Random Happenings

So what do you get when you have a VERY fair skinned daughter, who refused to wear a hat, and a Mommy who forgot to put sunscreen on her and thought we were only going to be outside for 1/2 hour, not 2??? A very ouchy little girl! She has gotten sunburned slightly in the past, but this definitely is the worst. So of course I feel horrible...and BATHED her in sun screen before going out today.
We went to the Botanical Gardens for the Dinosaur days. The dinosaur days themselves weren't exactly specatacular, but the kids, and their friends seemed to have a good time. Here is Kyle getting ready for the safari expedition.
A dinosaur lurking in the background!!!Kyra, Bailey and Laura looking for worms!After we got done at the Botanical Gardens we went to Old McDonalds (Kyra's name for it...she always pauses for a moment when we sing the song and it gets to the part about chickens or cows) for lunch. And drum roll please.....SHE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN THE SLIDE IN THE KID PLAY AREA!!! Whooo hooo. Kyra has always been terrified..I mean terrified of them before. She almost throws up, and breaks out in cold sweats. But she did it today. I had to go through it with her twice, before she would do it, but its a success!

Now for the random part. We have 2 dogs. Buster and Lily, litter mates from the pound. Lily is our lover. She just wants love all the time. She isn't the brightest. I always tell the story about how we saw a TV program where you can tell your dogs intelligence by putting them under a blanket and seeing how long it takes for them to find their way out. Average is like 5 seconds or something. We did it on Buster and it took her about 5 seconds. Lily fell asleep under the blanket. Buster just loves to play all the time and be silly. I came home this afternoon and found Buster's new sleeping spot. The kids sandbox. Now I can understand if it was on the floor, but this is about 2 feet off the ground!

Finally, one sign that the monsoon season is in full swing is the millions of frogs you can see if you walk outside in the afternoon. Here is a little guy that I was able to catch. We eventually convinced Kyra that we had to let him go, but it took a while since she was convinced he was her prince!