We're Trying to Stay Cool!

We even take our "babies" in the water to cool off!

Splash!

Tonight we picked Daddy up from work and headed to the Y and local splash park.  I love that it is fenced in and that it is limited to Y members with a family membership...it makes it a bit calmer!  I also love that it is only open during the week from 5:30 to 8:00pm...which means Daddy is off work and can come help me!

(this was a mini-fight...so typical!)

What a face!

Daddy and Bruiser kicking water at each other!

We have now tucked two very tired children into bed for a long sleep!  Tater is still away but we are looking forward to taking her for some splashing in August!  

Splash!

This summer we joined our local YMCA. We love the Y we go to on a regular basis - great childcare, outdoor pool, good classes - but we also get to visit other area Y's and access their facilities. Near Daddy's work there is a splash park at the Y...and we ventured down one evening with our neighbor friends!

Testing the water!

Waiting...

Our friend, J

We had a blast and can't wait to visit one more time before the end of the summer...maybe tomorrow if everyone stays healthy!

We're Lovin' Summer!

Miss Wiggles is expressing her individual sense of fashion!

(And she had just taken off the armful of bracelets while I was grabbing the camera!)

Our garden is actually growing...and producing veggies!

I have a small bowl of green beans to prove it...and these pictures!

The overview...

The pumpkins and cantaloupe

The celery

A cantaloupe bloom

The tomatoes...blooms but no tomatoes yet

The Squash...

...that we grew!

And more blooms!

(Except we don't eat squash!)

The bean plants

And we've been spending LOTS of time splashing in the pool!

Going under the water bridge!

Hope you're enjoying your summer, too!

Hot, Hot, Hot!

It was so hot today...here and everywhere else!...that we waited until after dinner to venture into the pool. The kids had a blast splashing and playing in the cool water!

Even Daddy ventured in...it was that hot!

Wiggles took a break to call Papa and tell him about all the fun!

Love Bruiser's excited face!

And...FYI...even Mommy stuck her feet in the water...it was that HOT!

Summer...Already? Really?

So it's only the end of May and its already in the 90s...too hot, too soon! Our house was unbearable this afternoon so I filled the pool and we headed outside to cool off with a bit of splashing.

Bruiser was checking out the new pool from Papa and Mimi...and he approved!

Wiggles was a bit curious, too.

Bruiser helped fill the pool while Wiggles showed him where to put the water...because she knows oh so much!

It was chilly in the water but the hot weather was worse...they didn't hesitate to crawl in!

See Wiggles' arm and back?

She was outside with Daddy last night and the mosquitoes found her to be very sweet...they couldn't stop sampling her!

If you noticed, Wiggles started out with a bathing suit, then she dirty her swim diaper (5 minutes after I put it on...guess she didn't know they are the more expensive diapers!) and refused to put her suit back on.

And obviously she is having diaper issues here...

...and maybe this is part of the reason!

What IS she doing?!?!

After all the splashing, the kids ate a great dinner and we took them for ice cream...but brought it home to eat so we could avoid the mosquitoes!

And this is where Miss Wiggles decided she was going to sit to eat her ice cream...at least until Daddy took her down and she threw a royal temper fit. I mean, kicking and screaming and laying on her belly on the floor. It may have challenged her Auntie M's temper tantrums...no one messes with a girl's ice cream!