Sunday, July 11, 2010

Summer Days

The BEST thing about this summer is that my three kids have discovered that their best friends are each other. They have played all summer together and have been pretty creative in what they play.

One day they found some beakers and created all kinds of interesting and very messy potions. Some they drank themselves, and some they tried to get me to taste first. All of the potions were colorful and I am pretty sure the one I tried might have had rabbit food in it!?!


Then one day I hadn't seen them for a VERY long time. I did find this on my counter. There were several baggies with an odd assortment of things inside. They were all labled and Chase accidentally told me they were "evidence." They were spies for quite some time that day. They even each had their own spy book to write everything down in.



Then one day they discovered the irrigation ditch across the street. Boy did they have fun!! They only lost one shoe that day!


We have loved hopping on the wheelers and heading out from our house to discover new things. We have found lots of caves and lots of petroglyphs and all three of them love to hike all the way up to the top of every hill, every mountain, and every rock we see.

One silly thing these three came up with was to be hooked together and believe it or not, they stayed that way for hours! I made them unhook to get in the tub, but they got back together and even slept the night that way. I heard so much giggling as they tried to jump on the tramp that way. They always ended up in a big heap. Aren't they super cute!

Of course summer nights have got to be spent sleeping out under the stars on the tramp. We didn't do much of this in Mona, so it was been really fun here in Central. It is great to hear made of stories from my kids and even greater watching for shooting stars and hearing the wishes they make.

So I don't know where this game came from, but I had to take a picture of it. I was doing yard work when they came outside like this! Aren't you scared!!! They even had wounds painted on them from the fights they had been in.
Isn't being a kid great!!!

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