It's official!!

Summer is here!! For the first time this season, the kids and I each got a little too much sun. ** Yes I know they should have had sunscreen on, but when we left the house this morning, that was the last thing on my mind! Bad mom!! ** Katherine has rosy cheeks and the freckles on her nose popped out in the sun today. Caleb's arms are pink -- and I'm red all over -- my face, arms and chest, and I can feel the tingle!! What a great feeling!! We've been waiting for summer since -- uh -- last summer! LOL!!

Today (while Matt was at the library studying) we had a play date with Tina, Emma and Sam and we ended up going to Dewey park. It's a great park a few miles from our house, and it's actually two parks in one. There's a toddler park full of preschool equipment and then a bigger park designed for grade schoolers. The ground is covered with the recycled tires, so when Caleb takes a tumble, the ground is soft. He thanks the planning committee! There's also a basketball court, picnic area and a soccer/open field. It's great!!

Here's a couple of pics from today. (Caleb is on the preschool park, and if you look in the background, you can see the grade school park).

When we got home, Monique and her little girl, Waverly, came over to play out in the backyard. We all had lunch on the deck and the kids played until 2:30 -- when we had to drag them in the house for naps. Poor Caleb -- he stood at the fence and yelled "BALLS" into Andrea's backyard all afternoon. Getting him a baseball T and bat is high on my list of "to do" things. This week!

While the kids napped, I met Lisa for some girl time. We went to two different scrapbook stores, and I added nicely to the stash. She's going to come over some night this week to scrap, and I'm so looking forward to that! Scrapbooking is a great time, but when you can do it with an old friend -- it just doesn't get any better than that.

After the kids woke up from their naps, we went out to dinner with Jim and Tina for a little Mexican. YUM!! The kids couldn't get enough -- I almost thought of ordering them another round! I'm not sure what's up with Katherine -- getting her to eat a meal used to be one of my biggest frustrations, but now she eats all the time. It must be a growth spurt!

When we got home, it was back out to play with the neighbors. Caleb got to play ball at Andrea's -- it was a dream come true for him. Then the dads played soccer and catch with them all. Oh -- and get this.... The boys (5.5, 4 and 3.5 years old) were trying to get the ball away from Katherine, and she out ran them all!! And not only that, but after a while they were sweaty and winded -- but not my little Katherine! She could have kept going... She's going to give those boys a run for their money!! LOL! After a while, the kids came to join us girls next door and they found the pool. Tiffany had put it out for Grant earlier in the day, and let's just say ..... at 8:30 we had fully clothed, soaking wet, and exhausted kids. But boy, did they have fun!