Today we went to the spray park. We try to go about once a week just to get out of the house. I love it as much as the kids. It's fenced in, and there's not much chance of anyone drowning, so I can pretty much relax while the kids run around like crazy and get all their energy out. We usually take lunch and hang out for a couple of hours. You can tell from the videos that it gets much more exciting as more kids arrive. By the time we left, I think there were 2 bus-loads of camp kids from the YMCA. By that point I was having a hard time keeping an eye on everyone. In the crowd of kids, Drew and Alli are in pink swim suits and Evan's in red shorts.

Here's more of the playroom.  I guess these need to be read in reverse order to make sense.  Anyways, more of the kids playing and showing off toys.  Evan left out Spiderman in the last one.

By the time I got done videoing Drew, things started going down hill.  Everyone started getting really tired and cranky, so my swimming pool footage is limited.  I videoed the kids in the playroom after some good, long naps, though.  This is Evan showing off all of his scarey toys.  King Kong is his absolute favorite.  His leg broke a long time ago, so we had it put back on with lots and lots of electrical tape, which worked great because the black blended perfectly. The tape wore out soon after, though, so it's now drilled into the body.  It doesn't bend any more, but it doesn't fall off, which is the important thing. 

Sorry it's been soooo long since my last post.  You know how life is.  Today we went swimming with Andy's mom and Drew got to show off some of her skills.  She swims really well under water.  She's still learning to master the above-water dog paddle, though, so that keeps her trapped in the shallow end unless she's willing to break down and wear the arm swimmies. 

For some reason Evan is somewhat obsessed with bugs, even though he's scared to death of most of them.  He loves to interrupt a peaceful ant pile, but then freaks out when they're suddenly after him, and he acts like he doesn't understand what their problem is.  He's developing a respect for them, though, as you'll see in this video when he thinks the centipede (or maybe millipede) is going to bite him.

I tried to take some videos of Drew riding her bike, but she really has a hard time in our driveway.  There's too much of a slope, so when she's headed down she picks up so much momentum that it scares her, and then she isn't quite strong enough to pedal back up the hill.  She does great at Andy's dad's house where their driveway is really big and mostly flat, but it's such a battle for her at our house. 

Alli specifically asked me to video her dancing, so I had to.  Apparently, though, she's been taking lessons at the Elaine Bennis (from Seinfeld) school of dance.  She sure is proud of her abilities!