Trying out the Playset on a Nice Summer Evening

After some ridiculous late nights and stressful days at the office, we decided to make the most of a nice summer evening with some push-up pops on the playset. What can I say? The kids are a bunch of hams. Also, I took a pic of the roof line comparison in case you were unsure of the magnitude of this beast of a playset. At night, the porch light comes on and lights the thing up like a lighthouse beacon - its something else driving down the hill!

Sunday was Water Slide Day.

To cap our weekend we set up the slide. The neighbors came over for a bit as well. Thank goodness I bought this thing in winter - this has been our sanity saver with the number of hot days we've had lately!

Visit to Kent Island and the Shipwreck Lounge

The futures so bright they have to wear mama's shades.

At the pier searching for wildlife.

In the wagon heading to the pier-plenty of room for four!

Splashing in the slip and slide and having a great time.Trevor's being a crab in the bay.

Found some dead baby crabs (they were eaten by wildlife). The kids were fascinated. Arden, Trevor and Logan playing in the sand.

On the way to the beach....

We visited Danielle, Brian, Logan and Arden - there was minimal traffic so we were pleasantly surprised. Kids had a great time and so did we! We plan to return if they'll have us. We brought the dog and it worked out well.

Chaos!

I got home from work this evening to find Heather had lost her second front tooth and Trevor had burst a blood vessel in his eye. Let the start of summer begin......

Last Day of School!

Today is the last day of this school year. Eric becomes a mental patient with two kids home all summer as of this afternoon. Pray for him! Heather will enter 2nd grade in September and Trevor will start preschool.

Heather's Awards!

Heather won all three goal awards at her 4th quarter goals assembly this morning!

Crabs and Shrimp for Father's Day

We celebrated Father's day with some goodies for Eric and a few other friends - crabs, shrimp and beer! The kids thought it was hilarious when I snuck a crab on the playground as well.

Happy Father's Day!

This picture couldn't express it any better! Happy Daddy's Day to all the Dad's out there! Grandpa Daimler, Pop-Pop and Uncle Steve, we miss you greatly. Love to all.

Trevor's Teeth

Of course Trevor had to get in on the action too. He has all his teeth though.

One Down, One to Go.....

Finally! We lost one of the teeth - Mama's burnt cookies did the trick!

If you give a mouse a cookie - chaos style

The dirty fish are above - bad bad fishies!
Heather's betta

Trevor's betta

Have you ever read the book if you give a mouse a cookie?! Its a mighty interesting read. "Chaos style" happens like this. If you take the kids to the carnival, they will want to play games attempting to win fish. You will let them because let's face it they won't win anything and you consider yourself safe. Unfortunately, they win TWO FISH. You bring said fish home. You go to the pet store for a goldfish bowl and get laughed at-and I do mean laughed at! The pet store immediately suggests you send those fish to a nice big bowl in the sky - why?! Because they aren't simple goldfish - apparently they will grow at least a foot long and are called "dirty fish". You tell the kids they are going - they cry. You buy two bettas to make them stop. It works like a charm. They pick out bowls, rocks, plants, you name it. You now have four fish, but tell yourself its fine because two of those fish are gone the minute you walk back in the door with the two bettas. You get ready to pitch them - the hubby gets a fish tank of his own. You now have 2 bettas in separate bowls, the original aquarium AND now another fish tank for the dirty fish that you should have flushed in the first place. Anyways, maybe I should write my own book - if you take two kids to the carnival.....

New Playset

After much back and forth and 2 additional kids visiting, we came to the realization that it was just plain dangerous to hang on to our old playset for any longer. The kids were all pushing each other off the top. We have upgraded and its huge! I guess the good news is that Heather and Trevor are so down to earth that they feel this is just a regular playset - I asked Heather if she told her classmates about it and she said - its not like they haven't seen a playground before Mom! Pictures are posted! Special thanks to my hubby, my dad, my mom and Matt for slaving away in 90 degree temperatures and high humidity to get this beast built!