Feel the awesome.
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Jun 2013
Bumblebee Ranch
Hope Kids blessed us again with another fun memory for the books. Asher and I got to have a little date together thanks to Auntie Lori watching sweet Punks. We started our road trip out with a stop at our favorite, Einstein Bagels, and headed up to the mountains to enjoy some time on a real live Ranch. Despite Asher’s warnings that he was not going to ride those, “boring, dubious ponies” (thanks for that Martha Speaks, ha!) he couldn’t get enough of riding his pony, Spirit.
Everyone there was so nice to volunteer their time, and host an event that made many children smile…especially the boys. Asher loved shooting a bow and arrow, a pellet gun, eating hot dogs, taking a hay ride, shooting nerf guns at bells, riding a bull, dressing up like a bank robber, and he really loved trying to lasso a bull. Might I add, the boy has skills.
All of a sudden out of nowhere one day Asher wanted to setup a lemonade stand in our driveway. I don’t know where it came from, because I certainly didn’t encourage it. It was hot out, and 3:30p – like the worst combo for a lemonade stand…or being a mom of the lemonade stand owner :). I helped him make the lemonade, and talked a lot about testing out your market, and tried to prepare the overly excited 5 year old boy who wanted to sell some lemonade that he might not get any customers and that was ok. He made his own sign. It just had the yellow square on it with the price. He said, “People can just look at this, and boom, they’ll know it’s lemonade.” I begged him to write the word lemonade on it. He didn’t need it though. This sweet man would have stopped anyways. I got teary when I saw him walking down the street. I couldn’t stop thanking him for taking the time to stop and encourage my boy. Asher’s first lemonade stand with a grand total of $2 – one from sweet old man, and one from daddy who thank the Lord came home early that hot day.
Fun times at the Railroad Park, and the Children’s Museum where Asher could literally live in the grocery store section checking people out and restocking shelves, and Beck continues to be the best traveling buddy around.
He may only be 14 months, but he’s already in training for beeshing the bad guys :).
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Yipppee! I love what you guys are doing! What a blessing Hope Kids is to you and the man who stopped for lemonade is so cute. I love that you took a picture!
Rachel, that “Old Fashion Pic” of you and Asher is THE BEST!
What a great bunch of pictures! Looks like You two had a fun time.The lemonade stand was a great idea,looked like he was all business!
The rainbow umbrella!
You are a way better mom than me. Samantha has been begging me to do a lemonade stand for a looong time. Darn it, now I am totally going to have to step up and go for it. I may call you so Asher and Beck can come have a glass:) Your boys are too too cute. I want to just squeeze Beck’s chunky, little legs!!!
So many precious moments. Love you guys!
The lasso.