having a picnic at the park

another day of swimming...

...and playing in the mud

the mud was much more fun!

rex already has a farmer tan!

relaxing before bed

it got up to at least 80 degrees today. we have a fun morning playdate and picnic at the playground. it wiped the kids out! they fell asleep very quickly after laying down, which almost never happens! after nap, we went swimming again. it ended up in a mud puddle jumping extravaganza, but they had a blast! we came in and took a bath to wash off all the sunscreen and mud and then had dinner. all rex wants to eat right now is hot dogs. there happened to be one left over from last night. he at it cold while i was getting dinner ready. when it was time to sit down for dinner, rex threw a fit because he didn't want what we were having, he wanted more hot dogs. i let him cry and focused on malloy and he finally came around and started to eat his dinner. he had another meltdown when he needed to take one more bite before he could have some ice cream. he definitely understands everything that i say and got that he needed to take another bite. little stinker. he did take that last bite so he could have ice cream!

on a side note, i just want to mention that malloy is doing awesome with going poop on the potty. she now just goes in the bathroom and goes by herself. sometimes i don't even know she's going until she tells me that she went! i love it! way to go malloy!!! along potty lines, rex took his own diaper off tonight. i went upstairs to get the garbage and when i came back down, i found him standing there with a bare bottom! what a fun new trick!