Girl time

It's pretty normal for Eliz and her friends to climb onto her loft bed and sit and play; this time they had press-on nails.

I think it was full hour before I heard them come out of the room for anything.

She kept taking them off so she could do things, like pick up a book.

He's dedicated to taking a walk!

Yes, I took this picture from the car while he and the kids walk in the rain.  

 Usually I'm the one encouraging the kids to be out in all types of weather.

I would say he was "Experiencing the Rain" but I think you have to be barefoot and without raincoat for that.

I'm not sure, but I think she could fit more pink into her outfit.

When I asked him why he was out in the rain, he said he wanted a different perspective of it.  Most of the time, lots of rain means lots of extra work, oftentimes, forced overtime.  He wanted to try to enjoy the rain.  And they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks!

And we thought our wagon was cool!

We took the kids to a car show at the Indianapolis Motor Speeedway this weekend.  We got out the newly re-furbed wagon, and walked around.

I didn't take that many pictures, but Bry-D did.  Most of my pictures would have been of the kids and Bry-D pointing at cars.  Then we saw this. 

Oh. My.

Our not-quite-finished wagon seemed so...inferior to this!  Got get on that finishing projects thing!

Wagon makeover

How can you tell if you've watched too much West Coast Customs lately?

When you repaint your kids' red Radio Flyer Wagon metallic silver with a black interior. 

He considered racing stripes and painting the side rails black as well, but we'll see.

Ah, well, the weekend is over for him, so we'll see what he does with it next next weekend.

Eliz's birthday weekend

We had been asking Eliz what she wanted to do for her birthday, and she kept repling, 'I don't know.'  It was just days before the big day that she requested The Children's Museum.  No problem!

 We spent most of our time in the Treasures of the Earth exhibit.  Lex dug up Chinese statues,

 Eliz & Bry-D put them together!  I would really like to get a more advanced camera to see if I can get high-quality pictures inside the Children's Museum.  I took so many more pictures, and so few turned out.

 Bry-D being silly with Eiz.

 Colorful birthday cake!

 And Taters came over to celebrate!  This year I took Eliz shopping to buy a birthday outfit.  We're blessed to recieve so many hand-me-downs that we literally never go shopping for clothes, so it was a special and fun first for Mommy & Daughter.  She finally decided she wanted more My Little Ponies as her birthday gift, so we went and bought those, as well. 

 Don't trip!

 Big breath & bow 'em out!

Sorry, but once cake is served, I put the camera down.  Had the weather been better we would have gone to the Zoo as well.  Bry-D had a four day weekend, but we laid around the house on Monday watching movies.  A nice simple weekend for her 7th birthday.  Next year is a party year, I'm betting she's going to want a sleepover party.  Eeek, better start preparing myself for that now!

For Firefly Fans only

Two by two with hands of blue...

It's okay if you don't understand.  Just watch Firefly episode nine, "Ariel". 

Bry-D's time off work

It seems lately, Bry-D has been off work more than he's been at work.  With vacation, holidays, and Eliz's birthday coming up, he's been home an awful lot lately.  Which leads to far more laying around doing nothing than I'd like to admit.