The adventures of the Reilly family.
As the finale to our Reilly Summer of Fun we dropped Samuel off at Bonky's and headed camping with Josiah and Abigail and John's sister Beckie and her son Cole. It was a great time of collecting firewood, sleeping in a tent, cooking over the fire, exploring the woods, swimming, fishing, and playing on the playground. Can't wait to do it again!
Abigail holding the pole up while we set up Aunt Beckie's giant tent that all 6 of us slept in.
By far the kids' favorite part of camping was going out into the woods and collecting wood for the fire. Abigail is proud of her little stick!
I was helping to set up the tent when Cole yelled, "Aunt Allison come help with this!" He wanted me to help push this tree over. I'm flattered he thinks i'm strong enough.
We let Josiah open a few of his birthday gifts early because they would come in handy while we were fishing. When he opened this one he wasn't quite sure what it was. But when we explained that it was a box full of fishing stuff he was very excited.
When John first got up to start the fire the next morning he looked over at Abigail's bed and this is what he saw. She was in there sleeping somewhere.
Abigail was the first kid up. She waited for the others by munching on a banana by the fire.
I just love how cute they are with their swollen morning faces. Sleeping in a tent was fun!
Sweet Abigail, she stopped sucking her thumb, and it was all her idea. She started sucking it when she was like 6 weeks old, but she's only done it at bed time for years now. But last month she decided it was time to quit. We made her a chart to track her days and told her at the end of each 5 days she'd get a reward. At the end of the first 5 she got to paint her nails. Something she's always wanted to do, but I never let her because of her sucking her thumb. We went to Rite-Aid and I let her pick out a nice color. She's so proud!
One of the last things we did over the summer was take the kids to the water steps on the riverfront. It was by far one of everyone's favorite things of the whole summer.
He's so tiny. Look at his ribs. But he's just so sweet you could squeeze him till they crack.
Samuel really liked the water falls, but he would hold on to my hand the whole time. I kind of liked it.
A few weeks ago I thought it would be fun to do something that I remember doing in school. Making ice cream in a coffee can. It was just as fun and delicious as I remember.
They just brought out this cool car at the library. Just a big wooden box, with three wheels like this one. The boys sure do love to drive it!
A few weeks ago we had the privilege of having dinner at our friend's house. We have known them since college, but they've just recently moved to Pittsburgh. so fun! Abigail and Josiah were really taken with the Honeys dog. Poor little guy.
The Honeys have a few apple trees in their yard. The kids loved picking them and eating them right off of the tree.
A few weeks ago we went to the Science Center with our church. It was a really good time!
On this trip we were able to have a private kitchen science show for just our group. We learned how to make fruit flambe, and the science behind it. And the best part.... She set it on fire!
She asked for volunteers to help put together a puzzle of the three elements needed to make fire. Josiah was a big helper!
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