Four Little Haywoods: End of summer closing in

July flew by before we knew it and it's school time already. We ended summer on a fun note though. We rented lots of movies from "blackbuster" formerly known as Blockbuster, lol. That's what AJ calls it. He's such a goober sometimes.

We took the kids to a free sprinkler park in Collierville about a half an hour away. Even the Benster got in on the action:

We finally found a shower that could get AJ clean:

The princess learned about gravity and waterfalls:

Benjamin learned how to play the drums:)

He also learned how to say no which started out sounding a lot like NAHHHH and has progressed to a definite "NO." Sadly it's just too cute and so hard to resist so he's been doing a lot of bad things lately. He rules the roost around here, that's for sure. His little top teeth are coming in well and he's starting to take on a vampire look. He got two new teeth this past month so hopefully he won't be our little vampire for long. Since he loves to bite everyone and everything the title is definitely fitting for him though.

We enjoyed the company of Kayla's best friend Kristen for a couple of days before her school started. Surprisingly, all three big kids played pretty well together. In case you didn't know, our beloved AJ is spoiled. Yup! I admit it. The kid doesn't need or want for anything (unless you ask him). They spent a good deal of time making a fort out of his bunk bed and set up all of his cars on his train tracks. This is why I don't think he could possibly need another toy car:

I took the kids to the children's museum last weekend. CMOM

It was a lot of fun. It only took us about two hours to get through the whole thing. I dare say the longest part was actually getting there. While in my own little world I managed to drive right by the exit, lol. I won't post all of the pictures but there were some pretty cool exhibits worth sharing:

This past Monday I took the kids back to the sprinkler park with Kayla's new special friend (from St. Mary's) and her mom and brother. Since both the city and county schools started on Monday there wasn't a soul there and the kids had the whole park to themselves for almost two hours. I got lots of great photos and the weather was perfect. We've been really lucky with a nice cool down. I never thought I'd be saying ninety was cool, but.... after almost a month of temps over 100, it sure felt nice. Actually, on Monday it was only 75 when we left and I feared the kids might freeze at the park, lol.

This is my favorite shot of the day:

If you look closely you'll see that neither of AJ's feet are touching the ground. He must be a genius. He's figured out how to defy gravity.

The princess got a new hair cut to start the new school year off. We did a before and after: