Hangin' at the Fair

Mom and Robert took the three of us to the Elkhart County Fair over the weekend. We got to see some animals, ride some carny rides, and eat some deep fried fair food. Scroll down to take the photo tour...

Taking the tractor trolley to the fair grounds.


Checking out some animals.



Looks like it could rain...


Grammy says, "Let's try the duck pond!"


Hmmm...which one should I pick?


This looks like a good one.


Winner!


Cool prize! Boston loves balloons.


Wow. That looks fun!


My first carnival ride.



Grammy won some stuffed animals from the crane.


Boston and I went through the fun house. He thought the vibrating floor was pretty cool, but didn't like the air shooting at us. The slide at the end made up for it, though.


This was probably Boston's favorite part of the entire day. I was a little nervous putting him on the train by himself, but he sat still with his arm on the little arm rest the entire time.





When he got off the ride we asked him, "Boston, did you ride the train!?!" He was pretty proud of himself.


Look at the scary animals!






Time for lunch. Boston ate a bunch of our cheesy spiral potatoes and then stole some of Robert's pizza.


After lunch time comes nap time.


Maybe next year we will be brave enough for goat jerky or gator on a stick.

Having a Good Time

As we move on into July the three of us are still taking the summer one day at a time. It's pretty nice. The days Cara doesn't have to work we get up and say, "What should we do today?" and play it by ear. The days Cara does have to work Boston and I either hang in the backyard or see what Grandpa is doing. Boston got a couple more molars in last week, so he was a bit snotty and slobbery. We had lunch today with Grandma and Grandpa Kuhnle and Boston stunk up the joint and ruined his outfit with a monster poop. Other than an occasional bodily fluid mishap, this are running smoothly. Cara is still plugging away at her Masters, and I have been chipping away at some lesson plans. As of today, school is officially one month away. As great as the summer has been, I am looking forward to going back with the renovations that are going on at Carroll. I will have a brand new room with 32 student computers, LCD projector, and, probably the thing I am most excited about, a coat hanger. Last year I had to hang my coat on the key that stuck out of my filing cabinet. It feels great to move on up in the world. We hope all is well, and feel free to stop by any time. Boston sends his kisses!

Splash Park and Greek Fest

The three of us went to Memorial Park the other day to check out their splash park. It was pretty cool. Boston thought it was alright, but I think he likes being in control of when he gets wet. It didn't help that the sun was hiding, and the water was a bit chilly. Hopefully it will start to get warmer this summer so we can hit the pool.







We are also getting ready for Greek Fest, which is quickly approaching. I will be playing all three nights (Thursday June 25th - Saturday June 26th) from about 5-10 each night. Try the octopus if you're feeling especially brave. Opa!

Old MacDonald

He is not solely a dancing machine any more. Boston has broadened his horizons lately and has taken up singing. Check out his debut performance:

School Is Out!

I am officially on summer vacation, and I couldn't be more excited about it. Since graduation on Thursday we have just been hanging out, going to the park, and enjoying the summer weather. The three of us went to the zoo yesterday to see the new African exhibit, which was pretty awesome. We don't have many plans this summer and hope to keep it that way. Zach asked me last night if I was teaching summer school...good one, Zach. I am teaching three new courses next year, so I'll have to study up, but that will be the extent of my strenuous school work.

Here is a characature that a student drew for me this year. You can see she made a point to emphasize my shiny bald spot and massive caterpillar-like eye brows.



Don't forget to check out the photo page!

Prom, Bikes, and Pools

We had an "enchanting" evening at the Carroll High School prom a couple of weekends ago. Casey signed us up to be official chaperons. We had a great time seeing all of his students and man, were they excited to see Mr. Stansifer looking good! :) The next day we chaperoned the Cedar Point trip for any of the prom goers who wanted to take a charter bus to Cedar Point. We had fun there too, but were feelin' a little nauseous after a couple of roller coasters. I guess it's the age catching up with us. Boston stay over night with Grandma and Grandpa Kuhnle and had a great time. I don't think he even realized we were gone! :) He is walking all over the place...trying to see how fast he can get away from us. The video was taken today. He thinks Bob the builder is dancing, not jackhammering, so he insists on 'dancing' with him. We also were blessed with a gift from our neighbors. They have two little boys who have grown out of their pull behind bike cart. So they passed it onto us. We went and bought Boston is first bike helmet and have been tooling around the neighborhood. He doesn't last too long before he wants it off his head. Yesterday while Casey was home, we blew up his new turtle pool. He was very excited to splash around today. We can't wait for Casey to be finished with school! He will have 2 months off this summer to just hang out! Hope everyone is doing well! Enjoy the new pictures! :)

He Walks!

He won't be able to run the mini-marathon this summer, but we're making some progress. Sorry about the poor video quality. I didn't want to waste any time finding something to put the camera on or wait for Cara to get out of the shower. He gets really proud of himself, but also gets mad if you try to make him do it too much.