Energy Conservation

Tomorrow I have a day packed full of activities from sunup until past midnight. At some point early in the morning (I don't remember when which could be a problem) our annual neighborhood yard sale begins. We have been busy trying to get lots of stuff ready for that. All week we have been de-cluttering our house of all those little things we have accumulated and really have no need for. Surprisingly, it isn't that much stuff. We were able to go through some of the stuff with the kids around. We were left to go through the majority of the stuff while they were sleeping. That didn't give us much time. It didn't help that this week in the evenings we were watching hockey and the season finale of Lost - both of which took precedence over getting ready for a yard sale. Today I have been trying to conserve most of my energy so I will be ready for tomorrow. This meant that I didn't take any time to do silly things like play with sidewalk chalk.


(I call this piece "Orbital Yoga". Can you guess why?)

So maybe it wasn't all work and no play around here lately. While the kids were napping this afternoon I got things ready for a little water fun. After nap we all got into swimsuits and headed out in the yard. At first Marcus and Will were just completely perplexed at the odd object in the yard.


I picked them up and put them in. They weren't sure what to do so they just stood there and looked at their feet.


Before long they tried to do some stomping. Then they got brave enough to put their hands in the water and use them to splash.


Will thought splashing in the water was the funniest thing EVER!! He would splash and pop back up, throw his head back, and let out a huge laugh.


Eventually one of the kids lost his balance and sat down. Then the other kid followed suit and the kicking with the legs began.


The pooch is usually the first to get in the water but even she thought the splashing was a bit too much.


Last summer we tried to convince Marcus that it would be really cool to slide down his sliding board into the pool. He did it once and completely freaked out. Today he wouldn't stop.


After lots of swimming, Marcus decided to play with the pooch. He is still building up his throwing arm so instead of throwing the dog toy really far, he just runs to the far side of the yard with it and then throws. The pooch finds this highly enjoyable.


All that playing sure is tiring though.


Throw it again please?