Last Week

the boys setting up an outside go fish game at Grandma's

The kids and I picked 20 trash bags of litter from just half of one small pond near our local Walmart!
It's a sweet little pond that is popular with nesting ducks, geese, and cranes, and we couldn't believe the amount of trash around it. So we did as much as we could, without disturbing the nests already in progress.
Next year, we'll have to try to go sooner, before the birds start nesting.

Theo's chalk runway in the driveway :)

Theo and his favorite stuffed dog "Plop"

the big kids busily working on penmanship 

Shawn took the kids to a little circus that came through town...here the boys are thrilled with their first taste of cotton candy! :)