Rodeo Week

 It is that time of the year when our city gathers together for lots of fun and family friendly activities.  We didn't attend everything, but we did do our best and participated in what we could.

Monday: While our city has a movie night, we decided to go to the drive-in and see Inside Out instead.  We loved the movie and I have been able to use its quirky characters to teach my children about how we need to control our reactions.

 Tuesday: We enjoyed free admission to the local history museum.

Wednesday: We went to the Bird Show with some of our favorite friends.

Thursday: I hosted Annabelle's book club and we did 100 Dresses by Eleanor Estes.  It was a great little book about bullying and how we should be kind to everyone.  We made paper dolls, talked about Polish paper crafting, did skits about bullying and learned how to make friendship bracelets.  Callie participated with us on everything and it was cute having her there, interacting with older girls.

  

Later in the day we all went to the reptile show.  The boys brought friends this time around. 

Friday: We took a break from our city and went over to the neighboring city and tried out their pool.  We loved it and are so thankful we aren't tied down to one pool this summer.  We look forward to going to others in the coming weeks.

Saturday: The Parade.  I didn't help with the float this year, but the kids still wanted to walk in it.  Our float actually won sweepstakes-the best award-and so we were lucky enough to be at the beginning of the parade.

 Greg and Nathan walked with some Boy Scouts to support a friend and his Eagle Project.  So our family was walking!  The friend's family came by later for Nathan and had him come out front where they threw a bunch of candy at him since he had been disappointed that he didn't receive any at the parade.  It was so funny!

 It was a hot hot parade, but we all cooled off afterwards with Popsicles or ice cream.  And we got to watch the end of the parade and catch a few pieces of candy.  Out little town may be growing bigger all the time, but it still feels pretty small and we love it here!