Evening swim

Scott came with a pool today. It is one of those little ones that has a filter so you can always leave it filled up, but it's not so deep. Scott is filling it up as we speak and the kids could not resist jumping in even though they were all shivering within 1o minutes. Hopefully it will bring nothing but joy and entertainment all summer!

New Wal-Mart

I needed some things so, of course, I had to check out our new Wal-Mart today for it's Grand Opening(on Rittenhouse and Ocotillo). I saw several people I know that had the same idea! I love it. It is very spacious (maybe this is the spacious building of our times? sometimes I feel like it is), clean and stocked, and very kid/baby friendly. One thing to warn you about though is the bathrooms back by the Site to Store pick-up have been switched from what the other Wal-Marts are. I saw several women go into the men's bathroom and I almost did, too! In the very nice bathrooms there is a little kids sink and the diaper changing area is great...there are covers for the changing table, hooks for diaper bags/purses, a bench where Tate waited and a trash can with a lid. And the best part was there was a little kids seat that I could strap Tate into while I went to the bathroom so he did not play all over the ground like he usual does! I know it is so ridiculous that I was so excited about the bathrooms, but with kids I frequent them a lot and they have improved them 200%! Yeah for Wal-Mart and it is great it is so close now!

Fun for FHE

Last night we had a BBQ at the park with some friends and we all grilled up hamburgers, chicken and hot dogs. We ate while we chatted and then we played some wiffle ball (mostly the men) and some sand volleyball. We enjoyed spending some time with the Jorgensen's before they move to Alabama and we will be sad to see them go. We got kind of got a late start so the time was not as long as we wanted, but we had fun and the weather was BEAUTIFUL! I absolutely love the weather at about 6:00pm right now. The sun is going down and it is the perfect temperature. Good times! Sorry I know this is lame with no pics, but I was a little rushed and forgot the camera.

Time for a pool?

Ahhh. It was Saturday, the house was still clean, Scott had Tate on the Fathers and Sons campout, Claire was napping and the house was still clean. The girls were playing outside and of course had to turn the hose on. I was ok with that and then I checked on them and they were filling up this...

So I said fill up this if you want to get wet....

The next time I checked on them they were in this...

Yes, that is a trash can and they were having a blast. Luckily it was a fairly new one and hadn't had any gross trash in it, but they did have to dump the rocks and dirt out of it so that they could fill it up and "swim" in it.

Card Club

Card Club was at my house on Friday hence the frustration on Thursday. A piece of my irritation was from my downstairs bathroom. I had been trying to paint it for 3 weeks, going through 3 quarts of paint trying to get the right color and when I was in the middle of painting I stopped to be a nice mom (for once) and help Tate with a toothbrush he saw in the medicine cabinet and the paint spilled all over the carpet, cabinet and linoleum. This was after the paint was bubbling and as I pulled it off it pulled off the texture so I was also needing to have my brother come and fix it. That bathroom has given me nothing but trouble and I swear it is only 8sq. feet. Ugggh.

Moving on, Card Club was a fun time and for once I had everything pretty much ready on time. These where the desserts I made for the kids. I had been waiting for a chance to make these after I saw them in the Family Fun magazine. They were super easy just took a while because I did so many. You just put marshmallows on a stick (the picture had them on popsicle sticks) and did them in those colored candy melts that you can get at the craft stores. Then I twisted them around to spin off the excess and them dipped them in sprinkles. I also did purple ones. Here they are setting up in the freezer for 15 minutes.The theme for the cards this month was child birthday and here is my card which pales in comparison to the card that was voted the best.

The winner

Kindergarten Celebration

Last Thursday (5/1) Emmy had her "Kindergarten Celebration" which was a program of songs that showed what they had learned all year. It was a little on the lengthy side, but still cute. It was funny, after it was over Emmy said "Mom that was not fun". It was a "celebration" after all and I am sure the teachers kept telling them it would be fun, but this was not Emmy's idea of fun. Here is Emmy that night with her friend Jaden who is also our neighbor. They have enjoyed eachother in the same class all year. This was the only picture I could get of the night because once again the shortest child was in the back row and I could not really see her most of the time, the rest of the time the shots were too dark for my camera.

Uggggghhhhhh!

That's all.