Big Day

 Last Wednesday we had quite the busy chaotic fun-filled day! We had little Miss P, as always. And we had our friends from across the hall come play too. We did a lot of playing: dress-up, rock stars, super heroes, office, race cars, etc. Here we are drawing a town on a shower curtain that was taped to the floor (another idea off Pinterest). It kept them entertained for a while with the drawing, unfortunately they didn't want to play on it after they drew it. We played on it over the next few days, but there wasn't a whole lot of interest there. Maybe it was the hard floor? But, at least they liked drawing! Next time maybe we will just do some random art and pictures on one. That sounds fun to me. P was busy trying on everyone's shoes:

 Drawing the town:

Playing super heroes! (J's cape is on inside out because the tag itches him!) Our friend was quite the trooper as he took J's sword hits like a man!

After lunch we made bubble dough(another Pinterest activity). Again, they had fun mixing the dough, but didn't really want to play with it afterward.

Then we made no-bake cookies:

While those were setting up the girls created "centers" for everyone to play outside. The centers were basketball, sidewalk painting with water (which P LOVED), and riding scooters. This is when it got chaotic! There was a lot of going in and out, kids fighting over turns, neighborhood kids getting involved, an ill-timed phone call, tractors working in the yard, little J having melt-downs. Whew! Finally, I made everyone bring their toys in, have a drink of water and some cookies. The neighbors left. The rest of us went outside to just relax and wind down.

Then after supper Mr. J had a meeting to attend and so the kids and I went to story time at the library. We found out there was free ice cream at the local SDA grocery store so we went and had ice cream when we should have gone straight to bed!

  (good shot right up my nose...but I love J's smile!)

 (trying to hide...)

This was a sweet moment for me with my kiddos after a long day of me tending children and not getting much one-on-one with them. I'm such a lucky mama to have these two!