Sixteen

Sixteen more days of school.  I'm so ready for summer, and lazy mornings, and evenings outside.
We went to the park the other night with some friends and it just made me long for summer even more.  The kids love the park playground but also love the creek that runs behind the park.  It's brimming with tadpoles right now.

 Looking for tadpoles

Two of the ones  they caught

 Pointing out the rabbits in the field

Just sixteen more days.....

Mud

I finally backed up our computer and deleted a bunch of files so I could download new pics.  I know you've been waiting on the edge of your seats. :)

For Skylar and Bailey's birthdays my mom asked if she could get the girls a sand and water table.  At first I said no.  We've had a sand and water table before.  I know what happens.  The sand doesn't stay on the sand side.  The water doesn't stay on the water side.  It turns into a mud table.

I don't mind fun messes, but I wasn't too keen on the idea of mud being tracked through the house.

But she convinced me that it would be so much fun for the girls, so I caved.

She was right.  It is fun.  They love it.

But I was right too.  It's a mess.

A big, muddy mess.  

But such a fun mess!

Who needs the beach when you have this in your backyard?

Thanks mom! :)

LPGA

On Labor Day we had a little outing. It was also gorgeous outside! Perfect weather. So, we decided to do something we had never done before:

We took the girls miniature golfing.  

Oh. My. Word. They were so cute! We were a little worried that they wouldn't know what to do and it would take us 3 hours to get through the course, but that wasn't the case at all.  

Reagan picked it up really quickly.  

Bailey and Skylar both had their "own" styles.  Skylar was a bit of a Happy Gilmore.  She had an unorthodox style but still managed to get the ball into the cup each time!

Look carefully at the picture above and you can see Skylar with the club....above her head! 


I should have used this picture of Brian for the smirking contest.  :) Each time Skylar would finish her turn, she would hand her club to Brian.  Just call him the Daddy Caddy!

All in all, they had a BLAST.  And we were done in 20 minutes.