Brian and Marci celebrated his birthday this weekend, which gave our family the chance to hang out with Cameron at Grandma's house. We needed to do some work over there to prepare the house for the market, and to do some basic upkeep.
I was really impressed with the kids' willingness to help! We started off with a hearty breakfast (with bacon, from a
real pig!), then made a trip to the store. We picked out some paint, and got to see what happens when a thin-walled paint can with a dent is shaken up in the paint mixer (hint: it involves fluid dynamics, metal fatigue and lots of paper towels). We eventually took a can of paint home, along with some lawn waste bags.
We had noticed our neighbor was cleaning up the leaves in his yard - most of which belonged to our tree. So Katie set to painting and Cameron, Lilie and I set to raking leaves. The kids were remarkably focused and kept at it until we were finished! Our neighbor offered to take our leaves in for us, so we went straight to eating lunch afterwards.
We ended up visiting the local pumpkin patch before we came back home, swept up our mess, and played a little catch. It was a great day!
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| Jason, Liliana, and Cameron head up the big slide |
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| Happy Customer |
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| Lilie couldn't help running in front of us and yelling out what she wanted to do next (which changed rapidly every time she spotted something) |
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| WoooooooHooooooo! |
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| Sitting in a way-cool firetruck |
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| This brave firefighter slid down the pole |
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| The little firefighter on the right did not slide down the pole but the guys were nice enough to give her an awesome hat anyway. |
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Potty training FAIL
(She literally screamed and ran away once she saw what was inside. Of course, her refusal later led to a wardrobe change, *sigh*) |
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| Before |
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| After |
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| Showing his muscles |
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| Awwwww, friends! |
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| Big girl |
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| Big helpers! |
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