Summer swing

It is officially summer, and the twins are busy in it!

Playing in the park by the "big fountain" 

 Hanging by their new water table (the other one finally broke!)

Cutting up melon (they're just butter knives, I promise)

Lived through more than a couple big thunderstorms and spent some time in the basement

 Watched the deer that hang out in the yard

 Been to the summer arts festival and got faces painted

Helped at the dog wash...

...and stopped for a donut break

got our official pictures taken for Blastball - there's only one game left!

and even had a day at the beach for a little R&R

Hope the summer is off to a good start everywhere else too! More to come - follow-up from Parker's last procedure, our last Blastball game and a special picnic.

Blastball!

Yesterday we started a new adventure...the twins started playing Blastball.

So here's the basics - a tee, ball, bat and one base. Two teams of 5 each. Everyone bats everytime. No one keeps score and there are no outs. When someone finally knocks the ball off the tee, they run to the single base. Someone from the "outfield" team can run and grab the ball, hold it over their head and yell "BLAST!". Then they start over with the next batter.

So. Much. Fun.

And most importantly, the rain stayed away and started just when the game ended.