Kindergarten Playground

This morning I took the kids to the playground at R's soon-to-be school. I would have never thought to go there to play, but at Kindergarten registration the principal recommended taking our future students there this summer so they could get used to the school campus and feel more at ease when school starts in August. I thought that was a wise idea! The playground has lots of trees, so it was a shady place to play on a hot, humid day. I think Alexee is going to be a little bummed when she realizes she's not going to be in R's kindergarten class! They played well together today, which is always refreshing (some days they fight, other days they act like they love to be together).

Alexee's pants were wet in the photo below. She told me she had a dirty diaper, so I took it off and walked over to a nearby trash can to throw it away. While I was walking, she decided to pee. I headed to the car to get a new Pull-up, meanwhile Rhett yells, "Crosby's awake!" I got back to the table where he was sitting in the carrier and he had a dirty diaper. So back to the car I go to get another diaper. This is how it is with three kids--all day, every day! I'm not complaining at all--I'm extremely thankful that I get to spend my time caring for them--but I have to admit that it can be tiring! I never seem to have enough hands to change diapers, pour juice or milk, wipe up spilled juice or milk, fix meals, load/empty the dishwasher, feed C, answer the phone, referee sibling fights, try to potty-train a 2 year old, give baths, find lost flip-flops before swim lessons, fold laundry, unclog the toilet from the excessive toilet paper that a 2 year old uses in trying to potty-train herself, help a 5 year old stand on his head, read books, comb my hair, etc.! :)
Crosby took a short nap while we were there, then enjoyed looking around and getting some fresh air the remainder of the time we played. He is such an easy, SWEET baby--oh how I love this little boy! I always hoped to have three children, and as soon as I found out I was pregnant with the third, I just knew in my heart it was another boy. What a blessing he is (they all three are!).
Here they were resting at the top of the slide. Their little faces get so red when it's hot. I packed juice boxes, but of course they found those and emptied them on the way TO the playground, so we had nothing to drink while we were there. Luckily Sonic wasn't far away for a quick stop on the way home.
They had fun collecting walnuts, rolling them down the slide, and playing walnut bowling. When it was time to leave, they left them in a little pile on one of the tables for the squirrels. :)