Fun Fun Fun

Today was a very full, 'summer' day! We woke up and started on the yard right away. Mowing, edging, and weeding needed to be done. As usual, Eli was pushing his lawn mower right behind me. Maddux opted to swing instead. A friend gave us a bucket seat for the new play set and Maddux cannot get enough. She did come to the front yard a few times, to try on her rain boots and follow us around as we mowed the grass. Mostly, she just looked cute :)

After a long morning of working and playing, we decided to take the kids to the pool for the first time this year. We searched around, but could not find the kids' turtle-backs (swim 'helpers'). That was actually ok with me; we have a rule that those have to be on their back if they want to swim in the big pool. Since the water is still oh-so cold, I wasn't looking forward to the big pool anyway. The missing turtle-backs forced the issue of staying in the baby pool. Both kids loved it, splashing around and 'swimming' before lunch.

I woke Eli up from his nap a bit early. We had fun back-to-back activities planned. First a birthday party for a little girl in Eli's class at church and MOPS. Because the pre-lunch pool venture lasted longer than we expected, Lehr and I opted to let Maddie sleep longer. Eli and I went to the party and he had a blast. Games and cake and ice cream - who wouldn't!?!? We left there and swung by the house to pick up Daddy and Maddie. Then we drove across town again to watch a local band perform at a coffee shop. Eli was using coffee stirrers as drumsticks the whole time.