Must. Have. Ice Cream!

What a beautiful day it was today. 

We went to church - made it a bit late because the van needed to be jump-started. Someone left the Garmin plugged in and we're not telling who! Hit the grocery store and came out with a bit more than planned...like ice cream cones and vanilla fudge swirl ice cream.

Then, spent a leisurely afternoon with the kiddos outside. :) 

Mr. Clayton never did make it out of his church clothes. Oh well. I suppose they're none the worse for the wear. He needs a pretty close eye on him though - he can shimmy right up that slide!

Gracelynn, on the other hand, so enjoys wearing her "dresses" that we changed out of her church one and into a play one. 

Sam, is his regular old lazy self. :)

Clayton trying another approach up the slide. Truly, the boy is a maniac outside. Loves it!

Not to be left out, he had to join his sister in the sandpile. At first, I monitored him really closely. Icky yucky sand in the mouth...now, however, I've joined the ranks of mothers who say, "Nah, a little dirt and sand won't hurt him."

After the rain we just had, there were some "buggies" in her sand. 

Believe me when I say she meticulously picked them all out. "Yucky buggies out of my sandpile". I'm afraid I've passed on my morbid dislike of bugs. :(

Clayton was only too eager to get into the sandpile. Who cares about bugs?

Looking so old and boyish...

Ironically enough - both kids love hiding in Sam's doghouse. Gracelynn was too fast for me to get a photo, but Clayton hung out inside for a while...grinning.

My little girl examining a "buggie" - maybe she's not as phobic as me? 

Ewww. Yuck! I'm totally not into this part of God's Creation - no matter how amazing. Gross.

Still intrigued by her bug...

Trying to escape?

Kids have so many expressions don't they? I love that part. :)

And finally - the ice cream. 

No Sunday afternoon (or for that matter, any afternoon these days) is complete without a cone. Thanks to Daddy, everybody but Mommy was slurping one down. I just got to watch and take pictures. Confession: I ate a Little Debbie snack instead!

Clayton is absolutely hilarious when it comes to ice cream. He goes bonkers for it. Literally.

Never enough ice cream to satisfy...

I know. A lot of pictures. What can I say? I felt pretty good today, so I was out to make up for all the not-taken photos. Hopefully, this little babe will settle down in my belly and give me some rest from all this nausea. Either way, some afternoons you just can't miss. :)