It's Summertime, Summertime, Sum-Sum-Summertime

Today was one of those good old ol' summer days. Phil worked a 12 hour shift, which left me at home with my 5 kids - Ry, Cole, Charlie, and my 2 swollen ankles (the ankles count because I consider them to be as high-maintenance as children).

To combat the heat I turned on the sprinkler and let them go wild.


Always one to kick it up a notch, our neighbor busted out the Slip & Slide. Slapping one's self onto the hard ground (protected only by water and a sheet of plastic) looked pretty painful to me, but the kids were into it. We'll see how many bruises start popping up tomorrow morning.


In a rare showing of timidness, Mr. Adventurous was totally confused about the entire situation. He needed to be delicately escorted down the slip, only to hide out on the deck for the rest of the afternoon.

The day wrapped up with dinner & Flavor Ice on the porch (not necessarily in that order) and 3 kids snoozing soundly upstairs. Victory!