What Saturdays Are For...

My kitchen is being painted today, so I decided it would be a good idea to get my kids out of the house.  I took the lot of them out to an art fair.  Seven year olds do so enjoy perusing stalls and stalls of handmade crafts after all.  There was also a stall promoting our local animal shelter, and Lili just about wet her pants when she was presented with the opportunity to poke fourteen different dogs and cats with her little index finger whilst woofing and meowing appropriately.  Emma decorated a pair of sunglasses at the children's craft area while Sophia created a color-changing bead bracelet, and Lili dumped an entire bag of pony beads on the grass.  Check, please.

Once I had invested five dollars in a large cup of "freshly squeezed" lemonade, we decided we had done enough damage at the art fair.  We could all tell that our one-year-old was gearing up for a most impressive hissy fit, so we let her push her own stroller right out to the car, and we loaded everyone inside.

Did I fail to mention that it was North Carolina-hot and humid up here?  Once we arrived at home and feasted on peanut butter-covered fruit and vegetables, I challenged the children to stay out of the house (allowing our fabulous painter to have some peace) and come up with a creative way to stay cool.  My girls never disappoint...

Oh dear, what are you up to?

Wow!  That's cold water right from the tap.

None of that sibling fighting seemed to be an issue today.

 But you'd better watch your back!

This is most definitely what Saturdays are for.