Summer loving

The inside of our home remains a mystery.  Soon enough we will be forced indoors and I'll take pictures of it then...  For now we are soaking up what June has to offer, and well that is 90 degrees, and hours of fun outdoors.  

Soccer has become a regular family occurrence, everyone joins in.  I'm not sure who likes it the most...

 

The rickity old playground that was left behind from the last owners, well it is getting more use.  So what if it leans a little, it still has plenty of life in it.  We have plans to get some stuff to put on the wood to minimize the potential for splinters, and well, then it'll be ready for another go round of summer time fun for these three littles.

 

 We've been attempting to teach R to pump, but goodness his coordination paired with stubbornness is killing it.  Soon enough though, for now he likes to fly when P or I can't push him.

and whatever R does, K likes to follow suite.

 

On a side note, P purchased a push mower.  He preferred the push mower for two reasons - 1) he is a super mega cheapo, and doesn't want to fork out the money for a ride on, and 2) he said it was a great form of exercise thinking he'd just run while pushing it (ummmm, hello how crazy does that sound?!)  Anway, he proceeded to mow, not before putting on a pedometer first...cause he is a huge dork so scientific.  2 hours 15 minutes and some 13,000 steps later our lawn was mowed.  Sunburned hands, and blisters on his palms resulted, and now P is rethinking this whole push mower idea.  I bet we end up with a ride-on before the end of the summer...

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Upcoming plans for outdoor fun include - building a fire pit this weekend, putting up a badminton net (of which I'll totally school P playing), spraying the crazy-outta-control weeds, and keeping up with our daily run - the kids LOVE to cheer us on as we run by, often times the kids like to chase after us and try to keep up for a bit.  Oh this family life = LOVE.

  

 

R is making friends with the neighbor kids, and we like to secretly spy on them...I still cannot believe I have a kid old enough to go play with friends!

Trying to keep K content while R is away playing with his new friends can be tough.  I can't imagine what it'll be like for both K and R when R is at school 5 days a week in the next couple of months...Thank goodness for the distraction of bubbles.

 

So that is us, now, in June.  Busy, and outdoors.