Thank Goodness for Water

It's been hot hot hot here and we've spent every afternoon (and some mornings) in the backyard lately, that is, when it's not raining and there isn't a tornado warning making me crazy. As a SAHM, I am not sure what I would do without the backyard kiddie pool, sprinkler and slip and slide. The girls can play for hours back there. Here are a few recent pictures.

My big girl ... she is going to be taller than me by third grade, I think.

Look at those curls!


Mallory loves the water table. I mean seriously LOVES the water table. This will keep her attention for a very long time. Today she was using it to search for treasure ... rocks!

Mallory has entered that stage where it is extremely difficult to get pictures of her. She says cheese and smiles, but rarely looks at the camera. So you'll have to take what you can get for awhile.

After about 7,000 tries, this was the best I got of the two of them together. Grrr....