The Rest of July...

Sometimes it is hard to find things to do with a crazy toddler, especially when it is nasty humid and hot outside. Luckily we were able to have some fun in July still!

Assisting in making dinner. Hopefully one day he

can take over this job. He needs Grandpa Russell 

to come teach him the ways!

Our little swimmer was getting ouchy eyes 

from having his eyes open under water all the

time, so we found some Cars goggles!

Mommy got Cold Stone gift cards so we

went out for ice cream!

One of Russell's nursery leaders was moving to Florida, 

so she gave her class bubbles as a goodbye present. Don't

know which one was happier about bubbles.

Family laziness!

Opening weekend of our new Kroger...

they had lots of fun things going on including

mascots to take pictures with!

Daddy was happy to see Chester the Cheetos Cheetah  

Eating Mickey watermelon at Papa's house

Another ice cream trip... Russell wanted his 

own with sprinkles, then decided he wanted Daddy's.

Daddy's coworker bought Russell a NASA

costume

Future astronaut... must be a Russell thing!

Lots of sea shells- ones from Galveston & Mommy's

New Port beach collection

Braved the park one day and went adventuring 

with a backpack and walking sticks

Lots and lots of pool days!!

Practiced our vehicle balancing skills

Got free slurpies for 7-11 day... the flavors

were not so great

Playing at the water table, with goggles, 

holding a shovel in his mouth with a block

balanced on top... who knows why!

Nanananana! Bat-dog!!

Had to have his own pile of dirt so he 

would stop stealing dirt from the hole 

we were filling

Getting his cardio in- also wearing his favorite outfit

(sadly it is getting too small and has a hole where his 

toe is sticking out)

Kofords after our Disney FHE

Shooting Disney characters

Shooting cup towers

Russell loves his Zoey-girl!

Stole Daddy's hat and looks adorable

We found a way to keep Russell contained 

at the beach

Playing baseball with a bubble stick as a

bat and a balloon as a ball... creativity!

These two are peas in a pod... sometimes

naughty peas in a pod!

Because I'm Batman!!

Grandma got him Hungry Hungry Hippo-

It was a big hit... just make sure not to eat the

red marble, or you will be labeled as mean!

Finally convinced Daddy to talk us to get

Hawaiian shave ice. It was delicious and giant.

If only it didn't melt so fast in the Texas heat.

July the Fourth

We continued our 4th of July tradition of heading over to the downtown McKinney parade in the morning. Traffic was ridiculous this year, or maybe we just got lucky before. We made it to the street right after the emergency vehicles drove by to start it. Russell loved all the cool cars... if they had thrown out candy, he would have been in heaven. He has never been to a parade that does throw out candy, so no disappointment from him!

It was hotter this year than past years. He kept 

touching his shirt and announcing 'I hot!'

Traditional Koford family picture- smaller

numbers this year though!

Bear treated us to come gourmet popsicles... we

ate them as we walked back to the car. It was hot and they 

melted very quickly. His last chunk of popsicle fell

onto the sidewalk. It was tragic, and he kept talking

about it the whole drive home.

Later we had a family BBQ out our house. It was delicious and may be a new tradition!

Russell was much braver this year about poppers! 

Daddy found some cool 'neon' sparklers for us to try this year. (they looked like regular sparklers for the most part) They took forever to light, and someone decided to stand right underneath the circle of sparkler and lighter. He was kind of freaked when they lit above his head and wasn't sure he wanted to get anywhere near one. He quickly changed his mind, and then we had to keep from being hit this a sparkler 'lightsaber.'

Bakers were able to join us for a bit too!

Then it was time to head and see the big fireworks. There were actually some big ones being set off all around the street of our neighborhood, so we could have just stayed home and enjoyed some shows too. We were actually slightly concerned that our neighbors were going to hit our house with some of their fireworks! I convinced Stephen we needed to go see a real show too...

We have the perfect viewing spot!! 

Happy Independence Day!