We have been loving the warmer weather lately. The past few days have been absolutely beautiful.  We’ve been able to play outside after school and the kids willingly pushed dinner time back so we can all benefit from the last few moments of sunlight.

I’d like to be able to say that having the kids running around and playing outside has made them much more mellow and relaxed, and better listeners, but that would be a blatant lie. They still cause as much mischief as ever, only they now do it in the fresh air! Just yesterday, instead of playing with toys or going down the slide, they had a secret meeting in which they discussed the best way to attempt pulling the siding off of our house. They went right over and started working on their plan, until they realized they were caught out. Now, this was mostly Joseph’s doing, but Jacks was definitely playing the role of the helpful older brother. We also spent some time chasing them, trying to safely get rocks out of their mouths, that they were actually trying to eat! Again, mostly Joseph. Maybe I’m sensing a pattern… They had a blast though and did manage to behave for a large chunk of time in between, so we’ll take what we can get. These faces are pretty cute to look at, too.

As usual, I had about a million other things gong on as I was writing this post. One of the things was laundry.  It’s always laundry. I took clothes out of the dryer and ran to grab an item of food Ranger shouldn’t have been given out of his mouth. Cleaning up dog poop from an upset belly is not on my to do list today, so I tried to avoid that! Anyway, I turn around, and Jackson is in the dryer. Why? For fun. No, really, why? Because the door was open. Seriously why? I don’t know; my kids are odd. Apparently, he thought it was a wonderful place to hide out with a plate and a rolling pin. He had a blast and was pretty upset when I told him it wasn’t a toy and he needed to get out now. Joseph was equally, if not more angered, that I wouldn’t give him his own turn. As long as they aren’t in true danger, I snap a few quick pictures of whatever mischief they are getting into before safely removing them. Their life stories are better told in photographic evidence. 😉

I shouldn’t even need to post this, but the world is a crazy place. No children were harmed in the making of this post. I promise; they are all safe and currently destroying the playroom.