Nana and Gramps rented a water slide for the 4th of July festivities. Morgan and Patrick played in three separate times before it was returned. At first, Patrick would only slide down it on my lap. We must have gone up and down the water slide for almost an hour. Later that evening, Patrick tried it by himself and loved it. Morgan, of course, jumped right on and loved it also.
Nana and Gramps invited several neighbors to spend the evening playing on the water slide, eating and shooting fireworks. Everyone brought a dish and Gramps grilled ribs. A storm blew the tent over but the storm did not last long. We ended the night with some smoke bombs and sparklers.
Sunday, July 3rd, was a fun day at Frenchman’s Bend Pool and Golf Club. We enjoyed swimming, face painting, snow cones and jumping in the jumpers while waiting for the fireworks to begin.
I picked up the matching Deigo bike helmet for Patrick at our neighbors garage sale. It matched his roller skating gear and he had been asking for a helmet since the St. Jude’s Trike-a-thon. Morgan preferred bike riding over roller skating. She has told me that she is really too old for the Dora skates I bought her last spring.
I set up the slide for Morgan while Patrick and Joel were playing Mario Brothers. Eventually Patrick realized she was playing and he wanted to join in. Joel gave them a little extra push down the slide.
Five weeks into summer I created a list of activities for Morgan. She was acting bored and always asking me to play with her. When I asked her what she wanted to play she mainly responded, “I don’t know.” After walking through her room and looking inside her toy cabinet, I made a list of activities.
Morgan’s Activities
| 1. Color wonder | 2. Barbie girls |
| 3. Moxi girls | 4. Guitar |
| 5. Build a bear | 6. journal |
| 7. Word search | 8. Make bows |
| 9. Draw | 10. Paint |
| 11. Watch movies | 12. Read |
| 13. Ride bike | 14. Coloring books |
| 15. Sidewalk chalk | 16. Make magnetic hair bow caps |
| 17. Moon sand | 18. Playdough |
| 19. Explorer/make movies, take photos | 20. Dress up |
| 21. Barbie style head | 22. Wii |
| 23. Miniature Cinderella castle | 24. My little pony |
| 25. View finder | 26. Operation |
| 27. Stickers | 28. Sticky mosaics |
| 29. Pretty pretty princess | 30. Bendaroos |
| 31. Alphabet stamps with paint | 32. Watch manners DVD |
| 33. Bubble bath with toys | 34. Bubbles |
| 35. Chutes and ladders | 36. Art projects from activity books |
| 37. Shrinky dinks | 38. Littlest pet shop |
| 39. Squinkies | 40. Mario trading cards |
| 41. Look at family photo albums | 42. Puzzles |
| 43. Dry erase white board | 44. Mp3 player |
| 45. Bead jewelry | 46. Leap Frog pen books |
| 47. Computer pbs kids, nick jr….. | 48. Ipad games |
| 49. Write a story | 50. Clean bedroom |
This is a photo of her completely full bedroom. There is no room left to add another toy but sometimes she has “NOTHING TO DO.”
One of the first things Patrick says when he wakes up is, “will you play Super Mario Brothers with me?” All day long he wants someone to play with him. Morgan has already learned not play with him because he does not look out for the other player and most of the time he causes the other player to die. Oh well…. It makes him happy so we all spend time playing with him.
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