Yard Toys Fun

Thursday morning I hauled the children's yard toys out from under the front porch and washed them off with the hose. Bentley was very excited to see his toys from last summer. He told me "I want to do everything right now!". Jake found a few of the toys interesting, but Viva wasn't much enticed by anything. The twins don't remember the toys from last summer. They were only a year old.

I found the little slide, a Little Tykes basketball hoop, a toddler size lawn mower that shoots water, a small scooter/ride on toy, a large dump truck filled with Mega blocks (for outdoors?), and the two largest toys--a sand and water table and a picnic table.

Bentley took one look at the little slide and asked where his big slide was. It took me a minute to understand him. He wanted to know where his swing set with a slide was. It wasn't under the front porch! It's still in their old back yard awaiting relocation.

Jake had a great time playing with the little lawn mower. When Bentley finally got a turn with it, he was unhappy because only one of the sprayers on it worked. He knows it had two last year. Bentley practiced shooting hoops until the ball got too muddy. He (and Jake) are picky about stuff like that. Viva, on the other hand, within a minute of being outside found the only mud puddle left on the driveway.

Earlier this week we drug out of the garage the kids' Little Tykes car, ride on dump truck, and the trike, so the kids are now ready for lots of fun times outside this summer. I'll be happier when the temperatures are warmer and the mud is gone, but the kids don't seem to mind either problem. They just want to be outside running around.