Saturday work and play

On Friday, we had Colleen, Rigo, Lucas and Liana over for dinner and some swimming time.

While the little girls shared the boogie board, the bigger two were pretending they were in some sort of Wild Kratts adventure, with various creature powers.

On Saturday, we continued painting our bedroom. I'd started this in the week with one coat on one wall, and now we worked together to finish up the room.

Cora was a very big help, painting the first coat on our largest wall by herself.

The color is a very light green, so light it's more neutral than green. We like it. On to choosing a rug and curtains, crown molding, shelves, etc.

On Saturday evening, we went to a birthday party at the park for a daughter of a Mom2Mom friend.

Audra, the mom, had a lot of fun activities for the kids, including this paper "rocket launcher" using plastic tubing and an empty 2 liter soda bottle.
Violet loved this game, and did it over and over, stomping on the air-filled bottle to force the cardboard/paper rocket into the air from the pipe on the other side.

While the children played at the park, Stacey and I enjoyed chatting with our own friends.

Being the spontaneous bunch that we are, I invited everyone to come to our house after the party for margaritas. So, at 8 p.m., we ended up with a houseful. It was a lot of fun!