Hanging in the backyard

This is about as far as Ryan goes when it comes to the pool. Come to think of it, that's about it for John and I as well. It's usually painfully cold if you put your feet in - I don't understand how Claire and Charlotte can sit right down in it.


This is sweet Charlotte in the sandbox. Notice how little sand is actually in it. Charlotte has been speaking of herself in the third person as "funny Charlotte". She had a little conversation the other week with a bird on our fence with a worm in his mouth. She told him "drop the worm in my backyard birdie or I'm going to get you" and then she did this exaggerated walk like she was stalking him. She is getting to be a really funny girl and she can also tell when we're joking with her. John was joking about putting her in the garbage the other day and she said "No, I not go in garbage, you go in garbage". She really likes when we laugh at her.


We finally got new sand! And as you can see, all four of the kids enjoy playing with it. If only we had a bigger sandbox.