday Emily and Aaron

Today we celebrated Emily and Aaron's birthdays with a joint party at their house. The boys enjoyed an entire afternoon of non-stop playing!

Bryce loved eating the cake and ice cream!

John, Landon and Wally ate their lunch on the front porch.

Opening presents was a highlight of the party!

Landon LOVED playing with all of Emily and Aaron's toys!

Lincoln Speedway

John took Bryce to Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown this evening to see his first sprint car race. Bryce was so excited about being old enough to go to a race with his daddy.

Bryce loved wearing his "cool" ear protection during the race.

This face says it all! Bryce was thrilled to watch cars racing. He is all boy and plays with cars, trucks and trains on a daily basis. He often mimics races using all of his NASCAR vehicles so to actually see a live race was an amazing experience for him!

B-17 Flying Fortress

We went to the Capital City Airport in New Cumberland today to see a restored B-17 Flying Fortress plane. It was a plane that flew during World War II.

John loves looking at old military planes so he was very excited to share his passion with the boys. Bryce enjoyed looking at the plane but Landon is too young to understand any of it!

Bryce asked John a lot of questions about all of the different parts of the plane. John was happy to explain the answers to Bryce.

We were able to walk inside the plane, which was really exciting for the boys. As an adult, it was a strange feeling to walk through it, knowing it's history. I kept thinking, if this plane could talk, it would have amazing stories to share.