Rainy Day Fun

There have been about 3 rainy/colder days here this past week, and the boys have been going a little stir crazy! We have been trying to stay entertained, but have begun to run out of ideas. The boys begged to go out and play in the rain and splash in the puddles. Luckily they waited patiently and let me control the circumstances as much as possible. We got some play clothes, took off the shoes, and got some towels.  I much prefer having the boys splash in puddles when I am prepared to clean up a big mess rather than them doing it in a random parking lot away from home!  We also went to Lowes and made some binoculars one rainy day, but being inside means more wrestling which in turn causes more injuries.  Radley is also doing everything he can to be just like his brothers.  The pictures and video prove just how hard he tries!

The race track has come out at least twice everyday!  Damon loves to play with the cars and can finally set the track up himself.  That is so nice!!

Photo Bomb

Radley is starting to get quite attached to his blankets

Radley has no hesitation playing in the rain.  He went straight for the deepest puddle!

And then he fell...but it didn't take him long to get right back up!

They were having so much fun!!  It was such a joy to watch them just run around having a blast!

You can't really see it in the picture, but everything had to stop when they found a grasshopper.  They were also impressed with all the snails that came out with the rain.

Damon's face...I love it!

Surprisingly he didn't fall after this, but his shorts did get wet.  He came up to me, "Mom my shorts are wet.  I need some new ones."  He wanted dry shorts to come right back outside and splash in some more puddles!  Yeah, I said no!!

They all loved seeing the water splash everywhere

Radley had to get involved too!

Teamwork means bigger splashes.

Kyler is getting much better at building these projects.  He can set in all the nails and hammer them down.  He is in deep concentration!

Finished product!

Injury Report

Radley broke the skin on the back of this head for the first time!  Luckily it wasn't too deep and there wasn't much blood.

It's hard to see, but Damon got another black eye.  He and Radley were both jumping on the couch and they hit heads.  Radley didn't seem bothered at all, but Damon screamed and then got a nice shiner.

About 30 mins after Radley busted his head, Damon ran into the back of Kyler's head while they were wrestling.  He bit really deep into his tongue and started bleeding everywhere.  He screamed for a while, but has been fine ever since.  As long as Damon cannot see the injury, he can recover much more quickly.

I have never seen a tongue turn such a deep purple.  He cut it and bruised it really bad!

One of the Big Boys

Radley is waiting for Kenney to put a spinning  ball in his finger.  I love how he is just standing there with his finger all ready to go!

They all love climbing onto the couch and turning this light on and off.

I am no longer able to feed him.  He insists on doing it himself or he will refuse to eat.  It is such a double edged sword.  I can now eat my dinner sooner, but then I have this huge mess to clean up!

This makes me laugh every time!!  Radley now follows the boys into the bathroom and goes pee!  He thinks he is doing what Kyler and Damon do when they use the restroom.  He walks up to the toilet, lifts the toilet seat and lid and pulls up his shirt.  He then leans over the toilet and acts like he is peeing!  It is so funny!!  Sometimes he may also put his hands in the water (before the other two have time to flush which is disgusting), but he truly believes he is doing everything his brothers are doing!!

This made me nervous, but I was impressed how well he was able to climb up this ladder. It was not an easy ladder to climb either! He was so proud of himself!