Only One Day Left . . .

Yesterday we took the kids to SciWorks in Winston Salem.  It is a science museum geared for younger kids.  The kids had a blast and Mackenzie did not want to leave.  Mackenzie took a tumble outside and got pretty scratched up and we had to ask for some band aids, but other than that it was a great outing.

After quiet-time we pulled out the boys water toy (which we got them a few years ago) and the kids had a blast playing in the water and taking turns playing lifeguarg.  Thomas was super impressed when Brian told him that he used to be a life guard and wanted to know "all about it".

Today we hung out at the house and had some craft time and got ready to have a "party".  Friends of Brian's and Tina's, Dennis and Colleen came over and we grilled and hung out.  I unfortunately didn't think to take a picture of the deck decorated with the kids crafts.  Each one made a bug out of styrofoam balls and pipe cleaners and a wind sock made mainly out of craft foam.  Painting the styrofoam balls for the bugs did not go extremely well, although it did not go extremely poorly either.  I did end up with all of the kids in the bathtub getting cleaned up at the end of it though and a change of clothes for each.  As I was changing Mackenzie she told me that she is "probably going to marry Thomas, because he is so cute."  I informed her that, similar to how she is not allowed to marry her brother, she is also not allowed to marry her cousin.  She took the news pretty well.

Here is a shot of the kids working on the wind socks:

and here is a shot with some of the finished products drying (you have to look pretty hard for the bugs):

While we were getting dinner ready we put up the boys' bounce-house so the kids could blow off some energy and they worked up quite a sweat bouncing around.

We also failed to take any pictures at the dinner itself, but we all had a good time, the kids played together nicely, and the food tasted great, if I do say so myself.