A recipe for fun

Two weekends ago Heidi, Robert and little Robert drove up for a visit. I hosted a make-your-own pizza night and had the whole James clan over. It was a beautiful evening, but it was HOT! The kids were playing outside and they came running over with rosy, rosy cheeks saying: "Auntie Tara, we're soooooooooo HOT!"

We hadn't turned our outside water on yet, and we hadn't even connected the hoses. Soooo.... I ran inside and filled up about 20 water balloons (which took about half an hour to do!). 20 seconds later the balloons were gone - what a surprise! The kids were still roasting hot, so I had to think quickly. I went inside, filled up a big bowl of water and grabbed a bunch of face-cloths. Soon the kids were busy running around having a 'face-cloth' fight, and they had an absolute blast! In fact, they were busy throwing the face-cloths at each other for over an hour! It just goes to show you that you don't need fancy toys, just a bowl and some face-cloths for some cooling-down fun.

Here are some pictures: