The Kool Aid Guy

We went to the market this morning, as we do almost every Monday morning.  While carting Max through the aisles, he blurted out, "Fat Kid!!!"  I was perplexed and horrified that he was calling out an obese child nearby.  Luckily it was just this guy ...

Max Rides a Bike!

I left the kids with Michael to take a solitary bike ride.  When I returned, Michael said that Max had a surprise for me.  At first he gave me a flower and I thought that was it.  No ...  He had a bigger surprise in store for me!

Muddy Kids

After it rains, the kids are excited to play in the aftermath.  They know that I don't like them to play in the mud let alone bathe in it.  But they are attracted to nature and all the dirt it offers.  (The strange sound that you hear in the video is not your computer having a heart attack.  It's background noise of our air compressor periodically turning on.)

The kids soon asked for a shower after these pictures because the sun was setting and they were shivering from their wet selves.

Farmers and Painters

The other weekend, we visited our friends Dick and Nettie who have bought a piece of property one hour north of where we live.  While Michael helped them paint the interiors of their house, the kids helped paint a unsightly boat that the previous owners had abandoned in their front yard.  

Needless to say, they had a great time getting dirty and painting on such a humongous canvas.

The neighbor kid also joined in the fun.  They had such a great time with Gaby that Max was quite irate when we had to leave several hours later.  

Here they are in action.

Simone Loves Corn

Simone loves corn-on-the-cob.  If you give her a plate of corn kernels, she will eat it.  But if you give her corn-on-the-cob, she will devour it.

She's cuckoo for corn!

Simone's First Grade Class

Now I know why the public schools take pictures during the Spring, in addition to taking them in the Fall.  It's for the class picture!!!  In my day, we took pictures once a year and it was a group and individual setting.  Of course, I did go to parochial school all my life.  Maybe this multiple picture thing is for public schools?

Clean Bus

We washed the bus yesterday for the first time in ... EVER!  It's so sparkly clean now but err realized that its 2 years of exposure to the sun and tree sap has cracked the special roof paint we put on it.   We vowed that its next parking spot needs to be covered.  We need to at least put a tarp on it.   We have to keep it looking pretty!!!