Summer Fun

This post isn't related to JRA in any way, it's just some of the fun we have been having, since school let out. The disease doesn't control SP's life and we're doing our darn-est to make sure it doesn't take away from her childhood in any way.

My baby is getting so big! 2nd Grade here she comes in the Fall!!!

We love going up to Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster Pennsylvania, if you are near there or looking for a smaller, child-oriented park to take your children to, this is it!

It was during a visit that SP got to fulfill a long time wish of hers- to ride in the back of the train! The smiles says it all :)

And what's summer without going to the local waterpark?
especially since our little pool didn't survive winter storage in our shed, oops!

SP decided that this was it, it was time to get her ears pierced! So on June 13, SP's Mimi's birthday in fact, we took her to the mall and she got sparkly earrings. She was so brave, her longtime friend Eeyore helped calm her fears.

Summer vacation isn't all smiles though, I had to use this time to point out that this was the very reason Mommies and Daddies the world over have to say again and again, "stop running!"

As someone who grew up going to the beach annually after a mind-numbing 4-6 hour drive(hey when you're a kid anything longer than 30 minutes is dull, and when I was a child AC was NOT in all vehicles) it boggles my mind that my kids are growing up as beach babes. To them going to the beach is a weekly activity.


Enjoy your summer! We are!