Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Last week Jeremy's company, Reliable, had a night at the ballpark. So, we loaded up our kids and went to "watch" a Cavemen game. I use the term "watch" very lightly. (Like I'm not sure I saw a single hit or pitch)

I don't even know who won because at the 7th inning we "caved" and went home. It was one of the hottest days of the summer and we were sitting out in the sun so it wasn't quite as fun as when we went last year. But, the girls got to eat nachos... a special treat for this frugal family and Grace did catch a glimpse of the "funny men" We only saw them like twice. I think because of the heat they were probably taking off their costumes and only coming out when necessary.

Note Titus' displeasure with the fact that I took the State Farm fan he was eating away so we could see his cute Cavemen shirt Gramy found him at a yard sale. So, I gave the fan back and he was much happier to have his picture taken. Oh, well.

Sing a Song about the Heartland

Does anyone else remember that George Straight song? Well, anyway our last play group outing was to Heartland. It is a unique ministry that also includes a dairy that makes milk & cheese. We took a guided bus tour of the Heartland campus. I especially enjoyed this part, it was super interesting. The girls loved riding on a bus.

Grace & Sophia (one of her buddies)
We stopped at the goat barns to see their milking & baby goats. The girls jumped right in and loved this. Here Faith is working up the courage to pet the big goats.
My happy baby (have sling-will travel).
Feeding the goats wasn 't necessarily part of the tour. But, my experienced little farmer bent over and scooped up some of their feed out of the trough so she could feed them.
Checking out the cows being milked. Did I mention my mom went along again? YEAH!!!
In this picture you can see their unique "merry-go-round" system of milking. We had checked out several books on dairy farming at the library so the girls were very interested in seeing the cows being milked. The creamery (where they make the cheese) is being remodeled so I was disappointed we didn't get to see it.
After the tour we ate at the Solid Rock Cafe. It was yummy and the girls loved their big glasses of fresh chocolate milk.

Kitty Toast

The girls spent the night with Papa & Gramy while we were at the funeral last week. They had some fun making a very special breakfast. Kitty toast! These are the types of special things I remember my mom doing with us growing up, and I love that the girls are now enjoying them too. (I'm sure you can guess where I inherited my creativity from...)

Oh, and I finally blogged about 4th of July.