Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Every year Hunter's school does a Memorial Day concert outside, where they pay tribute to all of the kids' family members that have served or are serving in the Armed Forces. Each grade sings a couple of songs--this year Hunter's grade sang My Country Tis of Thee and You Are My Sunshine. Can you spot the ray of sunshine that belongs to Hunter?
Sunday I couldn't resist matching up the boys, since I can. Unfortunately, while I can match their outfits, I can't always match their facial expressions. Thus Caleb shows his serious side while everyone else acts like their usual silly selves. Notice the Crocs on the kids' feet? We splurged and got each of the boys a pair this weekend--I think they'll be worth every penny.
 
We had a little Memorial Day shindig in our backyard on Monday--after we cleaned out the toy room and mowed the lawn and installed our window A/C's. The kids had fun swimming in the kiddie pool and slip-n-sliding and we did a couple of fireworks. I wasn't up to cooking for a crowd so we did Bring-Your-Own-Picnic with a dessert to share, which turned out pretty great. Cliff made some fabulous mango bars and Chris shared her extra creamy honey ice cream, that totally kicked my honey ice cream's butt. Nate-n-Devanie brought Krispy Kremes, the hit of the party and the Smiths brought popsicles to cool everyone off. I just love summer holidays and lounging around in the backyard in the shade, watching the kids run around in their swimsuits having fun together. It's just perfect. John and his buddy, Bill, showed up just as the party was coming to a close, which was the cherry on top of the entire day for the boys.
 
Our A/C decided to quit working with the heat and the humidity so we spent a good part of the day yesterday outside in the shade and in the water. Of course that meant introducing Caleb to his first swimming pool. He was thrilled with the idea of swimming like the big boys and I actually got to sit and let my feet soak for a few minutes. That is until I noticed some brown goop oozing out of Caleb's swim diaper and into the water I was soaking my feet in. That kind of put a damper on the whole luxury of it all and I suppose kept my feet planted firmly on solid ground. At least it felt good while it lasted.
That about sums up the weekend. We test drove a Suburban on Saturday. I don't have a picture of that because I was too busy trying to fit five carseats and four kids in a space that wasn't exactly made to hold five carseats and six kids and of course, it was really hot and humid and the kids were exceptionally grumpy. And we also saw Over the Hedge which was pretty funny except for the number of times Denver had to go to the bathroom. We didn't get around to the chicken coop--maybe we'll do that this weekend. Maybe not.
posted by Mark # 4:25 PM 
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