Porch Pool

Today, I decided to buy a kiddie pool for the porch for the kids (Amelia and her two cousins). It was an absolute hit. We did need to let the water warm up in the sun, but that took just a couple of hours and by the end of everyone's nap, it was ready to be played in. And played in it was. Amelia was a bit skeptical at first with the two wild and crazy guys, but then she warmed up to the idea and stayed in for more than 5 seconds. :)

The best group pic...

Amelia warming up to the idea of being in there with the boys...

Almost standing on her own!

Looking at the two crazy guys...

Onion Creek

Today we went over to my friend, Maria's house...well, ok, her parent's house, but whatever. They have LOADS of land, horses, goats, chickens, dogs, puppies...ok, so really it is ranch. We went mainly for the animals, but ended up taking a dip in Onion Creek that runs through the property.

We started off with the pups since they were running all around and were just happy as could be to see people. There was lots of happy peeing, licking, jumping, tackling...it was adorable. Gavin and Jaxon really liked the pups. Amelia did too...she was flailing her arms and legs in such excitement! Too cute!
Then we went over to the goat area. Gavin pretty much immediately broke out in hives...note to self, Gavin is allergic to goats so next time bring the benadryl. He went back to play with the puppies. The goats loved Jaxon's shorts and they kept coming and nibbling at the tie stings and at the bottom of the shorts. He kept telling them, "Stop eating my shorts, goats!!" It was adorable.
Amelia really liked the goats. She got to pet them and even ride one. We held her on there, no worries. It was cute, the goat she was on was really interested in her sun hat strings and kept turning around trying to nibble on them...then another came over to nibble on them too...it was funny.
After the goats, we were going to head over to see the chickens, but Gavin saw the river and made a bee line for it...well, also since the dogs were down there. :)

The boys walked along the dam there, which they both enjoyed since they were being quite adventurous.
Then Maria had the wonderful idea of just letting them jump in...she jumped in fully clothed and we got the boys down to their underwear and they had a blast swimming around with Maria.
Of course, we couldn't forget about Amelia...we got her naked and she had a blast going around with Maria...and drinking a bit of river water...yum!
All in all, today was a great day. It wore the kids out...it wore grandma out...it wore me out! Amelia was in bed at 8:30, which was quite nice I must say. We are headed over there again on Thursday to see those chickens we missed and, of course, to go swimming! :)