Water Balloon Fights

I've been trying to be creative in keeping the kids entertained since it's too hot to play outside and I don't like them being in front of the T.V. all day. So our newest activity has been water balloon fights. They love it and so does Momma!

Bucket full of balloons.














Before pictures....everyone is all dry.





























Uh oh....Benjamin has control of the water hose!

















Run Savannah!

















Drenched!

















Fill her up!












Lovin' it!












The red-neck's swimming pool.

Our Future Science Fiction Writer

Benjamin has a fascinating imagination. He comes up with the wildest stories. I can't even tell you most of them because they're so wild and for the most part make no sense that I get lost and can't follow his thought pattern. He's got some funny stories to tell though. Here's a short but funny one from the other day:

Benjamin:
I've killed goblins before. Did you know that I killed goblins?

Me:
Well, Ben, there's no such thing as goblins.

Benjamin:
But no no no, Momma, I KILLED GOBLINS WHEN I WAS IN OUTER SPACE. (insert funny outer space noise he makes).

I really have no reply to that....except to smile. Usually I'll keep asking him questions and his stories get wilder and wilder. But this one I just left be. :)

Toilet Paper Party

I gave Benjamin and Savannah 2 rolls of toilet paper and told them they could do whatever their little hearts desired with them. Benjamin asks "Really, can we make a REALLY big mess?" I said yes...if you know me well you know answering in such a positive way to the word "mess" is abnormal for me. Anyway, here's what Benjamin decided to do with it.

Bird House

We found a little baby bird clinging to our patio door. Poor little guy was so scared. As I was admiring the little guy (with the door open) he flew inside the house. You'd think we were being attacked by dinosaurs with all the screaming we were doing. It was hilarious. After about 10 minutes or so, and lots of effort with my broom, we finally convinced him to fly back outside. The kids LOVED it!
























Here he is way up on the beam in the living room. I was so afraid he was going to poop in our house.....

Project Time

While David was out of town Benjamin and I did a project for Daddy. First I had Benjamin paint a piece of cardboard and then I had him collect as many small rocks as he could find outside. This is how it turned out. We hung it in Daddy's bathroom. Surprise Daddy! (Benjamin was sooo proud of all the rocks he collected!)