Summer Fun

We have been having a lot of fun this summer!  I've been trying to do fun activities with the kids and let me just say keeping up with three kids in very different stages and trying to get some extra chores done has been exhausting!  The lists that we are making every week have been taking us more than a week to get through so now we are just drawing things out of our summer fun bag as we have time (and energy).    Here's the cute kids eating ice cream cones after playing in the sandbox. 

One of our summer activities was to paint with our feet.  We put black butcher paper on our back patio and paper plates with paint on them.  This was a HUGE hit!  The kids all loved this!  It was super messy (and I knew it would be) so we did it one night after dinner when Papa was home to help contain the mess.  We saved the paper and are going to use it as wrapping paper.

Papa adding more blue paint

Very dirty baby!

A small section of the finished product

I tried to get a picture of all three kids' feet...  this was the best one I got.  :)

We've been to the museum in Waco several times this summer.  The kids ALWAYS love it and it's air conditioned.  :)  The first time we went this summer they have a fun day outside with activities from the olden days.  The top picture is the girls grinding spices.  Ollie was especially good at grinding but I didn't get a picture of him.  There was also a photographer from the Waco Newspaper at the special event and Lily and I got our picture taken and it was in the newspaper!  Lily loved seeing her picture in the paper and now has it hanging on her bedroom door.

Ollie pumping water.  I'm so glad we don't have to do it this way anymore!!

Another day at the museum.  Playing in the music room.

Playing in the water/bubbles room.

Claire figured out that she could climb into the center of this seat.  She is the most active kid!  She never stops running, climbing, and playing. 

Waco now has a 7-11.  Hooray for slurpee's for the first time!  Ollie liked his.

Lily said that her's was better than chocolate ice cream.

Claire mostly liked being outside and playing on the sidewalk but she did eat some and enjoyed it.  More summer fun and adventures to follow!