Enjoying our backyard

Finally, fall temperatures and sunny days!!! Big J battled a fever for like 5 days. We were all going a bit stir crazy. He finally felt well enough on a day it warmed up so we ventured out to our backyard to burn some energy. Since that day, we've spent at least an hour outside each day. I LOVE that the kids ask to go out each morning after breakfast. I'd much rather them stimulate them this way than in front of the tv; however, our home is definitely being neglected! Just yesterday we spent almost 2 hours outside before Big J went to school, went outside within 30 minutes after picking him up, left our backyard to meet some friends at the park, came home and headed straight back out again until it was dark! So far Miss McK seems to enjoy being outside as much as the big kids do. Here are some pictures of our fun the last couple of days...

A few notables:
**You'll see pictures of Big J practicing his letters. When I went to check out his work, I saw that he wrote his "I", "D", and "E" in an interesting order to spell die. What a great first word to write!
**You'll see how much the mosquitoes love my boy, and that he's almost to big to enjoy the pink slide anymore! He also doesn't look at the camera when he screams, "CHEESE!!!"
**One picture of how Miss McK likes to sleep - with an arm over her eyes...a lot like her siblings at her age and like my mother even today!