Painting Projects

The kids each had a friend over today. The Chadwick's have kids right around our kids ages. They played individually until lunch time. Then after lunch Brayden went down for a nap. I had a painting project for them to do afterwards. They got the sponges out and created their own masterpieces with paint. They spent quite some time painting and I was surprised more paint didn't end up on things, with

6 kids painting. After they were finished they all went in the front and took turns riding the bikes. I only had to say something to them once for not sharing. They had a good time and even when 4 hours was up they didn't want it to end.

When Dad got home we had a surprise waiting for him in the backyard. Each of the kids had a can of silly string and were hiding. Dad came around the corner and they attacked him. He was a good sport and was laughing right with them. It just didn't last as long as they kids probably would have liked.

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