More summer fun to report - Cub Scout Regatta with swimming and food. We had never built a boat for a rain gutter regatta, but Boston wanted his to be bright and have lots of different colors. I guess he has good lungs because he managed to blow his boat in to first place enough times to win. Although the race was fun, I think my kids enjoyed the swimming the most. Can't get enough of that around here on these hot muggy days!
Boston was on the Rockies again this spring for machine pitch baseball. His team slowly progressed and by the end they were picking up their momentum. They ended the season in about sixth place. They played in the tournament for a week and beat the best teams to win the championship. It was unexpected, but totally fun. One of the coolest things was that Boston made the last out that made them the champions and his coaches lifted him on their sholders. You should have seen his worried and surprised face. It was a sweet moment knowing Boston's personality and his desire to not be in the spotlight, but being totally thrilled at the same time.
Basketball camp finished for Trevor and Boston today. It's a half day camp up at South Oldham High School that they have been to for 4 years (Trevor) and 2 years (Boston). I have seen an improvement in both of their b-ball games. Plus, a lot of their friends from school go to it including our neighbors up the street whom we carpooled with. One more camp down for the summer!My kids love these. And, Zane told me that I am as excited as they are, but I try to keep my cool. I really do just love staying at a hotel. It's amazing how you can be 20 minutes from your house and feel like you are so far from the responsibilities from home.
Then, we headed to downtown Jeffersonville, IN (right over the bridge) for a tour of Schimpff's Confectionery. That was "sweet." In the tour they made cinnamon red hots that they let us sample. We stayed after the tour to have rootbeer floats and shakes at their lunch counter and let the kids pick out a few treats. Trevor said, "If our trip ends right now, this has been awesome." And, we hadn't even checked in to the hotel yet. After we were filled up on candy and sweets, we went to check in to our hotel. The kids bounced on the beds a bit and then put their suits on to go swimming. 
We ate dinner that night at IHOP and then did some shopping for new shoes for the older boys. Gage showed off his second loose tooth that was hanging on by a thread. 
On Saturday we headed down to River Front Park in the early afternoon to throw a football and play on the jungle gym.
After we started to sweat and the kids had cooled off a bit in the water features at the park, we headed to Papalinos for lunch. We read about it in our restaurant magazine in the hotel and it's on Baxter Ave. It is New York style pizza and it was awesome. We ate outside and enjoyed the scenery of that hip part of town (trying to fit in!). 
We then went and got an after lunch treat at Krispy Kreme.
Next it was time to bowl. Every time Mallory was up to bowl, she would roll the ball slowly down the lane (hoping it made it to the end) and jump up and down each time she would hit the one pin in the back, saying "I won, I won!" Funny to watch. After bowling we headed across the street to the mall to roam around.
Then it was back to the hotel to rest up before the Bat's Baseball Game. We had great seats on the first base side - perfect for the game and even better for the fireworks on the river after the game. The Gilberts were there as well, so we sat by them for the firework show. Oh, and that night we were eating popcorn in bed and Gage swallowed his loose tooth. For the count, that's two teeth in a week gone!
He has been adamant about wiggling his "wiggle tooth" for weeks asking both Zane and I to take a few turns every day as well. All that wiggling paid off last night as he finally popped it out. He was so excited (more than I remember the other boys being). Right before he pulled it out, he said, "Wait, I can't pull it out, I don't have a tooth fairy pillow." Trevor offered his and that seemed good enough for Gage. I went upstairs and made one for him and in the night I switched the pillows out so that he had his own with a "G" on the little pocket where the tooth goes. He was ecstatic to see that new pillow and the dollar this morning. He asked me today if I was sad that the tooth fairy brought him a dollar and not one to me. No Gage, I am not sad. I am very excited for you cute boy. I am really happy a majority of the boys in the family are highly involved in Scouts. Really I am. (I might wish there were a few less campouts, that's all). I think there are new uniform extras, book, and patch purchases every week. The summer began with a week of Scout Camp at Camp Crooked Creek for Zane and Trevor. I think it might have been the best week of Trevor's (and possibly Zane's) life. I hope that the excitment lasts for the next 4 years that he will be going. I think Cooking might have been his favorite class along with eating in the cafeteria that only he loved!!! Trevor cooked his troop a cherry cobbler in the dutch oven on the last day of camp (Friday) and then came home to duplicate it for a pool party with friends on Saturday. It was so yummy. It's great to see T that excited about something.
