Splat and Splash

The kids went to a fun 'splat and splash' party for Jackson's 9th birthday. They started out with making art where you throw a balloon filled with paint at the paper, then broke out a pinata, and ended with a water balloon fight. Pretty fun!

Tyler winds up.

Daphne had a hard time getting her balloons of paint to pop.

Messy and loving it!

Matthew

Water balloon fight

Advertising Works!

I realized that Tyler absorbs way too many commercials during a recent walk we took on the trail around the Arbor Trails shopping center. As we walked by Jared- Galleria of Jewelry:

Tyler: Have you ever been to Jared?
Me: No.
Tyler: They sure have a lot of commercials.

Not long after that, we passed the Sprint store.
Tyler: Sprint has the best service.
Me: Why is that?
Tyler: They have proven percentages that they are better than Verizon. And the Verizon guy is with Sprint now.
Tyler: Liberty Mutual has the best car insurance.
Me: Why is that?
Tyler: Because they cover the whole car unlike the other guys.

Apparently I should be checking with my 8-year old before making major consumer decisions!

Star Wars Bollards

Daphne was very excited to see that Target dressed up their normal red bollards as Star Wars droids.

BB-8

BB-9E

At the Park

With the temperatures dropping into the high 80s (it's about time!), there were tons of people at the park this morning.

Daphne riding the dolphin

Our tree climber

Our Monkey

Portland

Tyler likes the shirt I brought him back
from my trip to Portland a month ago

Bed Hog

Daphne hasn't climbed into our bed in a while, but did recently climb in late in the evening before I went to bed. When I found her hogging my side of the bed I simply crawled into her bed for a peaceful sleep.