June Recap

After counting down the days of school the beginning of June marked the beginning of summer for the Freihaut Family. Each year summer is highly anticipated in the Freihaut household. I always have lots big ideas about places to visit and things to accomplish. This summer was no different.  During one of the first days of summer vacation I decided to sit down with the kids and make a "Summer Fun List" of all the things we wanted to do during the summer.  We posted it on the bulletin board in the kitchen and started planning a strategy to "knock out" the list.  My skeptical and somewhat more realistic husband took one look at the list when he got home that day and raised his eyebrows at me and gave me the "how in the heck are we going to accomplish all of that" look.  I was confident that we would accomplish most of the items on the list and since I am writing about our summer fun list in September, I am proud to report that we did accomplish the majority of the list!

The first three weeks of the month were super busy with t-ball games.  Addy was still playing two games (sometimes three) and ended her season in the middle of June with a Saturday tourney where each team played one game on the big field and the players were announced throughout the game.  She really loved playing t-ball and is already talking about playing next year.  It was a great introduction to the game for her and she learned a lot about hitting, fielding, and the game itself.  She was very proud of the medal she received after the tourney game and wore it around town as we ran errands that day.

Addy was so proud of her medal!

Carter also played t-ball during the month of June.  His experience was more of an instructional league where the coaches taught the kids skills using mini games.  He went twice a week in the morning and the final practice was a game where the kids played the parents.  At times Carter was much more interested in quoting lines from Despicable Me 2 than t-ball.  But he had a lot of fun and managed to get a lot of laughs from his teammates.  I think we may have quite the character on our hands!



Hey Batter, Batter!

One goal the kids and I put on our summer fun list was to visit ten different parks throughout the summer.  I thought this would be something fun and was definitely an attainable goal.  Carter and Addy love to go to playgrounds and it's easy to take the babies along in their stroller.  So we made it to quite a few parks in the month of June and managed to exceed our ten park goal by the end of the summer.  Unfortunately one of those park visits lead to a visit to prompt care for Addy.  During one of Carter's t-ball practices, Addy was on the monkey bars at the nearby playground and crash landed on her arm.  She started crying immediately and when she continued to complain about the pain, we knew there was probably something wrong.  I was so glad that Derek happened to come with us to practice that day so that I had someone to help me with taking Addy to Prompt Care.  After spending several hours at Prompt Care and getting x-rays taken, it was determined that Addy had indeed fractured her arm.  We went to an Orthopedic Doctor the next day to get a cast put on.  Addy and I were thrilled to learn that her cast would be waterproof.  I had no idea that waterproof casts existed but was so thrilled when the doctor asked us if she was interested in one! The crisis of missing Holiday World and swimming lessons was averted! The first night of the cast, Addy had some difficulties with the feeling of it and managed to wriggle it off in bed.  Imagine my surprise as I up folding laundry after the kids had went to bed and she comes walking into our bedroom holding the cast in her hand!  We called the doctor the next day and got a new one put on and this time it stayed on.  No more cast Houdini acts for our little escape artist! She wore the cast for four weeks and got it off in mid-July. 

 

Addy's color choice was hot pink which matched most of her summer wardrobe.

 

Cookies from Grandma and Grandpa made things ALL better!

Holden enjoying the great outdoors

Wyatt loving some deck time

Our Small "Fry"hots (Holden on left and Wyatt on right)



Addy "rockin' out"

 

 

Carter loving on his little brothers

Holden (left) & Wyatt (right)

Playground fun

At the end of the month Derek and I celebrated nine years of marriage.  It is hard to believe that we've been married for that long!  Derek was in the Cayman Islands on business over our anniversary--trust me that was a hard pill to swallow for me!  He did manage to send me an edible arrangement to celebrate our anniversary. 

Three studs!

Three Months Old! (Wyatt-left & Holden-right)