Just one afternoon. Really. Not even four hours.

I've been very sick for a number of days now and was finally feeling human. So when the kids came home from the creche at 1pm, ready to play and DO stuff, I finally felt up for it. Just in case anyone wondered, and so I never forget, kids at this age can do A LOT of stuff.

First, Gordon and Adele wanted to draw on the chalkboards.

Walt went right for the paints, even filling his cups himself and setting up his equipment. He told me he was painting Jake, Izzy, Cubby, and pixie dust from Jake and The Neverland Pirates. 

Gordon got really creative with brushes and colors.

Adele started painting the paper....

...but it wasn't long before she was painting her hands. She calls them monster hands. By the time she was done, they were green up to her shirt sleeves. Crazy girl.

As I finished cleaning up the paint equipment, Adele and Walt started a game outside that involved carrying out jugs of water.

And dumping in small buckets of dirt. So, basically making a big muddy mess. Fun times!

Gordon decided to stay in and listen to an audio book.

It wasn't long before all the kids were in the house and playing with iPads, something we haven't done in a few weeks.

The kids amaze me with how good they are on these devices. They only played for about 20 minutes, though, because the neighbor boys came over to play and the devices went back on the shelf.

The neighbor boys came over at 3:45 and stayed until 5pm. During that time, they played trucks, blocks, built a fort, and built a giant jump launch. Basically, they piled 20+ pillows and cushions, jumped off the couch, bounced off one set, and landed on the pile. It was awesome. I wish I'd gotten a video.

After showers, Jeff was home and a pillow fight exploded.