Backyard

We removed a tree from our backyard, prior to putting a patio in. Our friend transplanted it to her house.

Since we are still home, the kids are running out of things to do. Since they recently built wooden boats with their grandfather, they decided to flood the hole and sail their boats.

 

And Vivian only fell in once. Hours of entertainment. Lanie mostly sat in a chair to the side and had a picnic. 

4 Year Old Videographer

There is a challenge currently in the US to raise money for ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease.  This neurodegenerative disease progressively eventually causes paralysis and is terminal.  The challenge that is heavily publicized on social media, is to nominate friends to dump a bucket of iced water over their heads, while being filmed or donate $100 to the ALS foundation.  According to the ALS website, the campaign has raised awareness, and almost tripled donations from this time last year.  As of July, they had about $4 million in donations, as opposed to $1.4 at the same time last year.

Link to article on ALS website

So when I was challenged, we had returned from vacation, Chris was working long hours to make up for being away, and I was left with Sam to video my ice water dumping.  Which he missed.  Twice.  I gave him careful instructions to "turn off the video after I dump the ice."  It was also the first "fall-ish" morning of the summer, with a nice cool breeze.  Unfortunately I also had a haircut scheduled for 10:00 am and wanted to get the challenge over with beforehand.