Lilys Olympic Commentary

Watching the cyclists this morning...Lily saw the motorcycles alongside the bicycles and says, "No fair, they're cheating"

Watching the swimmers, "Are they swimming like that without floaties?" with much awe.

"Do they like to get wet?"

And we're only an hour into watching it!

Summer in Pictures

Harper hanging out with Roman. Notice Roman is trying to still play Angry Birds while smiling for the camera 

Strawberry picking with our summer fun partners Lauren & Erin

Harper & Haley on their first movie day, can't beat .50 movies when you have 4 kids

A really fuzzy picture of all of the Clark & Newton kids, waiting for the train

Lily waiting for the train..Newton girls had purple backpacks, Clarks had yellow to make it easier to count kids..which we did ALL day long

Lacy & her soul mate Ava

Lily's picture of me. Jason made fun of my scarf all day, I kept telling him how trendy I was but now that I've seen pictures of myself with the scarf on, I agree with him!

Harper & Ella

Millenium Park Fountains...super fun but super stressful to keep track of all the kids in a huge mob of people

Surprise, surprise, Harper's booty is hanging out of her swimsuit!

Taxi ride...which is so exciting since no carseats!

Rainforest cafe for lunch

Giant mirrored bean in Millenium Park

Not sure where the Clark boys are, what Lacy is looking at, why Lily looks like she's going to marry that lego Woody but Jennifer's kids look good

Lacy's blessings

We embarked on a service project that our church does every summer to help fill backpacks with school supplies for families that can't afford them. Lily & Lacy helped me organize and fill our 5 backpacks today, while we worked, I thought it was a great opportunity to talk about why God blesses us and what He expects us to do with those blessings.
Me, "God has given us so many blessings and when you've been given so much, He expects you to bless others by sharing what you have. We have enough food, enough clothes, enough school supplies so we're able to give what we have to someone else who needs it"
15 minutes or so later.....
Me, "So, why does God bless us?"
Lacy, "Our blessing is that God didn't want us to sleep outside when it's winter time and it's cold and so we didn't have to build an igloo and sleep on the ice cubes"
Maybe we'll keep working on that one...

"We do not call people vaginas"

Lily runs up to me, as always, eager to tattle on someone other than herself.
Lily, "Harpers calling Haley a vagina"
Seriously, we're calling people vaginas at like 8am?????
Me, "Harper, did you call Haley a vagina?"
Harper, "She likes it"
Haley, "I like it"
Me, "Well...just don't call people vaginas, ok?"

Today's Funnies

Lily, "Mom, were you born in the olden days?" 
Another great one from Lily, they often ask, "When I'm 20, how old will Harper be, how old will you be,etc" We use it as an opportunity to practice math but then Lily asks
"Mom, when I'm 86, how old will you be"
Me, "I'll probably be dead, hanging out in Heaven"
Lily, "What?"
Me, "I'll be super old, I'll probably be dead"
Lily, after thinking a moment, "Well, I'm definitely coming to your funeral. I know I'll cry my eyes out but after two months, I'm sure I'll forget about it"