I love water play. It keeps the kiddos cool, entertained and wears them out. I have a blow up pool, water toys and a sprinkler that gets used a lot. I just take them one by one at the end, strip them, dry them off, put on dry clothes and then put them inside watching a DVD until the others are inside. My deck is right off a living room so I can see them no problem and we watch baby signing time here during transitions here. The parents love them the kids are learning another language and I don't have any guilt about using the tv for a few minutes a day to make life just a bit easier.
I was just doing some reading. Now I'm longing for those hot summer days. Sweat rolling down, laughing, running, oh the good times. Lots of good ideas now too. Soooo can't wait. I could use the refreshing feeling. Winter blues I guess. Happy Friday everyone!