friday fotos--the dog days of summer

Summer is kind of like stepping into a weird time vortex around here--in other words, time and routines and schedules just get thrown out the window (as I'm yelling "close that window! I'm not paying to cool the outside!" :) ). We wake up early and go to sleep late, and nap through the heat of the afternoon. Running through the sprinkler beats the TV. We eat Popsicles and fresh raspberries for dinner and gaze up at the stars before bed. Exciting vacations are planned, but camping in the backyard seems just as fun. Life is lazy and hot and happy!


Here's what we've been up to this week......

I dumped a bottle of baby oil onto the slip and slide...making it ever so slippy and slidey! Thought I was brilliant until I ended up with oily hand prints all over the sliding door :/

I made the "cake" for a friend's birthday. I love the brown and pink together:

My two big boys and I. Seriously don't know how they got this old!!!

Remember 4th of July? Like 2 weeks ago? We actually did do stuff! :) Liam carried the package of fireworks around with him EVERYWHERE for 2 days!

Boys suddenly turn into **Jedi knights** when you give them sparklers! Notice James is missing?.....

Yeah, he would have absolutely NOTHING to do with fireworks of any kind! Watched everything from the safety of the living room. He did get the flashlight down and was waving it around. I guess that was his answer to a sparkler! Maybe next year he'll be braver, for now--he can just be cute :) ....

I did sparklers too---though one is never enough for me!

The moment the super tall Jenga tower fell---love that I captured it!-------

Got to swim in HCMM's gorgeous pool on my vacation. I took a picture of myself in my new bathing suit, but turns out I did NOT look as good in it as I thought. *sigh* Ah well!--loved the swimming anyway!

Went to a butterfly exhibit and got this picture. My mom told me before she died that every time I saw a butterfly, I should think about her. So--that makes this photo all the more special:

And that's it! Back to my sweet, sweet laziness!!!

Using ONE WORD, tell me your favorite thing about summer, and.....

~Happy Weekending!~