Cold Enough to Play in the Sprinkler

Monday March 30th, was a hard day. All the kids were whining and acting like they were getting sick. I nearly cancelled our planned trip to Utah. It got worse as the day progressed. After putting the kids to bed I called Miekka and told her that we might not come. Tuesday dawned and the kids were happy again. The trip was back on. Still a little whiney but not as bad. We spent Tuesday packing and making messes. We left early, early Wednesday morning. Well, early for me! the kids and I pulled out at 5:02 am. Justin and Vader stayed home to hold down the fort. Justin stayed to earn money to support our kids who like to waste food and create mounds of laundry and wife who likes to thrift more clothes than the kids could ever wear.

Monday was "Dress to the Nines" for Spirit week. Amelia wanted to go full out so wore a gorgeous pink princess dress with a crown. She cracks me up! Tuesday was PJ day, we did not get a photo of that, just imagine her in a purple My Little Pony PJ set.

It was a little warm on Monday, like 72 degrees outside. The boys were getting on my very last frayed nerve. I suggested they go run around in the sprinkler, more to water the grass than anything. They did and LOVED it. Now all they want to do is don swimsuits and get wet, even when the thermometer says 65 degrees. I was quite surprised that Evelyn joined into the fun and got wet. She loved standing on the outer edge getting sprinkled a bit. Tuesday morning we visited Jen at the Rubbish Room, Phillip calls her his pickle friend. He helped her set up her furniture outside with his big muscles. Evelyn sat in a cute blue chair, and would not budge. Jen gave her the chair. LOL. We love our pickle friend. In between packing I sewed up a new outfit for Mimi, Amelia's monkey friend she got at birth. Her previous outfit was shredded. Mimi looks like she has a new lease on life with a little new stuffing and outfit. The kids played again in the sprinkler Tuesday after school. When we came back from Utah our yard went from dead yellow to bright green! Just compare the photos!