If I were really cool, I would have posted something a week ago so you too could have sported cow costumes and eaten for free. Put it on your calendar for next year. July 9th: Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A. At first I felt a little apprehensive to go out in public dressed like a cow not on Halloween. But, my good friend Sheri was totally down with sporting the spots and really it's always fun to dress up, isn't it! The free food made the late-night spot pinning worth it!
Can you guess what they're saying?
This is just one of the ways we're having the rockin'est summer ever.
Actually, though, I'm just trying to stay afloat with all three kids home. I know I only had one less during the school year and that was only for 6 hours most days, but it makes a difference. We're settling in to our schedule a bit more and also enjoying not having to stay in the schedule. A few things that define our summer:
It's a good day when we only wear PJ's and swimsuits throughout the entire day.
Popsicles count as a snack anytime (rewards for Benny's potty training right now)
We try to keep up daily quiet time and chore charts (some days better than others...).
We took the whole fam to the beach for a few nights of enjoying nature. Once we got used to the idea that Ben would be a ball of dirt for the entire 3 days, our camping trip improved dramatically! Really, though, we had ourselves a nice couple of days together -- just the family and the sand (and dirt).
To stay entertained while not at the beach, we frequented the camp store, antagonizing the sales person by playing with all of the toys and pulling candy away from Ben.
We explored the caves in the morning at low tide and found lots of cool anemones, muscles, and crabs.
Check out Ben's curls. Oooh, I just love 'em!
Chris likes digging big holes. The kids like playing in big holes. The only downside -- the lifeguard made him break it down because I guess big holes are dangerous. Shyah!
Finally! A break from the daily grind.
Next time I'll give the kids their lollipops after the picture.
We also got a visit from Grandma and helped watch cousin Kate while her parents went on a cruise. Let me tell ya-- adding one kid and a grandma to the mix required adding a Dr. Pepper to your breakfast milk. Actually I think that Grandma might have really been spiking her breakfast milk with Dr. Pepper. Maybe Kate's too. I'm not sure. But we had fun. Mom and I even got a girls night out complete with a Tom Cruise flick and shopping. Love ya, Mom!!! We had so much fun having you out!
Show me your eyes Ben! (that's what I said and that's what I got).
Grandma even made cleaning the windows fun! How does she do it?
To stay entertained while not at the beach, we frequented the camp store, antagonizing the sales person by playing with all of the toys and pulling candy away from Ben.
We explored the caves in the morning at low tide and found lots of cool anemones, muscles, and crabs.
Check out Ben's curls. Oooh, I just love 'em!
Chris likes digging big holes. The kids like playing in big holes. The only downside -- the lifeguard made him break it down because I guess big holes are dangerous. Shyah!
Finally! A break from the daily grind.
Next time I'll give the kids their lollipops after the picture.We also got a visit from Grandma and helped watch cousin Kate while her parents went on a cruise. Let me tell ya-- adding one kid and a grandma to the mix required adding a Dr. Pepper to your breakfast milk. Actually I think that Grandma might have really been spiking her breakfast milk with Dr. Pepper. Maybe Kate's too. I'm not sure. But we had fun. Mom and I even got a girls night out complete with a Tom Cruise flick and shopping. Love ya, Mom!!! We had so much fun having you out!
Show me your eyes Ben! (that's what I said and that's what I got).
Grandma even made cleaning the windows fun! How does she do it?
