Just A Swingin'

Today was a B.E.A.U-TIFUL day.  We spent the afternoon playing outside ~ swinging on the playset and swinging ball bats.  The Sandidges are ready for spring and summer!

beautiful girl

 acting silly

 we practiced a little baseball

 Reagan took a swing or two!

 She made use of a football bat!

 Cooper practiced pitching to Greg

 her expression when Greg hit one over the fence

a friend came over to play this afternoon

 climbing on top of the swingset

 swinging with dad

Cooper learned to pump on the swings all by himself

Work Before Play

After being out of school for a week due to snow and ice (of which, I missed ALL of it because I was out of town for work), the kids were going stir crazy!  So, this morning, I put them to work... chores... dusting, vacuuming, dishes, and anything else I could think of!  We worked until noon, then they were able to watch a few cartoons for their good work effort.

Cleaning the air return grates

 vacuuming the toy room

 vacuuming the stairs

 the stairs down to the basement needed vacuuming too!

 Then, it was time to play...

football

...rock climbing

 ...a little swinging

 ...ok, a lot of swinging

playing kickball

 ...jumping

...having wheel barrel races

 spending time with dad

 more kickball

 So good to be outside!

 Reagan didn't want to come outside and play, she took a shower and played inside

she has such a great imagination