Nothing exciting...

...has been happening for a while.

The theater near me offers free family movies all summer long Tuesday-Thursday.  Wednesday, I took the biggest kids and went to the movies while my assistant stayed with the younger ones.  It was really a costly choice, since I didn't have enough kids even to have my assistant work at all, but I had a dentist appointment in the afternoon she was going to cover me for anyway, so what's a few more hours?

We went to see The Tale of Despereaux.  I hadn't seen the movie but I had seen the previews, and it looked like a cute movie about a mouse.  So I took a 3, 4, and 7 year old.

The movie was decent, although not as much about the mouse as the rats!  Overall, I thought it was more dark than not, and although she seemed ok, I was afraid the 3 year old would have been scared by it.

Other than that, jump house in the garage, water play in the backyard, and yummy veggies from the farmer's market are all that is new for summer!

Summer Days

It's the middle of June and it's finally warm enough to get wet.  Finally!  It's been a long time coming.

I have two water tables that I fill with water during the summer, and the kids will play with cups or splash, or the very young ones tend to climb right in.  The little ones love to just sit in the water.

This year I have a small wading pool that I had gotten, originally, to put sand in.  I haven't gotten around to buying sand, but it's works well as a... well, wading pool!  So, I put it out and the kids, in true child creative genius, decide to put it at the bottom of the play structure's slide and fill it to the brim.  They slide down into a pool full of water, make a splash, and laugh and laugh and laugh.   It is fun to watch.

The bigger the kid, the bigger the splash!  And the ones not brave enough to slide down, stand in front for the splash.  Great fun all around.

I love summer water play.  It is consuming, endlessly entertaining, and completely tiring.  We finished the day by turning on the front yard sprinklers, and getting more wet.

Now for figuring out the swimming lesson schedule!