Library Playground Pictures

We headed downtown today for some library reading program rewards, lunch at Which Wich and playtime. Simeon's hip is really bothering him right now and he can't run around, so he asked if he could take some pictures. It was so hot out there that alot of the pictures are of the kids trying to hide under the playground to stay cooler. The kids had earned a free book today and they kept grabbing them to read under the play structure.

Saying I was impressed with the pictures he got today is an understatement!! I love giving the camera to the kids and having them take the pictures. Seeing like through their eyes is amazing.

Pictures by Ammon

Rebecca just learned today how to walk up the slides. She walked up the slide, and slid down it dozens of times. Ammon thought this little guy on the slide with Rebecca was adorable and took some pictures of him too!

Pictures by Corrine

We needed some pictures of Simeon, so he wasn't just stuck behind the lens all day. I can tell from these shots that he wasn't feeling very good. He was hot and hurting. Not a fun combination. Hopefully soon we can get his hip figured out.

Only Picture taken my mom

It's crazy how grown up this kiddo is becoming. He'll be in junior high in just a few weeks. Yikes when did he get old enough for that!!

Ice Skating on Plastic

Yep you read that right-plastic. Tonight a friend and I took the older 3 kids ice skating downtown on an outdoor ice rink. It was a free event put on by the city's Art Festival. When we got there and looked at the rink it was obvious that it wasn't ice, but we couldn't tell what it was. When you looked at it you could see the spots were the pieces were fit together.

It looked wet and there were what appeared to be shavings (ice possibly) on top of it. When you skated on it, you didn't glide so much as stick, and it sounded like you were walking on plywood.
We asked a man in charge about it and he told us there was no ice at all on the rink, and that it was indeed plastic sheeting with a chemical sprayed on top to make it slick. The neat part about the rink is that you could ice skate in the summer on it because it doesn't melt.
The kids had a great time skating. Simeon happened to have 2 friends get in line right in front of us, so the 5 kids skated together. Ammon took some time to warm up, but once he did he was off and had no desire to be done skating, even after being out there for over an hour and  half. Corrine was excited to get some ice skating practice in before an ice skating birthday party tomorrow. She took a good fall on her rear right at the end and came up pretty sore!

It was a nice warm 50 degrees outside so we weren't cold as we skated and people watched.