What it takes to go on a walk

After our trip to the farmers market, which I risked so that Tanner could sleep, the girls spent the entire morning disemboweling a huge box of toys that I had put away a couple of months ago. They found "new" tiaras and dress up clothes. They rediscovered a long lost Barbie and their brown dog. Georgie thoroughly enjoyed following their gyrations and she even pulled herself up to peer over the edge of the box at all of the magical things her sisters had discovered.

I had planned to spend the afternoon at the pool, but a thunder storm rolled into town, and we had a downpour. The rain was so thick that the house across the street was a fuzzy blur. It was like looking at a Kinkaid painting. The only definable aspect were the lights winking from the windows. Since the pool was out of the question, and the girls were antsy, I indulged them in our version of Saturday morning cartoons. I made pbjs, a bowl of chips and pulled up a netflix cartoon. While they watched the cartoon, Tanner and I moved a bunch of siding and sheet rock so that we could finish off the girls' room this afternoon.

It's days like these that make me feel so ineffective. While Tanner built a wall I did...hmmm. Well, I watched Georgie crawl, picked up a piece of plastic, took out a small toy from Georgie's mouth, grabbed the wad of paper from her hand that she was trying to stuff in her mouth, broke up an argument between Kate and Reggie, which was over a koala backpack lately arrived from Australia, and for some reason that took the entire afternoon.

We ate dinner, and I knew that I needed to go for a walk. I was planning to take the girls by myself, but Tanner said if I gave him 15 minutes, he could come with us. So, what was I suppose to do for fifteen minutes? Take pictures, of course. So, here is what it takes for Reggie to be ready to go on a walk...complete with her purple crocs. By the way, she's officially wearing big girl panties, and very proud of it!

Incidentally, Georgie was not happy to be going for a walk...

And the last picture is just down the street from our house. I am constantly amazed at how quickly the weather can clear up here in Texas. The streets are dry, and you would hardly know that there had been a downpour except for the fact that our yard is a huge swimming pool right now. I guess I have to get out the mosquito fogger again. Can you tell which child needed the outing.