Summer funning… happens so fast…

Today the kids and I had to make a emergency run to Muscatine to drop some things off to Lori. In high hopes of getting the kids to look forward to this mini-trip, I told them that if they behaved and were patient we would have lunch at McDonald’s so that they could PLAY! They were thrilled at that idea and behaved very well. We ran our errand and then made our way to the Playplace After inhaling their lunches they set off for FUN in the playplace They got to play for almost an hour until I could not take all of the screaming children (but not before we ran into Julie and Bella Brown… I’m sure Will and the twins were running around too but I didn’t catch them).

Once we arrived home, Audrey needed a breather in the cool house to recuperate from her car sickness. In an effort to improve gas mileage I drove 60 on the interstate without air conditioning on, and the heat and long drive just churned her poor tummy! After a shower and a quick change of clothes the kids and I got out our yard games and headed outside for….. BADMINTON (that may not be how you spell it lol)! We had great fun trying to get a good volley going and I think we managed between the three of us to hit the shuttlecock three or four times! We still had GREAT fun…

Audrey preparing to receive the serve…

Michael setting up the serve…

We played for a good hour and a half and decided we were really HOT, so we came inside and the kids set out to do their chores! Last night we had a long talk about everyone taking responsibility for things in the house that need to be taken care of. To help us all remember the rules and the chores we made our annual Wheeler House Rules and Chore Chart We decided on chores that could be Michael and Audrey’s responsibilities and then chores that they COULD do if they wanted to make some money. So, we came inside and Michael cleaned the living room and made the shoe pile look nice, while Audrey washed the dishes (well, DISH) and fed the fishies.

Once the chores were done the kids asked for a treat… luckily for us Grandpa Wheeler just came back from his trip to the Pacific Northwest and had brought the kids specialty sodas! Michael got root beer, his FAVORITE and Audrey got Black Cherry! After a quick “Cheers” (where do they LEARN these things???) they drank the sodas right down. Michael thought his root beer was like HEAVEN and Audrey really enjoyed the CHERRY flavor of her soda!