I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane...But I will be back again.

Well, I have been composing numerous posts in my head for a week now but, none of them are making the trek from my head to the keyboard onto my computer. Tomorrow I am headed to Atlanta to spend some time with my sister and mom at Market. I am so looking forward to it. I will later meet up with the rest of my family in Chattanooga for a mini vacation. So in the mean time I will leave you with this picture...
Elizabeth enjoying one of her favorite summer time treats, ice cream from Culver's. Enjoy and have a great week. I know I will.

Wordless Wednesday-What I Did Last Friday

Tuesday's Tips for Summer Survival- Parks

Tuesday's Tips for Summer Survival (TTSS) is a weekly carnival to help mamas survive the long summer days started by Carey over at Life in the Carpool Lane. The goal is to share kid-friendly tips so we can end up on the other side of this summer with what little sanity we had when we started. Be sure to head over and see everyone else's tips to survive the summer.

This week my suggestion is to check out your local playgrounds. Our city is blessed with some fantastic parks for the kids to play on. Last week I took the kids to one of our parks along with a picnic lunch. The kids had a blast...

Sliding down the slide.
Being a monkey on the monkey bars.
And being a daredevil on the ladder. This always makes mom just a little nervous with this little daredevil. So check out some of the wonderful parks in your area. And have a great summer.

Wordless Wednesday- Father's Day Gift

Rain Picture Art - TTSS

Tuesday's Tips for Summer Survival (TTSS) is a weekly carnival to help mamas survive the long summer days started by Carey over at Life in the Carpool Lane. The goal is to share kid-friendly tips so we can end up on the other side of this summer with what little sanity we had when we started. Be sure to head over and see everyone else's tips to survive the summer.

In trying to survive the summer I haven't been blogging as much. Last week every time we planned to do this...



it rained. And not just a nice rain you could send the kids out to play in either, it was a down pour with thunder and lightening. So I was forced to come up with something for the kids to do inside that would be fun and maintain their attention for longer than 5 minutes. I came up with drawing with markers. How is this going to keep their attention you ask? Well, after we drew our pictures we took them outside to see what would happen to them in the rain. We drew our pictures right before a new storm system hit so it was perfect for this project. Here are the pictures before and after. They had so much fun doing this, well that is after the initial shock of the markers ruining their pictures that they continued to make several more pictures. So I would have to say this was a huge success.

Parent Quotes to Kids

Overheard at the dinner table:

Daddy: "Elizabeth, Do not stick anymore noodles in your belly button."

Elizabeth: "That tickles! (giggle, giggle)."

Daddy: "I told you not to stick anymore in there now I have to get them out." (sigh)