Take That Kindergarten

 Hard to stay angry at impromptu apology letters from your sweet boy. 

I didn't even correct that he was "sorry" and not "soy".

And Alida, you're ahead of the game lady.

When I asked if that was a picture of her, she said no, it was me.

The Offense:  climbing eight tubs of carefully arranged, sorted, and folded hand-me-downs, causing them to collapse and trap he and his sister in the closet in an unholy mess of tubs and clothes.

The Weekend Outing: Breaking In the Car

Saturday we picked up our hitch hiker Nancy, who also happens to drive well, and headed North to St. Louis.

Movies, blowing raspberries, sleeping, and snacking kept us pretty entertained for the trip.

Yes, even a little bit of sleeping. Although not much.

Once there we gave Nancy the weekend off and headed to our friends.

We hit the Magic House, which they so smartly live about a mile from, and it was fabulous. We didn't even get to see the whole place.

But the girls got to the water play, and there they played, and played, and played.

Jules played with the boys in the Leggo pit after they gave up and left the girls to the water. I love the purse. Nice touch.

Alida, who grew very attached to this skirt, served pizza.

And they had a ball for the longest time on the three-story slide.

You would think they would have taken a nap after this. They didn't.

They waited until we were 20 minutes from home to fall asleep.

And then they slept on the couch.

What is that lovely shade of red on the girl's hand, you ask?

Well it is left over from what Elaine was doing while she was not napping at our friend's house.

It is one thing entirely to say you will replace say a dish--familiar Dukes?

It is another thing to try to figure out how you are going to replace a wall after your 2-year-old gets into the nail polish...

Any ideas?