Banana boats

This is a super simple, tasty snack that can be made on the campfire (or grill!) in a few easy steps.

1. Peel the top (front) side of the banana, but leave the peel attached. (After adding the goodies, you will need to close the banana up again.)
2. Using a spoon, scoop out about half the banana and eat it of course. The less banana, the more room for yummies! If you're on a diet, don't scoop out too much. =)
3. Sprinkle in some mini-chocolate chips and mini marshmallows. 4. Close the banana peel up, wrap the banana in foil so that so that the foil makes a "handle" in the event that you don't have long tongs handy (we didnt!).
   

5. Place the foil-wrapped bananas into the fire. Watch closely. You will have to check on them a few times. It takes about 10-15 minutes for the chocolate chips to melt, depending on the heat of the fire.

6. Unwrap your banana and enjoy! It may not look too appetizing, but trust me, everyone will love it.

Happy lunch

Mom (on top with long hair) and two boys

Fun summer times

Deer Lakes Park has a new water play area for kids. It's a summer must for families of little kids! The water is on from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. If the water isn't running or stops running, there is a silver button on top of a blue thing that looks like a fire hydrant that you have to push to get it going again. That's a pretty good idea, so the water is only running when kids are there to play in it. Here are some pictures of the boys enjoying themselves tonight.

Summer reading fun!

Today we joined the summer reading club at our local library. I figured that since we're trying to increase our reading, we might as well make it fun for the summer. The boys get tokens for the books they read. Then at the end of the summer, they get to cash in their tokens for little prizes. Then (I didn't even know this), just for joining, each kid gets a free kids' meal at Applebees, a free kids' meal at North Park Clubhouse, and a free scoop of ice cream at Kaleidoscopes. They also get to enter a weekly drawing and a grand prize drawing. There are also scheduled activities for the kids. We're going to try going tomorrow. I'm not sure if Sam is too young, but we'll find out!