keepin' cool

the summer heat is finally here in Michigan. it has been rainy and unseasonably cool the last few weeks, but we were blasted with a warm up yesterday! today when the kids got home from school they got out the water guns and hose and just soaked each other and Daddy! nice way for them to cool off and they had a ton of fun.

couple more pics here

sale, soccer and birthday parties

it rained last night... a LOT. and this morning it still raining on and off. i thought for sure soccer would be cancelled. i called at 7:30... no update, again at 8:00... all baseballs fields are closed until 11:30 games. the rain started to let up and I called again, yep soccer is on as scheduled. and the crazy bargain shopper I am also had to swing by Old Navy before soccer for their $2.00 tank top sale. got to Old Navy, stood in line for 30 minutes and got my five tanks! meet Andy up at soccer, he stayed with Sam and Jacob and I took Ben home. as soon as Sam got home we were off to his friend Parker's birthday party. Sam had a great time playing the sprinklers and slip and slide and making bubbles with his friends. the spongebob cake he had was so cool too! we said good-bye and hopped back in the car to pick up Jacob and Ben and went to my friend Erin's daughter Maya's birthday party. it was nice seeing some of Erin's family that I have not seen in a long time and the boys had a great time running around and playing. they really had a ton of fun with the water balloons! and the weather shaped up to be a beautiful day!
oh crazy weekends, but lots of fun! and it will only get crazier once there are more sports and Ben gets older and has friend he wants to be with too!

pictures from soccer and Parker's party are on Sam's Blog.

pictures from Maya's party are here!

the zoo!

this is one of the weeks that Jacob is with us for the summer, so I took a couple days off and took Sam and Ben out of school, so that they could spend the time together. and I figured why not visit the zoo! we also meet up with Sam's best friend Domenic and his mom and little sister. Sam loved seeing all the animals and hanging out with Domenic. Ben was just amazed at the animals (all of which he called "dogs"). Jacob had a good time too and was huge help pushing strollers and the wagon and just hanging out with his brothers. the funniest thing was Sam was super excited about seeing the dinosaur exhibit that we there for the summer. but right after I purchased tickets for it and we were about the enter the dinosaur path he wanted no part of it. I hand to carry him through almost the entire exhibit and he even asked one the guides, "how do we get out of here?!" it did rain some, so thankfully we saved most of the indoor exhibits for the end. all in all it was a good time!

more pictures here!

kid's corner picnic

this is our first summer at kid's corner daycare and so our first annual picnic. it was at our local park with hot dogs and yummy treats. the kids had an awesome time playing on the playground with their friends and just running around. there was even a magician, which Sam just loved and laughed and laughed. it was nice to meet some of the mom's and dad's of Sam and Ben's friends and talk to them about the kids. it was a great picnic and a lot of fun (and I didn't have to make and clean up dinner!).

more pictures here!