Just another day....

Today started off with us headed to Kroger (a usual!) This time we had to get some fruit for our cook out tonight and I had signed up to bring a fruit salad plus we are out at home and we can go through the fruit big time here! Especially watermelon and cantaloupe for Carter and JM, green apples and halved grapes for Laurel. Then we went to gymnastics. I don't remember if I already blogged about this, but the city offers at our rec center gymnastics twice a week for the boy's age group for one hour on both days for only $5! That's $5 for the whole summer - not one class or one week or even one month but 2.5 months for $5!!! Amazing! And it is actually something they really like a lot. So we did that, came home and cut up our fruit and the baby took a nap, then we headed to the pool. Swam and yakked with friends. The boys have so much fun at the pool with their good buddies. They plan on coming at the same time and then they just jump and jump off the diving board, play gator and catch and then at rest break, all share their snacks and sit together. The baby took another nap and the boys went to all star practice. It was a short practice so we could have our cook out tonight! It was complete chaos. The boys didn't eat a thing and all Laurel wanted was the Doritos. Then we played kickball and now the children are bathed and watching a movie and Laurel is circling them trying to sit in their laps. Ironically, none of them are tired, but this mama is exhausted! I took a couple of videos and I wished they had sound so you can hear laurel laughing her deep throaty laugh, but it came out too dark and alas - no sound. It is too funny! All I was doing was sticking my tongue out at her. And I wish I could take a picture of the boys' heinies as well so I could show you their tan lines. Already! And we slather on the sunscreen multiple times a day too. When they have skin like leather in their 40s, they know who to blame! Me! The mom who uses the pool as a babysitter ~ better than the TV though!