This Week in Pictures

June 2012, Week 3

Keeleigh and I visited the homeschool resource room on campus searching for material for the 2012-2013 school year.

The boys helped me make our first batch of homemade laundry detergent. For under $5 we made enough concentrate to last for at least 160 loads of laundry!

The little kids visited the Floores one morning. Carley showed Ryland how to drive.

We tried to hit the playground early and enjoy the little bit of shade. The kids love drawing with sidewalk chalk!

I traced around each of the kids. Piper thought that was so funny and kept laying down smiling waiting for me to draw her some more. Seriously, could she get any cuter?

"It's hot outside," Ryland tells me. He was happy to head upstairs to cool off with a snowball!

At least someone is enjoying the hot and humid weather. My tomatoes are soaking up the sun on the balcony and grow, grow, growing. Can't wait to have a garden someday!

This one was from today and looks very similar to the other shot of her earlier this week but I just couldn't resist. Adorable!

So, apparently Piper has an independent streak. She really, really like feeding herself. Sometimes the food actually gets in her mouth, too.

A package arrived in the mail!

Nana and Pappy sent masks for the boys...

and lots of birthday goodies for Keeleigh!

Those masks have seldom left the boys' faces since they got them. They wore them out to eat, to the grocery store, and yes, even in the pool. Hey, even superheroes need to cool off in the pool every once in a while.

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