Summer is Half Over

Where did the time go?  It went to:
1. the beach
2. leveling the yard
3. geocaching
4. swimming lessons
5. playgrounds
6. movies, etcetera

After 20 yards of dirt (10 truck loads full), the yard is now level and the trampoline and pool are out!  Yup, just took half the summer to get there (and now its raining) LOL Here's the new trampoline:

Skyler was too afraid to jump.  Maniacs in the pool.

We quickly discovered that Lucius wasn't quite ready for the deep pool (he sat down and went under!) so we had to get the kiddie pool out for him.

All day long the girls kept saying, "This is the best day EVER!" Love it!  What is your idea of the best day ever?

Swimming Lessons...

...are going as good as can be expected! LOL The big girls are doing great, See:

Skyler was a different story altogether.  In the pool, ring-around-the-rosie = great.

Teacher letting go and getting a face full of water = screaming explosion, claw mommy to get out of the pool, refuse to get back in even in the face of major bribery.

I guess there's always next year.  Sigh...

Fwabewwy Shortcake Party

Skyler chose the same theme as last year - Strawberry Shortcake.  This is how old she thinks she is:

Serenity showed her how old she really is and she sure is unhappy about it.

The sweetest face.

What she normally looks like LOL

Bashing Balloons

Oh the pillow pet love

Opening "Wosetta"

"I wike Fike"

New EVERYTHING!

The cake

And, inexplicably, she started bawling when we started singing.

But, actual cake made it all better.

My fave picture of her in her new dress that Auntie Jen got for her.

Happy Birthday crazy girl!

Summer is Here

We went out to our first day at the park/water park today and Skyler gave me a Gansta pose!

Rayna is wearing a sweater because she's still cold from morning swimming lessons.  Serenity is absent because all my pics of her have her friend in them and her mama doesn't want them on the net.

Lucius and the mighty ROAR!

Rayna shows Lucius the ropes!

Skyler is a water park Ninja!

Lucius is one cool dude and never wanted to leave.

Rayna is standing on a fountain - TADA!

and of course, we did a few caches and I found a travel SLUG!  This is so appropriate for us because the girls looooove spotting slugs and making their "antlers" go in! LOL  How is your summer going so far?

Happy Canada Day!!

Hey there all you Canucks!  It's our day, wear it proud!

Check out my baby boy!  Such a sweet pic of him when he couldn't even crawl!

And for all you Americans, it's just a few more days until your Independance Day, so Happy USA day!

Friday Funnies - In & Out

Lucius is the only one of our children fascinated with the Stove.

He used to take everything out and make a mess, so we emptied it, hoping we'd taken the fun out of it.

Nope - instead he just goes "In & Out"

Wishing

Oh how my girls love to Wish!

I love how they close their eyes and dream big!

What's your wish today?