Schools Out

Today was the last day of school for my oldest. My other 2 are still finishing up their books and their last day is right around the corner. Until then they are happy to fill up their free time frolicking in the sun and playing in the new pool we purchased for summer. They love to get in there and just splash around and make up games. We will still travel down to the river but in between they can at least cool off and have some fun. Here is a pic of them in the pool. You can see my 7yr old is hamming it up. Behind them you can see our garden which is coming along very nice. The rainy weather combined with nice sunny days is really helping all my plants just blossom! Tomorrow we will be out pulling the weeds that have also enjoyed the nice weather.


Since I was outside taking pics of the children I decided to snap one of my day lilies. They have spread out nicely in my flower bed and are blooming beautifully. Although I rarely get to enjoy seeing them in the flower bed as my 3yr old thinks that all flowers should be plucked and brought to mama. :) I don't mind that either. I will miss those days of getting flowers picked and given to me... Time flies by faster than you can blink sometimes. I will enjoy these precious years while they are here.



On another note. I have discovered that I have been buying the wrong birdseed. Oh, I had plenty of birds coming to my feeder, but now I have discovered the joy I had been missing by not attracting the song birds to my feeder. Needless to say, now each morning I get the pleasure of being sung to by all the beautiful birds eating at my feeder. The kids love the blue birds and finches the best. I just love watching them and listening to their morning songs. They are such beautiful singers. It is impossible to not be happy when you listen to them! They are shy birds and I rarely catch a picture of them, but I was able to get this shot off. I have yet to catch the bluebirds in a picture. They seem to be very camera shy.



Of course we have been attending my sons baseball games. There are only a few games left so I am going to attempt to get a good picture of him at his game. This one is blurry as usual. My camera does not zoom well at all. It is hard to get a good picture when you have a 3 yr old running around and grabbing at your arms though. Here he is manning his base. He is #1.


Last but not least I snapped this photo of my 3yr old having a lengthy conversation with her daddy. She is very expressive when she talks on the phone. She moves her hands and rolls her eyes and moves all about. She literally cracks me up watching her. I should video tape her and put in on here so you all could see how funny she is. She often gets frustrated when you don't understand exactly what she is saying and I think this is one of those times. I caught her right before she rolled her eyes and said, "Daddy!" in that exasperated tone she gets and then laughs. She is a mess I tell ya.