Independence Day

The night before the 4th of July Russ and Cody decided to sleep out in the tent in our "backyard." They got the tent all set up with sleeping bags, pillows, air mattress, flashlights and everything they could possibly need. The anticipation was killing Cody, he could not wait for it to be bedtime so that they could go out and sleep in the tent. At 7 pm he was telling us how tired of a boy he was. Around 9pm Russ finally gave in and they made their way out to the tent. Cody was thrilled!!

This is the picture they sent me from the tent. This boy is just getting way to big!!

Unfortunately it started storming REALLY bad around midnight so they had to abandon camp and come inside and sleep in the front room. 

The next morning we got together with our friends and neighbors and had a very YUMMY breakfast. By time that was over it was already HOT so we decided to pull out the slip and slide and have water fights.

Wyatt wasn't very good at going down by himself, he needed a little push, but he loved it!!

Cody did pretty good.

It was a huge hit, all the kids loved it.

I'll have to add the rest of the pictures later. I was too busy wrestling children during fire works to take pictures, but I think my neighbor did so I'll get some from her.

Sprinklers and Super Heros

It has been so incredibly hot the last few weeks but my kids love to be outside so we've had to improvise. Our back yard consists of about 4 square feet of "grass" and then a hill straight up, but there is at least enough room for sprinkler. They never like to do it for very long so I just send them out in their underwear and diaper, its not worth washing a swimsuit every time. 

Cody is brave and will run right through the middle.

 Wyatt however stands on the outskirts of the water and squeals like a little piggy.

The library had another super hero day. Good excuse to pull out those capes I made that don't get enough use.

 Kid cluster!!

 Cody trying to show off his muscles.

 Playing super hero games.

 Wyatt just put them in instead of throw them. Much easier that way!!

I'm so glad the library has these little programs that they put on. I think they are super lame, but the kids LOVE doing them. The day before we actually did a rubber duck race at the library. It was kind of a joke because the creek was hardly moving at all, but the kids had a blast watching their ducks get stuck and then brake free. Cody didn't even care if his won or not, he just wanted to make sure he got to take his ducky home!!