It's a beautiful day!

Today was totally beautiful so we definitely spent time outside... I was also inspired to accomplish a lot of things (it seems Spring brings new chores to mind). I woke up, paid bills and other mail stuff, took the boys to Story time at the library which we haven't been to in awhile due to traveling, then we went to the park, ate lunch and naptime. I then made a few calls for appointments and played with Joey (who had a 3 1/2 hour morning nap). When MJ woke up we read our new library books (again) then headed outside to pull weeds, sweep porch, mow front lawn, vaccuum out the minivan, and wash the minivan. MJ truly enjoyed it. I was prepared with a bathing suit for him and towel by the door so we could get inside. What I wasn't prepared for was that he would figure out how to use the squirter on the hose. He accidentally got me a few times, but I was also worried for neighbors and random passersby who might get hit. Fortunately, we were the only ones who got wet. I was a bit tired after all of this, but had a nice sense of accomplishment. Still, when we had finished dinner I decided I just had to get to Goodyear to have the emissions inspection completed on the Odyssey.

Here are a few pictures from the park today. MJ played on some new equiptment...the space ship and the big "white slide" as he calls it. Normally, that particularly 3 tiered climbing thing is for kids over 6 (or maybe over 8) but not my boy. I tried to keep him off of it, but after inspecting more closely I figured that there was no place to fall out on the top level (so long as you made it up this ladder ok). And he did. He really likes the big slides off of this one, and who could blame him? I have to accept certain things about MJ, one being his adventerous spirit. Joey was there too, but sleeping as I mentioned earlier. So the last picture is just a random picture of Joey playing with Mario in the hotel at ND. I thought it was cute.