Fair Weather Friends, Part II (or, This is What You Call a Glut of Pictures)

(Alternate alternate title: A Test for Your Attention Span)

Remember how I said today was going to be 62 degrees? It was woooooonderful. My heavens, was it wonderful. Everett came home from preschool and after gulping down some string cheese, the kids left for the back yard.

I decided that since it was such a lovely day, I would try to get a picture of the kids with the bright sunshine behind them.

"Smile and say, SUUUUN!!!" I suggested earnestly. This is what I got.

Ok, point taken. No more cutesy posed pictures for us. It works much better when I follow the kids around with the camera pointed their direction. However, if I utter a certain phrase (it may or may not sound something like "look at me, please") the kids turn their backs on me quicker than a reflex. So, I have to turn invisible and shut my pie hole.

And then, when she thought I wasn't looking, I discovered that our resident fairy princess learned how to take flight.

And then Everett discovered. . .a water fountain.

So that's what was under all fifteen feet of snow? Sweet. And it was filled with water from that giant melted snow pile.

Pool of water + kids = let's put stuff in and make giant splashes!

Hey, it's warm outside. I'm not going to be bothered by it.

Ashley quickly found herself a magic splashing stick.

What else to put in. . .what else. . .

Rocks. Shiny, smooth, large, rocks.

I didn't want to break it to them that the rocks belonged on the ground below the fountain as decoration.

I don't think the kids would have listened, anyway. They had too much fun getting splashed by those shiny rocks.

Poking around.

Yes, poking. That is exactly what these sticks are for.

Notice what Everett is doing?

Fortunately that is our Bishop's yard. I don't imagine he is about to chase the kids away with a walking stick.

Even so, I made the kids stay in our yard. (I have no problem being lame.)

Good weather +Toys + Our screened in porch = A baby-friendly place to play = A happy mama.

Everett was a fan, too. The only issue is keeping William from pushing on the screens, but they are very secure and so far they haven't been a draw for him.

This weather was perfect fairy princess weather.

We ended the day with homemade rolls, chicken, and oranges after meeting Papa at a fun playground. Tomorrow won't live up to today, but that's okay with me. Somehow now I have the energy to face another blizzard.