run for your lives...the monster is coming!!!!

lay-out time!! they gotta work on their tans!
picnic!!

carson was doing some weird tongue thing in every picture!! ahh!

the kids running from the imaginary monster

roxcy joined in too!!

jaden is always ready for a picture!!!

the first slide of the day

once again, jj looks super cute, carson was not so happy about taking ANOTHER picture

roxcy enjoying the sun and semi-warm water

look close, there is a lady bug on carson's hand. he was so excited about it...until cody accidentally killed it.

the fancy nancy dress up

a better picture of the fancy nancy cake at the party!!

today, carson and i stayed at my sister's house after preschool. mckay, jaden and carson wanted to fill the empty sandbox with water and go swimming. we let them do it thinking (cause we're the parents and we totally know everything) that they would get cold in .2 seconds and would want to get out. so, we helped them into swim suits, and they got the slide from the backyard and got the hose to have a "water slide". long story short, they ended up swimming and running around for about an hour!! they were loving it!! i finally had to force carson to put his clothes back on! ( i had tons of stuff to do at my parents house ) they did get cold once and decided to wrap up in the towels tiff provided. then, out of the blue, carson says, "run for your lives!! the monster is coming!!" they then proceeded to bolt away from me and the front yard and ran down the street with towels trailing behind. i called after them to come back, but then decided to join in the fun. i'm sure the residents of shapinsay street thought i was a crazy woman trying to capture these poor swim suited children!! i was running up the street roaring!! i have to admit, i was having tons of fun!! they eventually came back when the picnic was announced. anyway, it was an awesome day and so much fun!! i love seeing our children play and develop relationships and wonderful, adventure-filled, imaginative memories!!