Hmm… where to begin. Nothing exciting
this week, just one playground after another. My calender is
covered with “playdate with X at Y playground.” I think we’ve
hit every one in the area this week! Some days we even hit more
than one!

On Tuesday it was sooo hot at the
playground that on the way out I asked Lex if he wanted to go
buy some ice cream. I was envisioning a little kiddie cone with
sprinkles and all that good stuff. I’m pretty sure it’s his
first ice cream cone. However, it was only 10am and apparently
none of the local ice cream stands are open at 10am on a
Tuesday. Not even a Tuesday morning that’s already pushing 100
degrees! So we ended up at McD’s (sad, I know, but we had fun).
They both liked the ice cream, but Lex absolutely did not like
the cone! He cried (too much ice cream, I’m sure) and said no,
no, no cone! So Eve tried to eat it instead. The ice cream was
melting quickly and they are slow eaters so I ended up
“cleaning up” their cones on a regular basis and therefor
probably ate more of the ice cream than they did :) Probably
for the best.

Today we went to a fun playdate at
my friend Sarah’s house. It was us, her, and two other
families. It was a lot of fun and my kids were very well
behaved. Later that afernoon I was complimenting Lex on playing
so nicely with the other kids and acting so sweet. Then
this:

Lex: “I think I hit
someone.”
Me: “You did? Who did you hit?”
Lex: “I think I hit Alice.”
Me: “Why did you
hit Alice?”
Lex: “Because I wanted to give her a
hug.”

Sometimes his conversations don’t
always make sense and this one left me wondering if this was
one of them or if things really happened as he said they did.
He said she didn’t cry and when I asked why he hit her instead
of hugging her, he lost interest in the conversation. Is the
little flirting process beginning already? :)

Hmm… I guess I’m going to just add
a few random pics. I love the colors of summer and I’ve been
taking tons of pics. I’ll probably get them all up on the
photos site just in time for winter :) Here are a few to tide
you over ’til then.

We got
out the water toys this weekend. Eve was not
amused!

Lex
was!

Lex
helping me dig a hole for the clothes line post.

Eve was
smiling away until Lex climbed on, then she got fussy. I’ve
been trying to get a nice photo of the two of them together,
but no luck so far.

Josie
and Lex on her swing set.

Another
attempt at a photo of the two of them together. It’s tough to
get them both look at the same time (Lex has become camera shy
again lately) and then almost impossible to get them both
smiling. I’ll keep trying though!

Eve and
Ezra