We've had a couple fun summer adventures recently. Eric wanted to show Ethan how to hunt for fireflies one night so we headed outside to do that. I ended up doing most of the firefly catching so that we could show them to Ethan. He was pretty indifferent, but enjoyed a shoulder ride from Eric.
Yesterday we did the Slavic Village Treasure Trek. It's an organized bike ride scavenger hunt designed to introduce you to a neighborhood within Cleveland. You have to ride around and find specific places, then they give you beads when you find them which you can turn in at the end for prizes. The harder to find places have gold beads. It was warm, but Ethan enjoys riding in his carrier and it was neat to learn some history of the city.
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| This was my favorite stop. Most of the others were businesses, but this one was some serious Cleveland history. The European immigrants that lived in this neighborhood burned this bridge during the race riots to prevent the African Americans from crossing into their neighborhood. It also served as one of the chosen body hiding spots for the Cleveland Torso Murderer back in the 30's. That's back when Elliot Ness was an investigator. The serial killer mystery was never solved. Fascinating stuff. The guy manning this stop on the tour read us a riddle in a "bridge troll" voice before we got our beads. Hilarious. |
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| Ethan was a trooper. He was awake for the majority of the ride, but conked out at the end. He even got some ice cream along the way. |
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| Enjoying all the pirate booty mom and dad worked so hard all day to get. |
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| Playing with the treasure map. |
