Laundry Day

Mondays at our house are, among other things, laundry day. We only do laundry once a week and it works really well for us. I tend to cheat because I'll do the washing and drying during the day and then pile it on the bed so that when Neal gets home he can help fold and the kids can take all the piles to the correct spots. It's total team work and we all have clean clothes for the rest of the week. The kids seem to love it too, maybe it's because they get to ride in the basket when we're all done. Neal likes to swing them up in the air and it scares me to death.

Washing the Car

Neal and the kids spent the day washing the car. If you'll notice they're all in their swim trunks. I wonder why? Maybe he knew that the chances of everyone getting soaked were good. I had sense enough to stay in the house. Unfortunately Ally wasn't so lucky.

Snaggle Tooth

Emmy finally lost her first tooth. She is only a few days away from turning 7 and she lost her very first tooth. Ironically, it was the first tooth that she got in as a baby. I can't hardly stand it. She is growing up way too fast. She lost it when we were in Williamsburg on vacation. We were getting ready to go to Water Country and I told her it was way loose and I hoped it didn't come out while we were at the water park because we might loose it. The next thing I know she has pulled it out. We were so excited. It doesn't take much to entertain us. Unfortunately, the tooth fairy didn't know we were in Virgina so she couldn't come until we got home. And since Emmy didn't sleep in her bed that night she couldn't come then either. Finally, everything lined up last night and she arrived bringing her 3 whole dollars. It was a lot because it was her first tooth. However, I was unaware that the tooth fairy was suppose to write a note (thanks a lot kristen). So I told her that there must have been a lot of kids that the tooth fairy had to visit that night and she didn't have time, but i'm sure next time she would be sure to leave her a note. That was a close one:)

Williamsburg, Virginia

We went on our third vacation of the summer to Williamsburg, Virginia. We got to see Colonial Williamsburg, Water Country USA, and the fireworks at Bush Gardens. We had a great time, but since we left Ally at home with Grandma and Grandy we were a little sad and homesick. On the last day the kids were all in the pool and I asked them if they wanted to keep swimming or go home and get Ally and they both said at the same time, "Get Ally!" So we packed up and drove home to see our baby. We really missed her!

Charles-Allen was ready to go home as soon as we got there. He was excited the first day, but when we woke up the next morning he was ready to go to "the new house." He and Emmy really missed Ally and weren't happy with us leaving her home.

Sloppers

Emmy and Charles-Allen had a ball swimming in the pool. They had all the gear and had to put everything on everytime they got in. Apparently the things on their feet are called sloppers. Not sure where that name came from, but they did help Emmy beat her dad when they would race from one end of the pool to the next.

We basically paid $33 for Charles-Allen to do this all day at Water Country. He refused to ride any of the rides. He would say, "I not brave." Neal even tried to bribe him by buying him a water toy that he wanted, but told him he couldn't play with it until he went down one of the slides. It didn't turn out like Neal had planned. Charles-Allen threw a fit that lasted about 30 minutes. He finally realized he wasn't going to get the toy until he tried something so he just forgot about. However, all was not lost. After about 8 hours at the park he went down a few kiddie slides, got the toy, and was done. He is the most determined little boy I have ever met.