Too Busy Playing!!!

Well, the title says it all! We've been too busy playing to do anything else! We love to go outside and play with all of our friends, but sometimes it seems like everyone else is just waiting for Raven and her toys to come outside!

Almost anytime we go outside, the rest of the circle quickly follows... Jaycie and Mandy don't count, because we usually plan that part, but a lot of other people end up playing with us, too!

From left to right in this picture is Riahna, Noah, Jaycie, Raven, Mohammed, and Joshua. Noah lives on the other street and his mommy and I had some classes together. As most of you know, Jaycie is our next-door neighbor, not in our other half but in the next building to us, and is also Raven's best friend! Mohammed and his family moved here the day that Ade and Antton left, from Saudi Arabia via Arkansas, however that happened! We're happy to save them from Arkansas, though! And Joshua and his baby brother and mommy and daddy moved into our other half... They're a great improvement over the last family. We even have the same routine, so when our kids go to bed, so do theirs... No more baths for a 3yr old at 11:30 at nite! YAY!!!

There's a hole in our sprinkler, and that seems to be the most fun for everyone... They all like to duck down and try to drink it! Goofballs!

This is Jaycie jumping out of the way of the hole with a mouthful of water. And you can tell right behind Jaycie, Mohammed thinks it's his turn to get a drink!

Mohammed and Jaycie patiently wait their turn as Raven drinks the hose water out of our sprinkler... When we first got this out, the hole was there and we thought we should take it back to Wal-Mart and get a new one... I'm glad we didn't, because then our kiddoes wouldn't have anything to drink as they run through the sprinkler!!!

Look at how long her hair has gotten! It's crazy! If you take the bangs and comb them forward, they touch her mouth and chin!!! And she thinks she's a big girl and likes to play with the big kids! She really does think she's just as big as they are! Nothing holds her back! She's funny!

See, look! She's right in the middle of it with Jaycie and Mohammed. It's funny, though, because even though she wants to be a big kid, they treat her like a baby. All of the kids want to help her do everything, especially Raven and Jaycie! But they do play very nice with her! And let her play with them! I think that's what makes her think she's a big girl is playing with the big kids!

That's Mohammed's mommy, Ahoud, in the background... She was the other mother running around with a camera... By the time the water had been put up, all 5 moms out in the yard had their cameras!

And this is where the budding photographer, Raven, can show off her skill! She took this picture of Noah as he's walking... Notice that Noah's eyes are closed and none of the people in the picture have heads... We think that this is a representation of mindless blind society! Hahaha!!!