Swings, Slides and Swimming

Yesterday was a LONG day. We met some friends at a church playground nearby and the kiddos played for a couple of hours. It's a great playground and they had so much fun! After lunch, we went swimming at Nana's and Papaw's house. Always a huge hit! Bryson shed the life vest for the first time and tried out water wings. He did so good! We stayed all day and after supper, Dad made cinnamon rolls and Mom made fudge (p-nut butter AND chocolate!). I ate until I was sick...then I had some more!

New Shoes

The much anticipated shipment from The Children's Place arrived today. The boys picked out their own shoes online and we ordered them last week. Riley got some new school outfits and they all got new sunglasses. Everyone had to run up and down the hall to try out the new shoes. Sadly, the shoe size chart they give you online is a bit off, so Bryson will have to wait awhile to grow into his. But he's enjoying wearing them anyway. Even though they flop when he walks!

Swimming the Summer Away

The boys love to swim. These are pics of them playing in the pool at Sage's 5th birthday party on Monday.

Blueberry Pie and Bikes on Parade

Last Saturday we had our annual Pioneer Day and bike parade at church. Riley was in the pie eating contest. He didn't care for blueberry, so his strategy was to just hold it all in his mouth until it was over and then spit it out! He ruined the appetites of several onlookers. Avery and Bryson loved the bike parade.

Hairy Scary!

It's been a little while since I added pics of the boys, so here goes. First of all, I let their hair get a little shaggy. Not some deep seeded desire for girls, just pure laziness. Really. Anyway, the other day, I talked the boys into letting Mommy have a little fun. Hopefully one day they will forgive me.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...I don't think so!

Ok. Long story short- The boys went for their annual checkups yesterday and were surprised with a few vaccines they needed. Yippee. Riley took it like a man. One in the arm, one in the leg, not even a flinch! Avery cried a little, but did well. Bryson had a full-on hissy fit. But taking them swimming at Mom and Dad's house calmed him down. I got home from their house and had a message from the doctor. He said he had (oops!) given Avery the wrong vaccine and although it wouldn't harm him, he will need to come back in for the right one, and for me to call his office. Well, since it was after 5pm, I waited until this morning to call. Hence the reason for the title of this post. While on hold, Cyndi Lauper's "Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun" was playing. In the 80's, I enjoyed this song. Can I just tell you that I thought I would crawl out of my skin if I had to hear one more note of that song!!! I seriously held the phone away from my ear because I felt like I was going to have a seziure!! I guess the moral of my story is this...Girls may want to have fun, but my boys had a crappy day yesterday and as for little Avery, the rest of his week isn't looking all that great, either!

R & R

We took a much need break over the Fourth! We ran away from the house of horrors to Kure Beach. If you've never been, GO! It's a great family beach. We walked to get ice cream at the Tastee Freeze a couple of times ( I highly recommend Death By Chocolate in a waffle cone), and even in the dark, families are out walking, riding bikes...Barely any traffic on the back streets. Great place to visit! The boys had so much fun with their Daddy in the water. They managed to beg me enough to get a little wet, but Mama don't like swimming with the sharks! I try to avoid swimmin' holes tht don't require chlorine and a pool boy! Anyway, now it's back to reality. The kitchen is pretty much back to normal. I got another dishwasher and Jeremy has most of the floor fixed. Our van radiator sprung a leak about 5 minutes into our drive home, but with a lot of prayer and a couple jugs of water from a ghetto Food Lion (so afraid we'd get stranded there!!), we made it home safely!

AGHHHHHH!

Surprise! Today was NOT a better day! I woke up to my war zone kitchen and decided to wash the dishes from last night. Well, much to my terror, I was made aware that a sink FULL of dishwater quickly gushes out of the open dishwasher drain pipe, pouring underneath and out of the kitchen cabinets, through the floor, down the sheetrock and into the basement below! I threw the phone (Sorry Donna) and screamed for my terrified children to grab towels. (No, Riley! Not the clean white ones! Get them out of the hamper!) Anyway, now I post a pic of Jeremy ripping out the toe-kick from under the cabinets. Instead of putting my flooring back down, we get to wait for more water to dry up! Angie, don't look for us at the beach this weekend...Happy Freakin' 4th of July!!!!!!!!!!!!!!