The Worleys

Time to talk about the child in the middle!  Eli is just the best kid there ever was!  He is so grown-up that we sometimes forget he is only three!  So smart.  Eli went to get ice cream with Mike and I at McDonald's recently.  I just had to take a few pictures of his ice cream face!     Eli has been the best eater of the family!  There is nothing this kid will not eat.  Of course, now that I say that, he will become a picky eater!  He actually loves to eat raw onions.  His Great Pop used to eat raw onions like an apple, only with mayonnaise on each bite.  Eli loves his Pop.  Here they are hanging out during VBS.  (I know this is all about Eli, but Miles is in the doorway over to the left :) )  Eli has become quite adventurous.  It may be hard to tell what he just climbed, but it is really not that easy to climb for a three year old!  It requires taking some pretty big steps. ...

My parents used to sit outside and enjoy the evening.  Every evening would find them on the back porch watching the sunset, enjoying each other's company.  It was quiet, it was enjoyable, it required no extra thinking or planning.  When our kids were little, I can remember them watching "the littles" playing in a kiddie pool. I sometimes miss the simplicity of it all. We had one of those evenings July 3rd.  Ava and Eli came over, we jumped in "The Kid-Mobile", and headed for McDonalds.  (No Judging please!)  We got Happy Meals for all of us and headed to the park.  Euless has a Splash Pad that is FREE!  (Probably every city has one of those?)  We put our meals on the picnic table and the kids ran to play. What a water baby Ava is!  Loves it! The Bucket Emptying is one of their favorites.  They are usually hugging each other, giggling, just waiting for the water to fall. Have no idea why they are crawling, an...