Weirdos

Abra showcasing her work titled "An Easter Egg on Wheels" and Neiv shoving a magnadoodle pen up her nose. Strange children.

the after-shocks of "fall-back"

Eating a PB&J is completely exhausting.

What a cast of characters....

Aren't they sweet? They are always kissing on each other.

Fall means fun at the Fair!

The State fair is just getting better every year as the kiddos get older. They had a blast this year and the weather was perfect. Alan's Uncle Foster has a big tractor display and tent which is what we use as "base camp." It is like having VIP passes. We are getting seriously spoiled.

The girls contemplating the plight of the farmer.

O was diggin' it.

Oliver's weird "taking it all in" face.

The carousel - always a crowd-pleaser.

For $9, two little girls and their grandma can go in circles for 45 seconds. Who are the suckers here?

My deep-thinkers.
As in, what should we eat next? A turkey leg? An elephant ear? Hmmm.

This was fun to watch - mostly for Anita's facial expressions.

Neiv in her element.

Abra looks scared out of her wits but she immediately said, "I want to do it again!"

Nit was having a blast.

Back to the tractors.

Picture with Alan's cousins' kids (facing the sun of course). Aren't they cute? Sweet kids.

Rather stoic goats.

We were so glad Gingy got to come this year (although we missed Uncle Ben).

Great face O.

Ended the day with ice cream since hot days are coming to an end.

He liked the ice cream.

Some Neiv cuteness

Had the brilliant idea of making short videos of them reciting the Awana verses on the itouch so we can look back over them to review. They love it. And I love their little voices (and facial expressions).

Summer fun

This summer has flown by and I am sad to see it slipping away (although definitely ready for cooler temperatures). Summertime fun as gotten better with each year as the kiddos get older and more independent. It is too bad that it didn't occur to me to buy an oscillating sprinkler until 2 weeks ago. :-) Oh well - we will be ready for next year.

This was at "Acwoth Beach" which isn't even 20 minutes away. The kids had a blast and it was also another late-summer discovery. We will definitely utilize this more in the future. Next time I will also remember all of our bags so Alan doesn't have to go all the way home to get Oliver's swimgear. :-p

We were spraying them with the hose. It doesn't take much to entertain these kids.

Washed their hair in the hose while we were out there.

Sprinkler time

Boy do I love being with these kids all the time.

I miss being a kid

Forts. What a awesome part of childhood. This inspires me to go find some of those tents that you stick on their twin-size beds. Lots of good memories there.

I wish I could build a fort, crawl up underneath, pretend that no one knows where I am, and then read a good book for a couple hours.

Unfortunately the Mulleni kiddos aren't quite old enough to appreciate reading a good book for a couple hours so they make a fort, play inside for 5 minutes, tear part of it down (that would be O's doing) and then come looking for Mommy to fix it. Put this on repeat and it is a recipe for Mommy meltdown.

But hey, they're having fun.