Who knew.....

Our backyard came with a pool....

I've been trying to get a really good picture of how bad the slope really is especially when it rains, but that hasn't been working.

Took this picture yesterday after 3 days of rain. Doesn't really do justice. The biggest "puddle" is under the swingset. But everytime I tried to get that picture I got wet....

Michael is threatening to stock it with fish if the rain doesn't stop.

I'm trying to figure out how many truck loads of dirt it will take to level out the back yard so that we can get something better than what we have going on now....

Who knows....

Wii Boxing Johnathan versus Alexander

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A little bit of sunshine....

and what do you get????



A day to play!!



Nice weather means that you don't want to come inside. We didn't think to take pictures until after all the kids where brushed off. We had to get a broom for arms, legs, fingers, and toes. They played outside from morning till night. Didn't come inside for lunch. That's what picnics are for.



Only came inside at dinner time. Then they had to by pass the dinner table and head straight upstairs for showers before they were even able to sit and eat. While the blue sand was cheap, and filled the sandbox it does have it's downfalls.



Now poor Xander.....he's the smallest. So that gives him a disadvantage....or that's what I'm saying....he has yet to figure out that he can sit on the outside of the sandbox and still play. So he decides to sit in the middle and play. So while they go out with socks and shoes on they never come back inside with them on. Guess I should be grateful, cause I'd have blue sand in my washing machine.



I only have 1 picture from our day of playing outside (and granted it's about 3 weeks old I've been to lazy to post). Guess that could be cause shortly after 3 days of 70+ degrees we switched to rain again for about a week or so...



So here is our picture of the blue day....and how sand gets to places it has no business being....

What happens when....

So lets see....

Here is my list of if you are in my house what happens to you when you do something....

What happens when you decide its more fun to sit in a chair on just 2 legs instead of the 4 it has??

If your Christopher, you fall out of the chair, flipping it over backwards into the sliding glass door. In the process you break the chair that is older than your father! Which will get you in to moderate trouble. Nothing major...more like a new spend time with dad project fixing the chair you just broke, and a lesson in using all 4 legs of the chair or standing up at the dinner table.

What happens when you pick up you little brother carry him out of your room, close the door and tell him to get out and stay out???

If your Johnathan, the door gets taken off the hinges....why??? Because it's Alexanders room to, and no matter how mad you are at Mom and Dad you can't take it out on your little brother. And you can't kick him out of his own room. So therefore the door is taken down so that you can't kick him out of his own room. The lesson learned.....don't kick someone out of the room who shares the room with you....we think...neither seem to mind the door being gone, and both think it's cool that the door is gone...

What happens when you want to hide your Go Diego Go puzzle from your older brother?? But he's bigger than you and can reach all your "good" hiding places??

If your Alexander you decided to "hide" them in a drawer. In the rush to close the drawer before Johnathan can find them you shut your fingers in the drawer. In the process mommy is both laughing at you and trying to comfort you. Lesson learned....either share with your brothers or more your fingers faster??? He was no worse for the wear, and the Go Diego Go puzzle is still hidden in the same finger smashing drawer.

So that has been what has been happening in our house the past few days. Needless to say between the rain that occurred on Friday, Saturday and the early part of Sunday that led into the snow on the late part of Sunday we've had an interesting few days. Add onto that the snow days and missed school for Monday and Tuesday and the going in late on Wednesday....Mommy was EXTREMELY grateful that everyone had school today.

Now here's hoping Michael and Christopher can actually fix the chair that Christopher broke. It was Michael's grandmother's.

Can we just say I'm ready for Spring!!!

Xander throwing Snowballs....

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Our Day in the snow...

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