Summer Days!

I could tell when I woke up this morning that it was one of those days that I could just lay around and do nothing. I was tired when I woke up and there just wasn't much that was motivating me to get moving, well at least nothing motivating me that I wanted to do. I needed to make the weekly grocery run, do several loads of laundry and I had an outing planned for the kids this afternoon. So besides all of that - I could have easily stayed in bed!

But instead, I got up and got around to go the store with Eli and Maddie. It really isn't the most fun thing in the world to take a 2 year old to Wal-mart. Don't get me wrong, Eli is great. He doesn't ask for things or throw fits because he wanted something - he knows better! Instead he tries to make friends with everyone at the store. "Hi", "Hi", "Hi" to everyone we pass. And for some reason today we were lapping people so even they were getting tired of hearing "hi".

Just as we were pulling out of the parking lot and I was vowing to go back to my regular time of shopping - naptime; Eli says, "mom, can you sing 'Jesus Loves Me' with me?" Of course we sang not only "Jesus loves me", but also the "B-I-B-L-E" and "If Your Happy and You Know It" all the way home. You gotta love shopping with a 2 year old!

I had also planned to take all 4 kids to the Ruffers, some friends from our Farmer Church, this afternoon. They have a pond and the boys like to play in the sand. The plan was to go after naptime, so that everyone would be in a good mood and there would be some shade for Maddie. Things don't always go as planned, so after nearly 2 hours of trying to get some naps in - we gave up on naptime and headed out the door.

The boys began with t-ball, then building sand castles, hitting golf balls into the field and finally back to the sand and water. It really was a fun time and all 3 boys were worn out by the time we headed home.

Eli made time for a quick break too!

This started out as sand castles, but ended up as a water fight! I'm not really sure who won.

It's funny how boys can have fun with absolutely anything you put in front of them.

Even Maddie enjoyed a nap in the afternoon shade!

So, as I mentioned I could have stayed in bed today, but then I would have missed all this fun!