Water Play Day

This week is one of Lexi's final weeks at our house before she starts her vacationing, summer camp and then on into her first grade plans. So with only 2 weeks of fun left for us around here (the 2 weeks have a 3 week recess in between), we've been trying to have themed-ish days. Monday we went to boonshoft children's museum and my camera lived on it's protected shelf at home. There's something about taking a few kids (one being a baby) that allows minimal extra hands for pictures. Tuesday, Lexi spent the day with a friend. And today was Water Play Day.

Thus the following 900 (kidding! No dying) pictures are from our water play adventures in the good ole backyard of fun!

 Happy baby cuteness - with teeth!

 O the fun, O the fun.
(THANKS MOM!!! They LOVE it!)

 Daddy adding hot water to the pool

- go on with your hypothermia-preventing bad self, babe!

 Please forgive Rachael, she's in an ugly smiling phase

(that is if you can get her to sit still long enough AND look at the camera).

 sweet intimate friends.

 pretty much how most pics go of this child - she's talking and not looking at the camera.

(photographer hits her head)

 Watching Lexi's daredevil jumping into the pool moves from the safety of a good distance away Rachael kept yelling "do it again!" hehehe. my little precautious one.

 Nothing like the joy of a good warm towel when the water gets a little too cool.

 Rachael working so hard to be "just like Lexi."

 And yes, even I joined in on the fun. But according to

precautious Rachael I moved around and splashed too much. hehehe.

 Outdoor picnic - I love our wagon. Useful in so many ways.

 mmmmm. good.

 the blonde-haired, fair skinned, we-no-like-the-sun shade section of our dining experience.

 Someone enjoyed their summer sun cat nap.

 (sorry for the slight fuzziness, my camera was thinking too hard. hehe)

 She is just tall enough to furniture walk around the exterior

of the pool, using the wall for balance, and O how it delights her so.

 Look! She does actually smile naturally! AND I caught it "on film."

 No matter how big she gets, she'll always be my baby Rachael.

My sweet little girl.

 You really have no idea how hard to was to capture this picture.

But at least we have 3 pairs of eyes and 2.5 smiles. =) YAY!

 YAY! BOTH my kids in a pic AND smiling. Woot! Woot!

Abi's getting brave in the corner, while Rachael delights in the sun-warmed water.

And what better than to end it all with a little cleaning water play in the good ole bathtub.

2 for 1 cleaning, suits and kids all in one. =) [Talk about simplifying, eh Jess? ]

And then the children promptly fell asleep for a long and sound nap time.

Mmmm the joys.

O How I love thee, Water Play Day. =)