There were even a couple horses in the parade that had their foals walking with them. They were SOOO cute! And we saw some young kids riding horses unassisted in the parade, it was pretty cool!
This parade was to kick off the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. We won't be attending. Maybe some year in the future, but I am really not a big fan and the girls are still too young to get into it or sit still for that long.
The next morning Hubby had to leave to go on a 2 day trip. Quick trips are nice. But at the same time, I missed him even more than usual, maybe because it was a quick trip. Not sure. But either way he was only gone 1 night and he was back before we knew it.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday Courtney had her OT session. That always makes me feel better. How does that make ME feel better if it's Courtney's OT you ask? Well, her therapist always makes me feel better because I go in just about every week saying "is this or that common? what do I do about this?" She makes me realize that I am not crazy, and that a lot of the odd things that Courtney does is part of her "brain stuff" as we call it for short. And she always is offering suggestions on trying to help remedy an issue we are suffering with at home.
Thursday was zoo preschool day. We only have this month and next month left and then we are done with it until Kasey turns 3. Courtney starts school late August, so she will be in school on Thursday mornings. I sure will miss zoo preschool. The experiences we have received and things we have learned just can't be duplicated by just hanging out at the zoo.
Anyway, Thursday we leaned about alligators. After we learned about them and did our craft we went over and fed the kids to them. No just kidding. The kids got to feed them alligator pellets, or as Courtney said "it looked like dog food".
Then as usual we hung out with our friends afterwards. But this day was different because instead of my friend Whitney being there, her husband Jared was there with their daughter. Whitney was getting a pedicure getting ready for their trip to Vegas this weekend. She is in a wedding there. So, the girls and I hung out with Jared and Addison.
The next day we didn't have anything planned, thankfully. All week the weather had been HOT. Not just HOT, but H-O-T hot. So, my neighbor and I decided a water day was in order. I got out the pools at 7:45am and filled them, hoping the water would be somewhat warm by the time the girls got in them, and not that freezing cold hose water.
The girls and I ran to the store to get some food, and our neighbors had to run a few errands as well. We finally conviened at the house at 10:30, sunscreed up the girls and headed outdoors. Molly brought over their slip-n-slide and we set that up too. All 4 girls had a blast between the pools and the slip-n-slide. Note that I did say pools, plural. Whenever I set up one, I have to set up another one too. Bristol loves to lay down in the pool, and if I don't have 2, he lays down in one and gets it all hairy. So, he gets his own pool.
But when we first went outside, all 3 dogs were actually at the vet for their annual exams. Which, by the way, went really well. And it was so cute, because when Hubby was home loading up the dogs, Courtney ran and got her puppy (that she takes everywhere and sleeps with every night) and told Hubby that Puppy needed to go to the vet as well. She had also heard me tell Hubby that I wanted the vet to look at Bristol's eye. Courtney told Hubby that Puppy's eye needed to be looked at as well. So, Hubby took all 4 dogs to the vet, and sent me this picture to show Courtney.
Turns out Bristol needed some eye drops, and apparently Puppy needs some too. So, we have medicated ones for Bristol and we have to put saline ones in Puppy's eyes for a few days. Good news is that both dogs will be just fine.
Once the dogs returned home, first thing Bristol did was to lay down in his pool. He also really liked the bottom of the slip-n-slide.
Anyway, we enjoyed a few hours out back. Molly and I sat in the shade of the umbrella while the girls ran around an played. After a French lunch as Molly called it (meaning a little bit of this and a little bit of that), the girls played a bit more inside. Courtney is really starting to actually play with Ava and visa-versa. They used to just parallel play and now they play together. It's cute to watch. They were playing as if one of them was a dog and the other one was the owner and taking the dog to the vet. Meanwhile Regan and Kasey, the two young ones, sat and played together as well. Come nap time, we were all exhausted and we all took a nap!
You know what? I had a slip-n-slide when I was little. They sure seemed to be a lot bigger back then. Maybe it's just perception. Also, mine was just a piece of plastic that you put the hose on, or something pretty simple. The one Molly had you fill up a little pool like thing at the bottom to catch the girls. Then you attach the hose to a thing at the top and it sprays like a sprinkler the whole way down! Much fancier than the one I had growing up... Ah, how things have changed.
Today we took the girls up to something called KidSpree in Denver. Well, Aurora to be more specific. I had heard something about it on one of the Facebook groups I belong to. We told our friend Kim about it too, so she came with her 2 girls. The whole thing was free, it had lots of sponsors. We had to park in a mall parking lot and wait for a bus to take us over to the park. Once we finally arrived (we had to wait for about 3 buses to come pick up people before it was finally our turn) it was fun. The only bad part was that the forecast was for 100 degrees that day, and they predicted correct! So, it was HOT! I was prepared with lots of water and cool snacks. But it was still HOT! When we got back in our car to go home, the thermomter said 101! And at one point on the way home it said 104. That is just hot...
There was tons of stuff for the kids. In fact there was so much we didn't get to all of it. There were crafts, bounce houses, instruments for them to try, a disc dog compeition, give a ways, music and singing. They also had this HUGE sandpile that was probably 4 feet high. We hit that twice. There was a maze, there was a water wall that sprayed water out from different areas randomly (that one was popular). And there was more! It was pretty fun! It wasn't SUPER fun, maybe because it was so hot. But everyone had a good time, and the girls had a blast. Both our girls crashed in the car on the way home, which for Courtney to sleep in the car is a rare thing. I am sure Kim's girls slept too.
After a quick, cool dinner, we dunked the girls in the tub and got them into bed. They both crashed pretty fast. Once they were in bed, we took turns taking showers too. We were all so hot and sweaty and covered in sand and dirt and who knows what else.
I had fun though. It was fun to watch the girls having fun. And of course I enjoyed the disc dog competition. One of the things they did that I think Courtney enjoyed most was someone made a life sized Hi-Ho Cherry-O's game. There were wooden trees that were about 4 feet tall, with holes in them. Each tree had a spinner, so you spun the wheel to see how many cherries you could pick off the tree. The "cherries" were pieces of foam, actually they looked like a cut up water noodle, and the kids had baskets to put them in. They had to fill up their baskets with cherries. They got a sticker at the end, it was very cute.
I think Kasey's favorite today was the drumming area. I know these drums have a special name, but it escapes me at the moment. Anyway, they had this area set up with a bunch of these drums, and bongo drums, and a bunch of other fun percussion instruments for kids to try. They had the gourds with the beads around them, maracas, and all kinds of fun things. Kasey was so excited she would run from a drum to the table to get something to shake, then back to a drum and then back to the table to grab something else. She loved it. Plus it was in the shade, so we let the girls play there for a while. This way we could enjoy a break from the sun and heat.
Well, I am pretty wiped out after spending the day out the in the heat and sun. I sure hope this heat breaks soon!
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