Summer

Our favorite splash pad is broken! Luckily we've got mud and sprinklers to keep us occupied.

Family Bike Ride

We took the girls out this morning for a ride on the Linear Trail.We stopped at the train bridge to throw rocks and jump.

Madelyn jumps.

Lily jumps.

Rory jumps.

Ok, we all jumped. Blurrily. And if you look really close we've got a reluctant photo bomber.

We also stopped to look at cotton coming off the cotton wood trees. Oh my sssssinussessss.

Wandering around.

Telling us she's about to stomp these plants.

We also stopped to eat some mulberries off a massive mulberry tree we found. They'll be even better in a week or two when they're all the way ripe.

Working With Dad

Rory's been busy getting his projects all set up lately. A few weeks ago he had to go out Sunday morning to put a water sensor in before more storm rolled through so we went with him.

We brought energy pills in the form of chocolate Neccos.

What attractive children I have. This is Lily's eating a Necco face.

And Madelyn's.

Rory's rain out shelters.

Helping Dad fill in the dirt around his sensor.

Rory found a millipede and Lily did not approve.

But Madelyn thought it was cool.

Glamping

We took the girls camping this weekend and mostly had a great time! We met up with some friends at the campground and did a little hike before dinner. While the big people made dinner the littles got to play at the park.

Madelyn was fascinated by this lady bug.

Super excited about the fake zip line she just did.

And here she is actually on it.

Lily had a great time going up and down the playground stairs but would not go down the slides. She gave me a 'you're crazy!' look every time I tried to coax her down one.

The night was a little rough but at least I didn't end up at Denny's at 3 in the morning. Madelyn suddenly decided she was scared of the dark and woke up every hour or so freaking out about spider webs and shadows. Lily just didn't want to be in the tent but she calmed down around midnight. The next morning we tried to make pancakes but found out our stove was broken. Bummer. Luckily we were 10 minutes from our house so we just packed up and had pancakes in the comfort of our own home.

Lily and I got the cushy tent. We slept on an air mattress. 

Aaaand I'm done camping with kids for the next few years. I like my sleep.

The Bridge

Madelyn saw this train bridge on the way home from Target today and reeeeaaallly wanted to go visit it. So, after naps, we did! She was pretty excited.

I mean, look at this face.

Lily liked it too.

They ran around like crazy and threw anything they could get their hands on into the water.

There was even some jumping.

And then we were done.

Easters

Actually, this first picture is from last week. 1 o'clock church is wiping poor Lily out. She usually falls asleep on the way home.

We dyed eggs on Saturday. This year we tried tie dyed eggs. They were pretty fun!

Lily mostly wanted to eat the eggs.

Dad being a helper.

Finished product.

The Easter bunny came on Sunday. Both girls were seriously excited about all the eggs in the backyard.

Madelyn so much so that she shook her first egg until its contents went flying. Oops!

Afterwards we had bunnycakes.