Sidewalk paint! Yet another great idea that I pulled from Pinterest. Aaron quickly lost interest but Jonathan and I happily painted for at least an hour one evening after dinner. It's been so hot here (we had a solid week with temps around 112 degrees)... so the best time for us to be outside was after dinner once the backyard is mostly shady.
The best part was after the sidewalk paint dried, then we really got to see our beautiful drawings. Jonathan created a robot (2nd from left) holding a ladder in one hand and a house on his head. I made the turtle and the cross.
Kris took some drip hose and created a mud pit for the boys to play in. They are really loving it. It sure did create some nasty laundry though, so I chose one outfit for each boy and dubbed them the "mud clothes". In the above picture Jonathan created what he called a mud sculpture complete with a stick flagpole and leaf flag.
Aaron carrying some muddy water near the mud pit. He hadn't been playing long, as evidenced by his nearly spotless clothes.
I once read something that said the definition of boy is this: A noise with dirt on it. I still find this to be incredibly true... and something that Jonathan demonstrates eagerly. Kris had to give him a good hosing down before he then soaped up in the shower to get all the mud off.
We have some really nice neighbors next door. The wife runs a home daycare and they have a couple of young girls of their own. The boys enjoy talking to the girls through the fence and watching them play.
Another fun summer activity: making our own Popsicles!! I found a popsicle mold at the dollar store and we've had fun creating different types of frozen treats! First we took fruit from the frig and made cantalope/watermelon popsicles- so yummy! Then the boys really wanted chocolate, so we made chocolate pudding and froze it in the mold- instant fudgesicles!!
As you can see both Aaron and Jonathan were loving the chocolate popsicles!
We have a huge plum tree in our backyard and once those plums were ripe we had tons of fruit!! I decided to give canning a try. The jam turned out very yummy and we have quite a few jars in the cupboard to eat and to share!
Plum tree bursting with fruit.
Aaron helping harvest the plums!
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