whew!

That's about all I can say about our busy weekend! Friday morning Heather had swimming and "learned" how to "swim backwards". Her teacher had a smaller class and attempted a backstroke demo for Heather--she's willing to try but really has no clue! Then we ran errands which included looking for "school supplies"--a pencil case being the key element of excitement. The kids took rests and then we went to the pool for a while before coming home and watching a movie for an early night. yesterday was the really busy day! We went to a birthday party which was really fun despite the rain. It was supposed to be an outside swim/jumpy castle party but the rain prevented that from happening :-(. the kids still had a great time playing together, watching presents be opened, eating lunch and especially cake. We headed up to a "real" shopping area to get Heather a "new outfit" which of course turned into several. We started at TJ Max and surprisingly found a few things that Heather liked. I never find stuff there but there were some sets that were reasonably priced and cute. Of course most was "fall" pants and t-shirt deals so we didn't find that "first day of school" outfit. We moved on to a mall with the higher end kids stuff--gap kids, gymboree, children's place...and of course found a cute first day outfit which was much out of my price range but well within Jeff's!! So he paid for it and heather happily carried her bag out of the store. She has her dad's taste in clothes (which is good from a style standpoint, bad from a price!!). We rode the carosel and went into a few more stores. Penny's was having an awesome infant sale--$2 for summer rompers and onesies so I picked up three things for the baby to wear next summer. I need to take out clothes and see if we're going to hit the seasons AT ALL right with Charlie's stuff from the first year or so...Then dinner and home, both kids fell asleep on teh way and Jeff shortly after we got home...

Today has been busy as well but we haven't left the house. First we cleaned a bit, then jeff set up a tent and the kids played in their rooms while I worked on reports and he took a snooze...then Jeff set up a great outdoor water park with 2 sprinklers, the kids pool with a "diving board", and a slip and slide down our little hill. By the time I got out there the kids and our neighbors and Jeff were all soaked and having a great time! No slip and sliding for me but everyone had a good time--even the neighbors dog who was subjected to the pool and water dumped on his head! Now I think the other three are asleep after a hot morning in the sun...