Who Colored the Cat?

It has been a beautiful day. Perfect weather and we have been outside for pretty much all of it. We were out playing with the chalk and Davis was drawing a few hopscotch boards (one is not enough as they cannot share) and then I saw this walk by....

Do you notice anything funny about the cat? Or, do you have a chalky pink cat too?

Since I did not see the boys color the cat I assume this happened from a little nap and roll fest on the driveway....but I would not put coloring the cat past them. Shortly after this Davis tried to put the cat inside the umbrella I was shading Harper with. Good thing the cat has mellowed with age.

Sprayground!

The boys had fun playing at the sprayground at Loose Park this morning with friends. Harper slept through the whole thing...

Trees

Keith, this one is for you. Since we both dream of moving back to a place with trees I thought I would show you what I got to look at this morning. I miss them. I love them. I told Keith I was ready to move back closer to downtown and he said then you have to home school. I said I was moving...not taking everyone with me...

A few morning snapshots...

...that I think say a whole lot about their personality. Do you all see why Carson wears me out? This is how he wakes up, ready to take on the day....if only there was enough caffiene out there to make me feel like that....

The 4th of July makes them sleepy.

Can you say exhausted? As you can see our little people had a fun 4th of July! The mommy brain that I have acquired forgot the compact flash disk for the camera...so no pictures for me other than these few when we arrived home. Keith worked all day and then we went to our friend Christy and Brian's for a BBQ (and for her birthday--happy birthday Christy!). The kids enjoyed water balloons, games, sprinklers and more. They had the best time having the culdesac blocked off so they could roam free in the street. Then I think we were in the middle of about 5 different fireworks displays and I think Davis said this is "awesome" a dozen times. Then when we got the boys in bed (we being Keith, I did not carry them up--Davis is heavy!) Keith, Harper and I sat on the couch in our bedroom and must have instantly fell asleep. At some point Keith woke me up and we moved to bed...so I think it was a success in wearing us all out, must be a sign of a good party!?

Happy 4th of July Davis Style.

Nothing like a half naked Davis showing off his summer tan and celebrating the 4th of July. Check out his cool summer camp crafts. The flag has been well used this week and needs some more glue, the hat is holding up well. I think we need to make more hats. Super cute idea!

On another note, I have been asked at least 30 times so far when we are going to do water balloons. No matter how many times I say when Daddy gets home no one is getting that answer. Is it because it is not the answer they want to hear...or becasue they have no short term memory, or becasue they are not listening...I just want a new question...a different question..maybe one like, how long until we can take a nap. A girl can dream, right? I think it is gonna be a long day...

Jello makes me cranky.

I am not sure why we are all awake. It seems that as soon as Keith leaves for work the kids get up and the kids got up too early and I am still not done sleeping. Of course I did stay up making patriotic jello last night and that was a colossal time suck. I don't know why on earth it is so hard to make jello squares but it is. I do think I am nearing in on the secret though. I found a pretty good recipe in Parents magazine; however the "time estimate" they give for making them is seriously off. This morning when the boys came down and I was cutting the jello into blocks they said wow were you up all night working like Mr. Mark (he lives next door) and I am thinking I felt like it. Then they both tried them and Davis said, you did pretty good these taste alright. Gee thanks since I was up all night that is the best you can do. Then Carson says, they are delicious. I love em. Thanks C, coming from the kid that only eats sugar it is good to know that an all nighter of creating congealed sugar was a hit! Can I go back to bed now?

Now all they can talk about is how long until water balloons. The BBQ we are going to isn't until later this afternoon...it is gonna be a long long day....Keith's 11 day straight work stretch is getting to us all I think....

Happy 4th!