The weather has be amazing for the past few days and we took full advantage today and had a play date! All outside...for like 4 hours! The kiddos ran and ran, ate, played in the sand box, ate again, pretended and I think they ate again. And they laughed....so hard and so often. They were in heaven together, just playing and being friends and sharing life. It was so wonderful....and it was wonderful for the mom's to sit back and catch up on what has been going on. Yeah for wonderful days with friends....here's to many, many more this fall!
Lily Kate is obsessed with Ring Around The Rosie. Oh my word....she is so bossy about it too. She wants everyone in the room to play with her and if you even think about sitting down she pushes you back toward the group. She cracks us up with how long she will play if you let her....and it's funny to see everyone try to sneak out of the circle. Even Cole will say, "Oh Lily, I have to run to the potty!" even when I know he doesn't. But all in all we are wrapped around her finger and we play...for her...every day, all day long.
Ethan and Lily Kate....what can I say? Every time I see them together they get sweeter and cuter and into more and more things. Today, if they weren't trying to climb on top of our grill they were trying to figure out how to work Cole's power wheel. You can tell from the pictures above the exact moment the figured it out because the giggles began and kept coming! Oh they were so proud! They kept leaning their heads in together and laughing harder....as if they had really gotten away with something. I didn't think that anything would get them out of that power wheel until they spotted an airplane overhead and off they ran. I seriously could have watched these little trouble makers for hours!
Rhonald had been planning all summer to take Cole and his dad camping....a boys' weekend away. What he hadn't planned on was the extremely hot temps that would make a camping trip miserable. Since he had taken the weekend off of work he opted for the next best thing...a boys' only trip to Paw Paw and Grandma's cabin. It is a boy's paradise and Cole loves it there. While it was still very hot they got to take breaks indoors and, most importantly, sleep inside. They fished like crazy, looked for crawdads, waded in the river, ate a some local "hot spots" (aka catfish buffets) and simply enjoyed some guy time. Cole's favorite thing, besides fishing, was looking for arrowheads with Paw Paw. They found one and added it to the collection that Rhonald and his grandma started when he was a little boy. Lily Kate and I had a great weekend at home - shopping and cleaning and playing. Cole is still talking about all that they did and saw and how he cannot wait to go back for more fun at the cabin. What a wonderful way for a 4 1/2 year old boy (and his daddy and Paw Paw) to spend a weekend.
