More pics from Wings of Freedom

We stuck around after the show to see the planes take off. The little airport had a miniature golf course and BBQ restaurant. This was the kids first time playing.

Sharing a cream soda while waiting for the planes to take off.

Chris' day off

A few post back I showed pictures of an airplane that flew over Danny's baseball game. Well, it turns out that it was part of a show called "wings of freedom". The show was leaving Springboro by the time we figured out what was going on, so yesterday Chris took a half day off from work. We drove to Columbus to catch it. They had a B-17, B-24, and a P-51 on display. We were allowed to tour the B-17 and B-24.

Danny in the B-17 I think?
Danny and I in the B-24

Chris and Danny in front of the B-24 Witchcraft

P-51 Mustang- Chris' favorite. We were not allowed on this one, but you could fly in it for a price.

B-17 Flying Fortress

Danny's birthday party

I am a little behind on posting. Here are some pictures of Danny's birthday party. My parents surprised us and came up for a few days. Very good timing, we needed the help.


Danny and Pop looking at the moon with his new telescope.

Danny blowing out candles on his Pirate ship cake. I did not make the cake myself- obviously.

Mia in the duck pond. My ducks didn't float the way that I thought they would and they were much smaller than I expected. But the younger kids liked them.

A good friend sent Mia a huge box of Princess dress up clothes and a hat box full of wigs for her birthday. This is Mia dressed as Cinderella- I think. I have a good picture of Danny dressed as Snow White wig and all, but Chris won't let me post it.

Cool sight

Danny plays a lot of sports through the YMCA. It just so happens that the Y is right next to a small runway. There are always a ton of planes practicing takeoffs and landings. Tonight during Danny's T-ball game we saw this taking off.

This plane is way bigger than the little 2 seaters that are usually here. Chris tells me that this is a B17 bomber. It was loud coming off the runway and drew the attention of all the little boys on the team. Danny thought it was so cool. There was also a P51 Mustang that took off once while we were there, but I didn't have the camera ready. Chris is a big military history buff, so this was pretty exciting.

Wegerzyn Gardens

My friend Kathy drove up to visit us from Richmond. We took the kids to a garden just like Lewis Ginter. The kids loved it! They had a few different water areas, caves, fish ponds and sand boxes.

This is Mia and Maddie in a stream.

Danny watering flowers.

Playing nicely together.
Mia exploring.

T-ball Dad

Danny had his first T-ball game tonight. Chris is helping out by being a first base coach. I didn't realize how uninterested in soccer Danny was until T-ball started. He has so much fun.

This is all of the yellow team (Danny is the one with his head on the ground) chasing a ball while the blue team makes it to first base.
This is Danny's first "at bat". Chris is the guy in the black shirt standing at 1st base. An inning consists of every member of the batting team having a turn to bat. Every time the ball is hit, the kids advance to the next base. The only way to get out is if you throw your bat when you hit the ball. The fielding team has a child on all positions and the extra kids stand in the outfield. The goal is to get the fielders to field the ball and throw it to first base.And in case you were wondering- Chris gets very into it! Here he is trying to get the kids to advance a base. Sometimes the batter will go directly to second base, or maybe chase the ball they just hit. Mia sits on the sideline cheering for Daddy and Danny. We're having fun with it.

Tough Guy

Chris has been promising Danny Super Soakers since we came home from the shore. Our friends brought some down, and they had a great time spraying each other. So today was the day, I think Chris enjoyed it just as much as Danny.

Don't feel too bad for Danny, he has pretty good aim. They were both soaked.