Just Summer

We have been having a great summer so far. It's been nice spending time outdoors, and exploring. The kids especially enjoy spending time outside.
About a mile from our apartment is a big park with a wading pool. So we walk there a lot and to cool off in the water.

There is also a really great splash pad pretty close to us that the kids love. I was worried that Dorian wouldn't like it, because he didn't like it when we played in sprinklers with our neighbors. But, he took to it almost immediately.

 The library system around here is totally awesome! They have so many summer story times and activities. They even bring in local performers and have shows for the kids. Joslyn especially loved the butterfly story time/craft day, and both of the kids loved the puppet show!

On the weekends we have tried to go explore the city a little bit more. After visiting Gold Medal park on Independence day we decided we wanted to go back and look around more. There were some sculptures in the park that the kids liked.

Right next to Gold Medal park is an ice cream shop that everyone around here talks about, called Izzy's. So we decided to try it out (I'm always up for trying new ice cream places ;). The Izzy scoop is what it is known for, and that is basically just a tiny scoop of ice cream on top of your other scoops. We got each of the kids their own Izzy scoop.

and Isaac and I shared an Isabella scoop.

It was pretty expensive, and I wasn't super impressed with the place in general, but I did really like their green apple ice cream. It tasted like a jolly rancher!

Another day we were driving by the U of M St. Paul campus, and we found these!

We thought they were pretty fun!


A few weeks ago, Joslyn had her last day of preschool! We did a little co-op preschool with some of our neighbors, and it was so much fun! We'll probably do it again next year!

Aren't they the cutest??