Today

I went to bed last night halfway thinking I'd get up early (6:00 at the latest) and go to the gym. Tyce usually wakes up around 6:30 so I asked Kev if he'd get up with him if I was gone. I woke up at 6:15. Darn. I have to be back by 7:20, the time Kevin leaves for work so I didn't quite have enough time.  I crawled back into bed and about 15 minutes later realized I could go on a run! Hooray! I just did my standard 3 mile trail run but it was great and I was happy :)
Tyce was awake when I got home so I fed him, sent Kev off to work, played a bit with Tyce, and then he got sleepy. So while he napped I showered before the other boys woke up. That rarely happens! All three boys woke up just as I was finished getting ready. We had breakfast, got the boys ready, and went to the library for story time. Asher jumped right in, joining the other kids on the rug, singing, dancing, yelling out answers to questions. Rylan stayed by me the entire time. He's never, ever sat on that story time rug! Tyce was interested in several of the stories. It was rather cute.
We checked out a bunch of new books and then tried to have some fun at the park. I pushed Ry on the swings for a few minutes and then took the little boys over to the baby swings. They were HOT!! So we tried the slides. Burning! So I made Ry get off the swings so we could go home...
Rylan is so good at picking up library books and just reading and reading and reading. I don't know how much he reads and how much he looks at the pictures, but he spends quite a bit of time with them. And he's a very good reader so I'm guessing he's really reading them? Tyce loves to flip through the book but he's quick to rip the pages so I have to be careful. Asher can't quite sit still long enough to get himself through more than two books. But I do love library day and all those new books to read!
I had been dreading dinner time all day (just like every day!) so I kept putting it off. Then the wind picked up, lifted our tramp off the ground multiple times (sooo glad Kevin stakes it down!!), and the power went out. Darn, I can't make dinner!! Kevin came home very hungry and after awhile suggested I go to Domino's for pizza. Just as I was getting ready to leave the power came back on. So I did something I could have done without power...made sandwiches!! Ha Ha! Well, actually, I did toast mine and Kevin's sandwiches and Ry had a hot dog so we did in actuality use the electricity.
Kevin spent the rest of the night working on his pinewood derby car for a work contest which is tomorrow. He's put a lot of work into this thing. Ry is very excited about it so I'm gonna take the boys up tomorrow and watch the races. Let's hope Kev wins!!

A few things I'd like to mention about the boys:
For the past year or so Rylan has made conversation like this: "Mom, what if our house was made of jelly beans?" "What if a tornado came and lifted our house up while we were still in it and we got so dizzy?" "What if..." "What if..." "What if....". Oh, so many "What if" questions. Well recently Asher has started asking them as well. And they've added in "What would you say if..." questions. I feel like all day long we're making up scenarios and how we'd react to them. I guess they're being creative? Imaginative? Inquisitive? Curious?

Rylan collected some rocks last week and got out his watercolors and painted them. We have many, many colored rocks all around the house. He and Asher have also collected sticks and painted them, too. They tape them to paper and hang them up, use them as pocket knives and swords. I promise my kids have toys. But why?!!!

I can't get enough of my boys. We're loving summer and I'm soaking in all these relaxed carefree days. Ahhhh!!