What we've been up to: Part II

Okay, so here is more of what we've been up to.

Our old desk was ruined by the movers.  We tried to fix it which only left Rich with a pounding headache--because the top fell on his head.  So, he did was anyone would do and chopped it up for firewood.  Somehow our saw got left behind in one of our moves so he ended up using a sledgehammer to break it apart.  The boys thought it was pretty awesome.

That night we had a bonfire and made some delicious s'mores.

One afternoon the boys and I made some frozen chocolate covered bananas.  Too bad that James is the only one who really likes them.  William just eats the chocolate and candy off of the banana.  Weird.  At least we had fun making them!

 Thanks to Pinterest we discovered the fun of waterbombs.  The boys helped me make them and we had a fun water fight in the back yard.  Unfortunately one of the neighbor boys came over and took them all apart so they only lasted for one good fight.

 While Rich lived here on his own he spied this little ice cream shop.  He kindly waited to visit it until we moved here so that we could all discover it together.  It was delicious!  Even Henry loved it.

Check out Henry's face!  He sure is eying that ice cream!

Another Pinterest inspired idea was to freeze some of their action figures in big blocks of ice and then let them squirt their water guns until they become free.  It was fun... except they were spoil sports.  First, they learned that if they got really close they could just shoot the action figure and he'd come free a lot sooner.  Then they found that if they just pour a bucket of water on top it was super quick to free them!  At least they're thinking, right?

One of the first Saturdays we were here Rich took us up to a State Park for a hike.  He'd run the trail while he was here on his own and wanted to share it with us.

It may not have been the best trail for us to start off on--especially considering the walk James went on with Elise in California... he couldn't even make it around the corner without needing a rest!  But we did  make it.  The trail was beautiful.

I'm sure James needed more stops than anyone!

Henry was the best "hiker"... although it would have been nice to have some sort of backpack to put him in!

And then the view from the top!

We are looking forward to many more adventures here in North Carolina... stay tuned!