Water Crystals are COOL!

Anna asked me tonight how diapers worked, so I found a pack of water crystals
http://www.watercrystals.com/How_water_crystals_work.htm
to show her.

The girls thought it was *really* cool. ; )

And it IS!

If we had a large enough container, we'd try and see just how big they will get...maybe I can find a bucket to experiment in tomorrow. : )

They're very interesting...but HOW is it doing what it's doing? Chemical reaction? What? Inquiring minds want to know. lol

Last Night of VBS and Oscar

Tonight was the last night of VBS at the church my BIL and SIL go to. The girls had a BLAST!

(Note the peeling sunburn on the nose. They look like lizards right now. lol)

This morning Daddy and I went out by ourselves for a while, and left the girls and Oscar at home. *Someone* missed us.
Badly.
Tonight at VBS they did a program...everyone sang, except Emma, who scrunched down on the last bench. ; )

At the "carnival" afterwards they both had their faces painted...
(Anna's new friend Phoebe is watching intently...)
They tried throwing darts at balloons...
and won prizes...

and had a *really* good time, and were happy and loaded with new things when we left.

Now they're at their cousin's for a sleepover birthday party. Their first sleepover somewhere besides my mom's. ; ) They were a little unsure, but must be having a good time, because it's almost 1:30 and they haven't called yet. lol

We Won!! (Well, Anna did.)

Yesterday was the final program for the *far* library, and they had their prize drawings, and Anna won tickets to a theme park!

Emma won the past two years...and Daddy was *really* hoping we didn't have to go this year, lol...but first they called a boy's name..."Oh, he's not here." Okay, Next....Anna! Yay!

It's gets better...Daddy was telling his brother about it, and his brother said, "When are you going? We've got a cabin near there rented for the last week in September, but we're only going to stay Thursday through Sunday, so if you wanted to use it the first part of the week you can." SO, free tickets AND free lodging!

Yay and double YAY!!!

Swimming, Swimming, Swimming!

Guess what we did today. lol

Swimming! How'd you know?

It didn't rain on us, it was actually a very lovely day, and even at it's busiest there were only about 50 people in the pool, so we had lots of room to splash about.

We (we girls, anyway) learned how to dive for pennies...information that may come in handy someday when we uncover a shipwreck. lol

We are SO burned...my legs, and Daddy's legs are painfully burned, where we usually have them covered or mostly covered...I bet his legs haven't had more than 20 minutes of sun in almost 10 years! lol

Both girls dressed more sensible than us...Emma did her usual "over dressing", then felt really self-conscious because she had on so many clothes, but once she got in the pool she forgot about it and had fun. I swear, she'd wear a burkini if she had one.

http://www.ahiida.com/index.php?a=results&subcat=65

No, maybe not. She'd say they're too revealing. And I'm not joking. She'd wear a t-shirt over it. Maybe an extra skirt, too.

One of these might do...except for the last one...

http://www.agelesspatterns.com/swimwear_2.htm

Anyway, it kept her from getting burned as bad as the rest of us.

Yes, I know sunscreen exists. And we had some. And we would have used it, too, except I thought Daddy had put it on them, and he thought I had...neither of us thought of putting some on ourselves. ; )

You Know...

You know your garden is too weedy when you go out to pull weeds and uncover a rabbit nest with half-grown bunnies in it.

If I hadn't disturbed them so much before I realized they were there, I would have gotten the camera and taken a picture, but I stayed inside hoping they would all come back to their nest. Or their momma would make them a nice new one.

Tomorrow, we have plans to go swimming if it's not raining. It's supposed to rain all week, so we'll have to wait and see how it turns out.

Cookouts, Reunions, and Fireworks

Yesterday was my family's annual cookout...today is the reunion.

The cookout is for my mom's brothers and sisters and their families, the reunion is for all the relatives.

So, I get to see lots of aunts and uncles and cousins, and my kids get to try to figure out who everyone is.

Last night Emma asked me if were related to *everyone* there...we were, except for one cousin's boyfriend...who should be in the family in December. ; )

Today I need to be getting things ready for the reunion...but I'm putting it off. Staying online longer than I need to. Shame on me. ; )

We got to see some fireworks last night, although not many. Our town's fireworks were cancelled, but a couple of our neighbours had some....most of which we missed, being not home. ; ) We did get to see a some, though, which was nice.

When we got home from mom's we all went for a bike ride. It started raining when we were still 1/4 mile from home...fun, fun, fun! lol

I've finally bought everything for Anna's birthday party, which is coming up in two weeks. I had the hardest time finding the things for the tops of the cupcakes, but eventually did.

She's having a princess party, and I had to search all over for little princess-ey edible cake decorations. I found them, though, so now I just have to buy hot dog buns and chips closer to the big day, and we're all set.

I got her present, too...but I'm not telling, just in case she reads my blog. lol

First Vet Visit

We took Oscar to the vet for the first time today.

He was fine in the waiting room...there were two little pomeranians waiting, too, and people coming in and going out, and a cat wandered by...lots to see. lol

As soon as we took him back to the room, though, he was scared shivery! How did he KNOW?!? He's never been to the vet before...how did he know something bad was coming? Actually it wasn't that bad. She gave him three shots, and trimmed his toe nails. (After putting a muzzle on him...which was a *really* good thing. He was unhappy to say the least. He hates having his feet messed with.

It cost more than I had expected...$78! I guess everything has gone up.

On the home front today, I got a lot done. I got up early and started doing laundry, then did lots of those niggling *little* things that add up to a clean house...things like cleaning litter boxes. lol

The girls are gone to Mom's with Rachel. They LOVE Rachel. She's a good influence (for the most part) so I like them liking to hang out with her. She's really sweet...if she just wasn't so boy-crazy! ; )