green grass and sun flare

At the beginning of spring, it rained and rained and rained and rained.   We were getting ready to build an arc!  One good thing that happened was our GREEN grass!  It was great for taking some fun pictures!

Here is my attempt at catching a sun flare!  I like it!

I also love how Nyah's skirt is blowing in the wind and how Ky's head is tilted back! 

4th of July in the park

We had a VERY low key 4th.  We stayed home and rode our bikes to the park.  No fireworks... no picnics... no stress! :) 

Here are some pics of our time.

In the bike trailer... ready to go! 

Slide Water

I made a very little water slide by putting the sandbox cover under the slide and filling it with water from the sprinkler.  The kids LOVE it!  Kyan keeps asking for the "slide water" again! 

Orange Driving

Kyan calls Home Depot "Orange Driving" because of the cool carts they have that look like orange race cars.  He asks all the time to go "orange driving"  and nearly pees his pants with excitement when we get to go.  Ahhhh, the simple pleasures of life!  

He has also gotten Nyah to be equally excited about it. They both squeal with delight when they get in the car!  And they "drive" with the steering wheels the whole trip. 

Here is Kyan "helping" daddy move some rock... he has a little shovel that he would pick up one or two rocks each time.  It was so cute watching him work with his dad!

Play park

Here we are at a play park in down town White Bear Lake.  These pics are from early June which was a bit cold some days.  {that is why the kids are wearing sweat shirts}  I loved all the "older vintage" equipment!

Sandbox

I have lots of pictures to update in the next few days!  I am just going to schedule them to post every day for the next coupled of days.  Just FYI! :)

We filled up "Tuggy" the tug boat with sand... which is what it was intended for in the first place!

The kids love playing in the sand!  Nyah likes to eat it, so I have to keep an eye on her most of the time. 

These pictures are from May when it was chilly-er out. 

Here are the kids eating a snack on the little table we got from my mom.  I love snack time outside... if something falls on the ground I don't have to worry about picking it up! :)