Don't you wish you still had the Imagination of a child!

We were playing outside on Thursday, after the rain (turned into such a NICE day!!) waiting for Daddy to come home. I had been kind of in and out with Noah, but the kids were out there playing for quite a while. When I finally got outside and sat down on the grass with Noah- I looked over at the steps, and saw this. Charity's little stuffed dog had a "leash" (Steve's drawstring for his hoodie), tied to him, and then the leash was being stabilized by a huge rock- so he wouldn't run away I guess :) It just made me smile at the thought of how much imagination had gone into that. And the girls do stuff like this all the time, so I know it doesn't take much for them to think of it. But how fun! They can really do anything!! I love it!


This isn't the only shirt he has, I promise :) I just loved this picture. He loves being outside (well...when it's not windy he does :)). I can't believe he's FOUR MONTHS OLD already!!!! Where does the time go!!! If anyone knows how to slow the growing down- let me know :)

Friday was a really great day too! I didn't remember my camera, but we got to go hang out with Sherry!!! I had to take the girls and their cousins up to Grandma Ruthie and Grandpa Russ's house to go see a play with Daddy (that was a lot for one sentence- we met Nate there and he took them all to see Wizard of Oz :)). So before heading up to their house we stopped off at Carl's Jr. and met up with Sherry there. It was such a nice little visit. Who doesn't love some adult conversation. And aside from losing Marcus- I think everyone had a good time. The girls got to go see the play with Daddy, and the boys got to hang out with Mommy! We had a ton of fun!! We basically just went shopping and ran a few errands :) but we got ice cream, and new shoes and still had a lot of fun. I was AMAZED at how not-easy it was with just the 3 boys. I had it all planned out to run those errands while I had 2 less kids, and thought I was going to have it made in the shade, but I was wrong! Apparently the girls are a LOT more helpful than I have ever given them credit. The boys were fine, it was just not a whole lot easier than with the five :) I think the girls add a nice little coral, keeping the boys in line. Bradley definitely needs their good examples to follow. He's a lot more mischevious without them showing him everything they see and do. But at the same time it's always nice to get some time with the kids when there are less though because it lets me give them a little more attention- and they love it too. They get spoiled by Mommy for a change. (It was so funny when Luke accidentally spilled some ice cream on the table- he needed a napkin to wipe it up and then as he was wiping it up dropped the whole cone, wiped that up, and then kept dripping on the next spot as he was cleaning it up- I was laughing my head off!! He's somewhat of a neat freak :) and then when he was walking past me with his ice cream cone and side swpied my leg with it :) "Ice cream... Mommy.... Pants :) giggle giggle :)" What a goof) Anyway it just makes me appreciate the girls a little more :)

Next weekend is the Fathers and Sons Campout, and the girls and I (and Noah of course :) ) will get to spend the evening together, so I'm really looking forward to that :) So is Brad :) He's been counting down the days like it's Christmas :)