A "normal" evening at home...

If we have a "normal" evening at home, we relish in it. So many of our evenings lately have been filled with late swim lessons and me working late, that having time at home to relax hasn't been quite as often as we'd like. What we LOVE to do on "normal" evenings is to hang out in the front yard with our friends. We used to do this almost EVERY night for the past 2 summers and we are looking forward to doing it much more often this month (since lessons are over and VBS is almost over). When we do hang out in the front yard we have water pools, slip-n-slides, sidewalk chalk, ETC. out for all and any kids that come our way. It's a GREAT way to visit with neighbors!

can you believe we got this ADORABLE AND AWESOME little car from a friend for free? It works and the kids LOVE it! We've never had a motorized little car but it sure is fun (and my kids still like to ride their bikes and such too... ((that was my concern and reason we've never gotten one before!)) :0)

One of our recent evenings out found the kiddos playing with sidewalk chalk (as they often do) and turning it into more like a paint (as they almost always do). They LOVE to then smear it all over each other. Well...my van was nearby so suddenly it became a canvas to some ADORABLE hand prints! I loved it! (my friends and Hubby weren't quite as thrilled or comfortable with it). I just let the kids have fun with it and I think it turned out lovely. I truly wished I could leave it on the van for at least a few days but Hubs was worried about what that could do to the paint...
don't you think it's cute though? :0)