the Schrader 5

Today was fairly uneventful. The boys and I ran errands this morning while Chris mountain biked. Ethan wanted to get a few new books and of course I had to treat myself to one as well! Will and Noah got some new blankets for their beds. They also got to do one of their favorite things, go to the dollar store! That is my little secret for having them behave at the book store, Beall's home store, and Wal*Mart to get laundry detergent! It worked wonders. After shopping they came home, had lunch, at went for another swim. They were quite busy this weekend so we made them take naps today. Ethan put up a good fight, but he was the one that we had to drag out of bed because he wanted to sleep the entire day!

Yesterday afternoon Will and Noah's friend, Madelyn, had her 5th birthday party. It was at one of their favorite parks so they had a great time! Here is Will taking a whack at the cute teapot.
Chris is trying to convince Sophia and Paige to give him all of their gum. Sophia fell for it and started giving him all of her candy. Paige was on to him!
Noah and Ethan were checking out each other's stash.
Mady blows out her candles. She had a fairy party. She was dressed up like an adorable fairy! (Oh, she wasn't actually turning 10. Since her real birthday isn't until tomorrow, she decided that she would be turning 10 on her "unbirthday.")