Summer Fun

 Summer wouldn't be the same without a ton of pictures, so get ready for the over load. Some things that we did I want to highlight but here are some of the day to day things we did....

First of all sleeping....we like to sleep around here

There was that day, that was the last day of school so we waited....and waited for the brothers to get home

And then they did and we had a water fight.

There were about 150 balloons, but those went really fast so I'm glad that I bought these water wands so the fun could continue

 {ha... he didn't even know it was coming}

Of course there were a few tears... but nothing that 100 OtterPops couldn't fix... yup, we ate the whole box!

And then there was the nasty sunburn that came as a result of the day out in the sun. This sun burn was so gross!! He had blisters on both shoulders, they would pop and then fill again. It was like this for three days. They were on both shoulders and they got bigger before they went away. It really was so sad {and gross... did I mention that??}

There was trampoline sleeping ....

Enchilada Sauce making/canning

 And Benji finding some handcuffs but not the key....

 We had a slip'n'slide

 And Tommy had 'Jazz Hands'

 Swim who was always eating and never had clothes on.

Oh.... and this park!!!

James at the top

Tim on the monkey bars

And Swim {who does have clothes on...} who lost his shoe

 Benji wandering.... and getting stuck on the pyrmid

Tommy spinning

Tim and his best bud

And one little girl t add to the mix

There were rainy days in bathing suits

 {or shorts}

 And the bluest eyes you will ever see!

There were left over sparklers that needed to be lit.

 And dinosaur slippers that were worn most days.

This summer was fun and there are a few more highlights to come. We tried to pack in a bunch of stuff in the short time that we had.

Summer sprinklers

On one of the last day of summer before school started, I found myself pondering this summer. It really wasn't that great. No trips were taken and because of our situation we didn't have the money to go places and do things. I am thankful for my wonderful children that would rather have experiences than things. So I told them to put on their bathing suits... they asked if we were going to the beach.... I asked them were the nearest beach was. Tommy knew that it was in California... but he only thought that because it was two states away it would only take up 2 hours to get there.

Instead I handed out Popsicle and turned on the sprinkler.

Looking at this picture with the backs of their heads all I can think of saying is "one of these things is not like the other" We still don't know where Benji got all that curl.

 I love this picture of the 5 of them.

It was kinda a sad day when I realized that they had never had the joy of running through the sprinklers... how have we missed doing this??? I guess when you live near the ocean... that's what you do and the poor sprinklers don't stand a chance.

I love this one of James as he flies over!

For Tommy it took a lot of coaxing to get him even to kinda get wet. He is not a water person so the fact that he is even near the water is a big thing.

Tim had a blast jumping in and out of the water.

They were going to try to do a running high-five... they couldn't get the timing right so they were jumping at the same time.... and when you jump over with your eyes shut... you crash.

Benji has found the joy of the camera... this really isn't anything new. 

When Benji was about 6 months old I was busy in the kitchen and couldn't get to him. So Tim was trying to entertain him. Nothing was working and Tim got board. He wanted to take some pictures, so he used my camera and started snapping away.

He started taking pictures of Benji, and Benji stopped crying.... soon he started giggling.

He loves to have his picture taken and now is making an effort to get into all of the pictures... so watch out when you have your camera out.... you may be photobombed by Benji.

James and Tim are less than 3 years apart. I never realized how much bigger James is than Tim..... and how much older he looks when he's next to his little brother.

 Poor Tim.... I don't ever think he'll grow out of his beach bum

This is what Tommy found that he liked to do.... what fold the hose and wait for someone to stand by the water.... or check on it and let the water flow... he likes water when he is not getting wet.

 And last.... look at Benji. He finally went over the top of it. I love his face in this picture!

I want to remember the simple joys of summer. Vacations are fun, and they create some really good memories. But you can have good memories and fun times just by being silly. Have a popsicle and  turn on the hose and see who can jump the highest over the water.