Summer 2016

Summer 2016 was long and hot, but we survived by taking almost daily trips to the pool and monthly trips to Busch Gardens.



We had a great time at the pool this summer. Our boys are a bit bigger now so we spent most of our time in the big pool. Bennet showed no fear and with his puddle jumper safely strapped on he would jump in and swim all over even into the deep end. Ever our timid swimmer, Evan liked to stick to the shallow end where he could safely touch. It took a lot of convincing, but by the end of the summer Mommy had taught Evan how to swim across the pool and dive head first to the bottom to pick up toys.

We bought summer passes to Busch Gardens for the family and once a month we made the trip down to Williamsburg to ride the rides. Bennet, it turns out, LOVES roller coasters. He would ride them non stop if they'd let him. Evan likes the spinny rides better and liked to help Mom spin the teacups as fast as they would go. Evan's favorite ride though was the sky coaster that took us from one end of the park to the other. He loved looking down on all the activity below. Bennet liked to get around on the Train that runs all around the park.

Near the end of the summer, a friend of ours invited us to come stay with them at Great Wolf Lodge which is a hotel chain that has a huge indoor waterslide park. Everyone had a great time, especially Bennet. He couldn't get enough of the waterslides and insisted on going on the biggest ones again and again and again. Mommy climbed a lot of stairs over those two days.