Monday, May 19, 2008

Summertime and the Going is Easy


Today was our first real day of summer. We enjoyed every minute of it with the park in the morning and the sprinkler and water table in the afternoon lasting into the evening. Oh, the lazy days of summer....welcome!
Carston was kind enough to walk Benjamin through the sprinklers, making sure he enjoyed the best puddles.
Jackson was content moving the sprinkler around the yard.
Peyton picked some "blossoms of blue" just for me.

Grant had a wonderful time with his partner in crime: the blue bucket.
Benjamin is enjoying a little more freedom as he loses his baby title in exchange for his new starring role as the premier toddler at our house (complete with leaving devastation behind wherever he roams). After playing in the water he determined to cook himself a bite to eat in the playhouse.
He enjoyed searching through the grass, familiarizing himself with the texture, and even helped a bit with cutting the grass by hand.
They clean up nice! A warm bath works wonders. The sun, water and playing in the dirt always wear them out. Exhausted, they fell into bed with smiles and excitement for another day of summer, I follow soon.....just as exhausted and excited.

6 comments:

Melissa said...

I am glad that they are so excited and having so much fun. I am nervous for summer to start because that means I have to get going on everything I have to do and it means that I will be entertaining my little friends non stop :)

Jordan said...

None of my kids are in school yet so we have yet to experience that transition from scheduled to carefree days. I look forward to it. Right now...well, it's just crazy all the time!!

Anonymous said...

Looks like fun! This is our first long summer not in year round school, so it should be interesting! Way to sart yours off right.

Becky T said...

Ahhhh, summer time! How fun for you guys. I think summer at your house sounds like fun! :) It sounds like you guys will be busy...and they say that summertime is laidback! :) These pictures are making me REALLY want a backyard! :) Looks like a ton of fun!

jayna said...

looks fun!!! mark only has a year left? wow!! yay!!

Shuldberg Family said...

You have such a cute family.