July 25 - A perfect(ish) day

Not too many Saturdays can be better than this...EXCEPT for waking up at 6:30am! Why is it that even when little kids go to bed late, they do not sleep late?

Today, in a nutshell:

• Woke at 6:30am. Tried to hide in bed, but Zach needed help in the bathroom "MOMMY...I POOPED...peas come wipe me".
• Played with Zachary's new car transporter (thanks for the bday money Oma and Opa)
• Ate breakfast - Apple danish w/ icing
• Wyatt down for a nap
• Sh - some work (while listening to a book on MP3) putting more stuff into the basement and organizing Wyatt's too-small and too-big clothes
• A - playing tow truck parking lot w/ Zach, using his new tow truck (thanks again Opa and Oma) to tow all the "bookie" (broken) cars to the impound lot where the fixer car would fix them - after Art explained what happened to each car to make it broken.
• Wyatt awake
• GO TO BEACH
• Z loving the COLD COLD water. S having to trail around him (no swimmies allowed!) when he gets too deep. Working with Z on swimming/floating. He thinks that when his mouth gets wet that he has gone under water. A & W creating massive structures in the sand.
• Wy deciding the water is not too terrible and venturing out.
• Great 1hr+ spent at the beach
• Z decides he wants a shower to get clean (not a bath) - excellent! Then does sit in the bath w/ Wy to play.
• Yummy lunch prepared by Art while kids in tub
• NAP TIME kids.
• S - finish Harry Potter, shower, then NAP!
• A - run to store, work on finances, shower
• BBQ at NWern thrown by Art's boss (the sad thing about this is that we missed another BBQ thrown by some church friends. boo.)
• Lots of chatting, playing, and grilled food! Even a bit of rain!

Home, kids in bed, Art off to have a beer w/ a co-worker, S left to blog away.

Good day.

Took no pictures today, so here is a random one. This was taken on Wyatt's birthday - Jun 4. It is a mostly color-coded parking lot by Zachary.